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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat
Pretty nice field! Had no idea Blue Monday was still in training.
CDT is a nice horse (too).....  |
CIMA TRIUMPHS IN BRIGADIER
By Tom Peacock, PA Sport
Cima De Triomphe (4-1) just prevailed from Conduit in a desperately tight finish to the Blue Square Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown.
Making his seasonal return, St Leger and Breeders' Cup hero Conduit did virtually everything right, steadily picking up passing the three furlong marker and fighting off the challenge of 15-8 favourite Pipedreamer, who looked all over the winner at one stage before seemingly running out of gas and not making the frame.
All the while, however, Christophe Lemaire was getting his Luca Cumani-trained four-year-old into top gear and the pair got there right on the line to score by a nose in receipt of 7lb from the runner-up.
Stotsfold was a further length back in third.