GOOD though the Guineas winners were, the performance of the week came from Ghaiyyath in winning the Hurworth Bloodstock Coronation Cup on Friday in a time that smashed the course record. In the process, he had a Derby winner, an outstanding stayer and a previous winner of this race well beaten.

Ghaiyyath went quickly, but not too quickly, and kept going under William Buick until tiring slightly near the end, his rivals playing catch-up, but failing, from a long way out.