Barry Hills gained rapid compensation after a slice of bad luck as Hasty Words returned from a long absence to secure the feature race on the opening day of the Flat turf campaign.
Hasty Words, deemed good enough to challenge for Classic honours last year, found a potent finishing kick to take care of seven rivals in the Doncaster Mile.
It helped to ease the disappointment for Hills after the unlucky defeat of heavily-backed Sheer Viking in the previous contest.
Hasty Words, ridden by Hills' son Michael, came through powerfully on the outside of the field to lead in the final 100 yards of the Listed event.
At the line she was three-parts of a length up on Swallow Flight with half a length back to Desert Knight.
The enduring Reg Hollinshead got himself on the Doncaster scoreboard yet again as Kaiapoi scraped home in the Tote Ten To Follow Handicap. He got up bang on the line to deny Pompeii by a short-head.
Rakeeb, disappointing over hurdles this winter, found the Flat game much more to his liking as he outpointed the favourite Double Blade in the Furniture Factors Racing Schools Apprentice Handicap.
