Johnston joy as Namibian lifts Vase
Silvestre de Sousa took the 7-2 favourite into the lead from his stablemate Eternal Heart two furlongs out and drifted sharply over to the far rail.
Tom Queally went after him on Henry Cecil’s Solar Sky, but Namibian pulled out extra to give De Sousa his 50th victory of the season – and his first at the Royal meeting.
Namibian was first past the post by a neck after the first two got close together in the dying strides, with Eternal Heart plugging on for third, another seven lengths away.
