Latest news with #MichaelStoute
Leader Live
5 days ago
- Sport
- Leader Live
Formal response just what Balding hoped for
Winner of her first two starts for the now retired Sir Michael Stoute, she is now with Andrew Balding but disappointed first time out for her new yard in the Fred Darling at Newbury. Supported into 9-4 joint-favouritism, Oisin Murphy tracked The Waco Kid until breezing to the front early in the straight, beating Saqqara Sands by a length and a half. 'I thought she ran well in the Fred Darling, but it was a funny race and she got impeded at a vital stage and didn't give her true running,' said Balding. 'It made our decision easy and we skipped any idea of a Guineas and rebooted and this became the obvious choice. It's a relief to see her win like that. 'She had been quite keen early doors at home and her work is very good at home, but we thought now she had the first run under her belt we would take the hood off. She travelled really strongly but didn't over-race.' He added: 'I think we'll probably wait for something like the Oak Tree (at Goodwood, July 30). I don't think we want to be squeezing races into her and that looks the right spot. After that we know she goes well on slow ground so we would have the whole autumn ahead of us. 'She looked quite good there, but we will take it step by step.'
North Wales Chronicle
5 days ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Formal response just what Balding hoped for
Winner of her first two starts for the now retired Sir Michael Stoute, she is now with Andrew Balding but disappointed first time out for her new yard in the Fred Darling at Newbury. Supported into 9-4 joint-favouritism, Oisin Murphy tracked The Waco Kid until breezing to the front early in the straight, beating Saqqara Sands by a length and a half. 'I thought she ran well in the Fred Darling, but it was a funny race and she got impeded at a vital stage and didn't give her true running,' said Balding. 'It made our decision easy and we skipped any idea of a Guineas and rebooted and this became the obvious choice. It's a relief to see her win like that. 'She had been quite keen early doors at home and her work is very good at home, but we thought now she had the first run under her belt we would take the hood off. She travelled really strongly but didn't over-race.' He added: 'I think we'll probably wait for something like the Oak Tree (at Goodwood, July 30). I don't think we want to be squeezing races into her and that looks the right spot. After that we know she goes well on slow ground so we would have the whole autumn ahead of us. 'She looked quite good there, but we will take it step by step.'
Glasgow Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Formal response just what Balding hoped for
Winner of her first two starts for the now retired Sir Michael Stoute, she is now with Andrew Balding but disappointed first time out for her new yard in the Fred Darling at Newbury. Supported into 9-4 joint-favouritism, Oisin Murphy tracked The Waco Kid until breezing to the front early in the straight, beating Saqqara Sands by a length and a half. 'I thought she ran well in the Fred Darling, but it was a funny race and she got impeded at a vital stage and didn't give her true running,' said Balding. 'It made our decision easy and we skipped any idea of a Guineas and rebooted and this became the obvious choice. It's a relief to see her win like that. 'She had been quite keen early doors at home and her work is very good at home, but we thought now she had the first run under her belt we would take the hood off. She travelled really strongly but didn't over-race.' He added: 'I think we'll probably wait for something like the Oak Tree (at Goodwood, July 30). I don't think we want to be squeezing races into her and that looks the right spot. After that we know she goes well on slow ground so we would have the whole autumn ahead of us. 'She looked quite good there, but we will take it step by step.'
Rhyl Journal
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Keep the faith with York Eyecatcher Nightwalker
Having looked in need of the run at Newmarket on his return to action this year, with the three-year-old having moved from Sir Michael Stoute to John and Thady Gosden over the winter, he stripped much fitter at York. While lacking the pace of the front few in the Dante, he was doing his best work at the finish and promises to be even better when asked to tackle 12 furlongs or even further.
North Wales Chronicle
15-05-2025
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Keep the faith with York Eyecatcher Nightwalker
Having looked in need of the run at Newmarket on his return to action this year, with the three-year-old having moved from Sir Michael Stoute to John and Thady Gosden over the winter, he stripped much fitter at York. While lacking the pace of the front few in the Dante, he was doing his best work at the finish and promises to be even better when asked to tackle 12 furlongs or even further.
