MONDAY NIGHT AT ROYAL WINDSOR

Monday night is racing night at Royal Windsor

The second meeting this season blogging from the Royal Berkshire figure of eight track Windsor.
A controversial one maybe. The previous weeks meeting being abandoned due to unsafe racing conditions, the second time in consecutive years.
This leading to the stand down of Clerk of the course Jeff Green, the Arc mighty were on parade at the course to back up an promote the Monday night is racing night at Royal Windsor.

Six races on offer, quality ones at that in fine early summer weather, bringing the shirtsleeves and fine dresses out. A possible dry run you may think for Royal Ascot

Out of the Flames

The first race a ten runner five furlong novices fillies stakes gave favorite backers a cheer as the 2/7 F Out of the Flames from the Richard Hannon yard improved on her inaugural Ascot form, a third to take the race by three lengths from Listen Alexander.
Oisin Murphy the in form jockey from the weekend in the saddle commented,'She has won that well enough, time will tell how good she is, she will come on for sure on faster ground.' The jockey keeping fairly tight lipped about the two year old Showcasing filly.
The jockey on five winners over the last fourteen days from forty six rides seems to be on the crest of a wave at present. The filly one to notebook as rated 95 before the run may be a type for the future.

Oisin Murphy the in form jockey from the weekend in the saddle commented,'She has won that well enough, time will tell how good she is, she will come on for sure on faster ground

Another fillies race for the Novice horse, this time over the six furlongs, near enough the same result.
A two year old on her second run, trained by Richard Hannon, deja vu i hear you say.
This time ridden by the even tighter lipped Ryan Moore Elysium Dream Went off at 9/4 F to progress from her Lingfield fourth to take the race by a short head from Angle of the South.

The Champs Elysees filly out of a Cape Cross mare came on from a bad draw on her debut, rated 77 she should come on from her win. Hanging away from the rail the filly showed that when experienced could come on leaps and bounds. It would be interesting to find out if the horse works at all with the winner of the first race at home to see who was the better of the two.
My money may just be on this one for future days.

she should come on from her win. Hanging away from the rail the filly showed that when experienced could come on leaps and bounds.

All girls tonight, the fillies mile handicap six went to post, Andrew Balding sending Lorelina to post the 2/1 F under the inform Oisin Murphy.
But it was the 4/1 shot Dave Simock trained Turning the Tables improving on her three other Doncaster and Newmarket runs that took the race well, beating the favorite five lengths back in third,Perfect Quest from the Clive Cox yard back in second.

The four year old winning her maiden back in 2015 at Chepstow looked an impressive figure in the unsaddling enclosure and a horse that for sure has improved with age. rated at 104 and ridden by Jamie Spencer the Mastercraftman filly looks a type to watch now finding her handicap Mojo from a close run third at Doncaster fourteen days previous.

Turning the Tables

Again a beaten favorite back in third, this time the well tipped Mr Lupton from the Richard Fahey yard, off at 9/4 was beaten no more than a length back from the 25/1 winner from the Mick Easterby yard in the six furlongs £20'000 listed race.
Seven year old Perfect Pasture on ten wins from thirty seven starts  took on the field from two furlongs out and stayed on well in the final furlong.
The horse that has been off the track for some considerable time under Sean Levey confirmed his 107 rating the jockey mentioning, 'he runs all the way to line and gets the six furlongs and probably a bit more really, I rode him at Epsom about this time last year and he has certainly matured as he gets older.'
The Pastoral Pursuits gelding looks the type that could go on and win again after a lay off and certainly is one to watch.

Perfect Pasture 

The mile maiden fillies penultimate race was taken by the 4/6 F Willie Haggas trained Tirania, ridden by Pat Cosgrave.
The three year old by Pivitol on her second run improved from her six lengths third place at Newbury back in April and looks the type as improved by at least ten lengths beating Euqranian thee lengths back in second.
Cosgrave mentioned,'I like the way she has run that race and is a filly that has defiantly improved from her last run. If she improves again that there is no knowing what she will turn out to be.

This filly if treated well by the handicapper could be one to watch throughout the season, it would not surprise me to see her even take her chances if in on the weights in a small handicap at the Royal meeting, time will tell and is certainly one to underline in the notebooks.

This filly if treated ll by the handicapper cold be one to watch throughout the season, it could not surprise me to see hr even take her chances if in on the weights in a small handicap at the Royal meeting,

At the beginning of the season, it was reported that Richard Hannon was dissatisfied with the prize money at the Berkshire course, but with two runners already in the winners enclosure  he sent to post 6/5 Fast and Hot to post in a one mile two furlong handicap with a promising young sixteen year old apprentice Rossa Ryan on board a jockey already a winner on the four year old only four days back at Newbury.
The jockey who is cousin to well known jockey Johnny Fahey has a good head on his shoulders mentioned. 'I was a little worried with the ground drying out throughout the meeting, so I hacked him down to the start and made sure I looked in different areas for a bit of  give in the ground, the middle seemed the best so that why I came a little wide around the bends.'

The jockey on his fourth winner for Hannon seemed to be on the horse dripping with confidence from his run a few days back, this showed as he only got to the line a short head from John Egan on Essanaitch.
The horse know on four wins from twenty runs certainly needs the give in the ground, the warm climate on it's way he may not get another chance for that now until the back end of the season, if on the softer going and a fair handicap could be one to note.

 John Egan on Essanaitch(left) Fast and Hot  Rossa Ryan (right

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