Enable stars in Irish Oaks
Medahim lands Newmarket Handicap
Kodimoor wins at Hamilton
Report
We start at Newmarket on Saturday where in
the 1m handicap, Medahim ( Lee), took his chance, held up, headway over 1
out, ridden to lead inside last, winning by 1 ½ l. He
gets 46.8 points.
In the 6f group 1 July Cup Limato ( Lee, Steve),
went to post, prominent, ridden over 1 out, ran on to go 2nd close
home, not reach winner, 2nd beaten 1 ¼ l. He
gets 12 points.
On Sunday at The Curragh,in the 1m 4f group
1 Irish Oaks, Enable, ( Lee, Martin,
Steve), went to post, settled behind leader, in 2nd, improved
and going well to lead over 2 out, pushed along, soon ridden, quickend clear
and asserted from 1 out, eased inside last, winning impressively by 5l. She
gets 51.4 points.
Today at Hamilton in the 5f handicap, Kodimoor ( Cod), took
his chance, Made all against stands' rail,
ridden and drifted right over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, winning unchallenged by 1 ¼ l. He gets 31.8 points.
The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
July Total
Martin
136.8 460.5
Peej
47.2 404.1
Cliff 84.4 395.3
Lee
225.4 368.7
Bob
84.8
356.8
Neil
137.4 339.3
Steve 75.4
333.2
Tony 00 308
Cod
31.8 136.6
News
The Grey Gatsby has his
second start for Dermot Weld in the ICON Meld Stakes at Leopardstown.
Winner of the French Derby and Irish
Champion Stakes for Kevin Ryan in 2014, the six-year-old has not won since and
is wearing a visor for the first time on Thursday evening.
He made a satisfactory first outing
for Weld when fourth behind Johannes Vermeer in a Group Three at the Curragh
earlier this month and jockey Pat Smullen expects him to take a step forward.
. Henry Candy is leaning towards
sending dual Group One winner Limato over to France for next month's Prix Maurice de Gheest.
Although the five-year-old holds an
entry in the Qatar Lennox Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, the Kingston Warren
handler is favouring an outing in the extended six-furlong Group One at
Deauville on August 6.
Charlie
Hills is hopeful of a big run from ante-post favourite Magical Memory in the
bet365 Hackwood Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.
The five-year-old has had a mixed
campaign, finishing second to Tasleet on his reappearance before finishing down
the field at Royal Ascot last time.
That run opted connections to drop
him down in class and the move saw the son of Zebedee bounce back with victory
in a conditions stakes at Haydock.
The Lambourn handler is now set to
step Magical Memory back up to Group Three company this weekend and Hills is
hopeful of a big run
Star
stayer Vazirabad is on the comeback trail after recovering from the setback
that ruled him out of a couple of key summer dates.
Alain de Royer-Dupre's charge has won
the last two renewals of the Group One Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud and also
landed the Dubai Gold Cup earlier this year.
He was under consideration for the
Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, but has been sidelined since suffering a minor injury
when winning the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier at Chantilly in May.
Georges Rimaud, manager of the Aga
Khan Studs in France, said: "He had a little problem which meant he
had to miss a couple of races, including the Gold Cup.
"There was also the Goodwood
Cup. He wasn't going to be ready for that, which is a shame, but he is back in
order now and back in work.
"It will be a little while
before he is fit enough to run again, but hopefully he could be ready in a
couple of months."
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