Valentine defies big price to land gamble

>>More than £14,000 was matched at 1.01 in running on Betfair on Indus Valley in the 7f seller at Brighton, but he was caught on the line by the fast-finishing Monsieur Valentine.

Held up at the back in a race where stablemate The Lillster set a breakneck pace, Monsieur Valentine appeared to lose all chance when finding trouble and touched a high of 210.

Georgia Cox’s mount had been available at a morning 17 on the exchange and went off 8-1 after drifting from 6-1 on course.