LINCOLN COULD BE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR DAMAGE
By Ray Gilpin, Press Association Sport
Collateral Damage could be back for the Lincoln in March after landing the final race of the Flat turf season at Doncaster, the Bigger 'Win Only' Odds at totesport.com Handicap.
The Tim Easterby-trained 8-1 chance was making it six wins from his last seven starts as he pounced on the far side to grab the lead late in the day.
He galloped on strongly, getting home by three-quarters of a length from Mia's Boy. Felday was half a length away third with Confuchias fourth.
Easterby said: "He has come right and has done us proud and we will think about coming back here for the Lincoln in the spring."
Jimmy Fortune shrugged off missing the Breeders' Cup by again showing he is a match for the best with a cracking ride to win the totesport.com November Handicap on John Gosden's Charm School.
Ella went for home early in the straight in her bid to emulate her mother Flossy by winning the mile-and-a-half test, but a furlong or so out Hillview Boy emerged as a very serious danger.
But then Fortune brought 17-2 chance Charm School with a storming run to bravely burst through a gap between the pair about 100 yards out and go one and three-quarter lengths clear of Hillview Boy.
Fortune and Gosden had teamed up to win the Lincoln with Expresso Star.
And clearly delighted to land another big one here, the jockey said: "A few times Charm School has looked unlucky, but you have to ride him that way (come late) - they went quick and then panned out and I got a lovely run up the inside, easy ground and a mile and a half are what he wants."
When asked how he felt about being replaced by Frankie Dettori on the stable's runners at the Breeders' Cup, he added: "It is no use crying or arguing about it, it would make no difference.
"I have had a great year, I have had five Group One winners and plenty of Group Two and Group Three winners and I am third in the prize-money list (for win and place money won by jockeys)."
Richard Hughes had a cracking day too and celebrated his best ever season numerically by completing a 599-1 treble on the Richard Hannon pair Adventure Story and Dubai Set together with the Jeremy Noseda-trained Queen Of Pentacles.
He replaced Dane O'Neill on Adventure Story when stable companion Count Of Anjou was withdrawn and he said: "It has been a great day, I was not expecting it.
"It is a big boost when you are riding for someone like Richard (Hannon) - he sends out winners early in the year and is still doing it in November."
Fullandby gained his second win in a week and gave Tim Etherington his first Listed race success in the Best Odds Guaranteed At totesport.com Wentworth Stakes, after which the trainer said: "I don't know what we will do now, I haven't looked if there is anything in Ireland for him - there is a seven-furlong race at Kempton but I am not sure I want to run him over that trip."
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