Talking Horses: Gossamer Wings can swoop to victory at Newmarket


Ryan Moore can also claim first spot aboard Ripp Orf (5.20) in the closing one-mile handicap on the card

So there’s a race on Friday at Newmarket which Aidan O’Brien has won for the last two years and it looks like he may very well win it again but his runner isn’t even favourite. How often does that happen?

The betting market generally loves an obvious O’Brien sort but Gossamer Wings (2.25) has evidently not caught our collective attention because she’s available at 11-2 for the nine-runner Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes, formerly known as the Cherry Hinton. Punters prefer Main Edition and La Pelosa, who fought out the finish of the Albany at Royal Ascot.

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Newmarket 1.50 Maksab 2.25 Gossamer Wings 3.00 Wissahickon 3.35 Alpha Centauri 4.10 Mount Tabora 4.45 Elgin 5.20 Ripp Orf

York 2.05 Baldwin 2.40 Mukhayyam 3.15 Could It Be Love 3.50 Delph Crescent 4.25 Oberyn Martell 5.00 Harome 5.30 Red Cymbal

Ascot 2.15 Marhaba Milliar 2.50 Semoum 3.25 Machine Learner 4.00 Phantasmic (nb) 4.35 How Far 5.10 Ode To Autumn 5.40 Poetic Force

Chepstow 5.35 Sary Arqa 6.10 Air Of York 6.40 Street Parade 7.15 David's Beauty 7.45 Satchville Flyer 8.15 Wicked Sea 8.50 Petrify

Chester 5.50 Coviglia 6.20 Pass The Gin 6.55 Aasheq 7.25 Five Helmets (nap) 7.55 Zoffalee 8.30 Cape Liberty 9.00 Venturous

Ffos Las 6.00 Cafe Au Lait 6.30 Lotus Pond 7.05 Court Royale 7.35 Take The High Road 8.05 Voodoo Doll 8.40 The Lion Roars

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