She was bumped early, forced five-wide throughout the mile race, but still found another gear to pass five horses in the final half-mile.

Half a mile from home, Arazi had passed five horses and was running 11th.

Passing four horses after the final fence, he got up to win on the line by a short head.

Smith had plenty of horse, he said, but now he needed to find the most efficient way to pass 17 horses.

Funny Cide made a mild bid, passing two horses in the stretch to take third.

He started to pass two horses, but they picked it up again.

Far behind, Imperialism nonetheless made an eye-catching move in the stretch, passing seven horses and losing by six lengths.

"He's moving up," she said quickly as number seven passed three horses with long, hard-driving strides.

He passed 17 other horses, but it took him a plodding 53 seconds to do so.

He passed 12 horses in the final quarter-mile to finish in a dead heat for fourth with Jazil.