The champion jockey Oisin Murphy looks an eye-catching booking for a 20-1 outsider in a competitive Group Two contest
Four horses that finished behind Berkshire Shadow in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot have had an outing since and all four have been beaten, but the form may well get a boost on Thursday when four more – including Eldrickjones, the runner-up, and Ebro River – go to post for Group Two July Stakes on the first day of Newmarket’s July Festival meeting.
Eldrickjones, still a maiden after two starts, outran odds of 66-1 to finish a length and a quarter behind Berkshire Shadow, while Ebro River was within a length of him in fifth.
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