Bomber Jet benefited from a typically power-packed ride by Kieren Fallon to land the sportingbet.com Stakes at York.
The six-times champion jockey settled the 20-1 shot field towards the rear in the ultra-competitive nursery and he was getting low in the saddle from an early stage.
But as many of the pacesetters wilted in the testing ground, Nigel Tinkler's Bomber Jet made headway in between rivals and flashed home in the final furlong to beat Sunrise Dance by a neck. Mister Musicmaster and On The Hoof filled the minor places.
Tinkler said: " He`s a lovely horse. He`s still a baby and he doesn`t really know how to win yet, but you could see from a long way out that it was never in doubt.
"He`ll end up in Hong Kong because that`s where his owner is from, but I don`t know whether that will be this year or next."
A second Yorkshire-based winner soon followed as Richard Fahey's Our Joe Mac narrowly outpointed Arlequin in a thrilling finish to the Patrington Haven Leisure Park Handicap.
Paul Hanagan's mount had disappointed early in the campaign but recent efforts had been more encouraging.
The 8-1 chance moved up to challenge for the lead heading inside the final furlong and while the admirable Arlequin would not lie down, Our Joe Mac got the better of the argument by a head.
Strongly-fancied favourite Eagles Peak was a bitter disappointment.
Fahey said: "He's in a big handicap at Newbury next month, but he's also in the Cambridgeshire so we'll have to see."
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