Key occasions
That was once a primary get started over additional than a mile-and-a-half for Rebel’s Romance however it was once no longer in reality a staying match as issues became out, as they went at a move slowly till the directly and it was once then a dash for the road.
Rebel’s Romance, a more than one top-level winner at 12 furlongs, had the category to carry the past due rate of Epic Poet, however it could were a distinct tale with a more potent tempo.
The first quotes from the bookies’ reps instructed that Rebel’s Romance may just drop again in go back and forth for his subsequent get started: he’s been trimmed from 10-1 to 8-1 for the Coronation Cup at Epsom subsequent month. And Charlie Appleby, his teacher, has simply advised ITV Racing that William Buick was once of a identical opinion afterwards.
3.45 YORK RESULT: Rebel’s Romance lands past due gamble in Yorkshire Cup
1. REBEL’S ROMANCE 11-10 FAV, 2. Epic Poet 7-1.
Rebel’s Romance settled 2d in the back of early chief Continuous, it’s an overly stable tempo ….
Sweet William, Epic Poet and Alsakib all carefully bunched in the back of …
A mile out, nonetheless Continuous leads, Rebel’s ROmance settled in 2d, with Epic Poet transferring up to take a seat 3rd …
Now delivering … it’s been a move slowly the entire means … they’re spreading out over the monitor … Rebel’s Romance coming together with his run close to aspect, along side with Epic Poet … seems like it’s going to be close to aspect as Rebel’s Romance hits the entrance … 1/2 a furlong out Epic Poet is final however right here’s the road …. Rebel’s Romance has simply hung on!
Off and operating within the Yorkshire Cup!
Plenty of past due cash for Rebel’s Romance right here, he’s all the way down to 11-10 favorite with the entirety else at the waft.
Latest making a bet for the Group Two Yorkshire Cup:
6-4 Rebel’s Romance
7-2 Continuous
4-1 Sweet William
11-2 Epic Poet
9-1 Alkasib
Moving unexpectedly on, the runners will quickly be at the means down for the Yorkshire Cup.
Sweet William has simply cantered previous the stands, he’s impressively constant and has an evident probability on his shape within the Long Distance Cup in October, in addition to his win within the Doncaster Cup a month previous.
Kon Tiki was once a drifter within the making a bet however that was once a clean efficiency to increase her unbeaten file to a few begins, on her first time out on turf.
“I moved far too early,” David Egan advised ITV Racing afterwards. “I should have waited to the furlong pole, because her speed was electric and when I moved on her, I didn’t want to stop that momentum.”
Consecrated by no means in reality threatened to praise her backers there, Tom Marquand had her effectively situated however she was once relatively loose in teh early phases after which hit a significant flat spot over two furlongs out prior to operating on once more to complete fourth.
Kon Tiki, in contrast, was once at all times travelling effectively for David Egan, and moved simply to the lead prior to staying on effectively to the road.
YORK 3.13: Kon Tiki travels best possible on how to Listed luck
1. KON TIKI 11-2, 2. Bermuda Longtail 16-1, 3. Troia 12-1.
Consecrated broke effectively, settles in 2d in opposition to the rail .. The Third Star leads .. Gulya effectively there too … delivering, The Third Star nonetheless leads, and now Consecrated is suffering … Kon Tiki makes a transfer and grabs the lead, she’s staying on effectively … Kon Tiki for the win with Bermuda Longtail following her house …
Off and operating within the 3.13 at York …
Starting to load for the 3.13, Consecrated rock-solid at 7-4 …
The Michael Seely Memorial Stakes, run in reminiscence of a much-missed former racing correspondent of The Times, is subsequent at the operating order right here at York. One non-runner leaves 9 to visit put up, with William Haggas’s CONSECRATED, unraced at two and an excellent winner on debut at Newbury final month, heading the marketplace at 5-2.
Gulya (Roger Varian/Silvestre de Sousa) has completed 2d on either one of her begins up to now however is well-fancied to notch a primary win at 100-30, whilst the unbeaten duo Glittering Surf (Owen Burrows/David Probert) and Kon Tiki (Jane Chapple-Hyam/David Egan) also are attracting make stronger at round 5-1.
