Win was Aidan O’Brien’s seventh in the race‘He’s got a lot of pace and gears, and he’s all class, really’
The first significant meeting of the generations went the way of the three-year-olds here on Saturday as Paddington, a fast-improving son of Siyouni who started his season in a handicap and the 8-11 favourite, stayed on strongly in the home straight to beat Emily Upjohn, the Coronation Cup winner, in the Eclipse Stakes.
Ryan Moore sent Paddington past the frontrunning West Wind Blows around a quarter of a mile from home, as the favourite went into unknown territory on his first start at 10 furlongs. Paddington’s head carriage was a little awkward as Moore asked him for maximum effort, but there was nothing wrong with his application as he kept William Buick on Emily Upjohn at bay all the way to the line.
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