His half-length defeat of the race’s other joint-favourite, Toscanini, made him the second pattern scorer to emerge, so far, from the first crop of his sire.

The colt is a son of Rip Van Winkle (by Galileo), and that Coolmore stallion, who won the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes, the Group 1 Sussex Stakes, and the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, is also the sire of I Am Beautiful and Jeanne Girl, who were first and second in the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Balanchine Stakes at the Curragh last month.