Cavalryman (left) seen here winning at Newmarket© Photo Healy Racing
Cavalryman showed he is as good as ever at the age of eight as he powered to victory in the Artemis Goodwood Cup at the Sussex track.
Godolphin's eight-year-old became the first horse of that age to take this historic prize since Persian Punch as he warded off his Saeed bin Suroor-trained stable companion Ahzeemah.
Last year's winner Brown Panther was third, but The Queen's Estimate faded tamely in the straight to be a big disappointment.
Kieren Fallon took Cavalryman (5-1) into the lead two furlongs out and he soon put the race to bed, but Ahzeemah put in a late surge and was only a neck down at the line, with Brown Panther four and a half lengths away.
Fallon said: "He's a tough horse. It's a very difficult race to win but he's gone from strength to strength.
"The pace wasn't great, it was OK, but this horse has a fantastic turn of foot. I thought I was clear - I didn't think there was another horse coming at me - but he had enough."
Bin Suroor said: "He's a good fighter, he goes on any ground and he has improved with age. He's a stayer, and a mile and three-quarters and two miles are the best trip for him.
"He showed some turn of foot and now we take him to York for the two-mile race, the Lonsdale, and at the end of the season I will talk to Sheikh Mohammed, but it could be the Melbourne Cup. Ahzeemah, also, he could be a horse for the Melbourne Cup, too."
