Benandonner - 4th - Outstanding run again

Beanandonner ran an outstanding race at Goodwood to come 4th. Drawn 11 he was just in the favourable half of the draw but despite jumping well could not get a prominent position and was shuffled back and wide. John Fahy rode a patient race and having failed with Plan A proceeded with Plan B. Unfortunately he couldn't get in as much as possible and was always a little wider than ideal. Turning into the straight he only had a couple of horses behind him and was able to make an uninterrupted run down the outside. With a furlong to go he still had more horses in front than behind but stayed on strongly to snatch 4th on the line and we are convinced he would have been 2nd with another 30yds. However, at least we avoided the trouble on the inside and got some place money!
He ate up last night and we will look at the Shergar Cup mile for his next assignment.