Doyle delivers for Imad Al Sagar to end horse’s lean streakFly Miss Helen put down at Newmarket after leg injurySaturday proved another big day in the young career of Hollie Doyle, who delivered an inspired ride on the previously frustrating Extra Elusive to land Haydock’s Rose Of Lancaster Stakes. That made for an ideal start to Doyle’s retainer with the owner Imad Al Sagar, announced just a fortnight ago, as this was her first Group-race ride in the green silks made famous some years ago by Authorized.
Extra Elusive has no pretensions to Authorized’s ability but connections must have had hopes for him when he beat a big field on his debut. Alas, the ball has not bounced his way for some time and, before Saturday, he was on an eight-race losing run that stretched back two years, a tendency to pull hard under restraint having been part of the problem.