Archive for July 31, 2010
Third US win for Proviso
Jul 31st
Having won the main race at Goodwood, the true scale of Prince Khalid Abdullah’s world-wide success was underlined when Proviso won the Grade One Diana Stakes at Saratoga. The green silks with the pink sash and cap that have become a constant theme of the great races in Europe and America were carried by Midday [...]
Midday wins Nassau Stakes
Jul 31st
The record books will show that Midday has won the Group One Blue Square Nassau Stakes twice but really she has won it three times. Henry Cecil’s filly came to Goodwood as the defending champion and appeared to be cruising to her second victory, but then she seemed to think it was time to make [...]
Evens And Odds wins Stewards’ Cup
Jul 31st
He might look like a bouncer for Mothercare, but David Nicholls has long stood tall as the best trainer of sprint handicappers around. In his career as a jockey highlights were few and far between, and one of the best of his 421 appearances in the winner’s enclosure came when Soba won the Stewards’ Cup [...]
Richard Hughes top jockey at Goodwood
Jul 31st
The Glorious Goodwood meeting was a personal triumph for Richard Hughes who finished with nine winners, which was a record for a jockey at the fixture. A final-day double on Pausanias in the two-year-old maiden and Eucharist in the nursery was his ninth of the week, and all were achieved on horses trained by his [...]
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