Big Orange brought the house down by winning one of the most exciting Ascot Gold Cups in recent memory.
The 5/1 shot beat odds-on favourite and defending champion Order Of St George and the game front-runner did it the hard way, clinging on by an ever decreasing margin to hold off the Ballydoyle challenger by a short head at the end of two-and-a-half gruelling miles.
Trainer Michael Bell is no back number but he doesn’t have the firepower of many rivals. He was thrilled to see his standard bearer win the big prize.
Bell said: “He’s just absolute superstar. He...