Shadow Of Light became only the second Middle Park Stakes winner since 1982 to complete a Group One double in the Dewhurst Stakes here on Saturday, but the afternoon may prove to be just as memorable for a looming controversy over Alphonse Le Grande’s narrow win in the Cesarewitch Handicap, which followed the day’s feature event.
Alphonse Le Grande, a 33-1 outsider, and his apprentice jockey, Jamie Powell, beat the well-fancied Manxman (8-1) by a nose in a thrilling finish in which the two horses were separated by much of the width of the track.
