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Powys County Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Quddwah heading for Queen Anne date
Simon and Ed Crisford's smart miler Quddwah is reported on course for a crack at the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Three career visits to the Berkshire track have resulted in two wins and a creditable fifth in the QEII on Champions Day and he returned to action with a pleasing success at ParisLongchamp. 'Quddwah is good and has come out of it very well. He won what was a hot Listed race well and that should put him spot on for Royal Ascot,' said Ed Crisford. 'We're planning to go to the Queen Anne at Ascot. It's going to be a red-hot race, but he deserves to be in it and has some good course form – he won the Summer Mile at the track well last year and ran well enough in the QEII at the end of last year at Ascot. 'That day he was dropped out and sat last and came with a run, but it was all too late and he finished fifth. This year he's going to be a bit wiser to that top-level racing having experienced that and deserves his chance to run in a race like the Queen Anne.' Crisford also had news of smart filly Arabian Dusk, who was a Group Two winner as a juvenile and finished third to Lake Victoria in the Cheveley Park Stakes. She is also bound for the Royal meeting. She appears to be coming nicely to the boil this year and was most recently seen missing out by a short head to Symbol Of Honour in the Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock. 'She's come out of Haydock superbly well and, all being well, will head to the Commonwealth Cup at Ascot,' added Crisford. 'The fillies' programme is never ideal at this time of year and you do find yourself running against colts, but she is showing up well against them and she's a high-quality sprinter. 'A straight, stiff six (furlongs) at Ascot is probably exactly what she wants. It's going to be a hot race, but if she can run to the best she can do, I think she will be right in the mix.'
Powys County Times
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Bring it on – Hannon counting down to Ascot with Rosallion
Richard Hannon believes Rosallion will be a different proposition come the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Winner of the St James's Palace Stakes and Irish Guineas last season, he was having his first start for the best part of year when third in the Lockinge to Lead Artist. In fourth was Notable Speech, who beat Rosallion in the 2000 Guineas but finished behind him at Ascot, and the pair look like meeting once again. 'I'm not going to lie, it was a little bit disappointing not to win, but he ran a super race,' Hannon told Sky Sports Racing. 'The reason he got beat in the Guineas last year, it's because he needs that first run. That was evident last year and even more evident this year now he's a year older. 'We're looking forward to Royal Ascot. Sean (Levey) got off and said he'd win the Queen Anne. I spoke to Charlie Appleby afterwards and he said Will (Buick) said he'd win it, so here we go again! 'It will be a fantastic race that we all can't wait for and he'll go there full on. 'You can win with horses in two-year-old races who haven't had a run, but at that level it counts. Some in the Lockinge were having their second or third runs of the year and my fellow was having his first run. 'Naturally ours improve for their first run and horses like him especially so. I'm not saying he's a certainty, but I'm looking forward to it.'
Rhyl Journal
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
Lead Artist tops Dancing Gemini in Lockinge thriller
John and Thady Gosden's four-year-old was a 17-2 chance under Oisin Murphy, with Dancing Gemini and Rosallion the key players in the market. The latter came home a two-and-a-quarter-length third, but Dancing Gemini fought Lead Artist all the way to the line to miss out only in the final strides as the Juddmonte-owned horse came out triumphant by a neck. Lead Artist had finished last of eight behind Dancing Gemini on his seasonal bow in the bet365 Mile at Sandown last month, but John Gosden felt the outing had the desired effect on the Dubawi colt. He said: 'He's got a great deal of talent and it was a beautiful ride. It was dead ground at Sandown and he had been working at home fine but he just plain blew up, he came with a nice run but just blew up at the furlong pole and Kieran (Shoemark) looked after him. 'That race brought him on a lot and he got a peach of a ride from Oisin. 'He likes summer fast ground and he showed it here. He's a powerful horse with a lot of speed. 'This was a real test of a mile and Ryan (Moore) has come to us and in the end this horse is getting the stiff mile at the pace they went. If they had gone steady and sprinted, it would have been a different ball game. 'Being honest, I thought we would be in the first four and I would be thrilled because there were so many good horses in it and the betting told you that. The fact he was in a position where he was able to go first, then they had to get him and then he was able to go again because he still had plenty of talent in reserve.' Lead Artist is Coral's 4-1 favourite for next month's Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, with Dancing Gemini a point longer and Rosallion a 6-1 chance. Gosden added: 'We will all probably meet again in the Queen Anne. It's the next obvious step and we hope it doesn't get wet – we don't want a wet Ascot and if the ground is OK, we'll be going to the Queen Anne and a stiff mile at Ascot will suit him well.' For Murphy, it was a first Group One triumph in the Juddmonte silks and also gave him redemption for the defeat of Lightning Spear in this very race in 2018. He said: 'He has a great demeanour, relaxed well and showed a lot of guts against the second horse, Dancing Gemini, who came into the race in great form. It was a great tussle to the line and I'm delighted to come out on top. 'I was aware it might turn into a sprint and possibly if I had been beaten I would have thought I may have made more use of my horse, but fortunately it all worked out. 'The yard was very confident and they prepared him well and it is a while since I have won a Group One for Clarehaven and my first for Juddmonte. 'It means a lot and Ryan beat me in a photo finish a while back when I was on Lightning Spear, so it was nice to beat him because that is quite rare.'
