Manifest ready to fill the huge void left by Yeats

THERE would surely be no more popular winner of the week than if Henry Cecil’s Manifest prevailed in the Ascot Gold Cup today.

For so many the highlight of the week, Cecil used to dominate the oldest race of the meeting, winning it five times between 1979 and 1987.

In Manifest he appears to have a horse ready made to fill the huge void left by Yeats.