Charles Hills sends one runner to the Group Two Challenge Stakes at Newmarket on Friday in the form of Pogo. The seven-year-old arrives at this contest on a rather average run of form, finishing in the top three just once this term, in the Group Three Criterion Stakes here back in July. The horse has since only managed to finish in the top four once, in the Group One Prix de la Foret at ParisLongchamp earlier this month, which provides encouragement here.
Pogo won this race last year and despite that poor form, cannot be dismissed.