ABSOLUTELY So stuck on determined fashion to lift the Group 3 spoils in the Betway John of Gaunt Stakes at Haydock. The Andrew Balding-trained seven-year-old, who was third in this race in 2015, revelled in the rain-softened conditions to go two places better.

That Is The Spirit set the pace but he was the only one to stick to the far side when the field hit the straight. Jallota led the near-side group, but he could never go clear under his 3lb penalty.