Missunited sidesteps Galway for Goodwood

Mick Winters is keeping his fingers crossed for some ease in the ground at Glorious Goodwood as Missunited aims to get back on the winning trail in Thursday’s Sterling Insurance Lillie Langtry Stakes.

The seven-year-old has run some tremendous races on the Flat since clinching last summer’s Galway Hurdle, not least when passing the post a close third in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Winters admits he would have preferred to see his dual-purpose mare defend her Galway crown this week, but can understand why owner Vanessa Hutch is keen to see her valuable asset stick to Flat racing in this Group Three event on the same day.