John Gosden landed Goodwood's final Group race of the season for the third time in a row when Mount Abu took the Charlton Hunt Supreme Stakes yesterday.

Decorated Hero had given Gosden victory in the Group Three contest in 1997 and 1998, with last year's renewal having been abandoned.

Yesterday's soft ground was almost too taxing for Mount Abu, but the three-year-old, in front well over a furlong from home, showed tons of tenacity under Jimmy Fortune to repel Ireland's One Won One by a head.

"That was not his ground," said Gosden. "He handled it, but he didn't like it. It was too heavy. Also he loves to attack late and he was in front too far out.

"So I'm delighted to win a Group Three with him and I think there's improvement here when he has things to suit him."

Bold King, John Hills' Victoria Cup winner, gained his second success of the season when beating favourite Penang Pearl by three lengths under Richard Hills in the EBF NFU Classified Stakes.

The five-year-old was erasing the memory of an unfortunate incident at Leopardstown 12 days earlier as the trainer's representative William Knight explained.

"He got murdered on the bend at Leopardstown and so he hardly had a race," said Knight.

"We'd normally be a bit worried about running them so soon afterwards especially as going to Ireland the travelling can take it out of them, but he hardly blew at all. He goes on the soft and he hasn't had a busy season, but if he doesn't run again this year he's done more than pay his way."

Richard Hughes renewed his jumping licence in time to take part in the opening contest for jumps jockeys and the Irishman moved a step closer to his first century of winners when making all the running on Samarardo in the Ucello II and Ubu III Trophy Stakes.

Hughes, reaching 92 for the year, rode a canny race on Nick Littmoden's 8-1 chance and conserved enough energy for his mount to see off the favourite Persian Waters by two lengths, with 50-1 shot Martha Reilly a short head behind in third.