Mordor improves two places to win Navan feature Third in last year's renewal, the Gordon Elliott trained Mordor went two places better when landing the featured Cusack Hotel Group Family Fun Day July 11th Handicap at Navan. Held up in rear by Chris Hayes, the Ray Stokes owned six-year-old was pushed along to close on the leaders early in the straight. Leading over a furlong out, the 10/1 chance was briefly headed by Galileo Dame on the uphill climb, before regaining the initiative to score by a length. Assistant trainer Ian Almond said: "He got away with the ground. "Chris said he thought there's a good pot in him. "He could travel and Gordon will have a plan." Additional reporting by Michael Graham.
