There were suspicions that Maroon had been deliberately held back to allow his stable companion to win.
He started the 1/3 favourite and won "comfortably" by one and three quarter lengths from his stable companion Triumphant.
Maybe finished third to her stable companion Homecoming Queen.
However, if he goes to post, Speedy Boy (a stable companion of Namoos) will be the one to beat.
Among the other leading contenders was his former stable companion, Rustic.
He, too, had several relationships with other women, but he never really had a stable, long-lasting companion.
Theodore finished last, a long way behind his stable companions and was found to be suffering from corns.
He hung to the right in the closing stages but ran on well to beat his stable companion, Bahamian Pirate by half a length.
By leaps and bounds the stretch- running Elisha overhauled his former stable companion.
Just after the turn into the straight, La Fleche, travelling strongly, moved alongside her stable companion and then pulled clear.
