Eyecatcher of the day

Tahirah looked a sure-fire future winner when beating all but the shock 33-1 scorer Cadeaux Des Images in the Jewson Builders Merchants Maiden Stakes at Haydock Park.

Carrying the second colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum – the first were carried by the favourite Qabas who slipped on the bend (which was sanded before the next race) though she still had every chance before finishing only fifth – she had enough to do with a quarter of a mile to run.