Phillip Makin shot Salateen to the front from his wide draw thanks to getting a whirlwind start from the stalls.
That proved crucial as the David O'Meara-trained five-year-old soon built up a healthy advantage.
The pack inevitably closed in, but the post came just time for Salateen as the 25-1 shot inched home from Keystroke and Yuften by a nose and a short head respectively.
O'Meara commented: "It was good to see Salateen win. He seems to have two ways of running but, when he is in form, he is a very hard horse to get by.
"He has not been back long from Dubai. Sometimes, running them quite soon after they return can work and it has obviously worked well today.
"He has never run over a mile for me, so I will have to speak to the owner Sheikh Abdullah [Almalek Alsabah] and see what his thoughts are regarding Good Friday.
"It's great prize money, so I think we will have to consider it."
Makin added: "Salateen shut down fairly quickly and luckily we just held on but it was fairly tight.
"He was drawn 12 but he helps you because he breaks well. Once he did hit the front, his ears were pricked the whole way round and I felt like I was getting it quite easy. He picked up really well off the turn.
"Bar the last couple of strides, when he gave me a couple of worries, he did it very well. I could hear the others coming but he did enough to hold on.
"He has two ways of running. If he gets where he wants to be, he really puts his head down and tries - it's all or nothing with him. On his day, he is very good and looked as good as ever today.
"The draw was a big worry but, apart from Swift Approval, I couldn't see masses of pace so we took a chance and it paid off."
