Newmarket Eyecatcher Wild Desert can gain Superlative compensation
A runaway winner on his Haydock debut in May, the son of Too Darn Hot was then narrowly beaten at long odds-on on the July course last month and jockey bookings suggested he was the second string stepping up to Group Two level over the same track and trip.
Interestingly, he went off a shorter price than the winner Saba Desert and he would almost certainly have made more of a race of it but for suffering interference when delivering his challenge and he passed the post in third. Compensation may await in a race like the Vintage Stakes at Goodwood.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Herald Scotland
6 hours ago
- The Herald Scotland
Royal Champion too good for Almaqam in York Stakes
Lee kept his mount in a handy position and was happy to bide his time as the race developed, and though Almaqam did hit his stride late on he was no match for Royal Champion as he strode to a career-best two-and-three-quarter-length win. 'He's cantered round, they all seemed to be coming off it (the bridle) while he was still travelling well,' said Burke. 'Cliff said that's the best he's ever picked up and quickened. He was working nicely, but he always works nicely – I thought that was a massive step up on what he's done, they can't all have run bad races, can they? 'He was always travelling strongly and when Cliff pushed the button he just picked up. 'There are not that many races to go for with him, he's won his Group Three and you're always looking to step up. 'This looked a nice race, it's York and it's local, I was hoping the ground would be a bit quicker, but he's handled that. 'We were hoping for a good run. We've had winners (recently), but there's been a few just not quite going our way. 'We haven't had a lot of luck for Sheikh Obaid lately, so it is nice to get a Group Two for him.' Almaqam was no match for Royal Champion (PA) Of next steps for the seven-year-old, Burke added: 'I'll have to talk to the owner and see if he wants to supplement him for the Juddmonte International after that performance, we'll have a good chat. 'He was second in Woodbine for Roger Varian (in the Canadian International Stakes), that could be a nice Group One to go for. 'He's a lovely horse and he goes on the all-weather as well, hopefully he's a horse we can campaign around the world. 'Why not go to the Irish Champion Stakes? He owes us nothing, but I'll have to chat to the owner.'
The Herald Scotland
7 hours ago
- The Herald Scotland
Cheshire Dancer surprises in Valiant Stakes
Cheshire Dancer travelled in last as her rivals contested the lead, but then began to make progress on the outside in the final two furlongs before grabbing a narrow victory from Ed Walker's American Gal on the line. Palmer, who had struck in the preceding Princess Margaret Stakes with Fitzella, said: 'It's been a great hour, when we got done on the line in the first at Chester I didn't think it would be our day, so this is magical really. 'I said to the owners when she was third at Ascot during the Royal meeting that we would go back for the Valiant and she has since run massive when second in the Pipalong Stakes at Pontefract. 'Sometimes when these fillies find a rich vein of form and grow in confidence they improve and it's difficult to put your finger on how or why, but she's found that magical moment today. 'I was slightly nervous during the race, it wasn't the plan to sit last but they went an even enough gallop and she was really tough. 'She's been in the yard for three years and holds a real soft spot in all our hearts and it's lovely to see the success for everyone who puts so much into her. 'She went up to 86 after the run on the straight track here during the Royal meeting and now after two runs over a turning mile she's going to be up to a 100. 'She failed the vet for America after she finished third in the Kensington Palace. We had accepted an offer for her but that was probably for considerably less than she is now worth now, so it's funny how it goes.' He added: 'Winning these races are important for all trainers, but what we're really keen to get across to people is despite the fact I may have left Newmarket and moved to Cheshire, we're still doing the same job and winning Group races and people can with confidence send us well-bred horses and home breds.'
Daily Mirror
7 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Unbeaten Tony Bloom-owned star Venetian Sun set big target as form receives major boost
The Brighton FC chairman's horse has won all three of her races, including the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot. The form was boosted on Saturday when fourth-placed Fitzella took the Sodexo Live! Princess Margaret Stakes under Oisin Murphy Tony Bloom's unbeaten filly Venetian Sun is back from a break and being primed to take on the colts in the Group One Prix Morny at Deauville. The speedy juvenile has swept the board against her fellow juveniles this season, running out a convincing winner of the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot. She then justified short odds by fending off Royal Fixation by a neck in Newmarket's Group Two Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes earlier this month. Back home in North Yorkshire, trainer Karl Burke chose to give Venetian Sun a few easy weeks and she is now building up to her first run at the highest level on August 24. The Ascot form received a major boost when fourth-placed Fitzella took the Sodexo Live! Princess Margaret Stakes on the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes undercard. "She is back cantering and we are looking ahead to the Prix Morny," said Burke, whose star horse is owned by Brighton FC chairman Bloom and Ian McAleavy. "It was a bit of an afterthought to go for the Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes. She has been in great form since and I expect her to handle the journey to France OK. I think she's bombproof." Burke also has one eye on the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh in September, a race Aidan O'Brien has claimed ten times. "I have been impressed with his horse True Love and I think she is a bigger danger to my filly than any of the colts I've seen," he added. After finishing three lengths behind Venetian Sun at the prestigious royal fixture last month, Fitzella (9-4f) returned to winning ways under Oisin Murphy. Quickly away from stall five, she made all of the running and kept on well to hold the challenges of Staya and Bella Lyra. "She's the fourth horse to run out of the Albany and she's the third one to win a Group race and the other one won a maiden, so it looks like a pretty strong renewal," her handler Hugo Palmer said. "She's tough, game, good looking, well-bred. I said we would go seven (furlongs, next) whatever happened here."
