TRUER affairs materialised in the Grangecon Stud Stakes and the ATR Curragh Cup, both Group 3s, on the Sunday, though timefigures for the winners of 98 (Most Beautiful) and 101 (Bondi Beach) respectively show that they still have some way to go.

The abject performance of Forgotten Rules (not the only such from a horse turning out quickly after Royal Ascot) should not deflect too much in the latter from Bondi Beach and Order Of St George, a pair of three-year-olds who both broke 34.0s from the three-furlong pole. They could rate well into the 110s when circumstances allow.