EVE Johnson Houghton’s stable stalwart What About Carlo continues to pay his way. Now a six-year-old, he liked the ground more than any of his four rivals in the Listed bet365 Stakes – Mount Logan got loose and was withdrawn, joining two other absentees – and picked off the front-running Restorer before galloping away from Arthenus and Best Of Days.

The time was nearly 10 seconds slower than standard and several shrewd onlookers made What About Carlo 5/2 joint-favourite as the rain continued to fall. It was a modest race for the grade but he is a doughty campaigner and all of his last three wins have come over 10 furlongs here.