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The well-supported 4/1 favourite Daahyeh captured the opening race on day four of Royal Ascot 2019, the £90,000 G3 Albany Stakes.

Trained by Roger Varian, recording his third victory at Royal Ascot and his first this year, the two-year-old daughter of Bated Breath ran on strongly to win the six-furlong event by a length and a half, with Ken Condon's 25/1 shot Celtic Beauty back in second.

Varian won the Albany Stakes back in 2014 with Cursory Glance, whilst rising star David Egan was registering his first victory at Royal Ascot.

Newmarket trainer Varian said: "Daahyeh won nicely today. She has always worked like a horse who could be quite nice.

"It was lovely to see her do it like that. Today was the first time she was in a scrap, but at the line, she looked a good winner.

"She is promising looking ahead to the future and it looks like she'll stay seven furlongs on the back of that - she got the trip really well.

"David is making good strides, has a good on his shoulders and is one of the best young riders around.

"He is not the finished article yet, but he has not done much wrong today. The owners have been loyal to David as he rode the horse first time out.

"David will get his chances throughout the year and he took it today."