STAR sprinter Battaash made a winning start to his four-year-old campaign in a close finish to the Group 2 Armstrong Aggregates Temple Stakes at Haydock.

Battaash (10/11 favourite) was not the best away, but made up ground with the stands rail to help, although he was on the opposite side of the course to Kachy, who set a blistering pace on the far side ahead of Just Glamorous.