Twice Over joy for Cecil

The Warren Place maestro first struck gold in the Sandown Group One with Wolver Hollow in 1969 and he went on to follow up with Wallow in 1976 and Gunner B two years later.

Since then however, Cecil has seen the likes of Reference Point and Bosra Sham denied Esher glory, but he returned to the winner's enclosure as Tom Queally struck aboard the well-backed 13-8 favourite.

The five-year-old, bidding for compensation following a narrow defeat in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, was sent into an early lead as Queally decided to take on the returning Dar Re Mi.

As the latter began to feel the pinch on her first start since March, Twice Over continued to pour it on at the head of affairs and he had enough in the tank to hold off fast-finishing outsider Sri Putra by half a length.

After pointing to a lump in his throat indicating the emotion felt after his hearty reception in the winner's enclosure, Cecil said: "Well done to all the staff at Warren Place and Graham Purse who rides him every day.

"We decided this morning if there was no pace or not enough we would gradually let him lengthen, we didn't want a two-furlong sprint.

"It's great to see him win and whatever anyone says I do think he was unlucky at Royal Ascot.

"Looking ahead there is the Juddmonte International and the Champion Stakes and I would love to win the Dubai World Cup."

Triple Aspect (15-8) avenged a slightly unlucky defeat in last year's Coral Charge by taking the 2010 renewal with a typically powerful late finish.

Maureen Haggas, wife of trainer William, said: "He has had a lot of problems, but the treadmill has been the making of him and he loves it."

Haggas indicated the Goldene Peitsche at Baden-Baden on 29 August may be a target.

King Of Wands (8-1) landed the Coral Marathon for John Gosden, while Sir Mark Prescott's 11-2 chance Virginia Hall dismantled some useful rivals in the Coral Distaff.

The bet365 Lancashire Oaks took centre stage at Haydock and it was David Elsworth's classy mare Barshiba who grabbed the Group Two prize for the second successive year in the hands of Hayley Turner.

"She's so tough it's unreal," beamed Turner.