GAASSEE is fancied to end a memorable week for trainer William Haggas on a high with victory in the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap (3.35) at York.
Local-boy-made-good Haggas began the Ebor Festival by saddling his unbeaten superstar Baaeed to a stunning triumph in the Juddmonte International on Wednesday. And the master of Newmarket’s Somerville Lodge stables has the ideal candidate for the fixture’s signature race in the form of going-places four-year-old Gaassee.
The son of Sea The Stars racked up a four-timer when landing a big-money handicap over a mile and half on the Knavesmire in May.
Gaassee didn’t get the breaks before coming home strongly with a third in the Old Newton Cup over the same distance at Haydock Park seven weeks ago.
