Estimate claims Doncaster Cup Last year's Gold Cup heroine Estimate got back on the winning trail in the colours of the Queen in the Socialites Electric Cigarettes Doncaster Cup. Sir Michael Stoute's mare only narrowly failed to successfully defend her crown at Royal Ascot in June and although disappointing on her next appearance at Goodwood, she was back on-song when runner-up in the Lonsdale Cup at York. Sent off the 11-8 favourite for her latest assignment on Town Moor, Estimate was always in a good position in the hands of Ryan Moore and appeared poised to strike early in the home straight. There was a brief moment of concern as she looked slightly awkward when coming under pressure, with her tongue hanging out, but the further she went the better she looked and she was well on top at the finish. Whiplash Willie ran a fine race to take second, beaten a length and a quarter. Irish raider Kalann, sent off an 80/1 shot, ran a tremendous race for Sabrina Harty to finish third, just a half length further back. The Ed Dunlop-trained Times Up, bidding for a third successive victory in the two-and-a-quarter-mile Group Two, travelled well for a long way but faded out of contention. John Warren, the Queen's racing advisor, said: "Ryan said he had a good bit of petrol in the tank. He said her last two runs have brought her back to where she was, which is obviously great. She is such a game filly. The Queen would be so proud, she would have got a real buzz out of it."
