HUKUM continued his fine progress with a ready win in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.
The Owen Burrows-trained colt galloped clear of some good horses and into the reckoning for next month’s St Leger at Doncaster.
He is as short as 12-1 for the final Classic of the season with Paddy Power, and he is well worth a crack at such a race on this evidence.
Max Vega (6-1) towed the field along under Harry Bentley and, as has been the case for most of the summer, jockey Jim Crowley was in the boxseat on 4-1 shot Hukum.
The early pace wasn’t frantic but as they began to wind it up, the son of Sea The Stars was the one runner who travelled noticeably well.
Once produced to challenge, he picked up in pleasing fashion to win decisively from the front-runner Max Vega, with Alignak (7-2) plugging on into third close home.
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