Bayside Boy springs Queen Elizabeth II Stakes surprise

Big Group One triumph for Roger Varian and Tom Marquand.

Bayside Boy was a surprise – but impressive – winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot.

Smart in his juvenile season – beating Reach For The Moon in the Champagne Stakes – the Roger Varian-trained colt had returned to winning ways in a Listed race at Sandown last time out.

Sent off at 33-1 in the hands of Tom Marquand, he crept into it and showed a smart turn of foot to sweep to a length and a quarter success over Modern Games with Jadoomi a short-head back in third.

John and Thady Gosden’s Inspiral started as the 11-10 favourite, but missed the break entirely and never truly looked happy, being beaten a fair way out.

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