Favourite Black Sam Bellamy drifted in the betting

The half-length victory catapulted Clive Brittain back into second place in the trainers' championship.

Warrsan, ridden by Philip Robinson, came late to just deny Frankie Dettori on Highest with the Aidan O'Brien-trained Black Sam Bellamy third.

Brittain has had to play a patient game with the Caerleon entire, who has proved excitable throughout his racing career.

At one stage, he even refused to walk down the yard at the trainer's Carlburg stable.

"He gets himself super-active and part of the secret of training this horse is to take away all the excitements from him," said Brittain, who was landing the race for the first time in a glittering career.

"We have to take him out first thing because if he's with the rest of the string he gets himself a little over-excited.

I would think the King George will be his next race Clive Brittain on Warrsan

"When he first came into the yard he was an overgrown baby and galloping hurt him and, at first, he didn't even want to walk down the yard.

"So it was kid gloves all the way through his three-year-old career and into his four-year-old career because I knew this was always going to be his highlight.

"He's done well for a one-time 87-rated handicapper."

Brittain admitted it was unlikely he would be taking his charge to Sandown for the Coral Eclipse, the next leg of the Triple Crown.

"If I get short of a few quid I might be tempted," he said.

We were expecting a very strong run today and got it Godolphin spokesman Simon Crisford on Highest

"He won't be short of Group One entries - I put him in the Arc at the first stage - and I would think the King George will be his next race."

Until Warrsan's late charge, Highest had looked a likely winner for Godolphin, whose spokesman Simon Crisford took the defeat on the chin.

"We were expecting a very strong run today and got it," said Crisford.

"We'll see how he is and the Hardwicke Stakes is a possibility. He's entered in it but it doesn't necessarily mean we will go that way."

Black Sam Bellamy, who came third, got unbalanced at a critical stage in the straight, according to his jockey Mick Kinane.