SIR Dancealot showed the fire still burns bright with a clear-cut success in the Group 2 Hird Rail Group Park Stakes for David Elsworth at Doncaster.

The 11/4 winner had four lengths to make up on the favourite Shine So Bright from their last meeting at York, but those exertions had obviously left a mark on Andrew Balding’s grey, as after attempting to make all again he dropped away quite tamely.