Gear Up swoops late to take Acomb
Johnston juvenile doubles his York tally to stay unbeaten
Gear Up got up in the final strides to deny Spycatcher in the Tattersalls Acomb Stakes at York. The Teofilo colt had made a winning debut over over the course and distance last month, and that stood him in good stead as he wore down Spycatcher in the closing stages. Click Here For Exclusive MansionBet Promotion Gear Up (9-1) battled on strongly in the hands of Silvestre De Sousa to score by half a length and give trainer Mark Johnston a fourth victory in this Group Three contest over seven furlongs. Broxi was three lengths away in third place, after making most of the running.The big disappointment of the race was the evens favourite Cloudbridge, who ran far too free in the early stages and had nothing left at the business end.
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