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Hats off for Fabricate
- Updated: October 4, 2016
News of the pick of the action from Leicester where The Queen’s Fabricate was rewarded for several luckless efforts.
Fabricate was rewarded for several luckless efforts when coming out on top for the first time since May 2015 with victory in the Squirrel Handicap at Leicester.
The four-year-old, trained by Michael Bell, was making amends for being the beaten favourite in the corresponding race last autumn with a gutsy effort.
Owned and bred by the Queen, the Makfi gelding had performed creditably this term without success, including when a never-nearer fifth in the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap at Royal Ascot.
He had no luck in the Mallard Handicap at Doncaster on his latest start, when he lost a shoe and then all chance when hampered over a furlong out.
However, his fortunes finally turned for the better in a tightly-knit contest.
Noble Gift and Stars Over The Sea cut out most of the running until the race hotted up in the straight where the 5-2 favourite Monotype was pulled up straight after struggling from some way out.
Passover made his bid for glory but Fabricate, who was travelling …
