Desert Hero emerged as a genuine Classic prospect for the King and Queen as he followed up his famous Royal Ascot success by landing the John Pearce Racing Gordon Stakes at Goodwood.
The William Haggas-trained three-year-old raised the roof when carrying the royal silks to victory in the King George V Stakes, providing the King and Queen with their first winner at the showpiece meeting.
He had more to do stepping up to Group Three level, but proved up to the task under a typically well-judged ride from Tom Marquand.
The Sea The Stars colt was positioned at the back of the field half a mile from home and off a steady pace as the front-running Chesspiece markedly increased the fractions on turning into the straight, but the winner travelled smoothly in behind and found the gap he needed to challenge late on to overhaul the pace-setter and score by a neck, with the pair clear of Canberra Legend in third.
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Shame that chesspiece was in the lead for long then just lost it by slowing down.