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Empress Josephine Rules at Curragh
Lone Eagle Swoops To Goodwood Victor
Beach at Liberty at Haydock
Report
We start at Goodwood on Friday in the 1m 3f listed stakes where Lone Eagle (Neil), went to post, Made all, pushed along 3f out, ridden and went clear from over 1f out, winning readily by 4l. He gets 31.4 points.
At Haydock on Saturday in the 5f group 2 Liberty Beach (Bob), went to post, Raced freely, made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, winning gamely by gamely by a neck. She gets 44.6 points.
On Sunday at The Curragh, in the 1m group 1 Irish 1000 guineas Empress Josephine ( Peej), took her chance, Towards rear of midfield early, midfield when bumped under 3f out, soon pushed along, ridden and headway towards near side under 2f out, went third inside final furlong, ran on well and joined leader towards finish, led post, winning by a short head. She gets 79.2
The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
May Total
Tony 189.3 189.3
Cliff 100.6 100.6
Bob 95.4 95.4
Neil 82.7 82.7
Peej 79.2 79.2
Steve 75.3 75.3
Cod 74.8 74.8
Martin 51.3 51.3
News
Tributes have poured in for popular Grade 1 winner Top Notch following his death at the age of ten on Sunday. Successful in 14 of his 31 races in Britain, including once at the highest level in the 2017 Scilly Isles Novices' Chase at Sandown, Top Notch might have been small in stature but he more than made up for it in heart.A regular at the major meetings, he competed at the Cheltenham Festival on five occasions, faring best with seconds in the 2015 Triumph Hurdle and 2017 JLT Novices' Chase.
Simon Munir, who owned the Nicky Henderson-trained star in partnership with Isaac Souede, relayed the bad news on Twitter on Sunday night. He wrote: "It is with great sadness that we lost our double green stalwart and hero Top Notch today. He ruptured his stomach and surgery failed. He was the sweetest, kindest horse with the biggest heart – since 2014 he won 14 races and participated in five Cheltenham Festivals. So many memories. RIP Notchy."
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