Deacon Blues is an increasingly impressive young sprinter and he took the Dubai International World Trophy at Newbury with ease.
The Wokingham winner has successfully stepped up to Group class in the Hackwood Stakes on this course and in the Phoenix Sprint at the Curragh, but James Fanshawe was forced to drop the 5-4 favourite down to five furlongs for the first time here.
Frankie Dettori played it cool, swooping late to pass Masamah by a length.
"That was a relief really as he had a bit of a setback before the Sprint Cup at Haydock and it wasn't ideal to go five furlongs," said Fanshawe.
"I needed to give him another race before the British Champions Sprint at Ascot next month. Society Rock will go for the same race too."
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