Henry navigates Sussex glory

HENRYTHENAVIGATOR and the Coolmore team continued on their seemingly unstoppable run at Goodwood yesterday as they claimed the BGC Sussex Stakes, despite encountering difficult circumstances.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien has now reached 16 Group One victories this season – nine short of the greatest ever total accrued by the American Bobby Frankel – while four of them have been provided by the lavishly able Kingmambo colt.

This latest triumph was by no means clear-cut as the pacemaker Windsor Palace struggled to give Henrythenavigator (4-11 favourite) a strong enough tow, leaving the dual 2000 Guineas winner in the front rank sooner than jockey Johnny Murtagh would have liked.