Limato ready for Newmarket bid – Bentley

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Limato ready for Newmarket bid - Bentley

Jockey Harry Bentley is confident Limato is ready to shine in Saturday’s Randox Health Criterion Stakes at Newmarket.

The dual Group One winner has won at Newmarket twice before – when landing the 2016 July Cup and then the Challenge Stakes last October – and is primed for another tilt at glory this weekend.

The Henry Candy-trained seven-year-old was fourth upon reappearance in last month’s Group Two Duke of York Stakes with Bentley on board, and the jockey is hopeful of a good display back at HQ.

Bentley said: ‘I’ve not sat on him since he last ran at York.

It looks like the ground will be ideal for him – and we know he likes the track, having won the July Cup back in 2016, so conditions look like they are going to suit.

‘Quite often these sprint races are tactical and incredibly competitive – and sometimes things don’t go to plan – but that was his first run of the season at York, and I thought he still ran creditably.

‘He is back down to Group Three company, and we know he has proven form at Group One level.

I still think he is as effective over both six and seven furlongs.

There are a few you have to watch out for, but hopefully he should be good enough to overcome that penalty.’

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