Aidan O'Brien's second string Crusade won a dramatic Emaar Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket.

The Burj Khalifa Challenge Stakes G2 for the 3yo+ group starts off an interesting card at Newmarket on Saturday.

Saturday's Stewards' Cup winner Hoof It is set to make the leap to Group One company in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York later this month.

Jockey Phillip Makin labelled his Norfolk Stakes winner Bapak Chinta "a little freak" as a crack at the Nunthorpe Stakes remains on the cards for the two-year-old.

There were doubts about the trip but they were very quickly dispelled as Fame and Glory gave a master class to his rivals in the Gold Cup.