Bandari pulls plug on rivals

A pair of earplugs came to the rescue of Bandari’s frayed nerves in order to help him land the big race on the second day of Newmarket’s July meeting.

His victory in the Group Two Princess Of Wales’s cantorodds.com Stakes was the 10th of his career and his fifth in a Pattern race.

“We put the earplugs in two hours before the race and they obviously had the right effect because he was quiet as a mouse in the parade and went to post without turning a hair,” said winning rider Richard Hills.