Nothing was as it should have been in the Classic Cup except the scoreboard at the finish as Rapper Dragon defied some historical disadvantages and took the second step to becoming the first horse to claim the four-year-old triple crown.
No favourite had won for a decade and Classic Mile winners don't have a great record in the 1,800m follow-up, which is often a stop-start, messy race but Rapper Dragon never looked like losing this fast-run edition as the odds-on public elect and, while there were some encouragements for the vanquished heading towards the Derby grand final, neither trainer John Moore nor Joao Moreira was providing them.
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