Giavellotto powers home for smart Princess of Wales’s success

Marco Botti’s stayer comfortably copes with drop in distance at Newmarket.

Dual Yorkshire Cup hero Giavellotto bagged another big prize in the form of the Princess of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket.

Having successfully defended his crown on the Knavesmire in May, Marco Botti’s star stayer had to shoulder a 3lb penalty when dropping down to a mile and a half in his bid for back-to-back Group Two wins under Oisin Murphy.

Six runners went to post and from the home turn the field split in two, with Giavellotto tracking the Juddmonte-owned pair of Arrest and Time Lock down the centre of the track, while 11-10 favourite Hamish sat in the wing mirrors of Outbox and Maxi Boy closer to the stands’ rail.

While the usually consistent Coronation Cup runner-up Hamish was in obvious trouble with over a quarter of a mile still to race and faded into fourth, 100-30 chance Giavellotto moved menacingly towards the front passing the final furlong marker and found plenty once asked for maximum effort to beat the gallant Arrest by three and a quarter lengths.

Ground permitting, Giavellotto will now bid to secure a first win at Group One level in the Irish St Leger at the Curragh on September 15.

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