Hampshire trainer Marcus Tregoning accomplished one of the greatest feats of his career when Bronze Angel sluiced through the mud to win the richest handicap staged in Britain at Ascot’s Champions Day.

Having won the Cambridgeshire for the second time on firm going less than a month ago, he was fearful Bronze Angel would not handle the contrary conditions.

But he need not have worried as the openly campaigned stable star could have been called the winner of the £250,000 Balmoral Handicap a long way out.

“He’s very special,” exclaimed Whitsbury based Tregoning. “He has been a very good horse for the yard and I cannot say enough good things about him.

“We were a bit worried about the ground coming into the race as he has never run on anything like this before, but he handled it well.

“To have two Cambridgeshires is very special but to come here and win on a day like this is the icing on the cake,” said Tregoning, adding Bronze Angel might have one more race this season. “But we will let the dust settle first before we come to a decision.”

Apprentice jockey Louis Steward, who also won the Ebor this season, was characteristically modest of his achievement, preferring to give the credit to the horse.

“To have won the Cambridgeshire on firm going and then win on this is just amazing. I was just the pilot. All credit to the horse. It's just unbelievable.”