Royal Zabeel
Royal Zabeel

The Horse Watchers strike in William Hill/MND Association Great St Wilfrid Handicap with Royal Zabeel


Royal Zabeel (17/2) landed another big handicap prize for owners The Horse Watchers as he ran away with the Great St Wilfrid at Ripon on Saturday.

Mick Appleby's five-year-old was well beaten over seven furlongs in the Bunbury Cup at Newmarket last time, but he led a furlong out before being swamped at the business end and he appreciated the drop back in trip to six furlongs.

Racing off a handicap mark of 104 under jockey Jason Watson, he defied second top weight in fine style by running away from them in the final furlong, posting a decisive two-and-three-quarter length win from I'm Next (33/1).

Lord Roxby was a well-backed 100/30 favourite but he could only manage third with Flight Control (15/2) fourth.

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