Furthur put himself within the Betfred St Leger image when making a powerful return to Newbury within the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes.
He left a disappointing show at Newmarket’s July Pageant behind right here, with Oisín Murphy taking full benefit of the hole introduced up the within rail to ship the 13-2 probability on to a powerful three-length win over David O’Meara’s 3-1 joint-favourite Epic Poet.
Coral reduce the winner to 14-1 for the ultimate Traditional of the season at Doncaster on September 13, with Balding confirming that might be his supposed subsequent goal.
He mentioned: “That was rather more prefer it and for no matter motive he was actually disappointing within the Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket final time.
“I believe it is as a result of I in all probability ran him again too quickly after Ascot, however that was pleasing to see him settle properly after which quicken like he did.
“We’re hoping we’ll be heading towards the Leger now, that seems the logical next step and he’s proved he’s worthy of his place there. The nice thing is he seems to handle any ground and we’ll hopefully be in good shape at Doncaster.”
