Fayr Jag could drop back to the minimum distance for another crack at the VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes at York next month after his battling display won him the Stan James Hackwood Stakes at Newbury today.

ANOTHER key trial for the Vodafone Derby passed without punters getting much in the way of Classic clues as Unfurled outfought Aidan O’Brien’s hope Indigo Cat to claim the Letheby & Christopher Predominate Stakes at Goodwood yesterday.