by The teeth may have been slightly in the swab, but Richard Hannon offered a perspective after watching his stallion foal Rosallion, who took second place in the Sussex Stakes on Wednesday on the 150: 1 shot in the Sussex Stakes. “This is horse racing,” said the coach. “That keeps us all. It is not a great day when you are second in this race, but we are lucky enough to be part of you.”
Everyday words such as “Shock” and “Pray” do not approximately describe the result of this competition of the Group One, one of the most prestigious and valuable events in the global racing calendar, which was obtained by a horse that took 27th out of 30 runners on his previous trip.
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Qirat seemed to “show an improved form compared to their previous run” when the stewards then noticed drying. Ralph Beckett’s gelding was generally assumed to be in the race to ensure a pace in front of the Goldfeld, the 1-3 favorites and how Qirat in the colors of Juddmonte operation through the field to victory. As it turned out, it was a hasty assumption.
The first part of the script played as expected, like Serengeti, the pacemaker of Henri Matisse from Aidan O’Brien, after a slow start and then became clear with Qirat and Richard Kingscote in narrow visitors.
At the point around two Furlongs, on which the Goldfeld was expected to complete them. However, it soon became clear that the favorite was fighting to make the ground.
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Instead, it was Sean Levy, who made his way to the leaders, but when Serengeti fell away, Qirat remained good and he was still two lengths in front of the Furlong pole. Rosallion Castle to the winning post, but Kingscote and Qirat still had a neck on the line.
Qirat was the longest inexpensive winner of a race in Group 1 in Great Britain since the introduction of the evaluation system in the early 1970s. Field of Gold was clearly far below his best on his first visit to this tricky downland route, but Kingscote also deserves a great honor for a factual journey on a race in which his rivals had too much to do to do too much.
Ralph Beckett, Qirat’s trainer, was certainly surprised to be in the enclosure of the winner afterwards, but was not entirely astonished.
“We set off to go furlongs for 12 seconds,” said Beckett. “That was the plan and what he did. It’s so easy.
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Kingscote described the result as “a bit surreal and not what I expected this morning”, but the race was also a good advertisement for his talent for assessing the fractions.
“In the direction of the section [around two furlongs out] I thought he would go well, ”said Kingscote,“ but you always expect the horses to be £ 20.
“It’s better to start [to Hong Kong] positive. I’m looking forward to the opportunity, but I have not burned bridges, so I can always come back if necessary. “
John Gosden, the coach of Field of Gold, said that the favorite “did not seem too well -balanced on the route” and added: “He got a little out of the immersion in the curve, but I did not make excuses. They ignored the pacemaker and paid the price.”
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Fire can lure a way to Nassau
The five-runner field for the Nassau Stakes on Thursday is the shared smallest in this century for the group of the group on the third day of the glorious Goodwood. While the trouble was an unaffordable 1: 5 favorite to defeat four opponents in 2016, this year’s renewal is a fascinating and open competition with four closely co-coordinated future in individual tendencies.
Wirrades, the second-placed Oaks and a winner of Group 1 in Ireland, leads the three-year challenge alongside Cercene, the winner of the coronation stand in the last month, and the good night test.
It is an impressive squad for the classic generation in a group of the group in which three -year -olds have been successful in recent years. You look out for a strict four -year -old opponent See the fire (3.05)However, Andrew Balding’s stuffing foal is a solid 2-1 shot to improve your close defeat in this race 12 months ago.
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See that the fire provided one of the most visually impressive achievements of the season to end a dozen lengths from her field in the Middleton Stakes in York in May in a fast time, and ran closer to the pace that she defeated last month at Royal Ascot at Prince of Wales.
This run in Open Company confirmed that she is an improved performer this season, and Ombudsmann, the winner, was only close to the solar eclipse.
Goodwood 1.20 Best secret Was a big money-buy to join the Wathnan racing company in front of Royal Ascot last month, and paid back at least a little of the effort when he took third place in a strong renewal of the Golden Gates Handicap, even though they found numerous traffic problems in the apartment in the apartment. If James Doyle can keep him two difficulties from Stall, his proven foot turning could be crucial.
Goodwood 1.55 Clive Cox Coppull Was a big outsider for the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, but took a big step forward to take third place, only do one neck behind the runner -up, or not. The latter Colt Frankte the form when he next place after Zavateri, the vintage Stakes winner on Tuesday, next and Coppull on his third trip.
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Goodwood 2.30 This is a highly expected step in the company company for group races for Dealerwho defeated the serious candidate, the subsequent second place in Irish derby, last month in the king in Royal Ascot in King George V Handicap in Royal Ascot. William Haggas’ stallion foal was one of the first entries for group 1 King George VI. Last weekend in Ascot and will be a warm order for this traditional attempt for the St. Leger near Doncaster in September.
Goodwood 1.20 Best Secret (NB) 1.55 Coppull 2.30 dealers 3.05 See The fire 3.45 Ruby’s profit (nap) 4.20 steel drum 4.55 Cleisel 5.30 Kaleido
Nottingham 2.18 Nebrook Star 2.53 Moby Quick 3.30 Dancingintherain 4.05 Mini Mac 4.40 Blenheim LAD 5.15 Hardstated
Wolverhampton 5.45 Intervention 6.15 Loving apprentice 6.45 Chuzpal 7.15 Change Singing 7.45 Love is the law 8.15 Mr. Swivell 8.45 Bint al daar
Epsom 5.50 ETRETAT 6.25 Norfolk Blue 7.00 King’s Castle 7.30 Brirele 8.00 Uncle Simon 8.30 Muscika
Goodwood 3.45 Ascote stiff final Furlong was the undoing of Ruby’s profit At the royal meeting last month, but this return to five Furlongs should see it in a much better light. The fast front manager was a course and stretch victory in May from a 5-pound lower brand, and she remains well in detail in this form.
