AFTER a brief scare, Defoe ran out a ready winner of the Group 2 Dunaden Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket.

A furlong out James Doyle made a bold bid for the rail on Red Verdon and at one stage he was a good three or four lengths clear of the odds-on market leader. Andrea Atzeni did not panic, though, and the 1/2 favourite hit top gear going into the dip and powered clear up the hill.