Six races for the second evening meeting from the Royal
Windsor racecourse in the new flat turf season.
A vast selection of maidens and two year olds sent out by
their masters to find out a little more of what makes them tick.
And with that in mind the evening started with a five
furlong dash for two year olds in a class 4 novices stakes.
Richard Hannon, who is the master at Windsor with his maiden
horses taking a gamble won the race with Legendary Lunch, a Dragon Pulse colt
ridden by Pat Dobbs.
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| Legendary Lunch (left) second placed Copper Knight (right) |
In a close fought finish the 2/1 shot beat the 5/4 favourite
Hugo Palmers Copper Knight who seemed still a bit green wandering to the centre
of the course about four furlongs out. Dobbs maintaining a straight path with
his colt.
‘He was still a bit green in the last two furlongs,’
mentioned the jockey. ‘He would still have a lot of improving to do. He’d be a also a horse that would like the ground a little quicker.’
Richard Hannon mentioned that the two year old was one of
the nicest two year olds he has run this season so far, and was delighted that
he had beaten horses that have already run and been successful in the early
season.
Time will tell if this is a Hannon Royal Ascot runner, but the owners.
The Rat Pack Partnership are no strangers to big race wins, owning Paco Boy in
the past.
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| Legendary Lunch
The three year olds had a bit further to go for their maiden
event, Just over one mile.
The two Jamie’s. Jamie Spencer riding for Jamie
Osborne on Defrocked won the quite open marketed event by a length and a quarter
from William Haggas’s Wave Reviews.
The gelding by Lope De Vega, owned by Michael Buckley and
Michael Watt was a 10/1 chance from the rails and led the race in the last few
yards, winning going away from the rest.
Defrocked
The trainer, who already tasting success through the day
elsewhere, mentioned he didn’t really fancy the horses chances.,knew he would
run well but is a quirky type at home, not really telling much on the gallops.
Jamie Spencer mentioned,’ the owners were confident about the
day really, as they have always liked him, but he’ll come on from that to see
where we go from here,’
The third race, another one mile maiden, this time for three
year olds and upwards was taken by Newmarket trained Choreographer from the
Roger Varian yard.
The 4/1 shot beating Rex Bell by two lengths took a keen
hold in behind, but was soon produced by Andrea Atzeni from two furlongs out.
By Sea the Stars the chestnut colt was described by the jockey as very
straight forward and saw his race out well.
‘He isn’t a very easy horse to ride
at home, so its great credit to Sean Longland who rides him at home and has done
a good job on him.’
The colt would look to get a longer trip on better ground
as his racing career progresses and would certainly be one for the form books.
 
Choreographer
Andrea Atzeni
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Clive Cox won the first handicap of the evening with his
four year old filly by High Chaparral Weetles.
Jockey Adam Kirby, suffering with a spring cold, rode a well timed race producing the four year old a furlong out to beat Ed
Dunlop’s Dutch uncle.
‘She travelled really nicely in the race, and when asked
reacted well. On that feel she should be a nice staying horse in time as she
has improved well from a two year old.’
The owners Bugley Stud partnership sold the filly as a
yearling, buying her back later on at a higher price, and have been duly rewarded
for their patience.
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| Weetles.
The last two races for the day both run over the full
distance of the Royal Berkshire course,one mile three furlongs.
Zambeasy and Stockhill Diva split from the rest of the field
The four year olds and upwards handicap was taken by Phillip
Hides Zambeasy, owned by the group more comfortable at the south east’s national Hunt
tracks Heart of the South racing.
The five year old ridden by the jockey already with a win in
the evening, Jamie Spencer made a tight finish of the event getting over the
line by a short head from Stockhill Diva from the Brendan Powell yard.
‘The race worked out well for him. We went a good pace, but pestered a bit by the second placed horse, but he rallied well and took the race on the line.’
The horses split across the whole of the track, and narrowly missed by two wandering swans veering onto the course the Zamindar gelding did well to stick to his task.
The final race of the day, same distance this time for
three year olds only five went to post.
Ed Dunlop’s Michaels Mount ridden by Pat Cosgrove gave
favourite backers something to shout about as the Mount Nelson gelding took the
race by a length and a half from Mark Ushers Marmajuke Bay.
The three year old
in his first handicap race and stepping up in distance held on well and looks like
a horse that know could come into his own.
Michaels Mount ridden by Pat Cosgrove
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