Roberto Escobarr rules for Haggas in Henry II Stakes
Return to the winner’s enclosure for tough six-year-old.
Roberto Escobarr gained his first success since June 2021 when making all the running to win the Racehorse Lotto Henry II Stakes at Sandown. Trained by William Haggas, the son of Galileo is now six but in his younger days looked destined to be winning races like this Group Two event when taking a Listed contest at York on just his fifth ever outing. He only made it to the track once in 2022 and was returning from 399 days off when third at Wolverhampton in March. Fitter for that, he was sent off the 7-5 favourite and Richard Kingscote sent him into an early lead and was never headed. Nate The Great pestered him all the way to the line, but the winner was always holding him and prevailed by a neck. Haggas’ charge was cut to 10-1 from 14s for the Northumberland Plate by Betfair.Follow us on Twitter racing365dotcom and like our Facebook page.
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