IRISH 2000 Guineas runner-up Endless Drama profited from the absence of Winx, winner of the past two Apollo Stakes, to land a valuable Group 2 win for Qatar Bloodstock at Randwick.

Trained by Chris Waller the 1,400-metre weight-for-age contest was a maiden Australian win for the six-year-old (by Australian time) Lope De Vega entire who’d had four starts here before running last on a heavy track in the Doncaster Mile last April.