The Aidan O’Brien-trained Minnie Hauk underlined her credentials as one of many main three-year-old fillies in Europe with a simple win within the Yorkshire Oaks.
One in all two runners for O’Brien within the contest, the bay got here into the York Group One with the Cheshire, English and Irish Oaks renewals on her CV this time period and was ridden by Ryan Moore because the 8/15 favorite.
Her stablemate Backyard Of Eden set the tempo and David O’Meara’s Estrange did make sure the winner had a race, however the triumph was finally mild work by three-and-a-half lengths on the road.
O’Brien stated: “She’s beautiful, she does everything right, she cruises, she’s a lovely mover and obviously the Arc and the Breeders’ Cup Turf, all those races are there for her.
“Ryan stated the (Breeders’ Cup) Turf, so she’s clearly given him an unbelievable really feel. Ryan gave her a category trip, he was very cool on her. She is elegant and he gave her a really assured trip.
“It wasn’t going to be a Mickey Mouse race at present, they have been going to go an excellent gallop with out going loopy. Ryan has all the time stated the stronger the tempo, the higher we’ll see.
“She’s very exciting.”
Royal Fixation is Lowther queen for Ed Walker
Royal Fixation sprinted away from the sector to land Group Two honours within the Sky Wager Lowther Stakes.
Educated by Ed Walker and ridden by William Buick, the 5/2 joint-favourite was settled properly off the tempo within the six-furlong contest and had loads of floor to make up because the race started in earnest.
However as soon as Buick acquired decrease within the saddle, Royal Fixation picked up in type to beat market rival America Queen by a size. Staya additionally made late positive factors to be crushed an additional two lengths in third.
Royal Fixation was going one place higher than at Newmarket, the place she had completed runner-up within the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes on what was simply her second profession outing.
Walker stated: “We’ve always thought a lot of her and she ran a huge race at Newmarket. It’s been a really long six weeks since then, we’ve let her down and had to build her back up and then you start wondering if you’ve got it right or is she too fresh.
“She’s so good, what is exciting is that she still looked a bit green off the bridle, when he first asked her she just wandered around a bit.
“She’ll get additional, for positive, however she will not go to the Fillies’ Mile, I feel we’ll go to the Cheveley Park. She’s fast, she’s acquired a great deal of pace, she’s acquired a really quick feminine line and I feel she’d be too eager over a mile in the meanwhile.”
Richard Hughes said of runner-up America Queen: “She will be able to solely enhance. Ryan (Moore) simply needed to commit most likely 50 yards sooner than he would have preferred and also you’re there to be shot at on an inexperienced horse, however she’s run a blinder and we will not ask for extra.
“The winner is a good filly and they opened up on the field, which is good. I’m gutted, but pleased.”
He added: “The Cheveley Park has always been in my mind, so we’ll have a little think about it. She’ll definitely be running again before that, but where we’re not sure yet. It was all about today first.”
George Scott was additionally happy with the trouble of third dwelling Staya, saying: “She ran a really nice race. They raced on the far side and it got very tight and didn’t go to plan at all, but she’s run with great credit again and she’s probably well capable of going one or two better in this grade in the future.
“It simply did not occur or pan out for us at present. She picked up properly, however it was too late – it was simply the best way the race labored out. It was a little bit of an unsatisfactory race for us and it is somewhat bit irritating, however the winner has gained properly and properly executed to them.
“You’d love to have another run before the Cheveley Park, but we’ll see how she is.”
Bullet Level properly made in York handicap
Bullet Level may make a swift return to York on Saturday after stamping his class on Thursday’s £150,000 Clipper Handicap.
A winner at Newcastle and Newmarket within the autumn, the William Haggas-trained four-year-old picked up the place he left off when finishing his hat-trick on the Craven assembly in April and emerged with loads of credit score when second within the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot subsequent time.
Having once more crammed the runner-up spot on the Berkshire observe final month, Tom Marquand’s mount was the 15/8 favorite to regain profitable methods on the Knavesmire and whereas he was briefly caught in a pocket, he quickened up neatly as soon as the hole got here to win by a size from Cerulean Bay.
Bullet Level leads them dwelling at York
Haggas stated: “He’s lovely, going round a bend probably helped him and he did that well today.”
Bullet Level has been declared for the Group Three Sky Wager Strensall Stakes this weekend and will properly bid for a second win on the Knavesmire earlier than a deliberate journey throughout the globe subsequent month.
“He’s declared for the Strensall and we always looked at doing both so we’ll see now. We’ll have a look at him on Saturday morning,” Haggas added.
“He’s going to go into quarantine to go to Australia on September 28 to run in a race called the Five Diamonds (Rosehill, November 8) which is a nine-furlong five-year-old (southern hemisphere) only race.”
Tune Of The Clyde in tune for one more massive gross sales race win for Cox
Clive Cox dominated the Harry’s Half Million By Goffs as soon as once more as Tune Of The Clyde got here out on high.
The Middleham Park Racing-owned colt was ridden by Rossa Ryan and settled right into a place on the fore of the 21-strong subject within the early phases as a 15/2 shot.
Because the race progressed he didn’t falter, placing his head down to elongate in direction of the road and provides his secure a 3rd successive win within the richly-endowed gross sales race.
Cox stated: “That was wonderful, what are the odds of winning it three times in a row with 400 horses in the sale each time?
Tune Of The Clyde returns to the winners’ enclosure at York
“It’s such a good incentive this race and Harry Beeby was a good friend of mine, but the whole concept of such good prize money is what is energising it and it’s amazing to get it right with this fella.
“We preferred him, he grew an terrible lot and had a little bit of measurement and scope as a yearling, however he is acquired such an exquisite thoughts as properly and when he gained at Chester I used to be actually happy as he jumped up two gears.
“He ran really well with a penalty at Newbury, the drier ground helped him here and he’s really going forwards in the right direction.”
The coach’s 2023 winner, Dragon Chief, went on to complete second within the equally priceless Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes at Doncaster the next month.
When requested if Tune Of The Clyde may observe the identical path, Cox added: “He could well do. We’ll see how he comes back, but those sort of prizes are available and he’s well qualified, so I would say that would be a possible target.
“I feel he might be a horse that may sit up for a brilliant future from right here – he is not simply in regards to the gross sales races. We have been capable of get him right here good and sharp and able to go, however I undoubtedly see him happening as a three-year-old. He is acquired measurement and scope and an exquisite thoughts.”
Boston Dan filled the runner-up spot, beaten three-quarters of a length, and his trainer Richard Fahey said: “He ran a blinder, we have been delighted with him.
“I thought two down we were going to win but obviously the winner just picked up and kept going.
“It was an excellent consequence, an excellent consequence for the house owners. He is within the gross sales race at Doncaster and all of the others so we’ll see the place he finally ends up.”
