Fragile Farhh overcomes absence to claim Champion

Farhh belied a lack of race fitness with a sublime performance to take the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in a thrilling finish to the feature race on Champions Day.

The injury-plagued five-year-old, trained by Saeed bin Suroor, won the Lockinge at Newbury back in May but yet another setback had kept him off the track until now.

Advertising the skills of his handler, Farhh needed to have stamina and courage in equal fashion but his Brazilian jockey Silvestre de Sousa kept him up to his work to hold off the 2011 winner Cirrus Des Aigles by a neck as he bookended the season with another Group One win.

Ruler Of The World, the Epsom Derby winner, was another half a length away in third.

De Sousa said: "He travelled like a dream, and like the winner, through the race.

"He's a marvellous horse and I'm delighted."

Bin Suroor said: "He's a great fighter - every year he has had problems.

"He's a great horse and I'm so happy."

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