Libertango swoops from off pace for Albany success

Libertango rocketed from last to first to upset red-hot favourite Sun Goddess and win the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Jolivette was up with the pace and was the first to get a run at the two-furlong pole, with Aidan O’Brien’s Sun Goddess (10-11 favourite) handily placed in the middle of the pack when the gaps started appearing.

Ryan Moore sent Sun Goddess to the head of the field approaching the final furlong, but there was little he could do about Libertango (6-1) on his outside who swept forward in the hands of Billy Loughnane to score by a going-away length, giving trainer George Boughey a third winner of the week.

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