The Dandy Nicholls-trained Victoire De Lyphar ran out a game winner of York's £100,000 Reg Griffin Memorial Trophy.
Sent off at 9-1 following his comeback victory at Doncaster in April, the three-year-old travelled strongly in the hands of the trainer's son Adrian.
Singeur and Frankie Dettori loomed up menacingly heading inside the final two furlongs but Victoire De Lyphar found most for pressure to score by a length and a quarter. Iver Bridge Lad ran a fine race to fill the runner-up spot, with Singeur third and Pastoral Player fourth.
The winning jockey said: "It was hard work but he's done it well in the end. It's great to have a winner round here as I'm from round here and it means a lot to me. Fair play to the old man, I was asking him when this horse would run and he said I would have to wait and see. This was his plan and that's why he's the boss.
"The horse is going to come on from this and although he was off the bridle a long way down he's galloped through the line lovely. He had the form to have a right shout and I'm just glad he's gone and proved it."
Tim Palin, manager for winning syndicate Middleham Park racing, said: "There are 12 owners in this particular syndicate.
"This horse was with Ben Haslam last year but because he was going to be a sprinter, we thought he would be better off going to Dandy and he's been there since the start of the year. He won nicely at Doncaster where the form has worked out well and this is great."
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