Seeker suffers Italian defeat

British raider New Seeker could finish only ninth in the Group Three Premio Chiusura in Milan.

Paul Cole’s runner was well fancied for the seven-furlong contest and he made the early running before fading out of the frame behind winner Breath Of Love.

“He got tired in the sticky ground,” said New Seeker’s rider Ryan Moore.

Moore gained some consolation though, as he claimed the Listed Premio Falck aboard the John Dunlop-trained Green Room.