Goodwood: England Sir Michael Stoute, Britain’s most successful trainer with five Derbys and 15 Classics has found himself the horse that could reward him with another St. Leger, the final leg of the English Triple Crown.

British bookmakers were scrambling to cut Crystal Ocean’s odds for the September 17 contest at Doncaster, after the former Epsom Derby hopeful outclassed his rivals in the Group 3 Gordon Stakes, on the final day of Glorious Goodwood on Saturday.

The winner, who revelled under masterful Ryan Moore, was supplying cricket-loving Stoute, a well-preserved 71-year-old from Barbados, with a 10th win in the race,

The son of Sea The Stars reversed his Royal Ascot form with Khalidi benefiting from the pace set by Mount Moriah until the closing stage of the race when he accelerated readily to score by three and a half lengths.

Crystal Ocean was slashed to 6-1 from 14-1 for the St Leger with Betfair, whose spokesman Michael Shinners said: “Sir Michael Stoute has already eschewed the option to contest one Classic in bypassing the Derby with Crystal Ocean but if he does head to Doncaster with this progressive son of Sea The Stars, then Crystal Ocean would look to have all the right credentials to run a big race on Town Moor and he’s now 6/1 with ourselves for the St Leger.”

Moore was full of praise for his winner and said: “He’s a lightly-raced colt and he’s progressed with every run. He’ll be better as the year goes on and be better next year.”

Asked if Crystal Ocean was a Leger horse, he added: “He’ll stay, but I don’t really think he’s a mile and six horse.

“He’s got plenty of ability and he will get better next year, I don’t know if he’s a Leger horse. That will be for Michael to decide, he’s got a couple of months to get there yet.”

Stoute commented: “He is a horse we’ve always liked and Ryan has always liked him to. We knew he handled soft ground as he did in the Dante. My only concern was would he handle this ground. He is very adaptable.

“We are certainly thinking about the St Leger. We will see how he comes through this. I said before the Dante we didn’t consider him as a Derby horse as he had got to be more mature going into Epsom. He is pretty good at this trip. We may do a Conduit (did the Gordon-Leger double in 2008) and have a one of fling (at a mile and three-quarters).”

Later in the evening 25/1 outsider Lancelot Du Lac won the Stewards’ Cup Handicap, a six furlong cavalry charge which was contested by 28 horses.

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Meanwhile, Across Dubai, running in the colours of Shaikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum, was a winner of a handicap at Haydock Park last time out and also boast two wins from three career starts.

But the three-year-old son of Cape Cross, who was ridden by Pat Cosgrave for Derby-winning handler William Gaggas, found this company a lot tougher and never quite got into the thick of it finishing last of five runners.