WEST Ilsley trainer Mick Channon was thrilled to see Baddam spring a 33-1 shock in the Ascot Stakes (Handicap) on the opening day of Royal Ascot.
Ian Mongan sent the four-year-old clear entering the final two furlongs, and he galloped powerfully to the line to beat Top The Charts by five lengths.
Mongan was unseated after passing the post, but was quickly up on his feet.
Shamayoun finished third, with Full House, from Paul Webber's Cropredy yard, near Banbury, fourth.
Channon said: "Ian said last time that this horse was crying out for two and a half miles, and he ran a blinder that day.
"He is in the Queen Alexandra on Saturday over a bit further, but we'll see how he comes out of this race obviously."
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