20/06/2016. News dal Sudafrica con… contorno di commenti sul Royal Ascot Day 5
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EDITORIAL: ROYAL ASCOT CONCLUDES AS FRENCH FILLY IS CROWNED
Royal Ascot’s final day finished with great festivities as HRH The Queen, had a winner at the meeting and was visibily thrilled and relieved to win the contest after the objection kept her waiting. The Sprint fanatics saw a blanket finish in the Diamond Jubilee whilst in France on Sunday a new Queen was crowned in the Prix de Diane.
The winter season continued at Scottsville with the Track and Ball day whilst in Hong Kong, a track record fell.
On that subject, Douglas Whyte, the South African star based in Hong Kong, will finally have a July mount after he was confirmed on a Snaith runner. All and more in this edition.
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HEADLINE NEWS
PRIX DE DIANE GOES TO LA CRESSONNIERE
Jean-Claude Rouget continued his fantastic campaign as La Cressonniere claimed a brilliant victory in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly.
Rouget has been the dominant force in the French Classics this season, with La Cressonniere having previously landed the French 1000 Guineas before Almanzor provided the trainer with his second French Derby triumph at the start of this month…. READ MORE
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SAF: TRACK AND BALL DERBY (Grade 3) – CAPE SPEED sees out the extra to take the Derby
Cape Town trainer, Dean Kannemeyer, who kept a string in KZN after the end of last season, has paid rich dividends as the yard captured another feature race. The three year old son of IDEAL WORLD, was well ridden by jockey Anthony Delpech as he moved him up around the back straight to improve his position and put CAPE SPEED within touching distance when they turned for home. The IDEAL WORLD progeny have been performing well, especially over the stamina distances. READ MORE
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FR: QEMAH CROWNED FOR FRANCE IN CORONATION STAKES
Jean-Claude Rouget continued his tremendous season when Qemah gave him back-to-back victories in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Successful with Ervedya 12 months ago, Qemah provided her trainer with another big-race triumph in 2016 after Almanzor in the French Derby and La Cressonniere in the French 1000 Guineas…. READ MORE |
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ROYAL ASCOT: THE QUEEN WINS THE HARDWICKE
Dartmouth landed a famous success in the colours of the Queen in what was a dramatic Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Partnered by leading French jockey Olivier Peslier, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old was sent off… READ MORE
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SAF: TRACK AND BALL OAKS (Grade 3) – WITCHCRAFT wins from start to finish
WITCHCRAFT, the three year old daughter of KAHAL showed that she has the stamina to see out the oaks/derby distance when she led from start to finish to take the Grade 3 Track and Ball Oaks. Starting unfancied at 25/1, she had not shown over any distance over 2000m. She was not disgraced last time in the Woolavington over 2000m finishing seventh, but only five lengths behind BELA-BELA… READ MORE
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ROYAL ASCOT: CANDY TARGETS TWILIGHT SON FOR JULY CUP
Henry Candy’s stable stars Twilight Son and Limato could clash in next month’s Darley July Cup at Newmarket.
Twilight Son booked his ticket for the July 9 feature with victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday, despite having suffered with cracked heels in the build-up to the race…. READ MORE
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HONG KONG: NEW COURSE RECORD SET IN HONG KONG
Helene Paragon (119lb) rolled to the first win of his career at pattern level with a facile score in the HKG3 Premier Plate (Handicap) at Sha Tin this afternoon. On an incredibly warm afternoon in the New Territories, the final time of 1m 45.83s established a new record for the 1,800m distance.. READ MORE
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SAF: WHYTE TO RIDE IN JULY AFTER ALL
The “Durban Demon” Douglas Whyte gets his Vodacom July mount after all the Abashiri debacle. He is now on board Snaith’s Black Arthur.
Significantly though, Anthony Delpech, who won on him in his latest start, has opted to ride Bela Bela in the big race. He called this filly one of the best he has ridden post her last start… READ MORE |
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fonte SAH Racing
