Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore combined for a second winner on the afternoon as Circus Maximus provided his trainer with an eighth win in the St James's Palace Stakes.
Sixth in the Investec Derby at Epsom on his latest outing, the son of Galileo was a surprise supplementary entry for this race last week - dropping half a mile in distance.
Fitted with blinkers for the first time, the 10-1 winner hit the front racing inside the final two furlongs and was all out to deny the fast-finishing King Of Comedy by a neck.
Well-backed favourite Too Darn Hot was close-up in third, but Irish 2,000 Guineas hero Phoenix Of Spain could only finish a disappointing sixth.
If you haven't already, be sure to like our Irish Mirror Sport and Irish Mirror GAA pages on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
