CRYSTAL OCEAN (2/5f) easily landed the Group 3 Al Rayyan Stakes to suggest he could be Sir Michael Stoute’s top middle distance horse this season. The Sea The Stars four-year-old was much too good for Second Step, who was six lengths away in second with Scarlet Dragon in third.

Happy to lob along as Buildmeupbuttercup and then Raheen House held the lead, Ryan Moore sent the 2/5 favourite to the front two furlongs out and turned the race into a procession.