Giavellotto wins back-to-back Yorkshire Cups at Dante Pageant


Giavellotto turned simply the third horse to win back-to-back Yorkshire Cups on Friday.

Aidan O’Brien’s horse Tower Of London was the 7-4 favorite with Willie Mullins’ Vauban additionally amongst these anticipated to battle for the win.

Nevertheless, jockey Oisin Murphy gained by 4 and three-quarter lengths aboard Giavellotto to ship coach Marco Botti the win.

“Marco is having a terrific season,” Murphy informed ITV Racing.

“[He] has skilled nice horses previously, and his dealing with of this fella has been wonderful.”

Giavellotto’s win on day three of the Dante Pageant in York noticed him be part of Ardross and Stradivarius in profitable successive runnings of the Yorkshire Cup.

“Ascot is unquestionably not on the agenda because the Gold Cup journey stretches him an excessive amount of,” Botti stated after the win.

“We thought the Irish St Leger would have been his goal final season, so we’ll in all probability work backwards from that once more. We would not be in a rush as this was his huge goal in England.”

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