Mecca's Mate, winner of the Listed EBF Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes two years ago, served up a repeat performance under a perfectly-judged ride from Tony Hamilton at Ayr.

Dane O’Neill took Johhny Murtagh’s place on the Richard Hannon-trained Tacitus and nearly made it a dream spare ride as the colt finished strongly to go down by just half a length to stable companion Mister Links in the TNT July Stakes at Newmarket.