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Gulf Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Gosdens celebrate Ascot double as Buick motors home on Ombudsman
Father and son training partnership John and Thady Gosden celebrated a big race double on the second day of Royal Ascot on Wednesday with Ombudsman landing the Group One Prince of Wales's Stakes. The Royal Procession was marked by the absence of Catherine, Princess of Wales, but had a literary flavour, with two giants of the written word William Boyd and Robert Harris in the cortege along with their wives. The day's racing provided as many exciting finishes as the climaxes to their best selling books. Ombudsman's jockey William Buick held his nerve when he tried to find an opening as the race reached its climax, blocked by a wall of horses. However, the Norway-born jockey found a way round and then stormed clear to give the Gosden stable a sixth win in the race. Buick, 36, having had a tough time released his pent up emotion, punching the air in delight as he passed the post. 'It has been a difficult few days,' said Buick. 'I have got a little bit of experience so I try and stay level, I have a lot of good rides. 'You look forward right?' John Gosden, for whom it was a 70th Royal Ascot winner, said Buick had been 'patient and rewarded'. Earlier the Gosdens had enjoyed a record-extending sixth win in the Group Two Duke of Cambridge Stakes. Australia-based New Zealander jockey James McDonald swooped to win on Crimson Advocate. 'Absolutely delighted, pleasure to ride a winner for the group (the Emir of Qatar's Wathnan Racing for whom it was their third winner of this year's edition),' said MacDonald, recording his fifth Royal Ascot winner. 'I am very lucky to be jogging on the right spot at the right time. 'Even when you do not have a fancied horse in a race here it is a very special, elegant and graceful place to ride.' Earlier Aidan O'Brien ticked off one of the rare races missing from his win list, True Love winning the opening Queen Mary Stakes in fine style. Her victory franked the form book as she had finished second to Gstaad previously -- he had won the Coventry for O'Brien on Tuesday. It was the 55-year-old Irishman's 93rd Royal Ascot winner, jockey Ryan Moore's 87th. An old familiar face popped up for the race, former French wunderkind trainer Patrick Biancone who had trained back-to-back Arc de Triomphe winners by the time he was 32. Now a fresh looking 73 and based in California he did not leave disappointed as his heavily-backed runner Lennilu finished third. 'We are happy, she is only a baby, she fought all the way,' said the gravelly-voiced Biancone. There was a sad post-script as Harry's Girl had to be put down after suffering a fatal injury during the race -- putting a dampener on trainer Richard Hannon's meeting after a win on Tuesday. Carmers provided Irish trainer Paddy Twomey with a win in the Group Two Queen's Vase with his first ever winner at the meeting, a second win for jockey Billy Lee this week. For owner Fiona Carmichael it was an emotional victory as the horse is named after her late husband. 'This is all fairly new to me,' said Carmichael, who also bred the winner. 'I am living the dream. What happens further down the line gives me something to look forward to as he could run in the St Leger.' Lee, who rare for a flat jockey has also ridden winners at Cheltenham and Aintree in the past eight months, said he was a very lucky man. 'There are plenty of good lads based in Ireland who do not get the chance like myself and Colin Keane.' It's been three years since trainer Charlie Appleby cracked open the champagne in terms of a Royal Ascot winner, and he had to hide his disappointment as favourite Cinderella's Dream finished second. He at least takes a percentage of the prizemony as compensation, there is no such safety net for the punter who piled on £20,000 ($27,000) to win. Agencies
Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Aidan O'Brien's True Love highlights Gstaad form with Queen Mary Stakes win at Royal Ascot
Despite coming off the bridle just after halfway, the twice-raced daughter of No Nay Never responded gamely to Ryan Moore's urgings, sweeping through towards the stands' side to win by a commanding length and a quarter. Flowerhead finished strongly on the far side to grab second and bely 100/1 odds for Charlie Clover, while US-raider Lennilu (11/2) was third for Patrick Biancone. True Love's success in the five-furlong contest means that O'Brien has now won every juvenile race at Royal Ascot at least once. O'Brien said: 'True Love had two very good runs, finishing second to a good filly [Lady Imam] the first time and then our own colt beat her the second time. 'Ryan said he thought she would be better when she steps up to six furlongs. The only thing is that she was drawn by herself. There was no pace where she was, so she had to do her own work and that's what Ryan did. He was excellent on her. He wasn't going to wait on anybody. I think probably the strongest part of her was the last half a furlong – when she got going, she really powered away. 'She is a big, mature, strong filly; walking around the ring, she was like a four-year-old, and that's not making little of anything else. She is just so big, mature and scopey. She is something to look forward to.' Reflecting on her two defeats, O'Brien said: 'She had her first run and Ryan came in and said, 'They won't beat her again'. Her second run, Wayne came in and said, 'They won't beat her again'. Then you see the two that beat her, so…! 'She is obviously high class. The lads will decide, but you would imagine she'll have no problem going six, although she is a No Nay Never and he is a big influence for speed.' Moore said: 'True Love is a tall, scopey girl. She looked a different class to the others down at the start. She is a No Nay Never and they're usually big, strong, powerful, fast two-year-olds; she's got all that size, but she feels like she'll be better suited when she goes a bit further. "She was second first time in a Listed race, beaten by a smart filly, and then obviously the colt that beat her won yesterday, so the form was there." Co-owner Michael Tabor said: "I believe True Love stood out amongst all the other fillies in the race. We were pretty confident [after Gstaad's win], we really were. Aidan always said to me that she is very, very fast. In actual fact, she probably needs a bit further, that's the reality of it, and the great thing is her mother [Alluringly] is in foal to City Of Troy and the sister to Wootton Bassett, so very happy." Flowerhead's trainer Charlie Clover said: 'You come into every race wanting to win but, at 100/1, you have to check reality and see what's possible, even though we always liked the filly at home. We are only a very small team, so to see her run such a big race like that is huge for us. And to have the backing of Amo is a massive boost to my career. I only started training in December, so going to a Group Two with a two-year-old felt a little bit far-fetched. We can think about the bigger picture now." Lennilu's trainer Patrick Biancone, saddling his first Royal Ascot runner since 1988, said: 'She is only a baby. I liked the fact she fought back at the end, which means that she should stay further. She fought all the way. We will go home and give her a break; the first plan was to try to win here with her; she is Group 2-placed now, which is good, and she can have a little vacation and then we'll see her in Del Mar.'
