1.   Stage victory went to Kazakhstan rider Alexandre Nadobenko, who proved strongest in a headwind sprint finish along Deansgate.

2.   There are a number of likely contenders for the Coalite Dragon Stakes, but victory here could go to the relatively unexposed Highland Dress from the Michael Stoute stable.

3.   And all the while, the industry urge to merge grows stronger on the assumption that victory ultimately will go the companies with the greatest size and geographic reach.

4.   A USC victory would go a long way toward redemption.

5.   A victory would go a long way in boosting confidence.

6.   Both campaigns know that in the runoff especially, the victory will go to whichever candidate can get his voters to the polls.

7.   But the architectural victory goes to New Jersey for now.

8.   But the victory goes deeper.

9.   But their victory went beyond being cool under pressure.

10.   But victory unexpectedly went to Redmond, a conservative Chicago-born minister from Los Alamos who had never held elective office.