Speech Makes a Notable Start
Rosallion Roars Home
Dan Spirits the points away
Theory works out at Hamilton
Friendly is good for The Soul
Jacket Whistles home
White Birch
Report
We start on Saturday at Newmarket where in the 1m grade 1 2000 guineas Notable Speech (Bob), Rosallion (Cod, Neil, Steve), took there chances. Noteable Speech, Held up in rear, smooth headway towards far side from 3f out, ridden to lead 1f out, edged right but ran on inside final furlong, winning by 1 ½ l. He gets 109 points. Rosallion, in touch with leaders, smooth headway from 3f out, led narrowly 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, no match for winner, 2nd beaten 1 ½ l. He gets 13.7 points.
At Churchill Downs in the 1m 2f grade 1 Kentucky Derby Mystik Dan (Cod), took his chance, Broke best and led, headed after 150yds, soon settled in touch, smooth progress and muscled through narrow gap on rail to lead 2f out, ridden clear from 1 1/2f out, 2 length lead entering final furlong, kept on gamely, just lasted home winning by a nose. He gets 128.44 points.
On Sunday at Hamilton in the 1m 5f handicap Capital Theory ( Cod), took his chance, Prominent, led narrowly over 3f out, shaken up and went clear over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well, winning by 4 1/3 l. He gets 27.5 points.
At Newmarket in the 1m 2f listed fillies stakes Friendly Soul (Martin) took her chance, In touch with leaders, headway to lead 8f out, faced challenge from 3f out, ridden and kept on well inside final furlong, always doing enough , winning by 1 ½ l. She gets 46 points.
On Monday at the Curragh Whistlejacket (Peej) went to post in the 5g listed stakes, Made all, shaken up and went clear over 1f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, winning comfortably by 3 ¾ l. He gets 27.68 points
In the 1m 2f group 2 White Birch ( Neil), went to post, Raced in second, joined leader going okay 3f out, soon led, clear when ridden over 1f out, ran on, eased towards finish, winning comfortably by 3 ¾ l. He gets 46 points.
John Torpey Memorial Trophy
May Total
Cod 169.64 169.64
Bob 109 109
Neil 59.7 59.7
Martin 46 46
Peej 27.68 27.68
Steve 13.7 13.7
Cliff 00 00
News
City Of Troy's disappointing performance in Saturday's 2,000 Guineas evoked memories of his stablemate Auguste Rodin, who finished well held after being sent off favourite for last year's Guineas. Auguste Rodin bounced back from Newmarket with a stunning Derby success and punters are backing Aidan O'Brien to pull off another training masterclass, with City Of Troy backed into joint-favourite for next month's Derby. The question is: can he still deliver at Epsom on the back of Saturday's run?
Aidan O’Brien told The Punter On City Of Troy's Guineas run: "He got down to the start grand, but the minute he got into the stalls he started jumping around, then the gates opened because he was last in. When a horse starts panicking like that, their heart rate rises straight away, so his heart was probably beating at close to 200 beats a minute. When you start off a race with a heartbeat that high, you really only get to halfway in any race. I think that's what happened to him. He was too fresh really and that's what we're putting it down to. He has always been very relaxed in the stalls, but maybe I should have done a bit of stalls work with him before the race, but I didn't. I just never anticipated something like that happening with him."
Weekend Entries
Friday
Ascot
1.50 Accumulate
2.20 Miss Rascal
4.05 Cool Dividend
Chester
3.05 Passenger
3.40 Aztec Empire
4.15 Razdan
Nottingham
6.34 Raheen Rode
Saturday
Lingfield
2.25 Danielle
3.00 Meydaan
Ascot
2.40 Mostabshir, Popmaster
Haydock
3.50 Poet Master, Pogo
Sunday
Leopardstown
3.00 Yosemite Valley
3.35 London City
4.45 Theophilos
Grand Slam
Leg 1 Neil
Leg 2 Tony
Leg 3 Tony
Leg 4 Cliff
Leg 5 Neil
Leg 6 Peej
Leg 7 Tony
Leg 8 Steve
Leg 9 Steve
Leg 10 Steve
Leg 11 Steve
Leg 12 Cliff
Leg 13 Neil
Leg 14 Cliff
Leg 15 Bob
Leg 16 Bob
Leg 17 Peej
Leg 18 Bob
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