One major caveat is that Arabian Queen was gifted a very soft lead so was able to quicken up tremendously in the last quarter mile. She covered the last two furlongs in just 22.95 seconds compared with the 25.26 seconds they took in the valuable handicap over the same distance.

As a result of this Arabian Queen enjoyed a huge tactical advantage over French raider High Celebrity (22-pace adjusted 37) who was still in last place at the two furlong pole, having fly-jumped and lost ground at the start.