Here too, just a little belatedly, is the industry finish of the outlet Marygate Fillies’ Stakes:
Here’s the final phases of the 2.42 from ITV Racing’s Twitter/X feed:
And ITV additionally captured the instant when Amo Racing’s supremo Kia Joorabchian got here to phrases with the last-gasp defeat of Tony Montana:
YORK 2.42 RESULT: Thunder Run moves past due
1. THUNDER RUN 5-1, 2. Tony Montana 9-2 fav, 3. Have Secret 10-1.
Salamanca away briefly and into the lead, Brioni and Thunder Run shut in the back of … the tempo appears first rate and they’re stringing out alongside the again … nonetheless Salamanca in entrance with William Buick, Have Secret tracks him, Brioni nonetheless there, Tony Montana comes with a run. …. a furlong out, Salamanca nonetheless in entrance however the demanding situations are coming … right here’s Thunder Run and Tony Montana … they duel for the road and it’s Thunder Run who wins beneath peak weight.
Late cash for Tony Montana right here, and they’re off and operating within the 2.42 at York …
YORK 3.45, YORKSHIRE CUP, GROUP TWO, 1M 5F 188YD
Rebel’s Romance stays a stable favorite at round 6-4 for his first run past 12 furlongs, regardless that strictly talking he was once just a little beneath his best possible within the Sheema Classic at Meydan final time.
It’s value reliving his newest triumph within the Breeders’ Cup Turf, regardless that, as he was once the primary horse ever to win the race two times in non-consecutive years.
Continuous, in the meantime, remains to be suffering to go back to his three-year-old shape in 2023, when his slender win within the St Leger was once the foremost spotlight.
Epic Poet and Continuous had been each within the box for the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan in early April, when Epic Poet ran a advantageous race to complete 3rd.
Next up right here at the Knavesmire is a aggressive 10-furlong handicap, with Karl Burke’s four-year-old Thunder Run these days a slender 5-1 favorite to dance again to his profitable shape over a mile on the large August assembly right here final 12 months, when he was once racing off a 4lb decrease mark. Jane Chapple-Hyam’s Salamanca is shut in the back of available in the market at 11-2, he’s unexposed after simply six runs and was once a winner at the all-weather at Newcastle final day out. This is very aggressive regardless that and whilst my select DEBORA’S DREAM is without doubt one of the outsiders at 20-1, I might no longer be massively shocked to peer him outrun the ones odds. He ran effectively sufficient from a excessive draw at Chester final time, wanted a run or two to seek out his best possible shape final 12 months and was once a winner off a 1lb decrease mark at Sandown final summer time.
Osbornes goal Preakness disenchanted with Heart Of Honor
The Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newbury is the spotlight of the home motion the next day however this additionally has the prospective to be a ancient weekend for the father-and-daughter staff of Jamie and Saffie Osborne, because the Lambourn teacher prepares to saddle Heart Of Honor within the Preakness Stakes, the second one leg of the US Triple Crown, at Pimlico on Saturday.
Heart Of Honor can be Saffie Osborne’s first ever journey in America, however her father was once famously inside of a couple of inches of victory within the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita in 2014 together with his former strong superstar, Toast Of New York and the pair have excessive hopes for a large run from Heart Of Honor in the next day’s Grade One contest.
Heart Of Honor was once crushed a nostril through Admire Daytona within the UAE Derby at Meydan final time, when he confirmed admirable struggling with qualities the entire option to the road.
“It will be a new experience for me, but I’ve spoken to plenty of people about the track and the opposition,” Saffie Osborne advised the Press Association on Friday.
“It’s amazing how many people have been willing to help and Sophie Doyle, James’s sister who now rides in America, she was our apprentice when I was only eight and has been helping me out.
“Michael Hills also put me in touch with Steve Cauthen and there’s no man better to speak to about American racing. I’ve been doing plenty of homework and hopefully it will stand me in good stead.”
Heart Of Honor is one in all 9 runners within the Preakness, which is due off at a minute previous middle of the night BST. Journalism, the runner-up when favorite for the Kentucky Derby previous this month, is these days quoted at round even-money to win through British bookies, with Heart Of Honour priced up as an intruder at 25-1.
“He ran some huge races in Dubai, but the UAE Derby was a fairly gutting experience which doesn’t get any easier even now,” Osborne stated. “But we wouldn’t be doing this and going to America if we didn’t think he had a chance. Anyone would love to have a runner in an American Classic but we’re not there to say we’ve had a runner, we want to go and try to win it.”
Osborne, now 23, was once gazing at house in Lambourn when Toast Of New York was once crushed through a nostril within the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita.
