ON a splendid day for Ireland, Dermot Weld’s 2/1 favourite Pale Mimosa ran a out a deserving winner of the Group 2 Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Lonsdale Cup, though she was harried all the way to the line by Queen Elizabeth’s former Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate, who left a decidedly lack-lustre effort at Goodwood well behind.

They went no great pace in this, with Forgotten Voice taking them along and the in-form Cavalryman and Times Up close up as Smullen bided his time and Ryan Moore also sat patiently on Estimate.