Miss Rascal behaves at Ascot
Passenger travels to Chester victory
Delius scores at Chantilly
Report
We start at Ascot on Friday where in the restricted fillies maiden stakes Miss Rascal (Peej), went to post, Made all, ridden clear over 1f out, edged left but kept on well inside final furlong, winning readily b by 3l. She gets 23.68 points.
At Chester in the 1m 2f group 2 Passenger (Cliff), took his chance, Slowly into stride, in touch with leaders, waiting for room on inner 2f out, switched right and ran on over 1f out, ridden to lead final 110yds, winning by 1 ½ l. He gets 45.5 points.
At Chantilly in the 1m 4f conditions stakes Delius (Cliff), went to post, Raced little keenly, held up in fourth, switched out and ridden along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, pressed leaders 110yds out, led final 50yds, winning by ½ l. He gets 24 points.
John Torpey Memorial Trophy
May Total
Cod 169.64 169.64
Bob 109 109
Cliff 69.5 69.5
Neil 59.7 59.7
Peej 51.36 51.36
Martin 46 46
Steve 13.7 13.7
News
Kentucky Derby hero Mystik Dan will have his sights set on landing the iconic Triple Crown after pleasing trainer Kenny McPeek on the gallops. The three-year-old, who edged out Sierra Leone at Churchill Downs, will tackle the $2 million Grade 1 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday, the middle leg of the Triple Crown, which concludes with next month's Belmont Stakes.
Henry Longfellow ran an underwhelming race in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains because of a tactical error according to his trainer Aidan O'Brien, who will now target the three-year-old at Royal Ascot's St James's Palace Stakes. The Dubawi colt went into last Sunday's French 2,000 Guineas unbeaten in three starts, having ended his juvenile campaign with an authoritative five-length success in the Vincent O'Brien National Stakes. The Group 1 winner was a well-backed 13-10 favourite in the French Classic but endured a difficult trip under Ryan Moore, eventually coming home eighth of the 13 runners.
O'Brien felt that the patient tactics employed at Longchamp backfired. He said: "It was a tactical error on my behalf. I said to Ryan to take his time on him because it was his first run and he hadn't run on that type of track before. Then Ryan couldn't get out and as he kept coming back to get out, they kept coming by him and then he was too far back in a slowly run race.
Roger Varian said he is "gutted" about losing stable star King Of Steel for the core part of the 2024 Flat season after he was found to be lame following work on Tuesday. Varian said: "I'm gutted about the injury to King Of Steel. I'm gutted for Amo Racing and all of the staff at Carlburg, but I'm also gutted for the public who were looking forward to seeing him run through the summer. Varian added: "These things happen in racing and we've been here before but hopefully he can make a full recovery and come back in the autumn
Weekend Entries
Friday
York
2.45 Theoryofeverything
3.45 Tower Of London. Al Qareem, Hamish, Kyprios,
Hamilton
7.15 Capital Theory
Leopardstown
7.05 Kyprios
8.15 Razdan
Saturday
Newbury
1.50 Bluestocking, Hamish
3.00 Cool Legend, London City
3.35 Charyn, Inspiral
5.15 Ejaabiyah, Meribella
Newmarket
2.40 Summerghand
Doncaster
8.20 Cool Dividend
Sunday
Newmarket
4.45 Daysofourlives
Pimlico
12.01 Mystik Dan
Naas
3.20 Yosemite Valley
3.55 Bucanero Fuerte
5.00 Razdan
Grand Slam
Leg 1 Neil
Leg 2 Tony
Leg 3 Tony
Leg 4 Cliff
Leg 5 Neil
Leg 6 Peej
Leg 7 Tony
Leg 8 Steve
Leg 9 Steve
Leg 10 Steve
Leg 11 Steve
Leg 12 Cliff
Leg 13 Neil
Leg 14 Cliff
Leg 15 Bob
Leg 16 Bob
Leg 17 Peej
Leg 18 Bob
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