GUY Harwood’s daughter Amanda Perrett has made a fine job of running the Pulborough, Sussex stable in the years since his retirement.She trains horses which hover between top handicap and listed/group class and one such is Astronereus, largely ignored at 14/1 in the five-runner Group 3 Al Rayyan Stakes but good enough to beat Ayrad by just over a length with 4/6 favourite Eagle Top a big disappointment in fourth.

Carnachy led to three furlongs out. She was then headed by Ayrad and Andrea Atzeni but Astronereus was always chasing the front pair and Pat Dobbs sent him past inside the final furlong. There was no fluke about the result, the only mystery being Eagle Top’s tame effort after Frankie Dettori had looked full of confidence turning for home.