Meeting: Glorious Goodwood Day Four: Friday 30 - Coverage: Live on Channel 4; reports on BBC Radio 5 live & BBC Sport website

Sea Lord held off the challenge of Frankie Dettori's Invisible Man

Sea Lord edged out Invisible Man in a dash for the post to win the Totesport Mile handicap on day four at Goodwood.

Sent off at 6-1 following lucrative handicap successes at the Curragh and Newmarket, the three-year-old got off to a good start under Royston Ffrench.

But after leading from the off, Mark Johnston-trained Sea Lord was reigned in by Frankie Dettori's Invisible Man approaching the final furlong.

But Sea Lord held on from Invisible Man who was followed by Webbow in third.

Ffrench said: "He is a typical Johnston horse who has done nothing but improve.

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"When something comes to him he goes again, they don't know when to give up.

"They do wonders the whole yard to keep them in form and have them running at the big meetings, it is a great team effort."

And trainer Johnston added: "Really this horse should be out of handicaps and we did look at the Listed race, for which he's declared, on Saturday.

"But the lure of the prize-money persuaded us to go for this.

"It's a big ask for him to run again tomorrow, but if he comes out of his particularly well, it's still a possibility. We've got a bit of thinking to do."

Totesport Mile

1. Sea Lord (R Ffrench) 6-1

2. Invisible Man (L Dettori)8-1

3. Webbow (Louis-Philippe Beuzelin)12-1

4. Proponent (William Buick)20-1

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