SIMPLE Verse, the only three-year-old in the field, proved too good for her elders in the Group 3 Markel Insurance Fillies’ Stakes over a mile and three-quarters. On a splendid day for her sire Duke Of Marmalade, she came on the outside for Harry Bentley and galloped on to beat Hidden Gold by a length and a half with Jordan Princess well held in third.

In the race generally known as the Lillie Langtry, last year’s runner-up Arabian Comet flattered briefly but could not go on in the closing stages.