ALTHOUGH Battaash disappointed it was still a very good day for Hamdan Al Maktoum who saw his Talaayeb (9/1) run out a narrow but clear-cut winner of the Group 3 Sky Bet City Of York Stakes over seven furlongs.

The diminutive filly, leading home a small army of challengers after David Allan had led yet again on Mubtasim, had a neck and a short head to spare over 20/1 chance Toscanini with Suedois, who seems destined to run well without quite lifting the bauble, right behind in third.