AL MUSMAK makes easy work of his rivals in the final stages of the Listed Sir Henry Cecil Stakes.

AL MUSMAK proved himself to be an exciting colt as a juvenile, landing the Listed Ascendant Stakes before coming runner up to Ghostwriter in the G2 Royal Lodge Sakes at the close of his two-year-old season. A step back in trip this afternoon proved the ticket for a return to form, as the three-year-old Night Of Thunder colt dug deep under Silvestre de Sousa to beat Australian raider Kitty Rose by over 2L.

Roger said:

“He has some really strong juvenile form and even chased home Rosallion in the Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot. He won a quite strong Ascendant Stakes at Haydock and then finished second in the Royal Lodge.

“Obviously we were disappointed with his first two starts this year and we thought it was the right thing to stretch him out to a mile and a quarter.

“It wasn’t, but back to a mile suited today. We never thought he wasn’t the same horse, it has maybe just taken a run or two to work out what we are doing.”

Congratulations to Sheikh Abdullah Almalek Alsabah.