Last year's Melbourne Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux collected his first victory of the season in the Sportingbet Yorkshire Cup.
Ed Dunlop's globetrotter had proved no match for Colour Vision on his reappearance in the Sagaro Stakes at Kempton earlier this month, but looked far sharper for the experience as he held off Glens Diamond by a length.
The Group Two race, part of the British Champions Series, represented a major achievement in the career of jockey Tom McLaughlin, who was never too far away from the lead aboard the 4-1 shot.
William Haggas' Harris Tweed, the 9-4 favourite after a recent Newbury success, cut out the running ahead of Electrolyser and Liam Jones appeared to have a little up his sleeve as he quickened again in the home straight.
Red Cadeaux began to make his move and joined the leader though, appearing to rather run across Harris Tweed and away from McLaughlin's whip over a furlong out without causing serious interference.
He looked assured of the spoils on the far side of the course until the hitherto out-of-form Glen's Diamond came with a wet sail on the opposite side of the track, but his challenge was just a little too late.
