Not content with snaring the main event, Ryan Moore set the agenda for an eventful Sandown undercard with a sparkling 296-1 treble for Richard Hannon.
The champion jockey's enterprise in switching to the stands rail aboard Notnowcato in the Coral-Eclipse was noticeably followed by other riders in the following races.
But fortunately, Moore had the horsepower to back up his tactical nous.
Ordnance Row (11-1) firstly collected significantly more than his bloodless win at Salisbury 10 days ago by doubling up in the £100,000 totescoop6 Stakes.
Raised 8lb for his five-length stroll in Wiltshire, he was given most to do by Colorado Rapid, who flew home in the closing stages but was just unable to atone for a well-backed and unlucky failure at Royal Ascot.
Hannon said: ‘I thought the handicapper had done him with the rise but I think he is up to Listed class now, and Ryan said he could be a Group horse over 10 furlongs.
‘If the ground dries up I will give him a break and then bring him later in the year.’
Frankie Dettori was hit with a three-day ban for careless riding (July 27,29 and 30) aboard the unplaced Yeaman's Hall.
Moore and Hannon's Selinka (9-2) then reversed placings from the Royal meeting in the Listed Addleshaw Goddard Stakes as she clipped away from the David Elsworth-trained Sandringham Handicap winner Barshiba by a length and three-quarters.
Will Edmeades, racing manager to owner Robert Barnett, mused: ‘We are thinking of the Oak Tree Stakes at Goodwood, as it's too late and expensive to supplement for the Falmouth Stakes next week.’
To round things off, a forceful Moore repelled all-comers on well-backed 7-2 shot Danehillsundance in the UB40 On 19th July Handicap.
Reflecting on the treble, Hannon said: ‘Richard Hughes would have been riding if he had not been booked for Haydock, but Ryan is a delightful fellow and has got the pedigree.’
Moore nearly rode five on the day on Monte Alto in the concluding Sandown Park's One Big Saturday Concert Handicap, but eventually settled for third as Sir Mark Prescott's Soft Morning (5-1) ploughed a lone furrow against the far rail.
Aside from Moore's heroics, Hoh Mike confirmed himself a sprinter out of the top drawer with a reassuring return to form.
Michael Bell's colt (9-2), a fine juvenile last season and a course-and-distance winner in June, suffered an unfortunate reversal the previous Saturday when clearly unhappy with testing ground at Newcastle.
But events of the highest level are back on after Jamie Spencer took the Laurent-Perrier Champagne Sprint Stakes by a tidy half a length - despite still being at the rear with a couple of furlongs to run.
Reverence, the dual Group One hero and 5-2 favourite, made his challenge before the baton passed to Wi Dud, who had no answer to Hoh Mike's unwavering late and wide flourish.
Bell was at a school sports day and gained quick recompense for his son's team's loss in the tug-of-war competition.
‘You could put a line through his Newcastle run because of the ground,’ he said.
‘That was not him at all. He was much better back on a better surface. He's in the Nunthorpe Stakes (at York) but in principle, his main aim would be the Prix de l'Abbaye.'
Spencer was given a two-day ban for interfering with Dhaular Dhar and quipped: 'Looks like I'll have to spend July 18 and 19 on a beach somewhere.
‘I was worried after last week and he sweated up a bit before the race, and he's not normally like that.
‘He's a pretty good sprinter and has a special constitution, especially as he's a three-year-old.’
Reverence was only fifth but shaped encouragingly enough on his seasonal reappearance.
‘If the ground was right, we might go for a race at Newbury in a fortnight or straight to the Nunthorpe,’ said trainer Eric Alston.
‘Kevin Darley said he was a bit too fresh, but he's got it out of his system now.’
All four runners in the Weatherbys VAT Services Stakes were battling it out in the closing stages.
But Elsworth's Balkan Knight (11-4), brought wide by John Egan, just managed to gain the day.
‘That's compensation for Barshiba,’ remarked Elsworth.
‘This horse gets idle when he hits the front and was robbed in the Henry II here.
‘He's won two Listed races now and the Goodwood Cup is over two miles, so that's under consideration.’