North Wales Chronicle
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
Lead Artist tops Dancing Gemini in Lockinge thriller
John and Thady Gosden's four-year-old was a 17-2 chance under Oisin Murphy, with Dancing Gemini and Rosallion the key players in the market. The latter came home a two-and-a-quarter-length third, but Dancing Gemini fought Lead Artist all the way to the line to miss out only in the final strides as the Juddmonte-owned horse came out triumphant by a neck. Lead Artist had finished last of eight behind Dancing Gemini on his seasonal bow in the bet365 Mile at Sandown last month, but John Gosden felt the outing had the desired effect on the Dubawi colt. He said: 'He's got a great deal of talent and it was a beautiful ride. It was dead ground at Sandown and he had been working at home fine but he just plain blew up, he came with a nice run but just blew up at the furlong pole and Kieran (Shoemark) looked after him. 'That race brought him on a lot and he got a peach of a ride from Oisin. 'He likes summer fast ground and he showed it here. He's a powerful horse with a lot of speed. 'This was a real test of a mile and Ryan (Moore) has come to us and in the end this horse is getting the stiff mile at the pace they went. If they had gone steady and sprinted, it would have been a different ball game. 'Being honest, I thought we would be in the first four and I would be thrilled because there were so many good horses in it and the betting told you that. The fact he was in a position where he was able to go first, then they had to get him and then he was able to go again because he still had plenty of talent in reserve.' Lead Artist is Coral's 4-1 favourite for next month's Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, with Dancing Gemini a point longer and Rosallion a 6-1 chance. Gosden added: 'We will all probably meet again in the Queen Anne. It's the next obvious step and we hope it doesn't get wet – we don't want a wet Ascot and if the ground is OK, we'll be going to the Queen Anne and a stiff mile at Ascot will suit him well.' For Murphy, it was a first Group One triumph in the Juddmonte silks and also gave him redemption for the defeat of Lightning Spear in this very race in 2018. He said: 'He has a great demeanour, relaxed well and showed a lot of guts against the second horse, Dancing Gemini, who came into the race in great form. It was a great tussle to the line and I'm delighted to come out on top. 'I was aware it might turn into a sprint and possibly if I had been beaten I would have thought I may have made more use of my horse, but fortunately it all worked out. 'The yard was very confident and they prepared him well and it is a while since I have won a Group One for Clarehaven and my first for Juddmonte. 'It means a lot and Ryan beat me in a photo finish a while back when I was on Lightning Spear, so it was nice to beat him because that is quite rare.'
Leader Live
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Lead Artist tops Dancing Gemini in Lockinge thriller
John and Thady Gosden's four-year-old was a 17-2 chance under Oisin Murphy, with Dancing Gemini and Rosallion the key players in the market. The latter came home a two-and-a-quarter-length third, but Dancing Gemini fought Lead Artist all the way to the line to miss out only in the final strides as the Juddmonte-owned horse came out triumphant by a neck. Lead Artist had finished last of eight behind Dancing Gemini on his seasonal bow in the bet365 Mile at Sandown last month, but John Gosden felt the outing had the desired effect on the Dubawi colt. He said: 'He's got a great deal of talent and it was a beautiful ride. It was dead ground at Sandown and he had been working at home fine but he just plain blew up, he came with a nice run but just blew up at the furlong pole and Kieran (Shoemark) looked after him. 'That race brought him on a lot and he got a peach of a ride from Oisin. 'He likes summer fast ground and he showed it here. He's a powerful horse with a lot of speed. 'This was a real test of a mile and Ryan (Moore) has come to us and in the end this horse is getting the stiff mile at the pace they went. If they had gone steady and sprinted, it would have been a different ball game. 'Being honest, I thought we would be in the first four and I would be thrilled because there were so many good horses in it and the betting told you that. The fact he was in a position where he was able to go first, then they had to get him and then he was able to go again because he still had plenty of talent in reserve.' Lead Artist is Coral's 4-1 favourite for next month's Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, with Dancing Gemini a point longer and Rosallion a 6-1 chance. Gosden added: 'We will all probably meet again in the Queen Anne. It's the next obvious step and we hope it doesn't get wet – we don't want a wet Ascot and if the ground is OK, we'll be going to the Queen Anne and a stiff mile at Ascot will suit him well.' For Murphy, it was a first Group One triumph in the Juddmonte silks and also gave him redemption for the defeat of Lightning Spear in this very race in 2018. He said: 'He has a great demeanour, relaxed well and showed a lot of guts against the second horse, Dancing Gemini, who came into the race in great form. It was a great tussle to the line and I'm delighted to come out on top. 'I was aware it might turn into a sprint and possibly if I had been beaten I would have thought I may have made more use of my horse, but fortunately it all worked out. 'The yard was very confident and they prepared him well and it is a while since I have won a Group One for Clarehaven and my first for Juddmonte. 'It means a lot and Ryan beat me in a photo finish a while back when I was on Lightning Spear, so it was nice to beat him because that is quite rare.'
