Skimmer (GB)

Six years on from the St Leger victory of Juddmonte's Logician, his half-brother Skimmer could be on the same path after taking his record to two-from-two at Kempton on Wednesday. After registering a smooth 1 1/2-length win in the 11-furlong novice, the son of Kingman opened up options but is possibly ground-dependent according to trainer Harry Charlton. "We entered him in the Voltigeur the other day and we'll see what Juddmonte want to do," he said of the 6-5 favourite, who was carrying a penalty for his debut success at Leicester but...

3rd-Leicester, £8,000, Mdn, 4-26, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:07.52, gd. SKIMMER (GB) (c, 3, Kingman {GB}--Scuffle {GB} {SP-Eng}, by Daylami {Ire}), a half-brother to the G1 St Leger hero Logician (GB) (Frankel {GB}), was heavily-supported into 2-1 favouritism on this debut and travelled sweetly behind the leaders throughout the early stages. Staying on strongly to overwhelm Asmen Warrior (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) in the last half a furlong, the homebred asserted to score by 3/4 of a length. The winner is the 11th foal out of the listed-placed dam, whose best so...