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The David Elsworth-trained Sir Dancealot (6/1) became the second horse to win back-to-back renewals of the £312,000 G2 Qatar Lennox Stakes with a smooth success in the seven-furlong contest.

Ridden by Gerald Mosse, the five-year-old quickened up smartly to by a length from the James Tate-trained 5/2 favourite Hey Gaman in second.

Sir Dancealot  is just the second horse after Nayyir (Gerard Butler, 2002 and 2003) to win multiple renewals of the G2 event (it was upgraded to G2 status in 2003).

Newmarket trainer Elsworth said: "It is lovely to win this race again with Sir Dancealot. He was pretty good today. He took up a furlong out and didn't look like getting caught.

"Sir Dancealot has contested all the six and seven furlongs races over the last couple of years. He won the Rockingham as a two-year-old and has always been a very good horse.

"The trainer has been a bit over ambitious and pushed him a little bit to reach his true heights. He won this race last year and then went on to win the Hungerford Stakes. He will probably go back to Newbury for the Hungerford Stakes again now.

"That is our first winner since April [Dandhu, G3 Fred Darling Stakes, Newbury, April 13]. It has been a bit of a famine for everyone in the yard, but one or two horses have been running alright.

"We haven't lost our nerve and it is great for these owners to have another big winner. We are all cock-a-hoop and we are going to get pissed.

"It is a well-worn cliché that you say "it is down to the staff and everything," but it really is. It is full credit to them because they have been fantastic. We only win Group races anyway!"

Frenchman Gerald Mosse steered 6/1 shot Sir Dancealot to successive victories in the £312,000 G2 Qatar Lennox Stakes for Newmarket trainer David Elsworth.

The son of Sir Prancealot showed a smart turn of foot in the closing stages to land the seven-furlong event by a length from 5/2 favourite Hey Gaman in second.

Mosse also rode the five-year-old in the 2018 renewal of the G2 event and he was delighted to record another big-race success on Sir Dancealot.

He said: "When you have a horse as good as Sir Dancealot, it makes your ride look much easier and better.

"I had the best horse in the race and the trainer told me to ride him how I feel. He did not want to give me instructions from an inside draw.

"They went a good gallop and I took my time. Last year's race was a little more complicated, but today I wanted to give him more room and in three strides he went by them. He was playing with them."

The James Tate-trained 5/2 favourite Hey Gaman came home a length adrift of the winner, 6/1 chance Sir Dancealot, in the G2 £312.000 7 furlong Qatar Lennox Stakes.

Tate was pleased with his charge, saying: "Everything seemed to go well except that we were second.

"I thought he got a clean run at it. We let the leader go, but he seemed to be in a good rhythm through the race he just got beat by a very good horse who is particularly good at Goodwood.

"We will keep campaigning him at this level, the obvious targets are the Hungerford, the Prix de la Foret and the Park Stakes.

"We definitely want to go for the Foret - Longchamp is his favourite track. He is a smashing horse.

"After that he may well get a little stud job or we will keep him in training."

Adam Kirby, rider of the third, Suiedos (8/1), said: "The pace was strong and he settled nicely. He took me into the race well.

"I thought the race was going to open up a little bit more than it did, unfortunately that backfired and I had to switch him which probably cost us a clear cut second."