The big-name trainers are all struggling to keep tabs on John Quinn, who sent out the popular winner of the King GeorgeJohn Gosden, Aidan O’Brien or perhaps Andrew Balding would have been the first names to spring to mind on Tuesday morning as likely winners of the trainers’ prize here this week. With just one day left on the south Downs, however, they are all struggling to keep tabs on John Quinn, who leads the way after the hugely popular Highfield Princess exploded away from her field in the Group Two King George Stakes here on Friday.Highfield Princess was only Quinn’s fourth runner at Glorious Goodwood this week, and provided his relatively small stable in Malton with a third winner,...
Sight of another jockey on Stradivarius will be a tough one for Frankie Dettori to stomach on opening day of the meetingThere was very disappointing news on Monday when Coroebus, the 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes winner, was ruled out of his much-anticipated clash with Baaeed, the best miler since Frankel, in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday.Godolphin, Coroebus’s owner, said on Twitter that the three-year-old had been “lame in his box this morning and after examination, was found to have an abscess in his left hind pastern. This is being treated and he will now target the Group One Prix Jacques le Marois [at Deauville in August].” Continue reading...
It has been a fine week at Goodwood for William Haggas and Tom Marquand and they can land the week’s big betting raceIt has been a fine week at Glorious Goodwood for the newish combination of William Haggas and Tom Marquand, who got their fourth winner together at the Sussex track when Pablo Escobarr won a Group Three on Friday. They can cap it all off by taking the Stewards’ Cup back to Newmarket, as Nahaarr (3.35) looks hard to beat in the annual cavalry charge over the Downs.The winner of five of his eight starts and still improving, Nahaarr belted the crossbar in the Silver Wokingham at Royal Ascot, racing prominently throughout but possibly making his move a shade...
Classy colt looks nicely weighted for his first run in a handicap, having run above his rating in the recent Summer Mile at AscotRichard Hannon is having a productive Glorious Goodwood, notching his second handicap success of the week yesterday, and his Urban Icon (2.45) is the interesting one at 14-1 for the Golden Mile, a race his trainer won last year. The colt is battle-hardened after 11 runs but perhaps not entirely exposed as he makes his handicap debut under top weight. Related: Leading owner Sheikh Fahad deletes tweet after false claims on O'Brien horse Pontefract12.25 Polastri 12.55 Humid 1.25 Iva Reflection 1.55 Little Ted (nb) 2.25 Sudona 2.55 Frankenstella 3.25 Squelch 3.55 PetitionerWe have a £100 account credit from Betfair...
The track, trip and quickening ground will suit last year’s winner of the Group One race ideallyFancy Blue was Donnacha O’Brien’s first runner in France when she took the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) at Chantilly this month, and the 21-year-old trainer will aim to repeat the trick when the same filly is his first runner in Britain in Thursday’s Group One Nassau Stakes.The daughter of Deep Impact is lightly-raced and still improving but faces a very different calibre of opponent as she steps outside her own age group for the first time, against three previous Group One winners. Related: Mohaather produces devastating finish to win dramatic Sussex Stakes Goodwood 1.10 Glamorous Anna 1.45 Zabeel Champion (nb) 2.15 Supremacy 2.45 Al...