Roy races to Cup shock

Candidato Roy pulled off a big shock at Ascot as he ploughed a lone furrow to take the totesport.com Challenge Cup with a pillar-to-post success for trainer William Haggas and jockey Johnny Murtagh.

The globetrotting Candidato Roy had proved a champion two-year-old in South Africa four years ago when he picked up two Group Ones, but according to Haggas most of his time since arriving in Newmarket has been spent in the equine spa.