Perrett said: "He was given a lovely front-running ride, and the others just let him get away. What I'd really like to do now is run him in the Melbourne Cup and he'd go straight there. Otherwise he'll run at Ascot next month and then go for the Jockey Club Cup."

Tungsten Strike was given a quote of 33-1 by William Hill and Coral for Melbourne, while Samuel is still in the St Leger, with sponsors Ladbrokes keeping him at 20-1.

Sense Of Joy provoked mixed bookmaker reaction for next year's Classics as she won a little less impressively than her odds suggested in the Group Three totescoop6 Prestige Stakes. Trainer John Gosden suggested her 4-7 price was too skinny on her second ever run and she looked to be needing the outing when her response to Richard Hughes' demands were not immediately forthcoming.

However, when switched inside the final furlong, she finally picked up and won with more in hand than the official half-length margin over Celtic Slipper. "The track did not really suit her and she was a little unbalanced, " said Gosden. "I thought odds of around 1-2 were ridiculous - these are just horses who have won maidens. She'll have one more run this season. We will look at the Fillies' Mile at Ascot, but she won't go there if it is soft."

Echelon led home a onetwo for the Cheveley Park Stud in the totesport. com Celebration Mile. The Michael Stoute-trained mare held Cesare in a driving finish to this Group Two contest.

Dunelight took the field along but he was swamped by challengers as the race began in earnest inside the final quarter-mile. Echelon (7-1) hit the front and kept on bravely for Ryan Moore to hold Jamie Spencer's mount, trained by James Fanshawe. Godolphin's Blue Ksar was third.

Moore stated: "She really battled hard. She travelled beautifully and I got a lovely split through the race. I pulled her out and she battled all the way." Stoute added: "She's been a pretty good filly since last season. She was a bit flat at Royal Ascot and the ground was not suitable in the Pretty Polly last time."