Rashabar hangs on for thrilling 80-1 Coventry Stakes victory at Royal Ascot
Billy Loughnane after riding Rashabar to victory in the Coventry Stakes on day one of Royal Ascot. Picture: John Walton/PA Wire.
Rashabar held off the late challenge of Wathnan Racing duo Electrolyte and Columnist to claim the Coventry Stakes in a desperately tight finish, in the process returning some very famous silks to the Royal Ascot winner's enclosure.
Brian Meehan's charge had not managed to get his head in front in his first two appearances, despite promising displays at Newbury and Chester, but the Holy Roman Emperor colt - in the colours associated for so long with the late Robert Sangster - had just enough in the tank to score as an 80-1 winner by a nose.
