CHAMPION apprentice Jason Watson has been recruited as stable jockey by Roger Charlton and the partnership struck for the first time when Forbidden Planet, 4/1, ran out a most convincing winner of the Matchbook Betting Podcast Rosebery Handicap at Kempton on Saturday.

Twice a winner on the all-weather before finishing second (under Ryan Moore) in a muddling four-runner affair, Forbidden Planet looked different class here, waiting behind Nayel and Count Calabah before quickening to lead two furlongs out and surging clear to bear Pipes Of Peace comfortably. He has clearly improved considerably since joining Charlton.