ONE of the most interesting races run at York this week was the three-year-olds’ seven-furlong handicap on Wednesday. It was only a Class 3 handicap, but the first three home – Castle Harbour, Chief Whip and Monteverdi – went into the race as three highly progressive colts, they dominated the market and they dominated the finish.

This is a race that has been won in the recent past by Udododontu, That Is The Spirit and Baccarat, and it is interesting that the winner’s trainer John Gosden spoke of the Group 3 Jersey Stakes for Castle Harbour as his next possible target, not another handicap, not the Britannia.