Classic plan for Time after Buick swoops fast and late in Lillie Langtry

The Irish St Leger is under consideration for Endless Time after the Godolphin filly came wide and late to land the Lillie Langtry.

The daughter of Sea The Stars, sporting first-time cheekpieces, overcame traffic problems and pounced late under William Buick to deny Dubka and St Leger hope Melodic Motion in a thrilling finish.

Trainer Charlie Appleby, enjoying his first winner of the meeting, said: "Coming down the hill I was concerned a bit about where we were, but when William got her angled out I knew she'd guts it out. It was a very good ride."

Endless Time had found the ground too quick in the Ascot Gold Cup and was happier back on a softer surface with a win Appleby hopes will prove a springboard to a first Group 1 success.

Appleby said: “We might take a look at the Irish StLeger, while she’s also in the Prix Vermeille and Prix Royal-Oak. She finished second in both last year and deserves to have a Group 1 win behind her. She’s been ultra-competitive.”

Simcock smiling again after Omen strike

After the tear-jerking highs of Breton Rock’s 50-1 success in Tuesday’s Lennox Stakes, David Simcock was winded after Lightning Spear’s near-miss in Wednesday’s Sussex Stakes, but Good Omen put the smile back on his face with a last-to-first success in the 1m2f handicap.

Under a fine ride by Jamie Spencer, Good Omen denied Frontispiece by a length and a quarter.

“He handles soft conditions very well and was given a lovely ride,” said Simcock.

“We’ll see what the handicapper does. He was supposed to go to Hong Kong, where his owners are based, but he obviously likes soft ground. He’s going to stay a mile and a half in time; whether he does that now or later on we’ll see, but he’s progressive.”

Reflecting on the Sussex Stakes, he added: “The emotions were so different from the final furlong to the last 50 yards and it took me a while to recover from. It’s been a week of ups and downs."

THE BUZZ

What they say
"It was a great team effort from the lads and I can't put into words how proud I am" – clerk of the course Seamus Buckley on his groundstaff's efforts on Wednesday night, forking, lifting and aerating to get some air into the sodden turf.

Flying turf
Stewards inquired into why apprentice David Egan had stopped riding Cosmopolitan Queen in the nursery, with the jockey explaining he had been momentarily disorientated after being hit in the eye by a clod of earth.

Mistaken identity
Crisis was averted early in the day after Charlie Hills presented an incorrect horse at the racecourse stables for identification, in place of stablemate Ripley. Stewards noted the mistake had been identified in plenty of time, allowing for the correct horse to arrive at the track by 1pm. Ripley duly finished a promising second, beaten just a neck, in the 7f fillies' maiden.

Thought for the day
There was not a single winner priced in double figures on day three, with the longest-priced scorer, Good Omen, returning at 8-1 as punters fought back. Hopefully the tide has turned.

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