At Newmarket, Charlie Appleby's Ottoman Fleet won the bet365 Earl of Sefton Stakes for the second year in a row.
The five-year-old was in excellent race form, having completed three runs at Meydan in Dubai and winning this race a year prior. He had also been competing at a high level in America.
He is a reliable performer who just misses the top class, but he is still a formidable opponent in Group Three.
Two furlongs from home for William Buick, he entered the race with ease and quickly pulled two lengths clear of the field, ending it in a matter of strides.
The 7-4 favourite was never in danger, even though he started to tyre late and Cambridgeshire winner Astro King closed to within a length.
Roger Varian's Embesto was the race's biggest letdown, placing a heavily beaten fifth.
“He’s come back from Dubai a fit horse and he does like this track, so he did have a few positives coming into this race,” said Appleby. “We thought there was going to be more pace in there and Will was slightly concerned, as there is not much coming from off the pace really, from what we have seen in the last sort of 24 hours. He said he jumped well enough and just sat up the backside of Ryan Moore (on Regal Reality) and was always confident he was going to get the job done. He’s been a very consistent horse for us and has been out in Dubai and running consistently well. His last race, he was a bit disappointing but I think he was just getting the hang of Meydan again”.