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Charlie Appleby-trained Naval Power delievered a powerful win in the 7f novice in preparation for the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The son of Teofilo was overshadowed in the betting by his William Buick-ridden stablemate One Nation and fancied John and Thady Gosden newcomer Alzahir but made the most of a decent stalls position to score under James Doyle.
Naval Power was following in the footsteps of Boccaccio and current stablemate New Science when holding off Alzahir by a short head despite jumping the path that crosses the road after two furlongs.
De La Sayette had previous experience of his mount, having steered him to finish third to Derby hope Nahanni on his debut at Leicester last month.
Stevie Donohoe won the German 2,000 Guineas with Maljoom on Sunday and kept the momentum going when scoring on his very next ride in the opening 7f handicap on Rocket Yogi.
There were a few gambles in the ten-runner contest but it was his easy-to-back mount who took the spoils from bottomweight Lelabad in a race dominated by those on the stands' rail.