Bob is Free without
Parole
May strikes Gold At
Goodwood
George Keeps Order at
Leopardstown
Mali lands Sandy Lane
stakes
Batt bashes rivals at
Haydock
Navy Sails home at The
Curragh
Alpha Centauri stars at
Curragh
Vazirabad
Report
We start at
Sandown last Thursday, where in the 1m listed stakes, Without
Parole ( Bob), went to post, Went
left start, close up, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead
inside final furlong, found extra towards finish winning by ¾ l. He gets 26.8 points.
On Friday at Goodwood in the 5f handicap, Maygold (Peej),
took her chance, Close up, ridden
to lead inside final furlong, ran on, winning by 1 1/4l. She gets 27 points.
At
Leopardstown, Order of St George, ( Bob, Cliff, Cod, Neil, Tony), took his chance in
the 1m 6f listed stakes, Tracked leaders in 2nd, challenged 4f out, led over 3f
out, pushed along to assert over 1f out, kept on under hands and heels inside
final furlong, winning cosily by ¾ l. He
gets 13.1 points.
On Saturday at Haydock in the 6f group 2 Sands
of Mali ( Cliff), went to post, Made all, ridden and edged left over 1f
out, driven and all out, winning by a nose. He gets 47.2 points.
In the 5f group 2 Battash ( Cliff, Peej), took his chance, n touch centre group, headway to led this group over 1f out, ridden and hung left final furlong, ran on to lead close home, winning by a head. He gets 21.6 points
At the Currgah in the 6f group 2, Merchant Navy ( Tony), took his chance, Dwelt, in rear, headway to chase leaders from over 1f out,
challenged and led inside final furlong, stayed on well , winning by 1l. He gets 46.6 points.
On Sunday, in the 1m Group 1 1000 Guineas Alpha Centauri ( Cliff),
took her chance, Mid-division,
moderate 5th 3f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden and went moderate 2nd 1 1/2f
out, pressed leader 1f out, soon drifted left under pressure, stayed on well to
lead close home, winning by 1 ¾ l. She gets 75.8 points.
At Longchamp in the 1m 6f group 2, Vazirabad ( Cliff),
went to post, Held up in final trio, asked to
improve over 3f out, pushed along and
progress between rivals 2f out, upsides leader going best entering final
furlong, soon led and kept up to work closing stages, always doing enough,
winning by a neck. He gets 42.2 points..
The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
May Total
Cliff 357.3
357.3
Neil 221.4
221.4
Tony 182.8 182.8
Cod
148.9 148.9
Bob
115.2 115.2
Steve 113.3 113.3
Martin 100.9 100.9
Peej 48.6 48.6
News
Trainer
Charlie Hills would embrace the opportunity of running Battaash
back over six furlongs. Hills Charlie told the punter, on Sunday "We'll have
to go to the King's Stand now. And if it that goes well, I'd love to have a
crack at the July Cup.
"I think that track should suit
him - you need to have speed to come down that hill there - and it will be
great for the sport to have a clash with Harry Angel."
Ground
conditions will dictate whether Addeybb takes up his entry in the Queen
Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot next month.
The William Haggas-trained
four-year-old dominated his rivals in the Lincoln at Doncaster and again in the
bet365 Mile at Sandown.
However, he was well-beaten on a
sounder surface in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury earlier this month.
Haggas said: "Addeybb is fine
and came out of the race at Newbury fine. I think we will look for his ground
now. I've got him in the Eclipse and I've put him in the Irish Champion Stakes,
so he will have mile and a quarter entries, but I think he is fine with a mile
as long as there is dig in the ground.
"He has the Ascot entry in the
Queen Anne and if it was soft he may well take it up."
Cracksman will face
five rivals in the Investec Coronation Cup at Epsom on Friday.
John Gosden's brilliant Champion
Stakes winner returned to action this season with a stylish victory in France
in the Prix Ganay. He is likely to be a long odds-on favourite in the Group One
as he returns to Epsom after finishing third in the Derby a year ago. Yucatan also runs for O'Brien
The
Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot is the next possible port of call for Defoe
following his short-priced reverse at the Curragh on Sunday.
