Saffron Beach (5-2 joint favourite) ran out a fine winner of the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes on the second day of Royal Ascot 2022.
Jane Chapple-Hyam's filly had a fine season as a three-year-old, includiung beeing runner-up to Mother Earth in the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas before beating that Aidan O'Brien rival in the Group One Sun Chariot Stakes at the end of the season.
The New Bay filly had to carry a penalty for that Group One victory and she had to concede 5lb all round including to the reopposing Mother Earth. But she made light of that burden and showed her class to run out a fine winner of the Group Two contest under Liverpool FC fan William Buick.