Gary Stevens and Kieren Fallon grasped the opportunity to put their skills in the Goodwood shop window as the rumour mill rumbled over potential transfer deals.
Speculation was rife that Stevens will return to America while Fallon would step into his riding boots at Michael Stoute's stable.
Asked whether Stoute had made contact with him, Fallon said: "I would like to work with a stable - I wouldn't like to be freelance - but it is only rumours, really. I haven't been approached by any stable but, as I say, I would like to ride for a stable."
The gossiping did not harm their riding with Fallon giving a typically vigorous performance to secure victory aboard Azouz Pasha - trained by his soon-to-be ex-boss Henry Cecil - in the Volvo Contracts Globetrotter Handicap.
Thirty five minutes later it was the turn of Stevens to guide the locally-trained Danish Rhapsody ahead of seven rivals in the Theo Fennell Glorious Handicap.
Fallon, sacked by Cecil earlier in the week after a personal disagreement, was riding for the trainer for the last time in England when he climbed aboard Azouz Pasha.
They ended their highly-successful - but briefer than expected - association on a winning note as the colt quickened well on the outside to defeat West Escape. Stevens' tactical know-how is second to none and he used it to good effect on Danish Rhapsody.
He wisely kept his mount in second place behind the pacesetting Wales before sending him to the front in the home straight.
Staying on strongly, Danish Rhapsody came home one and a half lengths clear of Mardani.
Stevens admitted that negotiations are underway that could see him leaving Britain and returning to his homeland.
But Maxine Cowdrey, the assistant of Danish Rhapsody's trainer Lady Herries, told Stevens: "You'll have to stay now - to ride this horse again."
Danish Rhapsody was winning for the first time at one and a half miles having been stepped up to that trip on the advice of jockey Willie Ryan.
The race was hit by drama in the early stages when Frankie Dettori's mount Redbridge slipped up after two furlongs.
Dettori was badly bruised and unable to ride for the remainder of the day. It will be touch and go whether he resumes today.
Punters were also suffering pain - in their pockets - 30 minutes later when unconsidered Misty Miss obliged in the Jockey Club of Kenya Molecomb Stakes.
The odds-on chance Victory Day trailed in well behind as Misty Miss came home one length ahead of Fez.
Champion jumps jockey Tony McCoy was banned for four days (August 8th, 9th, 10th and 14th) for using his whip with excessive force on Picasso's Heritage, the 3/4l winner of the Hollybush Novices' Claiming Hurdle at Bangor yesterday.
