Lusail wins Group Two Tattersalls July Stakes

Notching up a third win, and second straight victory, from only four career starts and In the colours of Al Shaqab Racing, ultra-game colt Lusail (IRE) (Mehmas x Diaminda) stuck his neck out to claim the Group Two Tattersalls July Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

Trained by Richard Hannon and ridden to perfection by Pat Dobbs, Lusail broke quickly out of the stalls for the six-furlong contest for two-year-olds and was aimed up the centre of the course. With a brisk pace being set, Dobbs chose to steady the colt after two furlongs and Lusail travelled strongly in third position, leading the group in the centre of the track.