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Rocco wins in Berkshire
Sottsass Lands The Arc
Report
We start at Ascot last Friday where in the 1m 6f listed stakes, Berkshire Rocco ( Martin, Steve), went to post, Made all, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, kept on, just prevailed, gamely, winning by a head. He gets 13.2 points.
At Longchamp om Sunday in the 1m 4f group 1 Prix De l’Arc De Triomphe, Sottsass ( Cod), took his chance, Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, driven over 1f out, led 1f out, kept on well final furlong, driven out, winning by a neck. He gets 91.6 points.
John Torpey Memorial Trophy
October Total
Cliff 00 872.4
Tony 00 792.4
Bob 00 707.15
Steve 13.2 610.49
Neil 00 578.75
Martin 13.2 425.75
Peej 00 391.55
Cod 91.6 307.35
Grand Slam
Leg 1 Neil
Leg 2 Tony
Leg 3 Tony
Leg 4 Cliff
Leg 5 Neil
News
Jean-Claude Rouget believes the decision to retire Sottsass to stud so soon after his victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Paris Longchamp is the right one. The four-year-old colt ended the leading French trainer’s long wait to win the European middle-distance championship, 12 months on from his third placed finish behind Waldgeist and Enable.
He was able to better that on Sunday, emerging victorious from In Swoop and Persian King, with Enable back in sixth place. Rouget admitted after the race he did not know if his star would be seen again and it emerged on Monday evening that the Siyouni colt – in whom Coolmore purchased a 50 per cent share in January – would not run at the Breeders’ Cup and had indeed been retired.
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