Brilliant Notable Speech runs away with Lockinge

Notable Speech looked to be at the peak of his powers with a simply brilliant win in the Boyle Sports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

The heavily-backed 2-1 favourite for Charlie Appleby and William Buick, the 2000 Guineas hero from two years ago was last seen picking up placed prize-money when particularly unlucky in Keeneland, having ended last season with victory in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

While an intriguing field had been assembled for this latest renewal of the Group One showpiece, Notable Speech was always travelling well within himself and Buick was able to pick off horses from the three-furlong pole onwards to score by two lengths from More Thunder, who himself ran a big race for William Haggas.