Aalto put up a career best performance when scampering clear up the hill to land the historic Bunbury Cup on the July Course at Newmarket under Rossa Ryan.

After things didn’t go his way at Haydock, today was a different story. Held up off strong fractions, Aalto travelled powerfully into contention from two done.

Rossa let him loose before the furlong pole and came home two lengths clear of Lethal Levi at the line.