Across the pond

20hayes20 · Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:41 am

https://www.racingpost.com/racecards/2/ ... 23/812738/

Only 6 remain for the King George on Saturday , but its a quality 6

Hayes

Northport · Mon Jul 18, 2022 10:27 am

Mylute wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:01 am
My Prospero (Iffraaj × My Titania) wins the Prix Eugene Adam (G2) at Saint Cloud.
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/i ... gene-adam/

She hasn’t had a G1 winner yet, but My Titania is on her way to achieving blue hen status. Three foals of racing age, two group winners and a listed winner, all currently in training with William Haggas. The Tsuis haven’t owned that many broodmares in the last 30 years, but they already had one of the greatest of all time and look like they have another superstar on their hands.

Mylute · Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:51 am

Andrea Atzeni will ride Stradivarius in the Goodwood Cup.

tachyon · Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:41 am

20hayes20 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:41 am https://www.racingpost.com/racecards/2/ ... 23/812738/

Only 6 remain for the King George on Saturday , but its a quality 6

Hayes

Yeah!

Personally I would love to see Torquator Tasso emulate the success of Danedream.
I like German horses.
Let's see if he can handle a quicker ground.

20hayes20 · Tue Jul 19, 2022 12:36 pm

James Doyle will ride Mishriff in the King George

Hayes

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:03 pm

Andrea Atzeni will ride Stradivarius in the Goodwood Cup.

I'm a little surprised about this (although probably not as surprised as Stradivarius is going to be), as I thought Gosden and Dettori had reconciled.

Northport · Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:34 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:03 pm Andrea Atzeni will ride Stradivarius in the Goodwood Cup.

I'm a little surprised about this (although probably not as surprised as Stradivarius is going to be), as I thought Gosden and Dettori had reconciled.

Gosden and Dettori reconciled but Bjorn Nielson made it pretty clear that he was disappointed in the two blunders Frankie made in the last two Gold Cups. At the end of the day, the owner makes the call, and I can’t really blame him for making the change. Atzeni has already ridden Strad in three races, winning all of them.

barbaro111 · Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:10 pm

Mylute wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:51 am Andrea Atzeni will ride Stradivarius in the Goodwood Cup.

I thought that was interesting: I guess Mr. Gosden does not trust Dettori on his prize horse.
I don't blame him.

barbaro111 · Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:12 pm

Northport wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:34 pm
BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:03 pm Andrea Atzeni will ride Stradivarius in the Goodwood Cup.

I'm a little surprised about this (although probably not as surprised as Stradivarius is going to be), as I thought Gosden and Dettori had reconciled.
Gosden and Dettori reconciled but Bjorn Nielson made it pretty clear that he was disappointed in the two blunders Frankie made in the last two Gold Cups. At the end of the day, the owner makes the call, and I can’t really blame him for making the change. Atzeni has already ridden Strad in three races, winning all of them.

You make a good point, it wasn't just one Gold Cup, but two- that was very disappointing for the horse's connections.
I was pretty shocked to see Dettori give Strad almost the same ride he gave him in the Gold Cup before this last one.

brunanas · Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:04 am

unbeaten star Baaeed has been confirmed to be retiring after this season and he will be following Frankel's path to retirement.
Source

Northport · Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:37 am

brunanas wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:04 am unbeaten star Baaeed has been confirmed to be retiring after this season and he will be following Frankel's path to retirement.
Source

Shadwell loves retiring horses once they have a G1, so he was already on borrowed time, but tbh I wish they’d give him a year of competing exclusively at 10f. Shadwell has a brutal record of producing stallions, and now that their own broodmare pool has at least halved in size, he is going to be up against it, unbeaten superstar or not.

20hayes20 · Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:22 am

Aiden Obrien runs a unraced 2 year old tonight at Leopardstown called Tower Of London.

He is a full brother to Irish Derby and St Leger winner Capri.

Hayes

20hayes20 · Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:28 pm

Tower Of London wins nicely on debut for Aiden Obrien

He looks a Racing Post trophy or William Hill futurity type later in the season

Hayes

20hayes20 · Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:37 am

Derby winner Desert Crown will miss the Juddmonte International at York.

Hayes

ThreeMustangs · Fri Jul 22, 2022 7:55 pm

I hadn’t seen many of these before.

Top 20 King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners 1955 - 2017

https://youtu.be/ASftZicvmjw

ThreeMustangs · Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:43 am

Pyledriver (the longest shot on the board) wins the King George. Torquator Tasso second, Mishriff third.

Scratching my head as to why Westover was sent to the front at the start. The race was over for him and Broome at that point.

tachyon · Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:53 am

What a powerful run by the globe-trotter Pyledriver!!
I thought Torquator Tasso ran an excellent race, too.
The 3yos were a bit disappointing.

Missbeholder · Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:24 am

ThreeMustangs wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 7:55 pm I hadn’t seen many of these before.

Top 20 King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners 1955 - 2017

https://youtu.be/ASftZicvmjw

I really enjoyed that, ThreeMustangs! Thanks so much for posting it!

barbaro111 · Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:53 am

It was a fun race to watch--- good for Pyledriver the longest shot on the board!!!!!

Mylute · Sat Jul 23, 2022 5:55 pm

Disappointing effort from Emily Upjohn but I've always liked Pyledriver since his initial upset win. Very handsome horse and a unique story re: his sire.

Also quite happy Torquator Tasso ran well.

Mishriff just isn't the same.