A round-up of the rest of the action on Ebor day at York, where Jim Crowley rode his fourth winner of the meeting.
Jim Crowley's dream week continued as Mustashry won the Betfred Mobile Strensall Stakes at York.
Sir Michael Stoute's horse was sent off 5/2 favourite for this Group Three prize on the back of a taking handicap win at Chelmsford last time, and was once again settled off the pace by Crowley.
The combination moved closer as Forest Ranger took the field into the straight and, having switched left, Crowley unleashed his mount to lay down a challenge to the game front-runner.
Mustashry was ahead passing the furlong pole and went on to score quite cosily by a three-parts of a length, to give the champion jockey his fourth winner of the Welcome To Yorkshire Ebor Festival.
"He did very well to win at Chelmsford the other day and he's not got too many miles on the clock," said Crowley.
"I always felt I had plenty of horse underneath me. He's a nice horse."
Forest Ranger, representing Sporting Life columnist Richard Fahey, galloped on well once headed to hold on for second at 13/2, with Sovereign Debt third.
Sheikh Hamdan's racing manager Angus Gold said: "We've always thought highly of him and he's finally getting to show his potential.
"He kept on getting held up by a splint, but he's a late-maturing type.
"Sir Michael always thought he'd stay 10 furlongs, I wasn't sure looking at his pedigree, but it looks like it would be well within his compass.
"We'll consider all the options for him now and hopefully he'll be around another year."
When asked if a supplementary entry for the Champion Stakes would be considered, Gold said: "I'd have to talk to Sir Michael, he might want to take it softly with him this year and he may think that would be too much of a leap."
Godolphin landed a one-two in the Betfred Melrose Handicap, as the Charlie Appleby-trained Secret Advisor (5/1 favourite) stayed out stoutly next to the far fail to deny Bin Battuta (8/1).
The latter had looked set to follow up his Ascot win when seeing off the challenge of Here And Now (16/1), only to have his pocket pinched as James Doyle's mount got up to win impressively.
On To Victory (10/1), shouldering top weight, took fourth.
Doyle said: "If you drew a line from his run at Goodwood, where the ground was too soft, he should have been clear favourite anyway.
"He put up a good performance at Royal Ascot and I rode him work the other day on the Limekilns. I was blowing the other day as he's hard work. He's lazy, but he didn't half pick up late on.
"It was a good performance there because we were strung out. I wanted to go up the middle, but I got hampered and the race got away from me so I went over what I thought was the least favoured part of the track."
Alex Merriam, Appleby's assistant, said: "James said that he met trouble in running so he's done well to win in the end.
"He's been consistent this season and deserved that. You could forget his last run at Goodwood as he hated the ground.
"He's a horse for next year, that could be it for this season."
Sound And Silence came from the rear of the field to land the Julia Graves Roses Stakes.
Winner of the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot, the Exceed And Excel colt had flopped when stepped up to six furlongs for the July Stakes at Newmarket.
He relished the drop back to the minimum trip to complete a double for trainer Appleby, jockey Doyle and owners Godolphin after Secret Advisor's win in the Melrose Handicap.
Sound and Silence (9/2) came through strongly in the final furlong to go on and score by half a length from Abel Handy with Out Of The Flames a neck away in third.
Doyle said: "He's a fair horse. Obviously it was a good performance at Ascot in the Windsor Castle.
"He's clearly a nice horse, very fast and has got a lot of toe. Things didn't work out in the July Stakes.
"He's all about speed. He might get six one day, but I think we're all right where we are."
Merriam said: "Five furlongs is quite obviously his trip, I don't think he stayed at Newmarket.
"He's shown plenty of speed there and I've just spoken to Charlie who mentioned the Flying Childers could be next at Doncaster.
"He's at his best on fast ground so we were delighted the ground dried up."
Eddystone Rock (20/1) just got the better of Titi Makfi to win the Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Handicap.
There was nothing between the pair in the closing stages but Pat Dobbs managed to drive the John Best-trained five-year-old home by a short head.
Dark Red was a length and three-quarters away in third with Brorocco staying on for fourth another three-quarters of a length adrift.
Best said: "He's been such an unlucky horse, I said to Pat today to just ride him to give him a chance to win if he was good enough and that is exactly what he did.
"He's in the Cambridgeshire, it might not be far enough but it's a stiff track and they go flat out so he might run in that."
Darlington trainer Michael Dods was responsible for dead-heaters Holmeswood and Intense Romance in the Betfred Apprentice Handicap.
In yet another tight finish, the judge could not separate Holmeswood (9/2 favourite), the mount of Ebor-winning rider Callum Rodriguez, and Ben Robinson on his 14/1 stable companion.
Evergate was a length and a quarter away in third with just a short head to Justanotherbottle in fourth.
