NEWMARKET’s autumn meetings have been a happy hunting ground for Jim Bolger in recent years and the canny Irish handler landed another prestigious prize when even-money favourite Lucida took yesterday’s Group 2 Shadwell Rockfel Stakes.
For such a warm favourite things were far from easy but Kevin Manning made good ground from half-way and, having switched left at one point, pushed Lucida into the lead a 100 yards from home and went on to beat Barry Hills’ Fadhayyil, who ran green, by a length. It was another two lengths back to New Providence as early leader What Say You dropped out.
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