CHRISTOPHE Clement was in the news at the weekend, sending out his 2,000th winner when the Declaration Of War (War Front) three-year-old colt Gufo won at Gulfstream Park, his second win in three starts. The following day the trainer sent another son of the sire, Decorated Invader, to win a stakes race at the same track,

Decorated Invader was running for the first time since last year’s Breeders’ Cup where he was only a length and a half off the winner when fourth in the Grade 1 Juvenile Turf. Prior to that he had won two of his three starts, notably a Grade 1 success on turf at Woodbine, Canada, in the Summer Stakes.