Lord North set for drop in trip in bet365 Mile at Sandown on Friday
John and Thady Gosden paid a rare visit to the summer gallop on Racecourse Side on Saturday morning, when it felt nothing like summer with a north wind keeping the temperature down to just 4C.
The reasoning behind using the rising left-hand facility was to get a mile workout into senior pair Israr (Gary Forster) and Lord North (Kieran Shoemark) as the reopened Limekilns offered only a 7f option.
The pairing finished nicely upsides and will share a horsebox again shortly as both are booked for Sandown on Friday, when Lord North is set to drop back in trip for the Group 2 bet365 Mile. The last time the eight-year-old tackled that distance was when he was second in the Balmoral Handicap at Ascot in 2019.
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Published on 20 April 2024inNewmarket Gallops
Last updated 14:00, 20 April 2024
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