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Thursday, 13 August 2026

2026 Flat Issue 16 - Cliff and Cod keep in touch

Headlines

Corrolla makes a Point at Hamilton
Calendar Girl is Haydock Pin Up
Sovereignty Rules in The USA
Tiffany sparkles in Germany

Report

Apologies to Peej as I missed this, at Hamilton on 1 August Corrolla Point went to post in the 5f handicap, Midfield, headway over 1f out, pressed leaders inside final furlong, led narrowly inside final 110yds, faced challenges towards finish, just did enough, winning by a short  head. . He gets 28 points.

On Saturday at Haydock in the 1m listed stakes for fillies and mares Calendar Girl (Cliff) took her chance, Raced wide, took keen hold, towards rear, headway on outer from over 2f out, ridden when led 1f out, ran on, winning by 1 ¼ l. She gets 39 points.

At Saratoga in the 1m 1f Group 1 Whitney Stakes Sovereignty ( Cod), went to post, In touch with leaders, lost ground after 3f, dropped to last halfway, headway over 2f out, ridden and led inside final furlong, went clear inside final 110yds, readily, winning by 4 ¾  l. He gets 63.04 points.

At Hoppegarten on Sunday in the 1m 4f group 1 Westminster 136th Grosser Preis von Berlin Tiffany (Peej) went to post, In touch with leaders on inner, headway and ridden 2f out, edged left and led narrowly final 110yds, held on well, winning by a neck. She gets 53..4 points.

The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
                 August  Total
Bob           00             840.48
Cliff          39            786.72
Cod         63.04           693.78
Neil         00              595.23
Peej           81.4         566.39
Steve         00           544.09
Martin      00            344.52

Stats Per String
           Runs        Wins
Martin      35        8
Bob           45         19
Cliff           45        17
Neil          40          14
Peej          43           14
Cod           44          14
Steve          34            14

The Weeks Losers
Montezuma, Needle Match , Fallen Angel,, Convergent, Go Rimbaud, True Love, Wise Approach, Almeric

Weekend Runners

Friday 

Newbury
5.23 Lover Girl

Cork
7.10 Amelia Earhart

Thirsk
6.43 Copper Knight

Saturday 

Newbury
2.35 Addison Grey, Power Fizz
3.10 Never So Brave

Sunday 

Curragh
4.25 Fayium, Shaihaan

Southwell
4.10 Kiss Kodi


News
Superstar Bow Echo has been retired from racing through injury, with Billy Loughnane describing the unbeaten three-year-old as an "unbelievable racehorse who has given me days in the saddle that I could only ever have dreamed of". Bow Echo leaves the track with a perfect record from six starts, having completed a remarkable Group 1 treble in the 2,000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes and Sussex Stakes.

Gstaad is also out for a while,  O'Brien told The Punter ". He got galloped into at Goodwood and got a little bit of an infection in his hind leg. "The antibiotics we put him on would usually mean that you can run him within seven days, but the cut was so deep that they had to put him on extra-strong antibiotics so it will take 14 days to get out of his system, so it will be the Moulin for him now. That's probably where he will go next."

Big Buck's, a long time member of this publication and the greatest staying hurdler of all time and the winner of 18 consecutive races during an astonishing period of unbroken success, has died aged 23.
After being switched back to hurdles following his final-fence exit in the 2008 Hennessy Gold Cup, the enigmatic public favourite became the champion against whom all long-distance hurdlers are measured.

Big Buck's became the first horse ever to win four runnings of what is now the Stayers' Hurdle, powering up the Cheltenham hill under Ruby Walsh to the sound of rapturous acclaim from 2009 to 2012. He also carried the colours of Andy Stewart and his family to four wins in the Liverpool Hurdle and three triumphs in the Long Walk Hurdle, invariably hitting a flat spot before ruthlessly dismissing top-class opposition.

Nicky Henderson is "less and less optimistic" about Constitution Hill's appearance at Windsor later this month but will not be hitting the panic button, with a back-up plan already in place for his unbeaten Flat star. The trainer identified a Listed contest at Windsor for the nine-year-old on August 29, but the continued drying ground could force connections to wait another week for his reappearance, with the Group 3 September Stakes at Kempton an increasing possibility. 

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