Golden puts Vase rivals to the Sword

Golden Sword proved the sharper of Aidan O'Brien's two runners in the Virgin Money Chester Vase today as the 25-1 chance denied his stablemate and red-hot favourite Masterofthehorse on Ladies' Day at Chester.

Colm O'Donoghue set out to make all on the apparent second string, and his front-running tactics worked perfectly as he crossed the line in front of the sell-out stands with two lengths to spare.