Posts tagged Tom Queally
Lord Shanakill wins Betfair Cup
Jul 27th
There may only be 220 yards to a furlong but the difference in what is needed between a six-furlong sprinter and a miler can be cavernous. For those not possessed of the speed for one or the necessary stamina for the other the options are not plentiful. A year ago Lord Shanakill did win the [...]
Premio Loco wins Summer Mile
Jul 10th
George Baker is not only the tallest jockey in the weighing room, he is also the thinnest and he somehow managed to thread Premio Loco through the narrowest of gaps to win the Group Two totesport.com Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Premio-Loco-shines-in-Summer-Mile-a15861
Sans Frontieres wins Princess of Wales’s Stakes
Jul 8th
The Group Two Princess of Wales’s sportingbet.com Stakes has produced its fair share of shock winners over the years and it dug deep enough into its box of tricks to come up with a result that took some believing. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Sans-Frontieres-causes-upset-in-Princess-of-Waless-Stakes-a15518
Twice Over wins Eclipse
Jul 3rd
Twice Over won a thrilling finish to the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park as he ended Henry Cecil’s 32-year wait for a fourth winner in the race. Twice Over was his 17th attempt since Gunner B won in 1978 and for a few, heart-stopping moments, looked as though he might add to that losing streak. [...]
Strawberrydaiquiri wins the Windsor Forest
Jun 16th
Strawberrydaiquiri made the latest step up in class to win the Group Two Windsor Forest Stakes. The filly is a testament to the patience of Sir Michael Stoute, who was winning the race for the third time, and has brought Strawberrydaiquiri gradually through the ranks over the last 14 months. To read the full blog: [...]
Henry Cecil has manifest reasons for hope
May 14th
The last time Henry Cecil trained the winner of the Yorkshire Cup it was 1987. That year he would also win the Derby, the Gold Cup and finish the season as champion trainer. Then three Group-race winners in a week was the staple diet but, following a period when he was existing on much thinner [...]
Bullet Train may not be the Derby ticket
May 9th
No-one ever said that training racehorses was an exact science but Henry Cecil and Aidan O’Brien have, at times, come as close to patenting the formula as anyone else. However both had cause to indulge in a little head scratching after the latest Classic trials at Lingfield Park. Cecil, perhaps still feeling a pang of [...]
Special Duty completes Guineas double for France
May 2nd
The French tricolour replaced the Union flag over the grandstand at Newmarket after a Special Duty completed a Gallic double in the stanjames.com 1000 Guineas. Criquette Head-Maarek’s completed a Classic clean sweep for the French, that had started with the victory of Makfi in the 2000 Guineas the previous day, but this race was anything [...]
Palypso time for Longsdon
Dec 18th
Christmas presents from the handicapper are usually slightly rarer than hen’s teeth, but Charlie Longsdon may have been handed an early gift this year. The trainer runs Palypso De Creek in the Blue Square Tommy Whittle Handicap Chase at Haydock Park and finds himself in the novel position of a trainer having less of a [...]
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