EXTRAR SPECIAL

Israr will benefit from going up in distance and down in class

ISRAR should thrive for the chance to tackle a mile and threequarters for the first time in the Listed Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Grand Cup (3.05) at York today.

The son of 2015 champion sprinter Muhaarar and Taghrooda, the Oaks and King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes heroine of the previous year, scored twice in handicap company last season.

Now four years old, the John and Thady Gosden (below) trainee stepped up to Group 3 level on his comeback and came within a short head of landing Newbury's Al Rayyan Stakes last month, being overhauled by the now-retired Haskoy in the dying strides of the mile-and-a-half test.