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The Age
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
Ryan and Alexiou head to Newcastle seeking success on Beaumont track
The Rosehill training partnership of Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou will be well represented at Tuesday's Beaumont track meeting at Newcastle, with three leading contenders set to go around. The Wine Country Race Club meeting will boast the latest group 1 winning jockey Tom Sherry, who scored on the Peter Snowden-prepared Tashi in Saturday's Tattersall's Tiara at Eagle Farm. He will ride all three of Ryan and Alexiou's runners. City Gold Banner will line up in the Sharp Office Class 2 Handicap for Ryan, Alexiou and Sherry, with the Starspangledbanner colt being a debut winner in Super Maiden company at Warwick Farm earlier in the year. 'He won well in a small field at his first start,' said Ryan. 'His two runs after that were below his best, but we tipped him out for a break, and he has had two solid trials leading into his resuming run. He is ready to run well.' City Gold Field will be Sherry's ride for Ryan and Alexiou in The Adviser Collective Maiden Plate (1350m). Loading He's also had three starts and followed a fifth on debut at Kembla Grange with a fourth at Gosford. 'He comes into Tuesday's race after a third at Gosford at his third start,' said Ryan.
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Ryan and Alexiou head to Newcastle seeking success on Beaumont track
The Rosehill training partnership of Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou will be well represented at Tuesday's Beaumont track meeting at Newcastle, with three leading contenders set to go around. The Wine Country Race Club meeting will boast the latest group 1 winning jockey Tom Sherry, who scored on the Peter Snowden-prepared Tashi in Saturday's Tattersall's Tiara at Eagle Farm. He will ride all three of Ryan and Alexiou's runners. City Gold Banner will line up in the Sharp Office Class 2 Handicap for Ryan, Alexiou and Sherry, with the Starspangledbanner colt being a debut winner in Super Maiden company at Warwick Farm earlier in the year. 'He won well in a small field at his first start,' said Ryan. 'His two runs after that were below his best, but we tipped him out for a break, and he has had two solid trials leading into his resuming run. He is ready to run well.' City Gold Field will be Sherry's ride for Ryan and Alexiou in The Adviser Collective Maiden Plate (1350m). Loading He's also had three starts and followed a fifth on debut at Kembla Grange with a fourth at Gosford. 'He comes into Tuesday's race after a third at Gosford at his third start,' said Ryan.
Glasgow Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Suzie Songs in tune to upset Flushing Meadows
Keane and trainer Ger Lyons may have been disappointed to see Lady Iman lose her unbeaten record only 35 minutes earlier but quickly gained their revenge on Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore with the Moyglare Stud-owned daughter of Starspangledbanner. A winner on debut at Cork, Suzie Songs was sent off the 7-2 second-favourite for this Group Three event and it was the market principals who came to the fore inside the final furlong, as Suzie Songs and 1-4 favourite Flushing Meadows engaged in a duel to the finishing post, with only a short head separating the pair at the finish. Still unbeaten – but not the one you perhaps expected! Suzie Songs (Starspangledbanner) downs 1/4F Flushing Meadows to land the Group 3 @JebelAliRC Anglesey Stakes for @ctkjockey, Ger Lyons and @MoyglareStud @curraghrace — Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 28, 2025 Lyons had won the race with his Group One star Babouche 12 months ago and was delighted to find the scoresheet once again, as he now eyes stepping up in trip for the Moyglare Stud Stakes back at the Curragh in September. He said: 'It was a last-minute decision (to run), but the beautiful thing about training for Moyglare is you are allowed to do that, there are no set plans. 'I'm blessed with owners like that, I wake up and I change my mind and do whatever. 'We were watching the entries, it wasn't the plan and she hasn't worked since Cork and I just threw her in. 'I thought it got to her today so we'll give her a wee break and we'll come back for the Moyglare. It's a race I'd love to put on the CV. 'We've a horse last night that ran well (Justiciar) and this filly. We have a nice bunch of horses heading that route. 'Colin said in Cork that she wanted further and sticking to the original plan her next race would have been seven, but this presented itself during the week with no entries, so here we are.'
