Royal Hunt Cup Result: Belgian fits the Bill

Belgian Bill scored in the Royal Hunt Cup.

Hot on the heels of riding his first Royal Ascot winner on Al Kazeem, James Doyle made it a quickfire double as Belgian Bill landed the Hunt Cup...

Sent off at 33-1, the George Baker-trained five-year-old was kept on the far side by Doyle when the majority of runners decided to head towards the stands side.

Expected to go well in this race 12 months ago when only 12th, Belgian Bill burst past the veteran Premio Loco and Arsaadi to win by three-quarters of a length.

Don't Call Me finished fourth with co-favourites Fury, Two For Two and Stirring Ballad all unplaced.

The first four were all drawn 10 or lower.

Doyle said: "To be fair, George said to me he was well fancied for this last year, he had dropped a lot in the weights and had run some good races out in Dubai.

"The race worked out perfectly, I was able to keep him interested all the way through."

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