WEST Ilsley trainer Mick Channon, best known for his speedy juveniles, showed he can be equally adept with stayers after saddling Baddam to spring a 33-1 shock on the opening day of Royal Ascot.

Tackling the marathon Ascot Stakes (Handicap), the four-year-old was sent clear entering the final two furlongs by Ian Mongan, before galloping powerfully to the line to beat Top The Charts by five lengths.

There was a scare for the jockey when he was unseated after passing the post, but he was quickly up on his feet.

A delighted Channon commented: "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."

Across the A34, East Ilsley trainer Hughie Morrison had an unforgettable weekend capturing the William Hill Trophy at York with Prince Tamino before saddling his first winner for The Queen when Gelder scored at Salisbury.

Prince Tamino stole the show at the Knavesmire on Saturday, zipping clear a furlong from home under Steve Drowne to beat Tawaassol by a length and a half, and capture the £55,054 first prize.

Speaking from Sandown, Morrison said: "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 five days earlier 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."

Gelder capped a memorable 24 hours for Morrison when giving the master of Summerdown Stables his first winner for the Queen in a mile maiden fillies stakes at Salisbury on Sunday.

The three-year-old, the only horse to carry the Royal silks among Morrison's team, kept on strongly under Jimmy Fortune to repel Royal Fantasy by three-quarters of a length.

"It's a great pleasure to train a winner for Her Majesty and it's been a wonderful weekend for the stable," said Morrison.

The East Ilsley handler had also notched a double at Goodwood on Friday night with Blue Java and Roman Quest scoring in the hands of apprentice Travis Block.

Blue Java just held on to beat Dr Synn by a short head in the seven-furlong handicap, while Block swooped late on Roman Quest to take the six-fulong handicap by three-quarters of a length from Mango Music.

And, after Prince Tamino's success, Morrison has his sights on another big sprint handicap with Intrepid Jack, who was second in the William Hill Trophy last year, a leading fancy for the Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday.

Power Girl gave Paul Cole's Whatcombe stables, near Wantage, a Listed Race success with victory in the Tweenhills Farm And Stud Warwickshire Oaks Stakes at Warwick.

Making her seasonal debut, the four-year-old romped home at 14-1 from Mango Mischief under champion jockey Jamie Spencer.

Channon has also enjoyed success away from the Royal meeting in the past week with Malapropism notching his eighth career success with a last-gasp win at Sandown.

Eddie Creighton produced the son of Compton Place to get up in the last stride and pip Chinalea by a short head in a five-furlong handicap.

Channon struck at Newbury with Kaylianni, who appreciated the drop in class to maiden company after finishing eighth in the Oaks, and Som Tala in a mile and six-furlong handicap at Salisbury.

Fulke Johnson Houghton, who trains at Blewbury, near Didcot, was another to enjoy success at the Wiltshire track with Peace Lily.

Stephen Carson's mount proved two lengths too good for La Fanciulla in the seven-furlong fillies' handicap.

Charlie Morlock's Kingston Lisle yard, near Wantage, ended a barren spell of more than seven months without a winner when Airgusta landed a selling hurdle at Hereford.

Jimmy McCarthy sent the five-year-old into the lead approaching the last flight, and he shot clear to bear Soviet Sceptre by five lengths.

Morlock had to go to 8,000gns to hold on to his winner in the subesquent auction.

Milton Harris, who trains at Edgcote, near Banbury was also among the Hereford winners when his German import Laertes Cause landed a bumper in the hands of Charlie Poste.