All’ippodromo SNAI San Siro la prima edizione della “Spritz Night”. Oltre al fascino dell’ippica in notturna arte, musica e un pizzico di mondanità saranno gli ingredienti dell’ultimo appuntamento di corse prima della pausa estiva. Un sabato 1° luglio che trasformerà l’Ippodromo in un luogo unico in cui celebrare il rito dell’aperitivo. Si partirà alle 17.30 con l’happy hour a base di spritz “on the rocks” serviti in tre diverse postazioni dell’impianto e, per accompagnare il cocktail, sarà a disposizione una consumazione versione “street” da scegliere nelle varie postazioni di food truck.
L’atmosfera estiva e le suggestive corse in notturna saranno accompagnate anche dalla musica, mixata dallo speciale DJ Set, che offrirà a tutti i presenti l’irripetibile occasione di ballare sotto le stelle all’interno dell’unico ippodromo al mondo dichiarato monumento di interesse nazionale.
Dalle 20 inizia la passione, quella per il galoppo, con il programma di corse che si articola sui “Premi dell’Avvenire”: il Gran Premio d’Italia, il Premio De Montel e il Premio Mantovani. Un trittico dedicato, come da tradizione, ai cavalli giovani. Nell’intervallo tra la seconda e la terza corsa in programma, da non perdere la sfilata d’onore di carrozze storiche che partirà ai piedi dell’imponente Cavallo di Leonardo e si snoderà all’interno di tutto l’impianto a cui fa seguito la premiazione del Primo Concorso Nazionale di Attacchi di Tradizione.
La “Spritz Night” all’ippodromo SNAI San Siro, il punto di ritrovo di Milano e dei milanesi, verrà replicato il prossimo 2 settembre. Un altro appuntamento da non perdere!
fonte : www.ippodromimilano.it
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Cavalli da seguire per le piazze : Ground Rules, Zengia, Red Impact, Met Spectrum, Dorkhel, Dratonta, Just Believe.
DF. Milano, 30/06/2017
How the trainers see their chances as Wings bids for Classic double
5.20 Curragh, Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby | Group 1 | 1m4f | 3yo | RTE1/ATR
Wings Of Eagles bids to become the fifth Aidan O’Brien-trained Derby winner to follow up at the Curragh and to confirm there was no fluke about his shock 40-1 win at Epsom.
He overcame trouble in running that day to come from the rear of the field seemingly to beat his stablemate Cliffs Of Moher and favourite Cracksman fair and square.
O’Brien has sent out 11 winners of the Curragh Classic, the first of them 20 years ago when Desert King was successful, and Galileo, High Chaparral, Camelot and Australia all completed the Derby double.
Of those who tried, Ruler Of The World, an odds-on fifth, was the only Epsom winner who failed to follow up.
Ryan Moore takes over from Padraig Beggy on Wings Of Eagle while Seamie Heffernan, successful in the race for O’Brien on Soldier Of Fortune and Frozen Fire, continues his association with Capri, who finished sixth at Epsom.
O’Brien, who also runs Epsom seventh Douglas Macarthur, Taj Mahal, who ran fourth in the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot, and The Anvil, who finished in rear in the Derby, said: “We were delighted with Wings Of Eagles’s win at Epsom, where he showed he had come on well since his run at Chester.
“We haven’t done a whole lot with him since, but everything has gone well with him in the past few weeks and he seems in good form.
“Capri has shown he handles easy ground well, but he’s a good-moving colt and doesn’t have to have those conditions. He ran a decent race at Epsom and has been in form since.”
Donnacha O’Brien partners Douglas Macarthur, of whom O’Brien said: “We were happy with his run at Epsom and he’s going to the Curragh in good form.”
Ana O’Brien rides The Anvil, while Wayne Lordan teams up with Taj Mahal. Their trainer said: “The better the ground, the more The Anvil will like it. He stays the trip and will probably stay further.
“We’re running Taj Mahal back a bit quick after Ascot, where he ran a good race. We think that stepping him up to a mile and a half might bring about improvement.”
Wings Of Eagles pros
Appeared to win the Derby on merit and every chance there will be more improvement to come.
Cons
Was a 40-1 shot at Epsom so will need to show that wasn’t a one-off performance
Ground no problem for Waldgeist
Waldgeist bids to give Andre Fabre a third win in the Irish Derby and was strongly supported to do so in the middle of the week, when punters chose to put their faith in a colt with strong soft-ground form.
