Minding Takes Care of
Nassau Stakes
Project Bluebook finds
winning formula
Report
We start at Goodwood last Saturday where in the 1m 2f Group 1
Nassau Stakes for fillies and mares, Minding ( Bob, Cliff, Cod, Neil, Peej, Tony) went to post, tracked leading pair till
shuffled back to rear but still well in touch 4 out, effort and ridden to lead
well over 1 out, forged ahead 1 out, drifted right inside last, stayed on
winning by 1 ¼ l. She gets 51.1 points.
At Catterick on Tuesday in the 1m 5f handicap, Project Bluebook ( Peej),
went to post, Mid-division, headway over
2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led entering final furlong, kept on well when
pressed inside final furlong, winning by 3/4l. He gets 24.6 points.
The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
July August Total
Bob
87.5 516.7
Tony
73.2 483.9
Cliff
134.4 447
Neil
88.2 426.2
Peej
69.6
24.6 413
Cod
66.1 401.9
Lee
84.7
333.5
Martin
00 293.6
Steve
105.3 248.9
News
"Foundation could on Saturday have his first start
since he underwent a gelding operation after connections earmarked a likely
assault at the Betfred Rose of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock
Connections of Shalaa remain hopeful the dual Group One winner will make it back to
the track in time for the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot in October.
Coral-Eclipse hero Hawkbill and French Derby winner
Almanzor have been added to the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on
September 10 following the second entry stage.
Trained by Charlie Appleby, Royal Ascot winner Hawkbill extended
his winning run to six when beating The Gurkha at Sandown, while Jean-Claude
Rouget's Almanzor was a length and a half too good for Zarak at Chantilly.
The join an initial entry which is headed by Dermot Weld's dual
Derby victor Harzand and Coronation Cup winner Postponed (Roger Varian). There are 38 horses
remaining in the race compared to 26 at this stage 12 months ago and of those
20 are Group or Grade One winners.
Meanwhile, Rouget's Qemah, who added to her Coronation Stakes
win in the Prix Rothschild last weekend, and Aidan O'Brien's star filly Minding headline the 26 still in the Coolmore
Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes on the same card.
O'Brien's Order Of St George and Bondi Beach feature in the entries for the Palmerstown
House Estate Irish St Leger at the Curragh 24 hours later, while Alexios
Komnenos, trained by Tommy Stack, and Weld's Currency Converter have been added
to the Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes.
Last year's winner Sole Power is among 33 entries for the Group
Two Derrinstown Stud Flying Five. Eddie Lynam's veteran speedster could be
taken on by the three horses who finished directly behind him in 2015 - Maarek,
Take Cover and Toscanini.
David Griffiths' Take Cover, winner of the King George Stakes at
Goodwood last week, is among 20 entries from Britain. They include Mecca's Angel clear-cut scorer of the Sapphire
Stakes over the course and distance last month.
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