Harbour Law to miss rest of the season

Harbour Law will miss the rest of the season after finishing third in the Gold Cup.Picture: Racingfotos.com

St Leger winner Harbour Law will not run again this season because of a leg injury, his trainer Laura Mongan has revealed.

The four-year-old provided one of the feelgood stories of the 2016 QIPCO British Champions Series when scoring at Doncaster under George Baker. And he looked like playing a big part in this year’s Seres, too, when third in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last week.

Mongan was eagerly looking forward to the rest of the campaign, but the Epsom handler said on Monday: “I’m afraid to say he picked up an injury in the Gold Cup and he won’t be running again this season.

“We were so excited after the race as he ran so well. It’s so frustrating but we’ll get him back. He tried his heart out. It’s a tendon injury, it’s not too serious but it just needs time.

“We went from a massive high on Thursday because he’d run such a good race to an incredible low on Friday. We’ll look after him, he’s only young and he’s lightly raced so he’ll come back.”