Simcock eyeing Ascot Gold

David Simcock can now start thinking of next year’s Ascot Gold Cup after the hugely progressive Darley Sun pulled five lengths clear of the field in the totesport.com Cesarewitch at Newmarket.

The statistics have been against three-year-olds in the last decade but after finishing second to Askar Tau in the Doncaster Cup, many people considered the youngster to be a good thing.