THE Eclipse was a race of tribulation for Decorated Knight. First, he gets hampered by Taj Mahal at the first bend and Olivier Peslier has to check back. Then he gets hampered by Eminent as that horse tries to shoulder him out of his way on the run to the two-furlong marker. Not only that but, when it was apparent to Eminent that Decorated Knight would not be easily shifted, he went to take a clip out of his nose with his mouth. It was one to forget for Roger Charlton’s horse.

It was also one to forget for Cliffs Of Moher, who was caught in the backwash at the first bend. The Galileo colt did well in the circumstances to finish fourth. You can easily put a line through this race for him. It was one to remember, however, for Ulysses and Sir Michael Stoute and Jim Crowley. It was Ulysses’ first Group 1 win and it was a deserved one. It could be the first of many too, he shapes like a horse who just does enough, he could have had more left to give, and it is interesting that his trainer is determined that he gets a mile and a half all right.