QUITE a few original Stewards’ Cup entries dropped out and the cut did not come where many people expected. This helped make the Qatar Stewards’ Sprint Handicap, the consolation race, a very ordinary affair.

It was won by Jim Goldie’s 10/1 chance Tommy G, this after one possible danger, his stable-companion Golden Steps, flatly refused to race and another, Classic Seniority, together with Aleef, declined to enter the stalls.