I doubt Eshaasy posted much of an improved figure in winning tonight. I can't really give him much of a rise based on this performance. There was a desperate weakness in the Godolphin horse late on and form lines with Gosden's Encipher through tonight's runners, who also ran against him, leave Eshaasy a fair bit behind his stablemate, who has a RPR of 87 after his second start.
Tonight's third Protaganist was beaten a length and a half but he was beaten 11 lengths behind Encipher and Oslo was beaten 4 and a quarter lengths tonight but was beaten 8 and a quarter lengths by Encipher.
It's pretty hard to make a case for a rating in excess of 80 for Eshaasy and I would imagine the Champagne Stakes entry is highly unlikely to be kept. I would imagine they will not aim high with him next time.
Of course a win's a win but looking forward I was a bit underwhelmed this evening given that the newcomers were pretty much unexpected and the existing form lines didn't look any better than moderate.
Maybe I'll be wrong but I am sticking by my thinking that 80 might be enough to win tonight's race and that's pretty much where I have pegged Eshaasy and I am not sure I would back him next time.