2019 Flat Issue 10 - A few more winners

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Enable Eclipses Rivals at Sandown

Hot is too Darn Quick in France

Deja lands Kempton Prize

Report

We start at Sandown on Saturday where in the 1m 2f Group1 Eclipse stakes Enable (Cliff, Cod, Martin, Neil, Steve, Tony),  Magical ( Bob,  Cod, Steve, Tony), took their chances,  

Enable, Shade keen, tracked leader, led going well 2f out, stayed on strongly, winning by ¾ l. She gets 51.5 points. Magical, Tracked leading pair, switched off inside pushed along 3f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, always held, 2^nd ¾ l. She gets 12 points.

On Sunday at Deauville in the 7f Group 1 Jean Prat stakes Too Darn Hot ( Martin, Steve, Tony), went to post, Tracked leaders in far side group, ridden under 2f out, led 1 1/2f out, kept on strongly and drew clear final furlong,  Winning comfortably by 3l. He gets 26.9 points.

At Kempton Deja ( Bob) went to post in the 1m 4f handicap, Took keen hold and soon held up, pushed along 4f out, ridden and closed on leaders 2f out, sustained effort to lead 1f out, stayed on well and drew clear, winning by 3 ½ l. He gets 27.4 points.

Grand Slam Leg 1

Neil 

The  John Torpey Memorial Trophy

                 July                   Total

Neil        51.5                    830.1

Cliff          51.5                   502.6

Steve         90.4                    481.3

Bob            39.4                  418.9

Martin    78.4                   388.4

Tony      90.4                  382.7

Peej           00                  285

Cod        63.5                 250.7

News

Sea of Class has been retired following a life threatening bout of colic. We wish her well.

Karl Burke remains hopeful Laurens will recover from a recent setback in time to run in the Prix Rothschild at Deauville later this month. She was due to go back against her own sex in Friday's Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket, before connections revealed last weekend that she had suffered a minor injury.

Charlie Appleby believes a drop down in trip will play to the strengths of Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter when he renews rivalries with Stradivarius in the Qatar Goodwood Cup.

Connections of last year's Coventry Stakes hero Calyx remain confident that he will be back in action before the end of the season. Plans remain fluid for the John Gosden-trained three-year-old - who still holds an entry in the Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood - but a comeback later in the year is expected. Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said: "There are no real new updates on Calyx, but he is fine and is with John Gosden. "He won't be out until the autumn at the earliest. "We very much hope to have him back on track before the end of the season, though."