“I always remember Dad doing an interview last year about the race 10 years on,” Osborne stated, “and at the end of it he kind of got emotional and said he wants another like Toast so he can try to experience it all again.
“I was always hoping Dad would have another Toast Of New York and people always ask jockeys which races would you like to win and everyone says the Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, but there’s a part of me that would love to win a Breeders’ Cup Classic, just for a bit of recompense for Dad.”
Secret Hideaway has been presented into the Queen Mary making a bet at 14-1 through Paddy Power/Betfair, whilst the latter company reviews that runner-up Harry’s Girl was once matched for £7,147 at the change on the basement value of 1.01. Ouch, for the backers at any price.
2.10 YORK RESULT: Secret Hideaway springs 33-1 marvel
1. SECRET HIDEAWAY 33-1, 2. Harry’s Girl 15-8, 3. Love Olivia 2-1.
Saucy Jane and Guernsey Lady rapid away, Love Olivia outstanding too .. now Harry’s Girl comes with a run and Secret Hideaway making flooring at the a long way aspect … the outsider is selecting them up, sweeps into the lead and Secret Hideaway grabs the win at 33-1…
Off and operating within the Marygate Fillies’ Stakes …
This race was once first run in 2005, by the way, since when two winners – Ceiling Kitty in 2012 and Signora Cabello in 2018 – have adopted up within the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The runners are going to put up for the opener right here at the Knavesmire, the Marygate Fillies’ Stakes over 5 furlongs. Harry’s Girl (Richard Hannon/Tom Marquand) heads the making a bet on 7-4, with Love Olivia (Karl Burke/David Egan) subsequent in at 5-2 for Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing operation. Saucy Jane (Jack Morland/Sam James) and ETERNAL SOLACE (Ollie Sangster/Trevor Whelan) are fancied too at 11-2 and 13-2 respectively and it’s 20-1 bar the 4.
Constitution Hill scratched from Ascot Gold Cup
Many of the house owners and running shoes right here this week can be hoping their horses run effectively sufficient to believe sending them to Royal Ascot, however one horse that may certainly no longer be heading to Berkshire subsequent month is Constitution Hill, the 2023 Champion Hurdle winner, who has been scratched from the Gold Cup, the Royal assembly’s characteristic match, on 19 June.
Constitution Hill famously went unbeaten in his first 10 begins and is noticed as some of the greatest hurdlers of all time, however his occupation over jumps has unravelled since mid-March, with two falls, at Cheltenham and Aintree, after which a lacklustre show at Punchestown previous this month.
His access for the Gold Cup was once reasonably sudden initially, and the eight-year-old will now be became out for the summer time forward of an anticipated go back to motion over hurdles within the autumn.
Preamble
Good afternoon from the Knavesmire, the place after two days with Epsom Classic trials on the peak of the invoice, consideration turns to the stayers and the intriguing prospect of Rebel’s Romance – arguably probably the most under-appreciated horse in coaching, amongst British racing lovers a minimum of – stepping up past a mile-and-a-half for the primary time.
Charlie Appleby’s seven-year-old is without doubt one of the largest money-earners in international racing historical past, and already a member of the elite membership of horses with income of greater than £10m. His 16 wins from 24 begins come with two victories within the Breeders’ Cup Turf, He has notched two wins within the Breeders’ Cup Turf, a victory within the Sheema Classic at Meydan – the sector’s joint-richest race on turf – and seven Group One or Grade One successes in all.
All seven, regardless that, had been recorded at numerous high-profile tracks and conferences around the globe, and his simplest Group-race win in Britain was once a Group Three at Goodwood in July 2022. That may just effectively alternate this afternoon, as he’s the most likely favorite for the Group Two Yorkshire Cup in spite of the query mark over the go back and forth, and a victory at 14 furlongs would open up a variety of latest choices for Appleby’s evergreen seven-year-old.
Today’s characteristic will have to be a good check, in spite of the small box, as all 5 runners are these days priced up at single-figure odds. Continuous, the 2023 St Leger winner; Epic Poet, 3rd in a Grade One in Dubai final time; and Sweet William, runner-up in the back of the high-class Kyprios in final season’s Goodwood Cup all have the shape to win, despite the fact that Rebel’s Romance’s stamina holds up.
The going at the Knavesmire stays excellent to company, excellent in puts, and the motion is underway at 2.10 with the Marygate Fillies’ Stakes, one thing of a tribulation for the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot subsequent month.