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The Herald Scotland
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Rumstar in good shape for Temple test at Haydock
Having been gelded last spring, he performed with credit in several big handicaps before a Listed success at Ascot and returned to action this term with an excellent Group Three triumph in Newmarket's Palace House Stakes, storming past reopposing runner-up She's Quality at the furlong pole. Rumstar beating She's Quality at Newmarket (Joe Giddens/PA). Portman said: 'He's very well, we're very happy with him at the moment. He came out of Newmarket very well, he seems in good form and we're looking forward to running him. 'We don't want too much rain, but we were very pleased with his last run, the speed he showed and how he came out of it. 'We knew he was well, he finished off last year in fine style and you don't always get the same thing on a different day, but we were very happy with him. 'Obviously we know he runs well there, and Ascot he acts well at – his last trip to Haydock didn't go that great but hopefully he's in a better place in himself at the moment.' Mgheera also made an impressive five-year-old debut when producing a smart turn of foot to land the Group Three Prix de Saint-Georges at ParisLongchamp on her first start for Ed Walker, where Electric Storm, another on reopposing duty, was back in sixth. Another successful French raid for the @edwalkerracing team! Mgheera runs out a ready winner of the Group Three Prix de Saint-Georges at ParisLongchamp!🇫🇷 — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 11, 2025 Four times a winner for French trainer Manon Scandella-Lacaille, she was also placed behind Bradsell at Deauville and was considered good enough to contest the Prix de l'Abbaye last October. Walker said: 'She's done really well since she's joined us and obviously got off to a great start at Longchamp a couple of weeks ago. 'It's a quick turnaround and I'm sure lots of people will be worrying about her bouncing, but I think with sprinters you can back them up quicker. 'She seems to have taken it very well, she's fresh and well and she has to go there with a good chance on the back of that form and performance. 'She's got to have a go, the track and trip will be ideal and I think there have been stronger renewals. She's a battle-hardened sprinter now, so there's nothing to lose.' American Affair winning at York (Mike Egerton/PA). Last year's Portland winner American Affair gets a deserved step up in class following further handicap victories at Musselburgh and York this term for Scottish trainer Jim Goldie. Kevin Ryan's Washington Heights was a beaten favourite in fourth behind Rumstar at Newmarket but previously picked up £70,000 for a runner-up effort in Qatar and was far from disgraced in Group One company at York, the Curragh and ParisLongchamp last season. Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint scorer Starlust makes his seasonal reappearance for Ralph Beckett, while Fozzy Stack's Grande Marques, who was placed in Group races at Ayr and Newmarket at the end of her juvenile campaign, makes it a two-pronged raid from Ireland in company with Jack Davison's aforementioned She's Quality.
Spectator
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
Wagers for Haydock and The Curragh
Astute Scottish trainer Jim Goldie cannot hide his admiration for his five-year-old sprinter AMERICAN AFFAIR, who runs at Haydock tomorrow in the Group 2 Betfred Temple Stakes (3.30 p.m.). Goldie knows a thing or two about decent speedsters having trained the likes of Jack Dexter and Hawkeyethenoo in recent years – the former, in fact, finished second in the Temple Stakes a decade ago. The veteran handler said this week that American Affair was 'very exciting' and up there with the best sprinters he had trained which is why Goldie has given his stable star an entry in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot next month. American Affair has won two 5 furlong handicaps already this year, most recently at York off an official rating of 98.
Spectator
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Spectator
Bets for Newbury and York
The form of the Virgin Bet-sponsored Scottish Sprint Cup at Musselburgh last month is rock solid. The winner, American Affair, and the runner-up, Jm Jungle, filled the same two places in a hotter race at York yesterday off their revised marks. Fifth at Musselburgh after being backed into 2-1 favourite was COVER UP trained by the father and son team of Simon and Ed Crisford. The five-year-old gelding was beaten less than three lengths but I am pretty sure he is better than that. The horse can be tricky at the start but tomorrow he will be in the safe hands of William Buick, who has won on him three times before, when he runs in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Handicap at Newbury (3.45 p.m.). The race, over six furlongs, has attracted 12 runners for a first prize of more than £38,000.