Conditions are now unlikely to be quite as testing as some expected, but that is not a worry as Fabre, who won with Winged Love in 1995 and Hurricane Run in 2005, has stressed Waldgeist is not at all ground dependent, echoing convictions he expressed ahead of the colt’s excellent effort in the Prix du Jockey Club.
“He handles it, but I don’t think it’s a concern one way or the other because he’s run very well on good ground,” said Fabre, who first earmarked the Curragh as a potential Classic destination as far back as last October, when the son of Galileo won the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud over a mile and a quarter.
Waldgeist has always looked a horse packed with stamina but, having pushed the French Guineas winner Brametot so close over an extended mile and a quarter at Chantilly, he still has to prove himself over a mile and a half.
Fabre brushed such concerns aside, while he was making no bold predictions as to the relative strength of the French and English Classic form.
Asked whether he had an idea as to whether the Jockey Club was a better race than the Derby, he said: “Not in the slightest, and I really don’t care ahead of the race. Saturday we will see. But I’m confident he will stay.”
Pierre-Charles Boudot will wear the famous red and green silks of Dietrich von Boetticher’s Gestut Ammerland, also carried to victory by Hurricane Run, although Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor each have a quarter share in Waldgeist, as do co-breeders Newsells Park Stud.
Pros
Brings strong Classic form and promises to be well suited by both trip and ground
Cons
While Pierre-Charles Boudot is the reigning champion in France, this will be his first ride in Ireland
Cracksman ‘hopefully still progressing’
When John Gosden brought Derby runner-up Jack Hobbs to the Curragh two years ago the colt was a hot favourite in a far from vintage renewal. It’s different this year, and despite his good third at Epsom Cracksman looks set to be only third best in the betting, and so a relative underdog.
Gosden recognises there is significant strength in depth and acknowledges third best is where Cracksman belongs. However, while he fears both Wings Of Eagles and Waldgeist, he is by no means without hope.
He said: “I saw Andre’s horse [Waldgeist] win his Group 1 at Saint-Cloud and he ran brilliantly the other day in the Jockey Club, so he brings strong credentials to the race.
“And, as I said the other day, I thought Wings Of Eagles was absolutely the best horse on the day at Epsom, as he was checked twice and yet still finished strongly to win it.
“On form, I think Wings of Eagles is entitled to be favourite, and then Waldgeist, and then us, but we’ll see.”
He added: “It’s a good race, with some proper depth to it. Jack [Hobbs] probably didn’t have much opposition when he won, but we’ve got plenty. It’s a big challenge for us, but in fairness to Cracksman the Derby was only the third race of his career and he’s hopefully still progressing.
“The track and the going should be fine for him. I don’t think it will be bottomless and there shouldn’t be any excuses for anyone.”
Jack Hobbs faced four Aidan O’Brien-trained rivals in a field of eight and, while Highland Reel was among them, he was not then the Highland Reel we have come so much to admire.
Jockey Pat Smullen, a dual previous Irish Derby winner and drafted in to replace the injured Frankie Dettori, does not underestimate the tactical nature of how the race is almost certain to play out, and nor will Gosden, but the trainer wouldl not be drawn on it.
He said simply: “We’re looking forward to the challenge and we’re glad to be there”.
Pros
Open to improvement on a more conventional track, especially having raced only three times
Cons
Has a length to find on Wings Of Eagles and faces another top rival in Waldgeist
Harrington’s Grandee design
Grandee, successful in the King George V Cup at Leopardstown on his most recent start, represents Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Jessica Harrington, who said: “It’ll be a big step up in class for him but he’s improved with every run this season and stayed on well at Leopardstown.
“It’s great to have a horse good enough to run in the Irish Derby and if he could run in the first three or four I’ll be delighted.”
Better expected of Sand
The Godolphin-owned Dubai Sand was a Listed winner for Jim Bolger last year, and while two Group 3 defeats this year have been underwhelming better is clearly expected of him in first-time cheekpieces.
Bolger, a past winner of the Irish Derby with St Jovite and Trading Leather, said: “Dubai Sand has been working well recently, having lost his way in the late spring and early summer.
“He’s in good form and wants to get on with it. He seems to be back where he was last year in his attitude.”
Rain stays away
The ground at the Curragh yesterday was good, good to yielding in places on the round course and yielding, good to yielding in places on the straight track.
Racecourse spokesman Evan Arkwright said: “We’ve had no rain today. It’s been overcast and breezy and we’re not expecting any rain overnight.”
