Sir Michael Stoute and Ryan Moore finally got a winner at Royal Ascot after three second-placed finishses on Wednesday, with Glass Harmonium coming out on top in the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Stoute finally in winners' enclosure after second places
Sir Michael Stoute and Ryan Moore finally got a winner at Royal Ascot after three second-placed finishses on Wednesday, with Glass Harmonium coming out on top in the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The 8-1 chance was held up in the early stages by the champion jockey but made stealthy headway to challenge for the lead in the straight.
Strong travelling French raider Cashelgar moved up as a big danger but Glass
Harmonium pulled out plenty to score by half a length.
The stewards called an inquiry following possible interference between the first two home.
Stoute said: "He was beaten fair and square (in the Dante at York last time).
"He's a horse that we always liked and we supplemented him for the Derby in March as I felt there was a possibility.
"After the Dante, the plan was to come here."
Supplemented
Peter Reynolds, representing the winning owner Ballymacoll Stud, added: "He's always been a really nice horse and that was more like a Group Three than a Listed race.
"Sir Michael never spends his money without good reason and he supplemented him for the Derby.
"He is still in the Irish Derby so we will have to see about that."
Ed Dunlop's Fareer came with a flying late finish to grab the spoils in a tight finish to the Britannia Stakes.
There were plenty in with chances at the business end of the traditional cavalry charge, but it was the Richard Hills-ridden Fareer (20-1) who showed the best finishing kick to narrowly come out on top by a head.
Soft ground
Dunlop said: "The ground was too soft at Haydock last time and we probably shouldn't have run him.
"It was a stupid thing to do, but it was a big race. He won well at Chester on ground he liked and this was the plan all year.
"I told Richard to do what he liked as the only thing we planned to do was hold him up. He did it well."
Hills said: "We knew it was going to be a fast race, it usually is, and I asked Sheikh Hamdan if I could just take my time and get a bit of luck. I said this horse has got a good finish.
"We've had this race in mind for quite a while and he did well. You have to ride your race with the horses in front of you - you can't be worrying about what's going on on the other side.
"You can only ride one race, I was drawn there, it was too far to go to the right so I stayed there."
