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Thursday, 8 May 2025

2025 Flat Issue 2 - All off and running

Headlines

Court Rules against Newmarket Rivals
Flower Blooms in 1000 Guineas

Report

We start at Newmarket on Saturday where in the 1m group1 2000 guineas Stakes Ruling Court (Martin, Steve), Field of Gold ( Bob, Cliff, Peej, Neil), took their chances,. 
Ruling Court, Towards rear on near side of group, headway from over 3f out, briefly disputed lead 2f out, ridden and pressed leader over 1f out, led final 110yds, kept on well, winning by  ½ l . He gets 55.85 points.

Field Of Gold, Held up in rear, good headway then switched left 2f out, soon outpaced, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong, went second final strides, beaten ½ l. He gets 13.2 points.

On Sunday a Newmarket in the 1m group 1 1000 guineas for fillies, Desert Flower (Bob, Cliff, Cod, Neil), took her chance, Made all, led narrowly and raced far side, pushed along 2f out, ridden final furlong, kept on well, winning by 1l. She gets 52 points.

News
Epsom will be next for Ruling Court, with Paddy Power cutting him to 5-1 (from 10) for the Derby. Should the Downs be conquered, then a £2 million bonus will be up for grabs in the St Leger at Doncaster, with Betfred putting up a reward for a Triple Crown winner having backed all five Classics this year. He is a 12-1 chance to complete the set with Paddy Power.

“We definitely think he’s a Derby horse and if he wins that . . .” Appleby said when asked about a Triple Crown bid. “It’s good for the sport to have an incentive like this, so we’ll go for the Derby and then we’ll see where we are, but the Derby is a race we always saw him running in.”

Weekend Entries

Friday 

Chester
2.35 The Foxes

Ascot
4.00 Storm Free

Ripon 
6.55 Copper Knight

Saturday 

Ascot
1.30 Military Code

Sunday 

Leopardstown
3.30 Delacroix

Longchamp
Henri Mattisse, Detain, Jonaquil, Hotazhell

Zaringa Mandanba, Zanzoun

The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
           May        Total
Bob     65.2             65.2
Cliff    65.2             65.2
Neil      65.2           652
Martin  55.5              55.5
Steve    55.5             55.5
Cod     52           52
Peej     13.2           13.2

Stats Per String
               Runs     Wins
Martin     2                  1
Steve       1                  1
Bob        4                   1
Cliff       3                   1
Neil      4                   1
Peej      3
Cod     1                       1

The Weeks Losers
Journalism, Shadow Of Light , Field of Gold, Desperate Dan, French Master, Arctic Grey, White Birch, Lake Victoria, Chantilly Lace

Grand Slam 
Leg 1Neil  
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
Leg 19 Neil
Leg 20 Peej
Leg 21 Cliff
Leg 22  Peej
 


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