Limato lights up Newmarket with scintillating success

Favourite dominates rivals to deliver first Group 1 for Bentley

Harry Bentley returns victorious having landed the Darley July CupCredit: Edward Whitaker

PAUL JACOBS has always known he will never own another horse as good as Limato. It was why he turned down seven-figure offers for the gelding.

Yesterday, at Newmarket, his bravery was vindicated in the most glorious fashion as his pride and joy led him into the winner's enclosure after a Group 1 race a mere 26 years after the fantasy was formed.

If it was the day of days for the retired 70-year-old former solicitor, it was a coming of age for Limato, who is named after Jacobs' wife Linda and late parents Marjorie and Tom.

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Stuart RileyDeputy news editor

Published on 9 July 2016inReports

Last updated 19:09, 9 July 2016

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