Galileo showed tremendous battling qualities to fight off the challenge of Fantastic Light and claim the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot today.
The son of Sadlers Wells, sent off at 1-2f, burst into the lead two furlongs from home but had to dig deep when Fantastic Light threw down a strong challenge over a furlong out.
The Godolphin colt, however, had no answer to the turn-of-foot showed by his younger rival and eventually went down by two lengths.
French raider Hightori ran on for third with Storming Home fourth.