Daryz lands Prix Aga Khan
Bright Sunshine at Haydock
Danielle stars at York
Precise is Spot on at Curragh
Rivals Flounder on Barrier Reef
Aventure wins at Longchamp
View is Pur fect at Curragh
Report
We start at Longchamp on Thursday where in the 1m 1f group 1 Prix Aga Khan IV, Daryz ( Cliff, Cod, Neil), took his chance, In touch with leaders, headway and switched left over 2f out, pushed along to lead over 1f out, kept on well and went clear final 110yds, winning readily by 3 ½ l. He gets 26.2 points.
At Haydock on Saturday in the 6f group 2 Venetian Sun (Martin, Peej), went to post, Took keen hold, held up in rear, switched left and pushed along briefly 2f out, headway to lead going easily 1f out, shaken up and ran on inside final furlong, winning comfortably by 3l. She gets 22.75 points.
At York in the 1m 6f fillies group 3 Danielle (Cod) took her chance, Raced in second, increased tempo and led after 3f, going best 3f out, soon shaken up, ridden over 1f out, faced challenge inside final furlong, kept on well final 110yds winning by 1 ¼ l. She gets 33 points.
At the Curragh in the 1m group 1 Irish 2000 guineas Gstaad ( Cod, Peej), went to post, Prominent, went second 2f out, led over 1f out, soon drifted right, against far rail when ridden and went clear inside final furlong, ran on strongly winning by 3l .He gets 26.37 points.
In the 1m 4f listed stakes Purview ( Bob) took his chance, Travelled strongly, midfield, headway on outer over 2f out, shaken up and edged right over 1f out, soon led and went well clear, eased inside final 110yds, winning impressively by 6l. He gets 34 points.
On Sunday at the Curragh in the 6f 2 year old group 3 Great Barrier Reef (Steve), went to post, Dwelt start, towards rear, headway on far side of group 3f out, ran green when ridden over 1f out, led inside final 110yds, kept on. Winning by 1 ¼ l. He gets 33.08 points.
In the 1m fillies group 1 Irish 1000 guineas Precise ( Bob, Cliff, Neil, Peej), took her chance, Awkward start, towards rear on outer, headway 2f out, soon ridden, hung right 1f out, soon led, ran on well inside final 110yds, winning by 2 ½ l. She gets 30.95 points
At Longchamp in the 1m 2f group 2 for fillies and mares Aventure (Cod), took her chance, Raced in second, led and pushed along 2f out, kept on final 110yds, eased towards finish, winning by ¾ l. She gets 44.2 points.
The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
May Total
Cod 296.34 296.34
Cliff 290.98 290.98
Bob 250.11 250.11
Steve 197.75 197.75
Martin 193.21 193.21
Neil 163.48 163.48
Peej 157.19 157.19
Stats Per String
Runs Wins
Martin 13 5
Bob 17 7
Cliff 15 8
Neil 15 5
Peej 17 6
Cod 18 8
Steve 11 6
The Weeks Losers
Asfoora, American Affair, Spycatcher, Bay City Roller, Minnie Hauk, True Love, Abashiri, Alther Walden
Weekend Runners
Friday
Down Royal
6.50 Carmers
Saturday
Haydock
3.10 Estrange
Sunday
Thirsk
4.45 Copper Knight, Montezuma
News
Daryz continued his merry way cutting a swathe through the European Pattern on a balmy Thursday evening at Longchamp, completing a hat-trick of Group 1 victories while doing a decent impression of a morning breeze on Les Aigles. In doing so, he made it abundantly clear that Minnie Hauk, Ombudsman, and any other horse planning to deny him a fourth in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Ascot next month will almost certainly have to run the race of their lives.
If you had posed the question in the wake of Daryz’s Arc victory last October, you would have been forced to say that all three of them were suited to further than the 1m1½f trip of the newly renamed Prix Aga Khan IV. But given the dash that the son of Sea The Stars showed last month in the Prix Ganay and again here, we may be dealing with one of those rare horses that can follow any pace over a variety of trips, and still deliver a searing turn of foot.
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