Rip Van Winkle woke up just in time to catch the Juddmonte pair of Twice Over and Byword in the shadow of the line to land a thrilling renewal of the $1 million Juddmonte International Stakes at York on Tuesday. In winning for the first time in nearly 11 months, the Aidan O’Brien-trained son of Galileo proved he could win beyond a mile as defeated two of the best 10-furlong horses in training. Johnny Murtagh kept the 7-4 favorite Rip Van Winkle toward the rear of the nine-runner field as Stimulation set a modest pace with the 11-4 Byword chasing in second and the 6-1 Twice Over immediately behind him in fourth. The Andre Fabre-trained Byword was the first to move as Maxime Guyon powered him to the front at the five-sixteenths pole, with Twice Over hot on his heels. Twice Over, the Henry Cecil-trained winner of the Eclipse Stakes, took over from his Prince of Wales’s Stakes conqueror at the three-sixteenths pole and looked like the winner until Rip Van Winkle caught him barely 20 yards from the line to prevail by a half-length, with Twice Over three-quarters of a length in front of Byword. It was another four lengths back to Godolphin’s Cavalryman, but Dick Turpin failed to stay the 1 1/4 miles and 88 yards, finishing fifth, beaten 7 3/4 lengths. The winning time on good ground was 2:08.58. Rip Van Winkle had won two of Europe’s best weight-for-age miles last year in the Sussex Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes but came a cropper when only 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. A distant sixth behind Goldikova in his return in the one-mile Queen Anne Stakes, he improved greatly when caught near the line by Canford Cliffs in this year’s Sussex Stakes. He now has an array of 10-furlong and one-mile races from which to choose. Meanwhile, Cecil said that Twice Over would be aimed at a defense of his 1 1/4-mile Champion Stakes title at Newmarket on Oct. 16, with the Breeders’ Cup Classic and the Dubai World Cup also under consideration. * The 3-2 favorite Rewilding proved far too strong for his nine rivals in the $219,000 Great Voltigeur Stakes as he sailed clear under Frankie Dettori to win the 1 1/2-mile Group 2 by four handy lengths. A distant third behind Workforce in the Epsom Derby in his last outing June 5, Godolphin’s Mahmoud Al Zarooni-trained Tiger Hill colt cruised past the O’Brien-trained Irish Derby runner-up Midas Touch like he was something special. A half-brother to three-time Group 1 winner Dar Re Mi as well as to Hong Kong Group 1 winner River Dancer and French Group 2 winner Darazari, Rewilding was immediately installed as the 2-1 favorite for the classic St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, where the 1 3/4 miles and 132 yards should be right up his alley.