Aim just misses target

The drop back in trip sparked major improvement in Main Aim, who was just touched off in the Darley July Cup.Sir Michael Stoute's Queen Anne fourth was always near the front rank and after being driven along, he started to stay on again when being impeded by eventual winner Fleeting Spirit.The Newmarket stewards saw no need to amend the result and Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said: "He ran a super race dropping back to six furlongs but he's certainly got hampered. This looks like his trip."Mike de Kock, trainer of third home J J The Jet Plane, said: "That is probably as good as he is. It was a cracking run and he's upped his form again."Maybe after three or four runs he'll be at his peak and I am keen on running him over a mile at some point. There are a couple of options as well as the Prix Maurice de Gheest in France."Jimmy Fortune, rider of the fourth-placed Paco Boy, said: "He wasn't happy going down the hill but in the closing stages he flew and in another half furlong he'd have beaten them."