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Regal Power wins Ted Van Heemst Stakes, Group 2, $250,000 at Ascot, 2100m.
Group 1 Railway Stakes winner two starts back, Regal Power powered clear over the last 150m to continue a purple patch of form, his sixth win and fifth stakes success.
He settled fifth in the small field of six with a circuit to run and found a lovely one out and one back spot from the 1400m. Inside the 1000m he cruised and then responded when the tempo increased at the 600m, in behind the first two, ready to pounce. Jockey William Pike eased him wider turning in then unleashed at the 200m, bounded clear and won under a hold by two and a quarter lengths.
Gatting sat outside the leader down the side and into the straight before leading briefly at the 250m. He had no answer to the winner yet bravely kept on to the line.
Star Exhibit tracked the winner in fifth to the last corner, moved out at the 250m and stayed on quite well for third from Mississippi Delta who battled away for fourth.