Brown Panther gave trainer Tom Dascombe and jockey Richard Kingscote their second winner at the meeting with an emphatic victory in the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The 4-1 joint-favourite made eyecatching progress before the turn for home, after which he stormed into the lead three furlongs out.
He was shadowed by Well Sharp but quickly shrugged off that rival and galloped on strongly to score by six lengths from Census, who overtook Well Sharp by a length for third, with Communicator fourth.
It was a deeply emotional success for Manchester United forward Michael Owen, who bred the winner and owns him in the name of Owen Promotions.
Kingscote said: ‘I was in front far too long, but he kept pulling out.
‘He was passing them so easy going down the back I didn't want to disappoint him so I let him roll on.
‘He's a bull of a horse, he's always been going the right way but we don't know what went wrong first time out. Since then he has been wonderful.’
Kingscote and Dascombe on Wednesday teamed up to take to the Sandringham Handicap with Rhythm Of Light.
