SIR Michael Stoute is blessed with plenty of talent in the middle-distance department and Mirage Dancer ran out an impressive winner of the opening Group 3 Bombay Sapphire Stakes, setting up a stable double soon completed by stable-companion Regal Reality.

Scotland made much of the running in the opener but the challengers soon arrived in the straight, with Red Verdon looking for room and Second Step making a move on the outside under strong driving.