Fresh from the best day of his career at Epsom on Saturday, Pat Dobbs recorded another double at Salisbury.
Behind all the hullabaloo concerning Frankie Dettori's second Derby win on [nGolden Horn[/n], Dobbs notched the first Group One of his career on Pether's Moon in the Coronation Cup and a later handicap with Blue Surf.
A vital cog in the massive Richard Hannon operation, he took the feature race of the day at Salisbury on Jonathan Portman's Maybelater and a division of the juvenile maiden on Racquet.
Maybelater (6-1) benefited from having her sights considerably lowered for the EBF Stallions Breeding Winners Margadale Fillies' Handicap.
Having sprung a 66-1 surprise on her debut on the all-weather, she then ran a nice race at Doncaster before being outclassed in the Lingfield Oaks Trial but ran out a three-quarters of a length winner at Salisbury.
"We got excited after she won on her debut and entered her in the Oaks," said Portman.
"We always thought in time she'd be a black-type filly but it all came too soon so we made the grown-up decision to do it properly and go down the handicap route and then if she's ready go looking for black type in the autumn.
"I do like her and hope the handicapper allows us to bring her along slowly."
Dobbs had earlier took the first division of the Bathwick Tyres Maiden Auction Stakes by a yawning seven lengths on the Hannon-trained Racquet (6-4 favourite).
The jockey said: "I didn't have a good draw but I managed to slot in and tried to delay my challenge as I didn't want to get there too soon.
"It didn't feel a very good race but he's going the right way."
The second division looked stronger on paper but was won in fine style by Hugo Palmer's Galileo Gold.
Second on debut at York, he was sent off the 10-11 favourite to go one better and looks a colt with a future, pulling two and three-quarter lengths clear.
Martin Harley was on board and told Racing UK: "He did that nicely, I'm very pleased.
"He ran a nice race first time and came forward a lot, which he will do for this, too.
"He's a big baby and he'll get further."
The seven-furlong Bathwick Tyres Maiden Stakes was won by Dettori, who cannot be kept out of the limelight at present.
Sirheed (8-1), owned by Al Shaqab and trained by Hannon, looked beaten, having made most of the running, but battled back and won going away by a length.
Pixeleen was a 25-1 winner of the Sharp's Doom Bar Handicap for Cathy Gannon and local trainer Malcolm Saunders.
"She got knocked about a bit last time out so I gave her two months off," said Saunders.
"She's in at Bath on Saturday so I'll see how she comes out of this."
