Lord Shanakill, bred by Gillian and Vimal Khosla and Templeton stud, was sent off the 8-13 favourite. He easily justified his short price with a drop in class when defeating Dunelight in the City Plate on 10th July.
The four-year-old, who started this season for new trainer Henry Cecil with a third-place finish in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes, was running in Listed company for the first time - having been campaigned extensively at Pattern level - and his class told through the final furlong as Tom Queally pushed his mount out for a first victory since last season's Prix Jean Prat.
Georgebernardshaw was the last to break as the field left the stalls, and it was left to Dunelight and Bow Beaver to contest the lead.
The former eventually got the better of the argument, with Bow Beaver bustled along fairly early before dropping away turning for home.
Queally had bought Lord Shanakill three wide turning for home, and he was the only one able to go with Philip Robinson on Dunelightas the pair raced for the line.
However, while Robinson was urging his mount strongly, Queally just pushed out Lord Shanakill for a comfortable three-quarters of a length success. Ishiadancer was a remote third, eight lengths back.
Winning jockey Queally said: "I had to shake him up, but I didn't have to go for my stick and the first two horses pulled a long way clear.
"He did it like a piece of work. It's nice for him to have an easy race, because he never has an easy race in the top races, so it's a nice confidence booster."
After David Baxter (Racing Post)
