The Wizard Of Eye stormed house to grab an exciting Lavazza & Ascot 10 Yr Anniversary Victoria Cup victory proper on the road.
Joe Leavy seemed to have made a decisive transfer on Richard Fahey’s Ramazan between the ultimate two furlongs and he saved on properly to fend off the problem of outsider Bless Him.
However Tom Marquand conjured up an unimaginable late surge from The Wizard Of Eye and the Charlie Fellowes-trained five-year-old timed it to perfection, scoring by a head and a brief head at 7/1.
It was a primary triumph since November 2022 for the now-gelded son of Galileo Gold, who was as soon as eleventh within the 2000 Guineas in his time with Stan Moore.
Marquand instructed Sky Sports activities: “An enormous shout-out to Charlie, he is received him lifeless proper. I’ve received to say I in all probability sat on him for half a furlong longer than I believed was proper, however I had Charlie’s phrases ringing in my ears.
“He is a really helpful horse, he is proven that earlier than, however to get him again on this order, he is completed an excellent job.
“As quickly as we would gone 100 yards, the tempo got here into the race and I used to be tremendous proud of him, I used to be taken into the race and he is picked up nice.
“I’d say things could go even more in his favour on a track like this than they have today, so it’s exciting for Charlie to have a horse like this in his stable and nice to get him back to the horse of old.”
What about the remainder of the cardboard?
Hallasan proved a disappointment for odds-on favourite-backers when solely third within the Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% Novice Stakes, with 8/1 probability Xanthe edging out 14/1 Reposado by a head for prime honours.
Richard Hannon’s Earthlight filly was upholding household honour as a half-sister to a few winners, together with Listed-class scorer Fort Del Oro.
Proprietor Julie Wooden stated: “She’s super, she’s just like her dam Gilded, who won the Queen Mary. She’s the same make and model and today she performed just like her; head down and very gutsy.
“We turned to Richard right away and stated it is the Queen Mary subsequent – it is an apparent one, as she seems to be simply an out-and-out five-furlongs sprinter in the meanwhile.”
Kotari completed a quick hat-trick when claiming victory in the Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% Handicap as the 16-5 favourite.
The gelding gave Gary and Josh Moore their first success as joint-licence holders at Salisbury just six days ago and coped with a 5lb penalty to score under Jason Watson.
The winning jockey said: “I anticipated there to be much more tempo on within the race they usually weren’t going the sort of gallop I might have preferred, however he is clearly bettering fairly quickly.”
Sean D Bowen produced Bellarchi (8/1) with a well-timed run to land the Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% British EBF Fillies’ Handicap by threequarters of a size from Rose Prick.
Grant Tuer’s filly was persevering with her good run of kind, having final month obliged at Southwell earlier than taking place by only a nostril when second at Beverley.
