EAST Ilsley trainer Hughie Morrison, second with Intrepid Jack in the William Hill Trophy at York last year, went one better this time with Prince Tamino.
Steve Drowne sent the three-year-old son of Mozart to the front a furlong from home, and he quickly sped clear to beat Tawaassol by a length and a half and capture the £55,054 first prize.
Speaking from Sandown, Morrison said: "He won it well. The TV I saw it on was not actually a great screen, but he looked to have won it about a furlong out, and then it was just a question of whether he kept going."
Prince Tamino had only won at Windsor last Monday a success he picked up a 7lb penalty for.
And Drowne said: "He only raced for a furlong that day, and we said if he comes out of it well, we will run him here.
"My one worry was that with a race of this quality you tend not to win with a 7lb penalty, but he is a talented horse."
Morrison was on the mark again yesterday when he sent out Gelder to score for The Queen at Salisbury.
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