BECKHAMPTON trainer Roger Charlton labelled Al Kazeem "all you need in a racehorse" after another superb victory in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.

It is two years since the John Deer-owned entire gunned down Camelot in the same Group One event, the start of a magnificent summer during which he also claimed the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.

After being brought back from a disappointing stint at stud, Al Kazeem has been brilliantly handled by the master of Beckhampton, with his narrow defeat at the hands of Noble Mission in last season's Champion Stakes at Ascot a clear indicator he remained a force at the highest level.

He has picked up where he left off this season, with a comeback victory at Longchamp followed by a fine effort behind French star Cirrus Des Aigles on his return to Paris for the Prix Ganay and he was 3-1 for his latest Irish jaunt.

After following fellow Brits Postponed and The Grey Gatsby into the home straight, Al Kazeem went through the smallest of gaps for James Doyle to take the lead and he galloped all the way to the line to fend off the main hope for the home team, Fascinating Rock, by a neck.

The veteran seven-year-old will now bid to regain his crown in the Prince of Wales's, for which he is 7-1 from 12-1 with RaceBets.

Charlton said: "He's amazing, looks amazing, is brave and all you need in a good racehorse. I'm lucky to have one as good as that and to have him back from stud. I'd say it's my proudest moment.

"James just said he travelled so well and felt almost better than ever - that's hardly possible. I just can't believe a horse that's been to stud and come back has, I guess, reached his best form. He's a great credit to everyone at home, but aren't we lucky to have a horse as good as that?

"As long as he's enjoying himself he'll keep going and one day I'm sure he'll go back to stud.

"He's been there, done it before and everything is a bonus. I can't believe we can keep going on but at the moment we're enjoying it.

"He'll probably go next for either the Hardwicke or the Prince of Wales's and as he's won a Group One here, he'll probably go for the Prince of Wales's Stakes."

Doyle was winning the race for the third successive year and said: "He seems to have quickened up a bit (at the age of seven).

"I can't speak highly enough of the horse. He's everything you look for in a racehorse."