Creative Force (evens favourite) was back in the winner's enclosure after victory in the Pertemps Network Conditions Stakes at Haydock Park.
The Charlie Appleby-trained five-year-old is a former Royal Ascot winner and also won the Group One Champions Sprint Stakes back at the Berkshire track in October 2021. But he had not won since. Although, he had run some good races in defeat at the top level including when second in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes at last year’s Royal meeting. But dropped back down to a conditions event, he landed a morale-boosting victory under James Doyle. Doyle had Creative Force out quick and he led from start to finish in the six-furlong contest, eventually scoring by three lengths from Tiber Flow.
