PRIDE OF ARRAS caused a real upset in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes as The Lion In Winter was soundly beaten at York.

The latter horse was the ante-post Derby favourite and was expected to take a step towards the Classic at York, but after wrestling with Ryan Moore in the early stages, the 8-11 market leader never seemed to land a blow and finished unplaced.

Instead it was Pride Of Arras, ridden by Rossa Ryan and trained by Ralph Beckett, who came to the fore with length-and-a-quarter triumph at odds of 18-1, with 16-1 shot Damysus second and Wimbledon Hawkeye third.

Pride Of Arras, who won on his only juvenile start at Sandown, is now a 4-1 chance with Paddy Power for the Betfred Derby, having been available at 50s before the race.

Beckett said: “I think that was everything I hoped for and more.

“I was saying to the owner that I’d been tough on him to get him here, we had to take him away, he galloped at Lambourn about two and a half weeks ago and he’d been on the watered gallop at home several times.