Hard work for Jadlee

Ladbrokes St Leger hope Jadalee put up a solid, rather than spectacular, display to win the Windflower March Stakes at Goodwood today.

Marcus Tregoning’s three-year-old has been pencilled in as a possible contender for the final domestic Classic of the season and showed admirable battling qualities – without ever setting the world alight – to justify his short price in the Listed heat.

The Desert Prince colt was always close to the pace set by Barolo before gaining a narrow advantage approaching the three-furlong marker.

Despite finding a nice split on the far rail, Dale Gibson was hard at work from then on and became embroiled in an absorbing duel with Akarem along the straight.

But once the latter began to tire, Jadalee still needed to pull out all the stops to repel the rejuvenated Barolo and score by a neck at odds of 10-11.

VC Bet and William Hill remain unchanged at 12-1 about Tregoning’s charge winning the Leger at York on September 9, with the sponsors also unmoved, although they are shorter at 8s.