HENRY CECIL'S Twice Over stole the show on Champions' Day at Newmarket to have the Group One flag flying high over Warren Place and also initiate a possible trip to the Breeders' Cup.

The winner of the 10-furlong contest was guaranteed a place in the Breeders' Cup - although connections are more likely to look at the Breeders' Cup Classic if they do travel to Santa Anita.

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for owner Khalid Abdullah, said: "We hadn't been looking at the Breeders' Cup before this, but he has come back and won this race very well so the Classic would be under consideration.

"The question mark is that the race is on a surface that he's never raced on. There is also Hong Kong . . . along with Dubai. He had a very tough race at Ascot (Prince Of Wales's Stakes) and led into the closing stages, only to just get mugged by three others.

Tom Queally had the 14-1 chance in the front rank throughout and after leading well over two furlongs out, his mount boxed on well to hold Mawatheeq by half a length. Richard Hills rode the latter and objected to the winner on the grounds of interference, but the stewards dismissed the appeal. Oaks winner Sariska came from well off the pace to finish a length down in third, while 6-4 favourite Fame And Glory dropped back to sixth having race prominently.

However, Aidan O'Brien claimed his second Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes as 33-1 outsider Beethoven led home a Ballydoyle 1-2.