Aidan O'Brien and his Group One express rolled into Sandown to secure a 12th topflight victory of the season as Mount Nelson landed the Coral- Eclipse.
The Ballydoyle team have mopped up in Europe so far this term, and were taking their fourth Eclipse as Johnny Murtagh produced his mount with split-second perfection.
Having initially held up the 7-2 chance towards the rear, he started to make his move with two furlongs left to run in the mile-and-a-quarter event.
The four-year-old hung right slightly when making his challenge but still made relentless progress down the outside of the field to get the better of a ding-dong battle with Phoenix Tower.
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The latter was bidding to give Henry Cecil a first win in the race for 30 years but the Warren Place maestro lost out by a short head, with Pipedreamer a length down in third.
O'Brien said: "He is a very good horse. He had a few little problems at three and tore off a shoe at the start of the spring last year and took half of his foot with it.
"The whole team did a great job to get him back and they need to take all the credit." Murtagh said: "I felt from early in the season that a mile and a quarter would suit him well. I always felt I was going to get there and I was on top in the last 100 yards."
