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Cove castles November rivals

Castle Cove (4/1 joint-favourite) proved a handicap blot when running away with the Virgin Bet November Handicap.

Held-up among the back markers of the 22-runner field by Jason Hart, Castle Cove made relentless progress in the straight and headed Miss Dolly Rocker (second, 33/1) approaching the final furlong marker.

Despite running around a little when hitting the front, Castle Cove continued to make light work of the testing conditions, winning by four and a quarter lengths with the field fairly well strung out behind.

Atherstone Warrior finished third, a place ahead of Maxi King.

Trainer William Haggas was on duty in Australia where the weather and heavy ground put paid to Lake Forest's chance but there were no such problems for Castle Cove who has now won three of his eight starts and clearly relishes testing conditions.

Hart, who was crowned Cock o' the North for the first time before racing, told Sky Sports Racing: "A great way to end the turf.

"Mr Haggas said if I get the first half of the race right I'd have a really good chance. He switched off lovely in the hood, first time but he gets ridden out in it every day, and at the top of the straight I did think I've got a bit of ground to make up.

"I went in and then it looked like there was a lot coming back so I let him edge his way to the outside and got clear sailing, hands and heels and really, really impressive. Probably a horse who will mature further for next year."

Danielle sparkles in Galtres

Danielle (10/11 favourite) found Estrange too strong when a beaten favourite in last year's renewal of the Virgin Bet A Good Bet Irish EBF Gillies Fillies' Stakes but readily atoned for that defeat with a sparkling display.

James Doyle gave the four-year-old a patient ride and only started to ask Danielle to make her ground between the three pole and the two which she did readily.

When asked to go and win her race, Danielle's response was impressive as she pulled right away from a strong field to win this Listed prize by nine lengths. Elwateen chased her home with Bosphorous Rose filling third.

It was a marked drop in grade for Danielle - trained in Newmarket by John and Thady Gosden - as she had last been since finishing fifth in the Group 1 Fillies and Mares Stakes on Champions Day.

Doyle said: "Very hopeful for her today with her back in class. Back in trip which I don't think was too much of a problem for her' I felt she didn't quite see out the trip in the Park Hill but she travelled well into it; that race has turned out to be a proper race, Sir Mark's filly Consent was a Group 1 winner after and William Haggas had a very good filly in there, they were just in front of her that day.

"She copes with conditions, there's not much too her but she just glides across deep ground and that's what won it today; class and the ability to handle this very testing ground.

"We had planned to pop her out and find ourselves in front or somewhere handy but she was a little bit stubborn to go into the gates and a little bit stubborn to come out so we had to be a bit brave but the gallop was on so I was kind of happy with where we were. Once we straightened I just let her gradually roll into it.

"I don't know myself [if she'll stay in training], she's done a good job without quite fulfilling what we hoped she could do so it wouldn't be the biggest surprise if they did elect to go again with her because, as we've seen today, if the ground turned up as bad as this, there's not many that handle it as well as she does so she could add to her C.V."

Spycatcher captures Wentworth

Connections of Spycatcher (4/1) were disappointed to see the end of the flat season after their seven-year-old ran out a convincing winner of the listed Wentworth Stakes.

Spycatcher had won a Group 3 in France 12 days prior, picking up a 5 lb penalty, and the intention had been that would be his final action of the season but with the ground in his favour and Spycatcher returning in good heart, trainer Karl Burke decided to roll the dice and was handsomely rewarded.

Winning rider Pierre-Louis Jamin said: "He jumped only okay out of the stalls. We tracked the pace and when the gap opened, I kicked on and he just took off.

"It's a shame there are no more races for him."

Spycatcher is owned by a Highclere Thoroughbred Racing syndicate whose colours were carried to second by Angel Gabriel in the preceding maiden, a race won quite impressively by a Burke trained newcomer in I'll Be Back (10/11 favourite).

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