Harzand could face a rematch with the four horses that followed him home in the Investec Derby at Epsom, with connections setting their sights on another clash in the Irish Derby later this month.
Aidan O'Brien is looking towards that event with second and third US Army Ranger and Idaho, while John Gosden is also mulling a trip to the Curragh on June 25 with his fourth-placed Wings Of Desire.
The Dante Stakes winner was well fancied for the Epsom Classic but Gosden felt his lack of experience perhaps played a part in his defeat as well as the easy ground conditions.
The Newmarket trainer said: "It was only his fourth outing and he has run a great race. We were unsuited by the ground - he wants good rather than good to soft which has suited the winner and second better than us.
"He has run a lovely race and we could not be happier with him.
"I think the front four are very nice and the winner will be tough to beat anywhere once he gets his ground.
"The Curragh could be an obvious target for us - a lovely galloping track which will suit him better than everything else. We would not go rushing to Ascot which had been the original plan."
Wings Of Desire was beaten five lengths in fourth with Humphrey Bogart a further three lengths back in fifth.
His trainer Richard Hannon was more than satisfied with his effort and will consider both the Irish Derby and Royal Ascot for his charge now.
He said: "I am absolutely delighted, he ran a super race - for a moment when they turned Tattenham Corner he looked very dangerous. There were a lot of good horses behind him. The winner is obviously a very good horse.
"Every time this horse has run he has taken a step up. Today he has taken a massive step up. I will look at the Irish Derby and Royal Ascot. I couldn't be more proud of him."
Plans for the Owner Burrows-trained Massaat are much less certain after the 2000 Guineas runner-up faded out of contention to finish ninth.
Angus Gold, racing manager to owner Hamdan Al Maktoum, said: "The obvious thing everybody is going to say is that he did not stay but he was gone too far out.
"He had a lovely spot in the race, was a bit keen early as we had trained him for the Guineas and the minute Paul (Hanagan) went for him, he went backwards.
"We worked him a mile and a quarter the other day and it took Paul a good couple of furlongs to pull him up. He definitely stays a mile and a quarter. We will give him a bit of break and review."
Hanagan added: "I felt lovely with three and a half or four furlongs to go. It was pretty instant when he just emptied. I would not say anything about the trip just yet - it was too far out."
Sir Michael Stoute had made no secret of the regard in which he held Ulysses in the run-up to the race but the colt could finish only 12th, two places behind stablemate Across The Stars.
He said: "Kieren (Fallon) said Across The Stars did not come down the hill very well and he is a big, leggy colt who will come right in time.
"I was a little disappointed with Ulysses but I am sure his day will come. Andrea (Atzeni) said that, especially in this company, he needs quicker ground."
Jim Crowley, rider of seventh-placed Algometer believes his mount will improve for a step up in trip.
He said: "He got a little worked up before the race and he didn't travel as well as I think he can. He just lacked a gear but stayed on really well. He will be a good ride in the St Leger."
Moonlight Magic finished last of the 16 runners and his rider Kevin Manning reported that he failed to handle the track.
He said: "When we started racing four and a half furlongs out, he got unbalanced and was very unbalanced coming down the hill."