Red Alert in Mile Final

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Red Gulch Goodwood

Red Gulch: Claimed Kempton prize
I'd like him to now go straight for the Cambridgeshire and if he stays the mile and a furlong, he'll take some beating.

Ed Walker
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The strong-travelling Red Gulch won the Betfred London Mile Final at Kempton.

Jean-Paul Guillambert was sat noticeably still aboard the 8-1 winner two furlongs out and soon kicked him to the front.

It proved a race-winning move for Ed Walker's charge who took a couple of lengths out of his field.

He still had a length-and-a-half in hand of the chasing pack at the line with Kajima (16-1), Fantasy Gladiator (12-1) and 4-1 favourite Primaeval filling the minor placings.

"He always travels well, that's why Goodwood suits him so well, and he's not short of ability," said Walker.

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"It's lovely to have a horse like him in my first year and hopefully he'll keep improving.

"I'd like him to now go straight for the Cambridgeshire and if he stays the mile and a furlong, he'll take some beating."

Sponsors Betfred kept Red Gulch at 20-1 for the Newmarket handicap on September 24.