THE Group 2 Dunaden At Overbury Jockey Club Stakes looked like being a potential match between last year’s classic stars Jack Hobbs and Simple Verse, but that was not how it turned out.

The lightly-raced Exosphere, a four-year-old from the Sir Michael Stoute stable, was having his first start in pattern company and this impressive four-length victory earned the colt a Timeform figure of 127.