Lord Byron set for York date

Tom Hogan will take Gordon Lord Byron to York next week after revealing the injury suffered at the Curragh on Sunday was not serious.

The Co Tipperary handler lifted the lid on the leg injury the nine-year-old multiple Group One winner suffered when finishing third in the Phoenix Sprint Stakes at the weekend.

Hogan said: “He got struck into twice and ripped skin off both sides of his leg, but other than that he’s fine.

“It’s a miracle he got hit twice and didn’t do any more damage.”

Gordon Lord Byron went into the Group Three race having to concede weight after his Group Two success in May’s Greenlands Stakes.

And Hogan added: “He ran another good race. It’s tough giving weight away to Group horses, so we might try and give weight away to handicappers in the Ayr Gold Cup. That’s on September 23 and I’ve give him an entry.

“He could go to York on August 25 for the City of York Stakes, which he won five years ago. Then there’s the Boomerang Stakes in Leopardstown (September 9).

“It’s possible he could do all three.”