EARLSWOOD (11/2) announced himself as a coming force in the middle-distance three-year-old division as he struck gold in the Group 3 Heider Family Stables Gallinule Stakes.

This Glyn Davies-owned three-year-old progressed from winning a Navan maiden to reach the frame in the Dee Stakes at Chester earlier this month and he took another step forward to put himself in the picture for a return to the Curragh for next month’s Irish Derby or a trip to Epsom next weekend.