THE Group 2 Huxley Stakes was the main event as far as the pattern went on Friday, and the race went with the market, with odds-on favourite Point Lonsdale winning by a hard-fought neck over Mujtaba (William Haggas/Jim Crowley) with Noel Meade’s Layfayette (Colin Keane) another length and a half behind in a creditable third.

Successful in four of his five juvenile starts, Point Lonsdale looked a potential superstar in the 2022 classic crop, but only made it to the racecourse once as a three-year-old, finishing down the field in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.