The Revenant and Addeybb seal UAE double at Ascot

Emirati owners bagged two of the four Group 1 prizes on offer in the British Champions Day meeting at Ascot.

The Revenant, in the colours of Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa, came home on top in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes while Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid’s Addeybb took the British Champion Middle Distance Stakes.

The Revenant, trained by Francis- Henri Graffard at the Al Asayl Stables in France and ridden by Pierre-Charles Boudot, produced a strong late run to win from Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s Roseman by a head over the 12-furlong trip.

Palace Pier, in the silks of Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, finished three and- a- quarter lengths further back in third.

The Revenant was runner up in the race 12 months ago came into the race having won the Group 2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein at Longchamp in his only start for the season two weeks ago.

“We were very confident coming into the race today,” Boudot said of the five-yearold’s triumph.

“He loved the ground, he travelled well behind Circus Maximus and showed a good turn of foot when I asked him. His prep was good, he’s courageous and he’s just good.”

Addeybb, under Tom Marquand, was an impressive winner from French raider Skalleti and Aidan O’Brien’s Magical over the 10-furlong distance.

“He’s a marvellous horse and he was really up for it today,” winning trainer William Haggas said of the six-year-old Pivotal gelding.

Earlier, Hollie Doyle, 24, became the first female jockey to win a race on British Champions Day after steering Trueshan in the British Champions Long Distance Cup.