ANDREW Balding has hit form over the past few weeks and his well-backed Beat The Bank came between rivals to land the Group 2 Fred Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile at Ascot last Saturday.

Frankie Dettori has ridden many fine races here
but was not at his best on Century Dream, who chased after the free-running Zhui Feng (last) and used up too much of himself in finally mastering him.