Harbour Law

Harbour Law
Racing silks of Jackie Cornwell
Sire	Lawman
Grandsire	Invincible Spirit
Dam	Abunai
Damsire	Pivotal
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	30 March 2013
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Hascombe and Valiant Studs
Owner	Jackie Cornwell , Daniel "Danny" Lee
Trainer	Jo Crowley Laura Mongan
Record	8: 3-2-1
Earnings	£474,481
Major wins
St Leger Stakes (2016)

Harbour Law (foaled 30 March 2013) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Unraced as a two-year-old he showed steady improvement in 2016, winning two minor races and finishing second in the Queen's Vase before recording a 22/1 upset victory in the St Leger.

Harbour Law is a bay colt with a white star, bred by Anthony Oppenheimer's Hascombe and Valiant Studs. As a yearling in November 2014 the colt was offered for sale at Tattersalls but was not sold as he failed to reach his reserve price of £24,000. As two-year-old, Harbour Law was again put up for auction at Goffs in June 2015 and was bought for £30,000 by Kiltown Bloodstock. The colt entered the ownership of Jackie Cornwell and was sent into training with Jo Crowley at Whitcombe, Dorset.

He is from the fifth crop of foals sired by Lawman who won the Prix du Jockey Club and the Prix Jean Prat in 2006. His other progeny have included Most Improved, Marcel and Just The Judge (Irish 1000 Guineas and E P Taylor Stakes). Harbour Law's dam Abunai showed some ability as a racehorse, winning three times as a two-year-old in 2006, and was a granddaughter of the Child Stakes winner Inchmurrin.

Harbour Law made his racecourse debut in a maiden race over one and half miles on the synthetic Polytrack surface at Lingfield Park Racecourse on 18 March. Ridden by Sean Levey he started a 20/1 outsider and finished second, one and a half lengths behind Shoofly and twenty lengths clear of the other three finishers. Harbour Law was subsequently moved to the stable of Laura Mongan at Epsom. On 1 May the colt made his first appearance on turf when he started at odds of 4/1 in a maiden over the same distance at Salisbury Racecourse. Ridden by George Baker who became his regular jockey, he took the lead two furlongs out and won by two and three quarter lengths from Forth Bridge. Eighteen days after his win at Salisbury Harbour Law was moved up in distance for a handicap over fourteen furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse in which he was allotted top weight of 133 pounds. He disputed the lead from the start and drew ahead of his opponents in the closing stages to win by one and a half lengths.