Star sprinter Vandeek all set for Saturday's July Cup after impressing connections in Newmarket gallop
Vandeek showed he is back to full health after a low blood count ruled him out of Royal Ascot by gearing up for Saturday’s July Cup in a rare Monday morning workout on the summer gallop in Newmarket.
Last season's leading British-based juvenile displayed plenty of his old prowess when leaving his lead horse eight lengths behind in a five-furlong workout under his big-race jockey James Doyle.
Simon and Ed Crisford’s double Group 1 winning sprinter is out to make up for lost time in Saturday’s 6f race having been forced out of the Commonwealth Cup with a blood disorder, something that affected a good portion of the string at Gainsborough stables.
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