Full Glory goes into the black book as a distance winner in waiting this season after a very tough effort by the Tony Cruz-trained four-year-old on the weekend.
Full Glory looked useful in his first two starts then disappointed behind Ambitious Champion at Happy Valley, but Gerald Mosse going on was an important positive jockey change, which brought the best from the gelding on Sunday.
In France, he had four starts for a win on the fibresand and didn't look anything flashy, but what Full Glory has done so far here suggests that he is a better horse now with more maturity.
He went forward on Sunday in what was a fairly good tempo and then he was up chasing when Supreme Fresh charged away with a big break before straightening up for the run home.
In short, Full Glory has not had much rest, but still kicked on strongly at the finish against the more experienced runner Turbo Jewellery.
He stays well enough to be suited by 2,200m and we know that he can handle the dirt, so Full Glory has a few options.
Victory Duke's debut effort chasing home Bayonet down the straight had the benefit of the fast lane against the outside rail, but he still looks a horse worth following.
Bayonet is a horse on his way to Class Two, so it was no disgrace to be beaten by him and there was a lot to like about how he competed to fend off more experienced gallopers in Peace Combination and Giddy Giddy.
Victory Duke had shown good gate speed in every trial and again on Sunday and that will certainly take him a long way as a racehorse in the future.
The even better news is that Victory Duke's forte should be over a little further than 1,000m. He is a brother to a former handy miler called Bravado in New Zealand and a half brother to Paul O'Sullivan-trained New Stamina, whose best we have not seen as yet.
Neither of them is a short course sprinter and Victory Duke, by underrated Bachelor Duke, will put his gate speed to good use when he gets up to 1,400m or 1,600m in time.
