Racing: Jamie Spencer secured a double on the day as ante-post favourite Purple Moon duly landed the gamble in the totesport Ebor at York to give trainer Luca Cumani his third win in the big handicap.
Heavily-backed following his victory at Goodwood, Purple Moon was held up towards the rear of the field before making rapid progress in the straight.
Ogee made most of the running until the fancied horses came to challenge and it was Purple Moon, the 7-2 market leader, who hit the front a furlong out.
He kept on strongly to score by three-quarters of a length from Honolulu, with Scriptwriter third and Minkowski fourth.
Spencer, winning his first Ebor, was completing a 21-1 brace.
Cumani said: "I don't think it was a great training performance. We were supposed to have 8lb in hand so he was entitled to win.
"It's great, because the pressure was there. When you go in a race like this and you a short-priced favourite you are expected to win, so the pressure is quite big."
Spencer added: "I've been placed in it four times. I rode one in it for Mick Easterby I thought would win and it broke a leg, so it was about time I won the race.
"I thought he (Purple Moon) had a great chance, but I was worried about the ground. It's great for Mr Cumani and for the owner Mr (Craig) Bennett. He put the money down for the horse.
"He travelled really well, but I didn't take many chances on him. Perhaps I should have been a little more patient as he was idling in front.
"He's a classy horse - the handicapper said he should have won. It's great to win the race."
Bennett, who bought Purple Moon for 440,000 guineas out of the Sir Michael Stoute stable at the 2006 Newmarket October Sales and initially sent him jumping with Nicky Richards, said: "He won it nicely and Jamie gave him a peach of a ride.
"The quicker the ground the better. Jamie said he didn't act down the back but he was fine in the straight and two furlongs out he looked the likely winner and idled again."
O'Brien said of Honolulu: "He ran well and I was very pleased with him."
While Saeed bin Suroor said of Scriptwriter: "He's run very well in a very tough race and gave everything.
"He's been beaten by a better horse on the day. There are no definite plans, but we'll try and find a nice race for him."