Malthouse strikes as Ascot

Mark Johnston's Malthouse made an impressive winning debut with a near three-length triumph in the EBF GL Events Owen Brown Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes at Ascot today.

Carrying the increasingly familiar green colours of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Green Desert colt poured on the pressure under Richard Hills in the final furlong to oblige at odds of 7-2.