MIGHTY MASAR POWERS HOME

MASAR was an emphatic ★

winner of the BetBright Solario Stakes at Sandown

The son of New Approach ★

touched off the smart Invincible Army on his racecourse debut at Goodwood in May and lined up at Royal Ascot as a leading contender for the Chesham Stakes.

While Charlie Appleby’s

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charge ultimately came up short then, he emerged with plenty of credit after finishing third behind high-class fillies September and Nyaleti and was an 11-8 favourite to get back on the winning trail in this Group Three event.

Runaway course ★

and distance winner Connect took the field along for much of the seven-furlong contest, with De Bruyne Horse second and Masar settled in third by

James Doyle (right).

Masar quickened up

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to lead inside the final two furlongs but was then followed through by Ken Condon-trained Irish challenger Romanised. For a moment it ★ looked as though it might be close but Masar really asserted his authority late on and passed the post two lengths to the good.

Doyle said: “I thought ★ it was a nice, professional performance by my horse. AL OF A WIN: Andrea Atenzi steers Aljazzi to victory at Sandown

“He had good form in the ★

book and we knew he’d see out the trip quite well and we just kept it simple.

“He took a little bit of time to ★

drop down into gear but once he did he powered away very nicely.

“I was pretty confident after ★

going a furlong. I’d say a step up in trip will suit him.”

Appleby immediately

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nominated the Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket on September 30 as a possible next port of call.