Congratulations to...
Alpinista
Somewhat surprisingly a single pick for Neil for the second season running, Alpinista's reappearance came in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in July. Luke Morris drove out the five-year-old to win at 79/10 and earn Neil 67.8 points.
The Yorkshire Oaks was the next target and despite carrying nine pounds more than the runner-up, Alpinista at 7/4F was always doing enough to hold off Tuesday and earn another 55.8 points for the eventual flat champ.
The ultimate target for the season was the Arc and Alpinista arrived as 33/10 favourite. Everything went to plan and the grey stayed on well under a great ride from Morris to deny Vadeni and last year's winner Torquator Tasso. Our on-course representative Sir Mark Prescott summed up the day: "It has been just a marvellous journey – I'm lucky to get a good one at this stage of my career."
The 83.6 points for the win wasjust enough to deny Baaeed, many people's pick for the Horse of the Season title, by the smallest of margins.
The top three:
207.2 - Alpinista (67.8 + 55.8 + 83.6)
206.59 - Baaeed (51.45 + 51.17 + 51.17 + 52.8)
119.76 - Emily Upjohn (33.16 + 26.5 + 60.1)
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