Varian star aims for the top again after sickness interruption

Trainer Roger Varian with Postponed at Kremlin House Stables in JulyCredit: Edward Whitaker

Postponed will aim to show his ascent to the top of the world's turf rankings was only temporarily delayed by sickness by proving himself at another distance today.

The five-year-old who missed the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes because of a respiratory infection is unbeaten in his last five starts to become the world's top rated mile-and-a-half horse.

Today at the so-called 'graveyard of champions' Postponed puts his 100 per cent record for trainer Roger Varian on the line as he drops back to a mile and two and a half furlongs seeking his first win at an intermediate distance.

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Jon Lees

Published on 16 August 2016inYork Ebor festival

Last updated 19:40, 16 August 2016

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