Smooth Earl Of Sefton repeat for Ottoman Fleet
Charlie Appleby’s charge travelled strongly and showed a neat turn of foot.
Charlie Appleby’s Ottoman Fleet landed the bet365 Earl Of Sefton Stakes for the second successive year at Newmarket. The five-year-old was race-fit, having had three runs at Meydan in Dubai, and having won this race 12 months ago, had been racing with credit at a high level in America. A consistent performer, he falls just short of the top class but in Group Three company, he is a force to be reckoned with. Having travelled smoothly into contention two furlongs from home for William Buick, he soon took two lengths out of the field and the race was over in a matter of strides. While he began to get tired late on and Astro King, the Cambridgeshire winner, closed to within a length, the 7-4 favourite was never in any danger. The disappointment of the race was Roger Varian’s Embesto, who finished a well beaten fifth.Follow us on Twitter racing365dotcom and like our Facebook page.
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