Unfancied Les Arcs lands Ascot feature

Racing : Les Arcs held off Balthazaar's Gift to cause a major upset in the Golden Jubilee Stakes.

Racing: Les Arcs held off Balthazaar's Gift to cause a major upset in the Golden Jubilee Stakes.

Tim Pitt's gelding, 11th in the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday, landed the Group One spoils at 33-1 in the hands of John Egan.

Balthazaar's Gift came from another parish to finish second, a neck in arrears, while King's Stand hero Takeover Stand lost nothing in defeat in third - two lengths further back.

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