COMING as it does immediately after the King George at Ascot and just before the start of Glorious Goodwood, the Pat Eddery Stakes could easily disappear into the racing netherworld, and it wasn’t even televised on ITV this year, which looks something of an oversight in retrospect.

The race, a seven-furlong listed contest formerly run as the Winkfield Stakes, is certainly holding its own despite its obscure slot. Although the 2022 running was weak, the previous year’s race provided us with future Group 1 winners in Angel Bleu (Jean-Luc Lagardere, Criterium International) and Cachet (1000 Guineas), and 2020 threw up the admirable Chindit as well as subsequent Platinum Jubilee winner Naval Crown. The race has even featured a Gold Cup winner, with Subjectivist trailing home when favourite in 2019.