Sky Bet Ebor
Heritage Handicap, York 15:40
£250,000 added,
3yo plus,
1m 5f 188y, Class 2   
Saturday 22nd August 2020

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1 Fujaira Prince 11/2F
2 Glencadam Glory 25/1
3 Verdana Blue 9/1
4 Monica Sheriff 11/1
5 Euchlen Glen 25/1
21 ran NR: Communique, El Misk, Floating Artist
Distances: ½l, 1½l, 2¼l Time: 3m 4.22s (slow by 8.22s)

Roger Varian's Fujaira Prince was racing for the first time since winning at Royal Ascot and saw his race out well under Andrea Atzeni to land Europe's richest handicap by a length. 

Glencadam Glory ran a fantastic race in second, making much of the running and then rallying strongly when headed by the winner.

Verdana Blue and Monica Sheriff both finished well to fill the minor placings but the front two had the race between themselves inside the distance.

Scarlet Dragon weakened out of the places having looked a huge threat when travelling strongly passing the two furlong pole.

"It was very smooth really. he jumped nicely, we got our position, travelled beautifully and stayed on all the way to the line. He's a very willing partner and it's a great training performance," the winning rider told ITV Racing.

Varian said from his Newmarket base: “He is a wonderful horse and I really am grateful to Sheikh Mohammed Obaid because he has been incredibly patient with a horse who has been very delicate to train. When he gives us days like this and the one at Royal Ascot, he is worth every bit of the patience.

“I’m also grateful to the team. This horse has needed nursing and wrapping up. Without the team’s hard work he wouldn’t have achieved what he has this year.

“The expression ‘made of glass’ would really apply to this guy. We space his races out and the biggest number of races he has ever had in a season is the three he had last year. We’ll try to match that this year, but I’m not sure if he is a Melbourne Cup horse. 

“We obviously like the idea, and we’ll see what Sheikh Mohammed Obaid wants to do, but I think we could freshen him up and maybe look at the stayers’ race on Champions Day. Having said that, you can’t take anything for granted with this horse.”

Coral halved the Fujaira Prince in price to 16/1 for the Lexus Melbourne Cup.

Sky Bet Ebor Heritage Handicap
£250,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 5f 188y, Class 2
21 ran
Going: Soft

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (12)     Fujaira Prince 6 9-8 Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni 11/2F
2 (14) ½ Glencadam Glory 6 8-13 Tim Easterby David Allan 25/1
3 (13) 1½ Verdana Blue 8 9-2 Nicky Henderson Ryan Moore 9/1
4 (21) 2¼ Monica Sheriff 4 9-2 William Haggas Daniel Tudhope 11/1
5 (8) 1 Euchen Glen 7 9-2 Jim Goldie Paul Mulrennan 25/1
6 (18) 1 Ranch Hand 4 9-2 Andrew Balding P J McDonald 22/1
7 (22) nse Scarlet Dragon 7 9-4 Alan King Hollie Doyle 40/1
8 (9) 1¾ Trueshan 4 9-9 Alan King Martin Harley 6/1
9 (17) shd Alright Sunshine 5 9-4 Keith Dalgleish Shane Gray 22/1
10 (4) 1½ Dash Of Spice 6 8-12 David Elsworth Cieren Fallon 40/1
11 (20) nk Pablo Escobarr 4 9-8 William Haggas Tom Marquand 12/1
12 (23) ½ Deja 5 9-12 Peter Chapple-Hyam Harry Bentley 12/1
13 (15) hd Island Brave 6 8-13 Heather Main David Egan 66/1
14 (2) ¾ King's Advice 6 9-3 Mark Johnston Joe Fanning 50/1
15 (10) 1½ Ghostwatch 5 9-6 Charlie Appleby William Buick 11/1
16 (7) nse True Self 7 9-8 W P Mullins Jason Watson 14/1
17 (24) ½ Shailene 5 9-3 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy 33/1
18 (6) 1 Hochfeld 21 D 6 8-11 Mark Johnston Silvestre De Sousa 33/1
19 (19) 2¾ Jeremiah 5 8-13 Charlie Fellowes Jim Crowley 22/1
20 (5) 3 Pondus 4 9-6 Joseph O'Brien Jamie Spencer 15/2
21 (16) 42 Stargazer 7 9-4 Philip Kirby Kevin Stott 125/1
NR (3) 582267 Communique 7 5 9-11 Mark Johnston NON-RUNNER
NR (1) 514-75 Floating Artist 66 4 9-5 Richard Hannon NON-RUNNER
NR (11) El Misk 4 9-5 John Gosden NON RUNNER