Lib bounces back in thriller

Libranno, out of sorts when flopping in the Duke of York Stakes last month, returned to near his best to shade a three-way photo in a thriller for the Bathwick Tyres Cathedral Stakes at Salisbury yesterday.

Richard Hannon’s four-year-old, formerly a top-class juvenile and a dual Group Three winner last year, had come back with excuses after that poor run at York.

Hannon gave the colt a nice break after he produced a bad scope, and that patient approach paid off as Richard Hughes urged his mount home from Our Jonathan and Definightly in what proved a particularly rough race.