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Intanto Antonio Polli continua la sua esperienza del fine settimana a Varsavia, anche oggi è arrivata una vittoria.
#Newmarket bella gioventù! #Shalaa si conferma nelle Middle Park Stakes, #Lumiere redenta nelle Cheveley Park Stakes
Il sabato che abbiamo vissuto a Newmarket è stato davvero di altissimo profilo. In programma due G1 ed un G2, tra cui alcune prove di maggiore selezione per ciò che riguarda i 2 anni in ottica futura. Solo il tempo dirà, per esempio, quanto sia buono Shalaa (Invincible Spirit) che praticamente si è già costruito una carriera di stallone facendo tutto con velocità a professionalità. Potrebbero anche metterlo in razza subito. Comunque, non molti cavalli riescono ad essere così solidi e così, dopo le July Stakes G2, le Richmond Stakes G2 ed il Morny G1 il figlio di Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) ha allungato la incredibile striscia di vittorie nelle Middle Park Stakes G1 (VIDEO CORSA QUI) mettendo in scena il pezzo forte del repertorio: Parziali bollenti, cambio di marcia e gran velocità di base. Nelle mani di Frankie Dettori il portacolori Al Shaqab allenato da John Gosden ha battuto, meglio di quanto non dica il risultato, Buratino (Exceed and Excel). Non ha forse prodotto la sua migliore prestazione della carriera e non ha battuto fenomeni, ma vincere anche quando non si è al top è comunque sintomatico della grandissima qualità di cui dispone. Frankie si è spinto anche più avanti in una valutazione piuttosto importante, ha detto infatti che si tratta del cavallo più veloce che abbia mai montato paragonandolo, su piste piatte, ad un Frankel della velocità. Di allungare, però, pare non sia il caso. Gosden ha detto che..
Shalaa (centre) is 4-1 for next year’s Commonwealth Cup
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Morny hero Shalaa adds Middle Park in style
Report: Newmarket, Saturday, Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes (Group 1) 6f, 2yo colts
SHALAA stretched his winning run to five in the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes when holding off the late challenge of Buratino to land his second Group 1 and confirm his position as the season’s leading juvenile.
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Frankie Dettori was one of the first out of the stalls on the 1-2 favourite and was soon settled at the head of affairs ahead of Ajaya and Madrinho.
The John Gosden-trained colt was sent on two furlongs from home to win his race and had to be ridden out by Dettori to get the better of Buratino by half a length.
Cut for Commonwealth Cup glory
Dettori said: “He’s got tremendous speed and he is the fastest two-year-old I’ve ridden. I haven’t met a horse fast enough to lead him.
“I didn’t feel that great coming down the Dip as he changed legs about five times and lost some momentum, but he showed that he is very brave. On a flat track I think he’d have won by two or three lengths. He’s won two Group 1s now and he’s a great horse to have around.”
William Hill reacted by cutting Shalaa to 7-2 favourite (from 5) for next year’s Commonwealth Cup, while Paddy Power left him unchanged at 4-1.
‘He’s the fastest two-year-old I’ve trained’
Gosden added: “I was a little mindful to bring him here fresh because with a two-year-old at this time of year if you keep working them and working them you can flatten them. He’s gone very, very fast and Ryan Moore [on board fifth-placed Rouleau] said he had never been so fast over four furlongs up the Rowley Mile.
“He got a little unbalanced in the Dip, but all in all we are delighted with him. I said this would be the last race of the year for him and he’s not put a foot wrong. He’s very, very fast – the fastest two-year-old I’ve trained. He’s incredibly fast and we are lucky to have him. Al Shaqab Racing are great owners to have him for and we are over the moon. He’s got a good mind on him too, which is very important.
“He has so much speed and has that [sprinter's] build, so he reminds us all of Oasis Dream who probably broke the juvenile record here and was not only champion two-year-old but also champion sprinter at three. He’s of that mould. He looks like a pure fast two-year-old and is not crying out for a mile.”
