Michael Jarvis's Pressing won the International Topkapi Trophy at Veliefendi in Turkey for a third successive year.
In a re-run of last year's race, Andrew Balding's Dream Eater emerged from the pack to chase him home, but just like 12 months ago Pressing held sway.
Neil Callan had Pressing sat just off the steady early pace and shot clear a furlong out, but the seven-year-old drifted to the far rail and was tying up in the closing stages as Dream Eater put in a late bid that came up just short.
Luca Cumani's Mabait ran a solid race to finish third, but Godolphin's Invisible Man and Frozen Power were never in contention.
Jarvis, watching from his Newmarket base, said: "That was great. He's a fantastic horse, he really is. He's not happy unless he is away for three or four days!
"Maybe he was idling in front a touch, but he has that one big kick and it is always quite worrying whether Neil goes too early or leaves it too late. He's just got to get it right, but it is a wonderful burst which helps him win his races.
"Neil had him in the perfect position. Jimmy (Fortune, on Dream Eater) had a lot of ground to make up and ultimately it made the difference.
"There's nothing between the two horses. They were separated by a nose last year and there's no more than half a length between them again. There was nothing between them at Salisbury last time out either, they are on a par I think."
