Having his third start this preparation, the Mark Newnham-trained gelding Burning Passion took out his second Group Three success in 28 starts, doing so narrowly but well. He went wide early on to race outside the leader (Oxford Poet). He challenged on straightening, got to a slender lead at the 50m and battled gamely to score by a half-neck. Oxford Poet soon went to the front and kept fighting on really well when challenged for a very good second. The favourite Dothraki had a good trip in fourth place (one out and one back), looked the winner when he challenged at the 200m and kept fighting on quite well for a close up third, while the Team Hawkes-trained Firsthand made good late ground from last in the nine-horse field for fourth, beaten a length, in a promising first up effort.