By Sportsmail Reporter
Published: 00:37 BST, 26 May 2019 | Updated: 00:37 BST, 26 May 2019
View
comments
Hello Youmzain inflicted a shock defeat on red-hot favourite Calyx in the Armstrong Aggregates Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock.
On the back of what was a brilliant return to action at Ascot at the beginning of the month, the John Gosden-trained Calyx was unsurprisingly all the rage for the six-furlong Group Two contest against three rivals.
Sent off the 2-13 favourite, Robert Havlin - deputising for Frankie Dettori, who was in Ireland to ride Too Darn Hot - appeared to have matters in control after initially getting a bump on leaving the stalls.
Hello Youmzain (right) won The Armstrong Aggregates Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock Park
The previously unbeaten Khalid Abdullah-owned three-year-old loomed large two furlongs out, as Royal Intervention gave way, but did drift to his left when asked a question and it quickly became apparent he had a fight on his hands.
In contrast Kevin Ryan's Hello Youmzain strode on relentlessly and in the end won going away, by three and quarters lengths.
Adam Ryan, assistant to his father, said: 'At the end of the
