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The five year old had had just two previous starts on the all-weather, winning once and the market spoke strongly in his favour in the seven-furlong Ladbrokes Handicap.

The 2/1 favourite scored by a length and a half from two horses trained by Marco Botti, Solar Deity (7/2) and Grey Mirage (6/1), who were separated by a half-length.

The winning jockey Silvestre de Sousa said: "He has done it well enough from a wide draw. He was spot on."

De Sousa doubled his tally for the evening in the Download The Ladbrokes App Claiming Stakes as the Ian Williams-trained Alakhan (2/1 favourite) held off all challengers to score by half a length.

The third race on the card, the Class Two 32Red Handicap, was also worth over 12,000 to the winner and saw the James Tate-trained Bin Singspiel (7/2) win in excellent style.

The three year old took over the lead from Expert Fighter (3/1 Fav) entering the straight and ran on strongly under Luke Morris to score by four lengths with Kiama Bay another four and a half lengths back in third.

The winning rider said: "He has done it very well. He is an impressive horse and I would like to think he can go on to better things. He travelled through the race very smoothly and showed a good turn of foot.

"It has been a great year for me (this was his 141st winner) and hopefully there will be a few more to come."

Referring to the All-Weather Championships, the jockey added: "This is the boost that All-Weather racing needed."

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