Harbinger still easy to back
The Michael Stoute trained four-year-old had been as short as evens on Tuesday before Harry Herbert, racing manager for owners Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, warned that the ground must be right on the Knavesmire for Harbinger to take his chance.
The Dansili colt became the highest-rated Flat horse in the thoroughbred world after destroying his rivals at Ascot, and York’s Group One on August 17 is his intended next port of call.