Galway option for Missunited

Mick Winters will leave it up to Missunited’s owner to decide whether to let the admirable mare defend her Galway Hurdle crown after going so close to Gold Cup glory at Royal Ascot.

The seven-year-old gave Winters his second successive victory in the Galway Hurdle last summer, following on from Rebel Fitz’s triumph 12 months earlier, and has since carried that momentum forward to run some fantastic races on the Flat.