CHANNEL PREVAILS IN DIANE TUSSLE

 

They went slow and finished in a bunch at the end of Sunday’s G1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly and it was Samuel de Barros=s sole horse in training Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) who was in the right place throughout to pull off a minor upset at 9-1. Always handily placed by Pierre-Charles Boudot tracking the leading pair Platane (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Wonderment (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), the May 17 course-and-distance conditions winner was sent to the front with two furlongs remaining and gamely saw off the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches runner-up Commes (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) to prevail by a head, with Grand Glory (GB) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) the best closer a half-length away in third.

TDN Rising Star’ and 6-4 favourite Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) held every chance but could only finish sixth with possibly stamina the main issue…

http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/pdf/tdn/tdn190617e.pdf.

 

ASCOT WEEK STARTS IN STYLE AT GOFFS LONDON

By Emma Berry

From Johnny Murtagh ‘riding’ Joey the War Horse, to the first of Frankel’s offspring to be offered at auction, to a Classic winner going under the hammer, and the explosive sales debut of the late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Goffs London Sale has certainly never lacked interest.

http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/pdf/tdn/tdn190617e.pdf.