ROGER Varian’s Defoe extended his winning sequence to four in the Group 3 Betfred Geoffrey Freer Stakes and quite possibly booked his place in the St Leger.
Unbeaten this season, the Dalakhani colt always seemed to be lobbing along here, although Andrea Atzeni let him wander in the closing stages, prompting a stewards’ inquiry, before Defoe stretched out again under hands and heels to hold Wall Of Fire by three-parts with the disappointing Frontiersman a modest third.
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