AT Newmarket last month, David Simcock’s Spanish Mission (Jamie Spencer) proved four lengths too good for Nayef Road (Mark Johnston/Silvestre de Sousa) in a Bahrain Trophy where the leader set an impossible gallop.

With the same jockeys riding in a race run at a much more leisurely pace, the latter gained revenge, with King George V Handicap runner-up Constantinople (Aidan O’Brien/Ryan Moore) splitting the pair despite running around under pressure.