Having won two in sucession and then disappointed on his latest run, Danish Duke bounced right back to form when getting up on the line to win at Catterick.

“Race distance increased by 6yds. Modest sprinting form.  DANISH DUKE failed in his bid for a hat-trick at Doncaster last time but bounced right back to take this, doing well to get on top having been switched. He remains on the up and shouldn’t be raised too much for this.”

Racing Post, 2016

“We thought at the time that it was too firm for him at Doncaster and it might well be the case that he needs a little dig in the ground, you can see they’re kicking the top off today. Jimmy felt he was a bit edgy today so we’ll give him a week off and see where we are.”

Ruth Carr, 2016