 He went clear and stayed on well in the closing stages to hold off the fast finish of Dushyantor and win by 1, with Shantou a further 1 lengths back in third.Shaamit did not run again for seven weeks before he reappeared in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on 27 July.He was made 2/1 favourite in a field of eight runners, despite the fact that Michael Hills had elected to ride the four-year-old Pentire who had finished second to Lammtarra in the 1995 running of the race.