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CAN’T BELIEVE YOU ARE COMING TO MY CITY!!!
The Group 2 Gran Premio del Jockey Club is Constitution Hill's next target. Here's everything you need to know about the race 👇 📎 - racingpost.com/news/racehors…
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Constitution Hill, finished 4th beaten 5.75 lengths in The September Stakes rated 101. The first three home were officially rated 13lb, 16lb and 10lb superior to him. They were all 4 year olds, five years younger than Constitution Hill. Given that the BHA handicapper allows 1.5lb per length over 12 furlongs (a form angle that doesn’t allow for pace variables) and given that Pride of Arras and Gethin’s runs indicate that both have run pretty close to their marks (3lb flip in OR’s), Constitution Hill has actually shown much improved form from his official mark again to finish so close. And that is the angle that I shall be taking out of the race and I believe that he should be fully commended on running so well.
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I purely enjoyed every moment and felt so lucky to see you competing, holding my breath at every jump. You will be terribly missed. Fly high Galopin Des Champs ♥️
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💔 Gutted to hear that GALOPIN DES CHAMPS is sadly no longer with us after sustaining an injury in the field. 👎 Having been retired just a short while ago, it's so, so cruel that this equine legend won't get a long and happy retirement. 🕊 Sleep well, big man.
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What a year, Night of Thunder. What’s next now? theracingnotebook1.substack.…
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Can’t believe I was lucky enough to hold my breath at every one of your jumps and explode with joy at every victory.
🏇 26 races 🥇 15 wins 🤯 12 Grade 1 wins 🏆🏆🏆 Irish Gold Cup 🏆🏆 Cheltenham Gold Cup 🏆🏆 Savills Chase 💰 £1.96m prize money 📊 181 @Timeform rating What a racehorse. Happy retirement, Galopin Des Champs! 👏
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We all very much appreciate all the interest let alone the speculation as to Constitution Hill’s next race, but, between Michael & I and all the team, we have decided, in order to avoid further uncertainty and any possibility of a late withdrawal, to wait for the September Stakes at Kempton a week on Saturday, as opposed to Windsor this weekend. There are, in fact, several factors apart from the ground that have influenced our decision. Having spoken to jockeys who rode at Windsor last night, and Charlie Rees (Clerk of the Course), who I know is doing everything to combat this dry spell, the chances of the ground being suitable on Saturday are highly unlikely. Kempton is obviously going to be a highly competitive Group 3, but we have got to start somewhere in order to find out where he belongs and establish an autumn campaign. We are hoping that one of the two jockeys who know him could be available for the September Stakes, which they are unlikely to be this weekend. We all think he is in excellent shape and although he will undoubtedly benefit from this run he is ready to do himself justice.
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🔵 NOTABLE SPEECH 🔵 🏆 City Of York Stakes (Group 1) 🏆 Lockinge Stakes (Group 1) 🏆 Breeders' Cup Mile (Grade 1) 🏆 Woodbine Mile Stakes (Grade 1) 🏆 Sussex Stakes (Group 1) 🏆 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1)
NOTABLE SPEECH WINS THE CITY OF YORK STAKES 🎉
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Happy retirement Asfoora 🇦🇺 🏇 34 runs 🥇 12 wins 🏆 G1 Nunthorpe Stakes 🏆 G1 King Charles III Stakes 🏆 G1 Prix de l'Abbaye 🇪🇺 A fabulous European adventure comes to an end 💷 £1,851,556 in prize money
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King George winner Kalpana follows up - 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 - in a remarkable £600,000 Group 1 Legends Global Yorkshire Oaks! @yorkracecourse
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Easy to blame #Buick, but everyone clearly could see sacrifice of AOB top class horses to 1) keep Omb in a cage (Action) and 2) Hawk Mountain as a PM. Ground did play a role though
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The Juddmonte didn’t go quite as we expected—or maybe as we wanted? Weather and ground played a role, and beyond what Gosden did say, the unpredictable is what makes this sport peerless. Today, weather and ground will make the difference for every jockey, trainer, and punter
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WHAT. A. FINISH.
ITEM WINS THE JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL 🎉
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What a race. Unexpected Item gets it all!
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Top class Maltese Cross!
Penalty? NO PROBLEM ⬛️🟥 Derby runner-up 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 defies a 5lb penalty in the @SkyBet Great Voltigeur Stakes. We now have a SHORT-PRICED favourite for the St Leger! @TomMarquand | @WilliamHaggas
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A very good miler in the making here
HAFFNER strikes in the Acomb 👊 12/1 from 25s for the 2,000 Guineas 👀 @coolmorestud | @Tattersalls1766 | @yorkracecourse
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My thoughts on Ebor day1 🏆🐎 Acomb Stakes: Haffner Voltigeur: Pierre Bonnard Juddmonte: Ombudsman Analysis ⬇️
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Last one in Goodwood Haffner got beaten by half length in a very Competitive Coral Vintage one and seems to appreciate the Good he’ll find today at York. Pierre Bonnard is weighted to reverse his year so far, and appreciates Good while I see Christmas Day more keen to act on
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softer ground, while the contrary values for Maltese Cross, my favourite if we’d have GF. Ombudsman has just the perfect engine even if he has to give a lethal Con River 7pounds. Nevertheless I’m confident that both O’Brien and Gosden’s tactic of pacemakers will suits him a lot.
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