Lost In The Moment put himself in the frame for a third Australian visit as the Godolphin runner returned to form with victory in the Fred Archer Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday evening.

Saeed Bin Suroor’s six-year-old has not tasted success since a win in Dubai over two years ago, but bounced right back to his best by overcoming a troubled passage in the 2400-metre contest to hold off Alain De Royer-Dupre’s I’m Your Man by a head.

The son of Danehill Dancer marked himself down as a stayer to follow in the 2011 season by finishing a narrow second to Opinion Poll in the Goodwood Cup before heading to the Spring Racing Carnival and filling sixth place behind Dunaden in the Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Lost In The Moment failed to make the final field for the Melbourne Cup last year as his rating was not high enough to gain a start, but he did run at Flemington just days later when fifth to Puissance De Lune in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Suroor said: “We gave him a break after his final run last year and the horse has improved physically and seems much better.

“We have started him off over a mile and a half (2400 metres) but he will be better over a mile and six furlongs or two miles (2800-3200 metres).

“Options are open for him now but he was second in the Goodwood Cup two years ago so could head back to that race and we will take future plans from there.”

Johnny Murtagh was in Group 1-winning form on Sunday evening when steering Roger Varian’s Ambivalent to triumph in the Pretty Polly Stakes in Ireland, and the jockey-come-trainer also saddled a possible Melbourne Cup runner in the Curragh Cup.

Royal Diamond, successful in last year’s Irish St Leger, was one of seven runners in the 3200-metre Group 3 race and the seven-year-old struck for home off the final turn.

The prize was snatched from his grasp though as the Aidan O’Brien-trained Ernest Hemingway swept past for a comfortable five-length success.

The winning four-year-old, ridden by Joseph O’Brien, was having just his sixth career start and second of the season after finishing fourth in the Alleged Stakes on his debut, having signed off 2012 with pace-making duties in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

O’Brien said: “He ran over a mile and a half in the Arc but that wasn't a fair trial of his ability to stay.

“When he ran over a mile and two furlongs (2000 metres) Joseph said he was crying out for a mile and a half.

“That is the first time he has stepped up in distance today. He's a very good mover and probably loved that ground. He showed good acceleration and I'm delighted with him

“He's a beautiful horse – a big imposing type.”

Jockey Seamus Heffernan added: “He has always shown plenty and was impressive in winning his maiden in Dundalk.

“He is a big horse so we have taken our time with him and that is paying back now and he has skated in today.”

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