ZODIAC Bear’s progression shows no sign of stopping after the rangy four-year-old made a successful return to a mile in the Dubai Duty Free Celebration Stakes, providing Johnny Murtagh with his third win of the three-day meeting.

An impressive winner of a seven-furlong maiden at Leopardstown last May, the Kodi Bear gelding took third in the Group 3 Ballycorus Stakes the following month and returned from a year-long absence to finish fourth in the same race.