Following his victory in the extended one-mile-five-furlong Listed contest, Aidan O’Brien is planning to send the four-year-old for the Gold Cup at York, for which he received a quote of 8-1 with Paddy Power.

“We thought a lot of him as a two-year-old, but he got an injury early last year – a muscle injury, high up,” he said. “We got him back for the second half of the season, but we decided to leave him alone.

“He ran in very heavy ground (on his seasonal debut at the Curragh), and he’ll go on for this. The Gold Cup is tempting, but I will have to talk to Kieren and see what he thinks.”

This was only the third outing of Wolfe Tone’s career, and he is clearly going places.

David Elsworth was delighted by the run of Gulf. “He usually puts it in at home, but he hasn’t lately, so I was not too enthusiastic. It just shows how much we really know!” he said.

“The fast ground probably helped him today and I should think he’ll go for something like the Hardwicke, but the Henry II at Sandown might be a possibility first.”

Gulf’s jockey John Egan received a two-day careless riding ban (May 25-26) for causing interference with Orange Touch, who was unplaced.

Marcus Tregoning was also chuffed with the third home, High Accolade, who is often accused of being a moody individual.

“That was very pleasing,” he said. “I am delighted with him. He’s in the Coronation Cup and he’s also in the Hardwicke.”

Championship Point (15-2) took the first division of the Paddy Power Supports Brooke Hospital For Animals Maiden Stakes by a head under Ted Durcan, defying outsider Genari.

Trainer Mick Channon revealed that the Lomitas colt reminded him of his dam, Flying Squaw, whom he trained.

“She won a Group Two in Germany. Unfortunately, she didn’t train on, but she was really useful,” he said.

“To be honest, I thought he would need another furlong before he came into his own, but he did the job really well today and I’m absolutely chuffed.”

I’m So Lucky (4-1) booked his place at the Royal meeting with a gutsy effort to land the 11-furlong London Paddy Power Gold Cup under Joe Fanning.

The Mark Johnston-trained three-year-old hit the front inside the final furlong and held off Kharish to put a run of bad luck behind him.

“He has been so frustrating,” said the trainer’s wife, Deirdre. “He didn’t get a run last time and couldn’t get out. He is pretty inappropriately named - I’m So Lucky hasn’t been lucky at all.

“He has done this very well and stayed on well. We’ll go back and mull over what we do next, but it looks as if he’ll stay further and there may be something at York for him.”

Traffic problems were also blamed for the defeat of Flamboyant Lad (2-1) on his seasonal debut at Newmarket last time, but he made no mistake in the 12-furlong paddypower.com Stakes under Michael Hills.

The strapping Nashwan colt, who missed an intended run at his local track because of an abscess on his foot, powered to a three-length victory over Sergeant Cecil to book his place in next month’s valuable Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap.

“He’ll run there and then in the Old Newton Cup (at Haydock),” said winning trainer Barry Hills. “He was very unlucky at Newmarket and never got a run until it was all too late. I was going to go north this week, but didn’t go because of the ground. He likes it fast.”

Flamboyant Lad’s win initiated a 53-1 treble for the father and son combination as Desert Imp (7-1) obliged in the Catridge Farm Stud & Manor Farm Packers Fillies’ Handicap while Fortunate Isle (5-4) was on the mark in the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Maiden Stakes.

The latter put in a good performance to hold the fast-finishing Bahar Shumaal and holds some big entries, although Hills would not want to risk him in the Vodafone Derby.

He said: “He’s still in the Derby but he won’t be running in it. He’s a big baby and a very weak horse and he got a bit tired at the end there.

“He will be a nice horse as long as he is looked after and not thrown against a wall.”

John Gosden had his second Newbury winner in 24 hours when To Sender (5-1) made a winning debut in the second division of the Paddy Power maiden.

The Manton trainer landed the same race last year with Iceman, who went on to claim the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, and this year’s vintage looked every bit as good.

Khalid Abdullah, whose Juddmonte operation sponsored the Group One Lockinge Stakes earlier on the card, saw his colours carried to a length-and-a-quarter victory under Jimmy Fortune.

But the King’s Best colt appeared fortunate to keep the race as the eventual third, Dingaan, was the meat in the sandwich between To Sender, who came off a straight line, and the odds-on favourite Ivan Denisovich.

“I thought I was going to say he’ll run in another maiden,” quipped Abdullah’s racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe. “It is surprising we kept it.”