Sir Harry Ormesher (yellow) comes from well off the pace to win

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Sir Harry Ormesher handed Coral Cup target

SATURDAY'S Doncaster scorer Sir Harry Ormesher will be aimed at the Coral Cup, trainer Alan King has confirmed.

The David Sewell-owned seven-year-old had looked the likely winner on his penultimate start, also at Doncaster, when the race was void.

Partnered by Christian Williams on Saturday, Sir Harry Ormesher was give a confident ride and made strong late headway to record his first victory of the year.

Alan King: two for the Coral Cup

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He will now head to the Cheltenham Festival in March for the Coral Cup and is likely to be joined in the race by stablemate Saticon, who finished fourth in the same race on Saturday.

Quoted on his website, King said: "He deserved that and it was a case of third time lucky. He was in front and going well in the void race here in December, and then he came back last week, only for the meeting to be abandoned because of frost.

"He is a typical Sir Harry Lewis in that he is not easy and can be a bit hot. I was worried two out, but Christian got a great run out of him and got him there in time.

"I was also pleased with Saticon, who seemed to benefit from the step up in trip. He would probably have preferred even better ground, but both him andHarry will now be aimed at the Coral Cup."

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