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Postponed impresses in the Great Voltigeur

Luca Cumani trainer of Postponed Luca Cumani trainer of Postponed
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Postponed ran out an impressive winner of the Neptune Investment Management Group Two Great Voltigeur Stakes at York in the late absence of Derby runner-up Kingston Hill.

Ridden confidently by Andrea Atzeni, the 5-2 favourite took up the running from the free-going Odeon with two furlongs to run. Snow Sky had tracked Postponed along the straight and while Sir Michael Stoute's inmate beat the rest easily, he was two and a quarter lengths behind the winner. Odeon stuck on for third at 40-1 for James Given.

Postponed would need to be supplemented for the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster in September, but Cumani is cool on the idea of stepping him up to a mile and three-quarters.

He said: "I don't think he'll go to the Leger, I see him as a true mile-and-a-half horse. He travels well and quickens well, just like a mile-and-a-half horse, but obviously the owner will decide. He was good, but we've always thought he was. We just probably wasted too much time over shorter trips in the spring.

"I was thinking what there is left, and there isn't much, especially as he needs fast ground, so we will have to think long and hard about what we do with him."

Atzeni is confident there is more to come from Postponed, saying: "We always thought a lot of him. Mr Cumani always liked him. He's a good horse, an improving horse, a typical Dubawi.

"They went a nice gallop and that suited him nicely. The ground is very important to him - he likes fast ground. He's going the right way, which is the main thing."

The Aidan O'Brien duo both disappointed with Granddukeoftuscany finishing fifth under Joseph O'Brien at 11/2 while Indian Maharaja was a well-beaten last under Seamie Heffernan at 14/1.