David O’Meara saddled three runners in the £75,000 Trustatrader Handicap and they all ran well, with 9-4 Favourite Mirsky beating Alpha Crucis by a length and three-quarters to lead home a one-three-five for the stable in the extended mile contest.

The ex-French winner took time to get off the mark for O’Meara but was following up a recent win at Thirsk and could now head to Royal Ascot for the Royal Hunt Cup.

O’Meara said: “He ran well a few times last year without winning, but we always felt he had something like this in him. It maybe took us a while to get the hang of him, but he’s won his last two now, which is great. The Hunt Cup would be a possibility now.”

He added: “Julia Augusta ran well in third. She’d run well here last year in the Diomed but hadn’t run before this season. Bopedro just found it a bit sharp here but was staying on in fifth, so they all ran well.”

Winning rider Oisin Murphy said: “That was good placing by David, who really fancied him today. I’ve ridden plenty of nice winners for him here and it was nice of him to put me up again.”

The concluding seven-furlong Debenhams Handicap went to Partisan Hero (David Loughnane/ Silvestre De Sousa, 7-2).