Young Mick eclipsed by Night Crescendo at Ascot

Favourite-backers had a torrid time in the Marchpole Handicap at Ascot as market leader Young Mick went down by a diminishing head to Amanda Perrett’s Night Crescendo.

Not for the first time this season, Young Mick failed to enjoy the rub of the green and had a rough passage through the field to begin his challenge.