Six winners for Vale Of York
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First-season sire Vale Of York has made a fantastic start with his first runners and on 8 July he added a sixth winner when Thecornishassassin took the seven-furlong maiden at Lingfield.
Sent straight to the front under Adam Kirby, the Robert Eddery-trained colt moved clear of the field with two furlongs left to run and could not be caught, running on well to win by a length and a half from Runner Runner, with the third-placed horse almost four lengths further adrift.
Bred by Cranford Bloodstock and Houghton Bloodstock, Thecornishassassin is out of the winning Hennessy mare Harmonist, herself a daughter of G2 winner and G1 performer Geraldine’s Store who is in turn a half-sister to the great Al Bahathri.
Vale Of York’s six winners to date are headed by unbeaten Group winner Fontanelice, plus Haxby – last seen running a creditable fifth in the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot.