HERE are five things we learned from the fourth and final day of another stunning Ebor Festival at York....

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER

It is hard to see quite what York could do to make the four-day Ebor meeting any better than it currently is. Six races on the first three days works well, minimum prize-money of £70,000 for each race means ultra-competitive handicaps and classy Group events and there are no fillers like at Cheltenham at Ascot. It has all the greatness of the other big Festivals without the pomp and ceremony.

WELCOME WINNER FOR HANAGAN

It has been a quiet summer for former champion jockey Paul Hanagan, compounded by some time out of the saddle with illness, but winning the Gimcrack on Sands Of Mali will have given him a big boost. The fact it came for his old pal Richard Fahey, in a race he really wanted to win for the first time, will make it all the sweeter. Hanagan has his critics, but there are few better on the Knavesmire.

AUSTRALIAN BOUNTY BECKONS

Secret Advisor has been running consistently well all summer and certainly was not winning out of turn in an ultra-competitive renewal of the Melrose Handicap. James Doyle suffered traffic problems on Charlie Appleby's three-year-old but he stayed on gamely to get up close home. Appleby likes sending runners Down Under, and is very successful with them, so he looks likely to be aimed at the Melbourne Cup next year.

MUSTASHRY A NAME TO NOTE

Ulysses showed earlier this week that given the tools Sir Michael Stoute can still produce the goods and the progress Mustashry has made in his last two races suggest it will not be long before he is dining at the top table, too. He came from a mile back to win at Chelmsford before stepping up in class to win the Strensall Stakes from some solid performers. His breeding does not suggest it, but he should be even better at 10 furlongs.

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED

Nakeeta has been the perennial bridesmaid in all the big staying handicaps on the Flat for the past couple of seasons, so it would only be a punter with a heart of stone who would begrudge him his day in the sun after winning the Betfred Ebor. Iain Jardine is a relatively new trainer, in just his seventh season, but he is really making a name for himself under both codes. Young jockey Callum Rodriguez is another name to note, and was the third apprentice in four years to win the big pot.