JOCKEY Fergus Sweeney was full of praise for Chain Of Daisies after the filly landed the Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes in thrilling fashion at Windsor for Henry Candy’s Wantage stables.

The four-year-old made every yard of the running before holding off 8-11 favourite Ulysses by a short head to take the £34,026 first prize.

Candy was not at the track, but Sweeney said of the 15-2 chance: “She’s a top filly. She really impressed me at Salisbury last time and she felt better again.”

It completed a 26-1 double for the trainer and jockey after 9-4 joint favourite Nicarra opened her account by powering clear of Poster Girl in a fillies’ handicap.

On the same card, Whatcombe trainer Paul Cole’s faith in Berkshire was rewarded when the five-year-old scored his first success since October 2014 by taking the Listed Sri Lanka August Stakes by a short head under Jim Crowley.

Cole said: “We’ve had a tough time with him.

“He’s never lost his ability, but there’s a lot of things that can go wrong with a big horse like him. The people at home have done a fantastic job.”

Cole also struck earlier in the week when Baron Bolt romped home by three and three-quarter lengths in a seven-furlong handicap at Catterick.

Mick Channon described Opal Tiara as a “trainer’s dream” after the filly gave his West Ilsley yard a Group 3 success in the Doom Bar Supreme Stakes at Goodwood on Sunday.

The three-year-old, winner of a handicap at York ten days earlier, claimed the seven-furlong contest by a neck from Convey in the hands of Oisin Murphy.

Channon said: “She’s a tough filly, who just loves racing and work.

She’s a trainer’s dream.”

The West Ilsley trainer also struck at the Sussex track the previous day with Tara Celeb, completing a 26-1 cross-Channel double after King Of Spades landed a claiming stakes over the same trip at Deauville.

Blewbury trainer Eve Johnson Houghton also enjoyed success at Goodwood when Spinning Pearl captured a selling stakes in the hands of Martin Dwyer.

Cool Bahamian was another winner for the Woodway stables at Newmarket when battling back gamely under Edward Greatrex to pip Reputation and repeat last year’s success in a six-furlong handicap.