Sweeping into the lead around the far turn, Verrazano turned back Vyjack and then Normandy Invasion, who finished second by a neck to likely earn enough qualifying points to make it to the Derby.

WSJ: Verrazano wins Wood to remain unbeaten

If the pressure is on them to "deliver" with those "tools" they've now got, it won't have surprised you that they, in turn, have turned up the pressure on those who do much of the delivering on their behalf: local government.

BBC: Time to switch back on

The scoring slowed right down as the ball started to turn and before long India turned to the irrepressible Yuvraj to work the oracle again.

BBC: By Jonathan Stevenson