Jamie Osborne’s new recruit Hickory came out on top in a thrilling three-way photo finish to land the valuable £100,000 Schweppes Victoria Cup.

Formerly trained by James Fanshawe, course regular Hickory came with a rattling late run from the rear of the field under Saffie Osborne to spoil the party for both Qirat, who looked the winner when hitting the front late on, and the Irish raider Gleneagle Bay, who flashed home in the cheekpieces to enter calculations under Hollie Doyle.

Speaking on Sky Sports Racing, Saffie Osborne, who had ridden the seven-year-old twice last year, said of the 22/1-winning bottom weight: "I got some kick out of that. I didn't think I'd won, so I was a bit shocked when the result came back.

"He's a horse that I've known really well, and he's been fairly unlucky in big races, but I just got a dream trip through, and I was just delighted."

Hickory was having his first start for the Jamie Osborne team after changing hands 26,000 guineas in October.

Osborne added: "These are owners, the Booths, that had horses with dad when I was a toddler, so it's really cool that they are back in the yard 20 years later and it's obviously a great first run for the yard as well

"When he was with James, he always ran his best races with headgear on, but his work had been pretty exemplary for an older horse and off a light weight, I was confident that he would run a big race.

"These are the days that we ride horses for and it's really nice that the photo came off the right way for us."