Gavin Cromwell is celebrating after recording his second Royal Ascot victory and taking his record at the famous meeting to two wins from two runners.
The Meath trainer landed the Queen Mary with Quick Suzy two years ago, with Snellen just holding off the late lunge of favourite Pearls And Rubies to land the Chesham Stakes on Saturday afternoon.
Sent off at 12-1 having won on her only previous outing at Limerick, she was produced with a well-timed challenge by Gary Carroll.
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With a furlong to run there were any amount still in with a chance, but Carroll’s mount took a length out of the field.
That should have put the race to bed but Snellen began to drift to her left, allowing Pearls And Rubies and Ryan Moore a chance to close the gap. Unfortunately for favourite-backers, though, there was still a head between them when the line came.
Golden Mind and 125-1 shot Oddyssey dead-heated for third.
Cromwell said: “She’s been nice from the word go and is just progressing all the time.
“Her dam won over a mile and a half so I think she’ll stay further. I haven’t thought about Classics, we’ll enjoy today first.
“I’ve been very fortunate to have had two runners at this meeting and both are winners.
“Quick Suzy was a very different type of filly. She won the Queen Mary and was very much a two-year-old.
“This filly has more scope and is much more of a long-term prospect.”
He added: “She’s in the Moyglare and that’s the obvious race for her.”
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