Franklins heading for Newbury
Franklins Gardens is set to kick off his season with a run in next month’s Dubai Irish Village Stakes at Newbury.
Mark Tompkins’ five-year-old looked a Classic prospect back in 2003 when he won the Lingfield Derby Trial, but he suffered an injury after finishing unplaced in the Vodafone Derby and did not run again for nearly a year.
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