Jan Brueghel, the 2024 St Leger winner, dug deep to fend off hot favourite Calandagan in the Group 1 Coronation Cup at Epsom on Friday.
Calandagan, the 8/13 favourite, was delivered down the outside and was nearly upsides passing the furlong pole, but Jan Brueghel, a 100/30 chance, found plenty under Ryan Moore to score by half a length.
Jan Brueghel, who was taking a big step forward on what he had shown when runner-up in the Alleged Stakes on his reappearance at the Curragh in April, was providing trainer Aidan O’Brien with a tenth victory in the Coronation Cup.
Jan Brueghel didn’t race as a juvenile but won all four starts at three, most notably the St Leger, which he won by a neck from stablemate Illinois.
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