SHADOW DANCE stays on gamely under James Doyle to land the Sky Bet Heritage Handicap at York's Ebor Meeting!

The four-year-old bounced back to run well on his latest start at Ripon last month, but he went one better in today's Class 2 Heritage Handicap contest. James Doyle timed his run beautifully, with Shadow Dance picking up well down the middle of the track and running on gamely to hold off Lieber Power by a neck, with Dark Moon Rising back in third.

Roger said:

“Winners at the biggest meetings is what it’s all about. He’s a homebred and he’s a lovely horse. He’s got a big heart and a lot of stamina, and he needed every inch of the trip today,

"We came into the year very hopeful with this horse, he didn’t have a great spring and I ran him at Royal Ascot in the Duke of Edinburgh, he wasn’t quite right that day.

“But the run at Ripon was a step in the right direction, and he should go on and have a good autumn.

“If you looked at the entries, he was in four places this weekend. Today was as quick as he wants and maybe that little rain last night just took the sting out of the ground. We came to the right race.”

Congratulations to connections, the Newsells Park Stud Waldmark Syndicate!