The Herald Scotland
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Suzie Songs in tune to upset Flushing Meadows
A winner on debut at Cork, Suzie Songs was sent off the 7-2 second-favourite for this Group Three event and it was the market principals who came to the fore inside the final furlong, as Suzie Songs and 1-4 favourite Flushing Meadows engaged in a duel to the finishing post, with only a short head separating the pair at the finish. Still unbeaten – but not the one you perhaps expected! Suzie Songs (Starspangledbanner) downs 1/4F Flushing Meadows to land the Group 3 @JebelAliRC Anglesey Stakes for @ctkjockey, Ger Lyons and @MoyglareStud @curraghrace — Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 28, 2025 Lyons had won the race with his Group One star Babouche 12 months ago and was delighted to find the scoresheet once again, as he now eyes stepping up in trip for the Moyglare Stud Stakes back at the Curragh in September. He said: 'It was a last-minute decision (to run), but the beautiful thing about training for Moyglare is you are allowed to do that, there are no set plans. 'I'm blessed with owners like that, I wake up and I change my mind and do whatever. 'We were watching the entries, it wasn't the plan and she hasn't worked since Cork and I just threw her in. 'I thought it got to her today so we'll give her a wee break and we'll come back for the Moyglare. It's a race I'd love to put on the CV. 'We've a horse last night that ran well (Justiciar) and this filly. We have a nice bunch of horses heading that route. 'Colin said in Cork that she wanted further and sticking to the original plan her next race would have been seven, but this presented itself during the week with no entries, so here we are.'
Glasgow Times
18-06-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Bell backing Spicy Marg to pack Ascot punch
The Starspangledbanner filly sparkled on her racecourse debut, coming home two and three-quarter lengths clear at Newmarket on Guineas weekend and Bell is delighted with preparations and the draw in Berkshire. Spicy Marg will be partnered by Kieran Shoemark, and Bell said: 'She's all locked and loaded and we're very happy with her well-being. 'It (the draw) looks good, we've got Staya on our inside and all the major players seem to be drawn between eight and 15, so I think they're all in our sights so I'm very happy with the draw. 'It is a step up but the clock seems to say that she deserves to be in the race and she looks smart at home, so we'll see what happens on the day.' The Karl Burke-trained Zelaina is another who made an impressive debut when scooting home by the same winning margin as Spicy Marg at Nottingham. Richard Brown, racing adviser to owners Wathnan, said: 'We were delighted with Nottingham and we were excited the day we bought her, we were excited when we heard the reports from Karl, but she had had an interrupted prep going into Nottingham. 'She had banged a knee and she had missed 10 days so was definitely undercooked going there. 'We definitely think there is more improvement to come and she was very impressive. You have to be really excited about her and she's definitely one of the big hopes of the week. 'It's a Queen Mary and lots of people are thinking they have a big hope, but we think we do and we just need that bit of luck. They will be spread across the track and it will be a big field and fingers crossed she can do the job as she's a filly we're really excited about.' American runner Lennilu puts her unbeaten record on the line after winning on the dirt at Keeneland and following it up with a turf victory at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Patrick Biancone, who began his career in France when he sent out back-to-back Arc winners in All Along and Sagace, is happy with preparations and reported his filly was unfazed by the trip from America. He said: 'She won her maiden easily. We then decided to train her hopefully for the Queen Mary and we won the prep race that was sponsored by Gulfstream. She won that easily too. We were expecting her to run well there, but expecting it is one thing, doing it is another. 'She travelled very well. She's walking around well now, she slept really well. We knew she'd travel well because when she ran in Keeneland she had to go 17 hours there and 17 more to come back and she took it very well. 'Ascot is a special place for every trainer in the world, especially the Royal meeting. I've been lucky in my life to have good horses and she's one of them. We're very happy.' Aidan O'Brien will be represented by True Love, while other major players include Ralph Beckett's Society Kiss and George Scott's Staya in a field of 25.
