Coronation of Defoe At Epsom
Report
At Epsom last Friday in the 1m 4f Group 1
Coronation Cup, Defoe ( Neil,
Steve), Kew Gardens ( Martin, Neil), took their chances.
Defoe, Slowly into stride, held up in last
pair, good headway on inside over 3f out, soon tracking leaders, went between
horses over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, led final 110 yards, stayed
on strongly, winning by ½ l. He gets 61.4 points
Kew Gardens, Held up last, good headway on
wide outside over 2f out, 2nd inside final 2f, ridden to lead and edged left on
camber over 1f out, hung left headed and not pace of winner final 110 yards, 2nd
½ l. He gets 12 points.
The John Torpey
Memorial Trophy
May Total
Neil
401.2 401.2
Cliff 270.6 270.6
Steve
200.2 200.2
Bob 177.1 177.1
Tony
146 146
Cod
137.2 137.2
Martin
122.8 122.8
Peej 114.2 114.2
Cangratulations to Neil May trainer of
the month
News
. Charlie
Hills is counting down the days until Royal Ascot with his Irish 2,000 Guineas
hero Phoenix Of Spain.
The Lope De Vega colt made his belated
reappearance in last month's Curragh Classic - and produced a hugely impressive
front-running display under Jamie Spencer to comfortably see off his old foe
Too Darn Hot. A rematch is on the cards in the St James's Palace Stakes on June
18, and Hills is relishing the challenge. He said: "He seems to have come
out of the race really well. He's back in his normal routine now and he's
eating well, so we're looking forward to the Tuesday of Ascot.
"We were obviously delighted with him
at the Curragh. He was going away from them at the end, and galloped right
through the line.
. Ralph
Beckett will consider an appearance at Royal Ascot for Manuela
De Vega following her fine effort in the Investec Oaks at Epsom . Beckett said: "We were very pleased
with her performance. From that draw, we were delighted with her effort. "She's
come out of the race very well. We'll look at the Ribblesdale at Royal Ascot,
but we haven't made any firm plans."
John Gosden hopes that by starting Enable's season next month in the Coral-Eclipse at
Sandown she will be in the best possible position to tackle what promises to be
a huge second half of the campaign. The Nathaniel filly had been thought likely
to make her eagerly-awaited reappearance at Royal Ascot - but following a piece
of work in Newmarket, it was decided, after consultation with Khalid Abdullah's
racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe and jockey Frankie Dettori, to give her a
little longer. Her ultimate aim remains an attempt at an historic third Prix de
l'Arc de Triomphe victory in Paris in October. Gosden said: "She was
having a good blow (after gallop on the Limekilns), and we didn't want to rush
to run over a mile and a quarter going down into Swinley Bottom (at Ascot).
"I always wanted to run in the Eclipse
myself. I had dropped a hint before and Frankie and I, with Teddy, said we are
going to the Eclipse because it would be a much better place to start her out.
"Hopefully then we can go to the King
George, York, then hopefully the Arc."
John Oxx is working back from the Matron
Stakes at Leopardstown in September with Skitter
Scatter, after ruling her out of a trip to Royal Ascot. It subsequently
transpired Skitter Scatter had torn a muscle during the Rowley Mile Classic,
and Oxx is in no rush to commit to imminent targets. He said: "She's
making gradual progress. She's been confined to walking exercise for a month
and we're coming to the end of that now, so we'll see how we go from here. We
think it (torn muscle) happened about three furlongs out, and she just went
backwards then. It's disappointing, but these things happen." Patience is
proving key to the filly's recovery.
PUNTER GRAND SLAM
Leg 1 starts at Royal
Ascot, so you can pick 1 extra horse for your string, to run at Royal
Ascot, which is not currently in any other string, entries to me by close of
play Next Wednesday 12 June
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