Gosden-trained juvenile a key market mover while Trueshan misses Doncaster Cup

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Find backed for Flying Scotsman success

The connections involved in Mishriff, the joint highest-rated horse in training, are responsible for another potential star with Doncaster runner Find attracting plenty of support on Friday.

The two-year-old son of Frankel got off the mark on the fourth attempt at Yarmouth last month and is fancied to make a winning step up at Listed level in the Cazoo Flying Scotsman Stakes (1.40).

He has been backed into 7-1 and is as short as 13-2 (from 9-1) to continue the good run of form of John and Thady Gosden after the yard's treble at the course on Thursday including top two-year-old Inspiral.

David Egan – who has was aboard Mishriff in his big-race wins in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and in the Juddmonte International at York – has the ride aboard Find.

Elsewhere, the absence of Trueshan leaves Stradivarius a 4-9 chance to take the Doncaster Cup (2.40) while his next best challenger Rodrigo Diaz is cut to 4-1 (from 6-1) following the withdrawal.

Wainwright Flying Childers Stakes (2.10) favourite Armor is continuing to make appeal at the top of the betting with his price shortened to 11-8 (from 6-4).

Market movers

1.10
Unilateralism 6-1 (from 8-1)

1.40
Find 7-1 (from 9-1)

2.10
Armor 11-8 (from 6-4)

3.45
Able Kane 6-1 (from 7-1)

4.20
Viola 5-1 (from 7-1)

Updated at 12.15pm

Non-runners

Trueshan will not take on Stradivarius in the Doncaster Cup (2.40) as he was ruled out due to the going, which is officially good to firm, good in places.

The Alan King-trained runner was around a 2-1 chance for the Group 2 contest, in which he was set to bid to defeat Stradivarius for the second time in his career.

Ground also ruled him out of the Gold Cup at Ascot and last month's Lonsdale Cup at York, although he did strike in the Goodwood Cup when Stradivarius missed the race.

Stradivarius is now a 4-9 chance for this afternoon's Doncaster Cup.

1.10
10 Puntastic

1.40
7 Mr McCann

2.40
1 Trueshan

3.15
5 Nuits St Georges
7 Prince Alex

3.45
6 Zip

Updated at 12.15pm

Going update

There was some ease in the going on Friday morning, with the ground good to firm, good in places at Doncaster.

It was good to firm for the first two days of the Cazoo St Leger festival but the track was hit with 5mm of rain after racing on Thursday.

There is a slim chance of further showers before and during racing today.

Paul Barker, raceday clerk of the course, said: "We're good to firm, good. It's one of those, it's very tight, and it could have been the other way around and be good, good to firm. It's very tight but that's what we went with.

"We had formula rain after racing yesterday, about 5mm in total, and it's a cloudy day with a small chance of rain during racing today. We're expecting a reasonably dry forecast right up until racing tomorrow."

Updated at 12.15pm

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2.10 Doncaster: Can Molecomb winner Armor outclass his rivals in Flying Childers?

2.40 Doncaster: Will Stradivarius roll back the years to land a second Doncaster Cup?

3.15 Doncaster: Can Emmet Mullins win another British handicap – this time with Sevenna Star?