Newmarket Thursday

THE Group 3 Bahrain Trophy is often seen as mid-summer St Leger Trial, and it went to the William Haggas-trained Al Aasy under Jim Crowley, who came with a strong run from the rear to comfortably get the better of Aidan O’Brien’s pace-setting Dawn Rising (Ryan Moore) with Al Dabaran (Charlie Appleby/William Buick) third. Odds on the winner were 3/1, and the winning margins were one and three-quarter lengths and the same.