Rossa Ryan and Tony Carroll combine for a double on a mixed day for connections

There was a sombre end to a mixed day for Tony Carroll and Rossa Ryan when Cut To The Chase broke down in the closing 7f handicap.

Carroll's 5-4 favourite went wrong at the two-furlong pole and unseated Ryan, who walked away from the incident. The race was won by the Michael Herrington-trained Soames Forsyte.

Ryan had been successful on the Carroll-trained Mumayaz in the first division of the 6f handicap.

The Arc-winning rider had been left frustrated after the opening race when partnering Mumayaz’s stablemate Moon Over The Sea, who chased home 16-1 shot Lednikov in the first division of the 1m4f handicap.

After helping Harry The Haggler justify 7-4 favouritism in the second division for Dave Loughnane, Ryan told Sky Sports Racing: “That makes up for not winning [the first race].”

Lednikov was running from 1lb out of the handicap under Elle-May Croot for Ivan Furtado and beat the fast-finishing Moon Over The Sea by a length and three-quarters.

Ryan added: “They didn’t go much of a gallop and it’s one that got away.”

Carroll also had another winner on the card when 13-8 favourite Agent Mayfair took the 5f classified stakes under William Carson.

Shadow strikes

Surrey Shadow made the frame on all three starts last season and the switch to the all-weather paid off as Tom Clover’s gelding got off the mark in the 7f novice.

The Neil Callan-ridden four-year-old had been beaten by the likes of subsequent Group 3 runner-up King’s Gamble on the turf and he built on that promise when scoring by a head from Commanding Prince.

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