Freshman Sire Cannock Chase Off the Mark at Haydock

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Vauterhill Stud-based sire Cannock Chase (Lemon Drop Kid) became the latest European freshman off the mark when Saeed Suhail’s once-raced juvenile filly Run This Way (GB) outsmarted her ten rivals with a pillar-to-post victory in Tuesday’s Follow BetVictor Racing On Twitter Fillies’ Novice Median Auction S. at Haydock. The April-foaled bay, who finished off the radar when last of six in her July 30 unveiling over seven furlongs at Musselburgh, was swiftly into stride and led from the outset of this return. Untroubled on the lead until shaken up when threatened approaching the quarter-mile marker, the 22-1 outsider was safely clear entering the final furlong and kept on strongly under mild rousting in the closing stages to comfortably account fot the well-related Verbena (GB) (Lethal Force {Ire}) by 2 1/2 lengths. “I didn’t ride her, but she was green first time at Musselburgh and the soft ground out there probably helped her today,” said winning rider Joe Fanning. “She pinged out of the gates, I was always comfortable on her and confident that she’d see out the trip well. There’s some more improvement in her and, hopefully, she’ll come on for that.”

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