Promising stayer Cool Chap enjoyed the solid tempo set by Joueur, settling in the second half of the field with cover and was always travelling well behind a solid tempo. A winner two starts prior, the threeyear-old was in a slight bumping duel at the 700m mark when jockey Daniel Stackhouse not wanting to let the horse go too soon. Once asked for an effort at the top of the straight, Cool Chap lengthened nicely to win by two and a quarter lengths. Race favourite Etymology worked across from a wide barrier early to just settle off the leader, who was Joueur, before running to the lead at the top of the straight but could not match Cool Chap. Bullish Stock settled in tenth position, not far behind Cool Chap, and attempted to hold the winner in a pocket at the 700m mark but could not match his turn of foot, staying on strongly late for third position.