RACE REPORT

Meeting: York

Date: 15/05/03

Going: g/f

Winnings: £21,700

Race: Michael Seely Memorial Glasgow Stakes, Listed

Distance: 1m 2½f

1st

Lateen Sails

7/4

8.11

2nd

Illustrator

6/4f

 8.11

3rd

Rocket Force

7/1

 8.11

Distances: 3½, 2½

Time: 2m 9.79s

Ran: 4

Trainer: Saeed Bin Suroor

Jockey: L Dettori

Owner: Godolphin

 Much more like it from 2000 Guineas flop Lateen Sails who, stepping up in distance, knuckled down in pleasing style in the final couple of furlongs to keep the runner-up at bay and win going away. In a race run at a fairly even gallop - and in a time slightly slower than the Dante - he saw this trip out well enough to suggest he had every chance of getting a mile-and-a-half. His slightly ungainly action, however, might not be ideal for Epsom and connections seem to be swaying more towards the French Derby.

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