Rhyl Journal
3 days ago
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Carmers collects in Queen's Vase for Paddy Twomey
A first runner at the Royal fixture for trainer Paddy Twomey, the Wootton Bassett colt had been successful on his two previous starts at Ballinrobe and Navan and was a 9-2 shot to complete his hat-trick in this one-mile-six-furlong Group Two. Always to the fore in the hands of Billy Lee, Carmers took over from Shackleton rounding the home turn and answered his rider's every call to repel the staying-on pair of Furthur and Rahiebb, with three-quarters of a length the winning margin. 'I knew he'd stay and I knew turning in that Billy looked comfortable,' said Twomey. 'I was happy to see a horse come up alongside him and help him at the front, he looked comfortable when the bell rang and I knew he had a chance. 'I think staying is his game and I think he's a pretty good horse.' Ladbrokes installed the Fiona Carmichael-owned winner as the 8-1 second-favourite for the Betfred St Leger, and Twomey added: 'He's done everything we've asked, he's obviously going to have an entry in the Leger at Doncaster – we'll see. 'He's done what was asked of him today, he's run three times, he's won three times and hopefully he continues to win. 'We've nice horses, we've good owners and it's fantastic to be able to bring them here. 'It's nice to have good horses to win on the big days for a small stable.'
Glasgow Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Carmers collects in Queen's Vase for Paddy Twomey
A first runner at the Royal fixture for trainer Paddy Twomey, the Wootton Bassett colt had been successful on his two previous starts at Ballinrobe and Navan and was a 9-2 shot to complete his hat-trick in this one-mile-six-furlong Group Two. Always to the fore in the hands of Billy Lee, Carmers took over from Shackleton rounding the home turn and answered his rider's every call to repel the staying-on pair of Furthur and Rahiebb, with three-quarters of a length the winning margin. 'I knew he'd stay and I knew turning in that Billy looked comfortable,' said Twomey. 'I was happy to see a horse come up alongside him and help him at the front, he looked comfortable when the bell rang and I knew he had a chance. 'I think staying is his game and I think he's a pretty good horse.' Ladbrokes installed the Fiona Carmichael-owned winner as the 8-1 second-favourite for the Betfred St Leger, and Twomey added: 'He's done everything we've asked, he's obviously going to have an entry in the Leger at Doncaster – we'll see. 'He's done what was asked of him today, he's run three times, he's won three times and hopefully he continues to win. 'We've nice horses, we've good owners and it's fantastic to be able to bring them here. 'It's nice to have good horses to win on the big days for a small stable.'
South Wales Guardian
3 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Carmers collects in Queen's Vase for Paddy Twomey
A first runner at the Royal fixture for trainer Paddy Twomey, the Wootton Bassett colt had been successful on his two previous starts at Ballinrobe and Navan and was a 9-2 shot to complete his hat-trick in this one-mile-six-furlong Group Two. Always to the fore in the hands of Billy Lee, Carmers took over from Shackleton rounding the home turn and answered his rider's every call to repel the staying-on pair of Furthur and Rahiebb, with three-quarters of a length the winning margin. 'I knew he'd stay and I knew turning in that Billy looked comfortable,' said Twomey. 'I was happy to see a horse come up alongside him and help him at the front, he looked comfortable when the bell rang and I knew he had a chance. 'I think staying is his game and I think he's a pretty good horse.' Ladbrokes installed the Fiona Carmichael-owned winner as the 8-1 second-favourite for the Betfred St Leger, and Twomey added: 'He's done everything we've asked, he's obviously going to have an entry in the Leger at Doncaster – we'll see. 'He's done what was asked of him today, he's run three times, he's won three times and hopefully he continues to win. 'We've nice horses, we've good owners and it's fantastic to be able to bring them here. 'It's nice to have good horses to win on the big days for a small stable.'
