Latest news with #KingCharlesIIIStakes
NZ Herald
11 hours ago
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Asfoora set for Royal Ascot with blinkers in King Charles III Stakes
Trainer Henry Dwyer is considering applying blinkers to Asfoora for the Australian mare's defence of the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot next week. Asfoora turned in a pleasing gallop in blinkers on the July Course at Newmarket on Monday as Dwyer prepares her for her first assignment of
Powys County Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Goldie sweet on Ascot aim for American Affair
Jim Goldie remains keen on a tilt at the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot with his star sprinter American Affair. The five-year-old saw his rapid improvement briefly come to a halt in Haydock's Temple Stakes when he finished fifth behind Ed Walker's mare Mgheera. However, Goldie believes a lack of early cover which forced him to run too keen, and then meeting trouble in running when he eventually did get in behind horses are enough of an excuse to believe he could have made up the two and three-quarter lengths that he was beaten. 'He's still on target for Ascot,' said Goldie. 'I think we needed a bit of cover and we didn't get it straight away, and then when he did get it he (Paul Mulrennan) couldn't get out when he needed to. 'He's one of these horses, we discovered when he won the Portland, that he is probably 10lb better if you can switch him off so you need to get cover. 'He likes getting towed along but mentally he then switches off. If you don't get proper cover, mentally he doesn't switch off and he ends up running with the choke open and that is exactly what happened. 'We were disappointed, obviously, but it wasn't that bad a run and we've still got a horse with a big engine and we'll try again another day. 'Look at last year's Derby winner (City Of Troy), when he ran in the Guineas Aidan O'Brien said he lost his race in the stalls because he got a bit upset and it turned out he was right – then he went to America and it went wrong again. 'They are highly-tuned animals and if they don't get into an absolute rhythm they rarely win. You can't get it right all the time. 'He's good enough for that level, I've never doubted that, and there's usually one or two at Ascot who go blasting off and if you are drawn next to them that helps.'
South Wales Argus
3 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Flora Of Bermuda joins Wathnan team ahead of Ascot
The Emir of Qatar's operation are no strangers to racing's transfer market and have now swooped for the Group Three winner who has become a real player on the sprinting scene. Third behind the Wathnan-owned Kind Of Blue at Ascot on British Champions Day, she got within a neck of Inisherin at York on her comeback run in the 1895 Duke Of York Clipper Stakes and is short as 16-1 for the King Charles III Stakes and 12-1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Wathnan's Racing Adviser Richard Brown said: 'We were impressed with her comeback run at York, and it looks as if she can hold her own against the very best. 'Andrew and his team have done a fine job with her, campaigning her with great consistency in the highest class. With luck, one of these big ones will fall her way. She certainly won't fail for lack of courage.'
Powys County Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Flora Of Bermuda joins Wathnan team ahead of Ascot
Wathnan Racing have added Andrew Balding's Flora Of Bermuda to their growing team of stars. The Emir of Qatar's operation are no strangers to racing's transfer market and have now swooped for the Group Three winner who has become a real player on the sprinting scene. Third behind the Wathnan-owned Kind Of Blue at Ascot on British Champions Day, she got within a neck of Inisherin at York on her comeback run in the 1895 Duke Of York Clipper Stakes and is short as 16-1 for the King Charles III Stakes and 12-1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Wathnan's Racing Adviser Richard Brown said: 'We were impressed with her comeback run at York, and it looks as if she can hold her own against the very best. 'Andrew and his team have done a fine job with her, campaigning her with great consistency in the highest class. With luck, one of these big ones will fall her way. She certainly won't fail for lack of courage.'
South Wales Guardian
3 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Flora Of Bermuda joins Wathnan team ahead of Ascot
The Emir of Qatar's operation are no strangers to racing's transfer market and have now swooped for the Group Three winner who has become a real player on the sprinting scene. Third behind the Wathnan-owned Kind Of Blue at Ascot on British Champions Day, she got within a neck of Inisherin at York on her comeback run in the 1895 Duke Of York Clipper Stakes and is short as 16-1 for the King Charles III Stakes and 12-1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Wathnan's Racing Adviser Richard Brown said: 'We were impressed with her comeback run at York, and it looks as if she can hold her own against the very best. 'Andrew and his team have done a fine job with her, campaigning her with great consistency in the highest class. With luck, one of these big ones will fall her way. She certainly won't fail for lack of courage.'
