Sunday 28 June 2015

SUNDAY RACING AT ROYAL WINDSOR RACECOURSE

A morning downpour may have softened the ground, but the racing was not washed away by the Berkshire weather.
With the attendance not as packed as the previous day, Windsor still offered Severn quality contests.
The Hughes and Hannon Windsor roadshow back in attendance, most thought that the maiden two year old Al Nofor would come up trumps. But 8-1 shot Rosslare ridden by William Buick fresh from his previous days win at The Curragh in the Irish Derby continued the jockeys good fortune.

Rosslare, William Buick

Marco Botti claimed the second race of the afternoon with Kassbaan.

Kassbaan

Beating Joey Haynes's  Major Pusey by a short head

Kassbaan and Major Pewsey

Then the Hughes and Hannon team came up with the goods with Watdoiwanthatfor, which rang out very popular with the small crown in attendance.

Whatdoiwantthatfor/ Richard Hughes

Trainer Ralph Beckett made it a viable afternoon for his team, with two winners on the card Oisin Murphy fresh from his win on the first day of the three day festival and Richard Kingscote were the jockeys selected, 5-2 shot Argus winning the third race on the card and Hard to Handle at    11-4 winning the fifth.

Argus
Hard to Handle
 Not to be outdone, Buick again puts one in the Winners enclosure, with Secret Art.

Secret Art, William Buick


The last race of the rather relaxed Sunday afternoon at Windsor went to little known trainer Miss S  West, and Well Painted ridden by a jockey well talked about at present Edward Greatrex.
As always images from the days racing can be seen at

Well Painted