St Leger Festival: Clondaw Warrior primed for Doncaster Cup battle

In the last of those at Goodwood, he travelled powerfully throughout before wandering when hitting the front and rallying strongly to beat Oreintal Fox by 1 1/2 lengths.

St Michel was value for much more than the winning margin, and it looks significant that Prescott has decided to pitch the son of Sea The Stars into Group company rather than stick to handicaps as he is not a handler that goes tilting at windmills.

Quest For More sure to go well

Quest For More scored in good style last time out and looks sure to make a bold bid to follow-up.

The gelding progressed well throughout last season, landing the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle before running a blinder to finish a neck runner-up in the Group 2 Goodwood Cup.

Roger Charlton’s six-year-old also ran well to finish sixth in this year’s renewal of the latter before beating Pallasator in emphatic fashion in the Group 2 Lonsdale Cup at York three weeks ago.

Quest For More was given an enterprising front running ride by George Baker and found plenty at the business end of affairs to score by 3 1/2 lengths.

That form reads well in the context of this contest, and makes Quest For More a leading candidate if once gain allowed an easy lead.

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Coral’s top tip: Clondaw Warrior looks worth a wager to go one better than last year and land the spoils under Ryan Moore. Quest For More and St Michel are feared most.