Appleby eyeing Goodwood goal for Big Mojo

Big Mojo will “more than likely” head to Goodwood next for the King George Qatar Stakes following his near miss in the July Cup.

Mick Appleby’s stable star bounced right back to his best at the weekend when he was just run out of it close home by 66-1 outsider No Half Measures.

Big Mojo is now likely to revert to five furlongs at a track he won the Molecomb Stakes at last year before he heads to York for the Nunthorpe.

“He’s come out of the race well. We were gutted but chuffed with how he ran, he ran an absolute blinder,” said Appleby.

“Tom (Marquand) thought he had everything covered, he just wasn’t expecting that one to come from out there!

“He’s shown he’s back to his best and I think he saw the trip out, he just didn’t see that one coming, when he did he tried to fight back and given a few more strides I think he’d have probably got back up.

“She wasn’t pulling away from him and I just think he was caught a bit by surprise.

“I think it will more than likely be Goodwood next. There is a possibility of the Maurice de Gheest (at Deauville) but I think it’s more likely we’ll go to Goodwood and then on to York.

“You’d like to think he’d be hard to beat at Goodwood, he’s won there before.”