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Irish Examiner
5 minutes ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Pacemaker Qirat stuns Sussex Stakes big guns with 150-1 victory
Field Of Gold's pacemaker Qirat caused an almighty shock with a 150-1 victory in the Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. John and Thady Gosden's Field Of Gold was a 1-3 shot to follow in the hoofprints of his sire Kingman by adding this prestigious Group One contest to his previous top-level victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes. The Ralph Beckett-trained Qirat, who was last seen finishing 27th of 30 runners in the Royal Hunt Cup, was supplemented for the race last week at a cost of £70,000 in a bid to ensure the red-hot favourite had a strong gallop to aim at. But the race did not go to script, with Qirat keeping up the gallop to emerge triumphant under Richard Kingscote, despite the best efforts of Rosallion, who was a neck adrift at the line. Field Of Gold, meanwhile, had to settle for a laboured fourth, with Henri Matisse third. Beckett said: "Richard has always been a very good judge of the clock. The last thing I said to him was keep going with this fellow, he could run really well. "He loves this place and I wanted to enter him because his work was really good. It's a horse race and anything can happen." Qirat's dam, Emulous, also produced last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner for Beckett in Bluestocking. He went on: "I thought he looked a million beforehand and that in the race he would set the pace from the front, and the longer he lasted the better for those concerned with the favourite. "He's always threatened to be a good horse and today he showed it. "What about the mare? To come up with Bluestocking and him. She's been like a hole in the wall, like a cash machine." Kingscote, who recently announced he is taking up a licence in Hong Kong, said: "I feel like a villain but when I saw it wasn't a grey nose (Field Of Gold) coming towards me I just kept going." Although clearly not the result owner-breeders Juddmonte were expecting, the team's European racing manager Barry Mahon was keen to take the positives out of it. Of Qirat, he told Racing TV: "Ralph said in the parade ring beforehand 'this horse is going to run big' and said to Richard 'there's a big run in this horse'. Whilst he was obviously there to make the pace, Ralph thought he could finish in the three and he was dead right. "He's a horse we always felt had a lot of potential. Ralph actually wanted to enter him for this race earlier in the year and in my wisdom I said 'don't be ridiculous'. We ended up having to supplement him, but he's got the result. "At the end of the day Juddmonte and the owners want to compete at the top level and want to win Group One races. Whilst it's not with the horse we thought it would be, we've still won the race, which is the most important thing." When asked about future plans for the winner, Mahon added: "I've had people from America and Hong Kong and every sort of racing jurisdiction coming up to me inviting him to run, so hopefully the owners might want to travel him. "Ralph knows a thing or two about winning a Breeders' Cup race, so maybe that's where he'll end up." What the rest of the season holds for Field Of Gold remains to be seen, with Mahon saying: "The rest of the field seemed to get detached from the two pacemakers, but I think ultimately William (Buick) felt he didn't handle the track and felt he was a bit flat today. We don't know why, but we all have off days - human and equines and all manner of beasts. "Whether there's an issue there or something we're not sure, we'll have to investigate, but he's definitely not the Field Of Gold that we've all seen and know. I'm sure he'll be back and there'll be another day. "He's had a good enough break since Ascot, John and Thady have freshened him up and they've been happy with how he's trained. He looked good today and William said going to the start he felt very fresh, so maybe he was a little bit too fresh. "We did give him a good break after Ascot and maybe we were a little bit kind on him. We'll get him home and check him out first and I think we'll have to make a plan after that."
ITV News
36 minutes ago
- Sport
- ITV News
Pacemaker Qirat stuns Sussex Stakes big guns
John and Thady Gosden's Field Of Gold was a 1-3 shot to follow in the hoofprints of his sire Kingman by adding this prestigious Group One contest to his previous top-level victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes. The Ralph Beckett-trained Qirat, who was last seen finishing 27th of 30 runners in the Royal Hunt Cup, was supplemented for the race last week at a cost of £70,000 in a bid to ensure the red-hot favourite had a strong gallop to aim at. But the race did not go to script, with Qirat keeping up the gallop to emerge triumphant under Richard Kingscote, despite the best efforts of Rosallion, who was a neck adrift at the line. Field Of Gold, meanwhile, had to settle for a laboured fourth, with Henri Matisse third. Beckett said: 'Richard has always been a very good judge of the clock. The last thing I said to him was keep going with this fellow, he could run really well. 'He loves this place and I wanted to enter him because his work was really good. It's a horse race and anything can happen.' Qirat's dam, Emulous, also produced last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner for Beckett in Bluestocking. He went on: 'I thought he looked a million beforehand and that in the race he would set the pace from the front, and the longer he lasted the better for those concerned with the favourite. 'He's always threatened to be a good horse and today he showed it. 'What about the mare? To come up with Bluestocking and him. She's been like a hole in the wall, like a cash machine.' Kingscote, who recently announced he is taking up a licence in Hong Kong, said: 'I feel like a villain but when I saw it wasn't a grey nose (Field Of Gold) coming towards me I just kept going.' Although clearly not the result owner-breeders Juddmonte were expecting, the team's European racing manager Barry Mahon was keen to take the positives out of it. Of Qirat, he told Racing TV: 'Ralph said in the parade ring beforehand 'this horse is going to run big' and said to Richard 'there's a big run in this horse'. Whilst he was obviously there to make the pace, Ralph thought he could finish in the three and he was dead right. 'He's a horse we always felt had a lot of potential. Ralph actually wanted to enter him for this race earlier in the year and in my wisdom I said 'don't be ridiculous'. We ended up having to supplement him, but he's got the result. 'At the end of the day Juddmonte and the owners want to compete at the top level and want to win Group One races. Whilst it's not with the horse we thought it would be, we've still won the race, which is the most important thing.' When asked about future plans for the winner, Mahon added: 'I've had people from America and Hong Kong and every sort of racing jurisdiction coming up to me inviting him to run, so hopefully the owners might want to travel him. 'Ralph knows a thing or two about winning a Breeders' Cup race, so maybe that's where he'll end up.' What the rest of the season holds for Field Of Gold remains to be seen, with Mahon saying: 'The rest of the field seemed to get detached from the two pacemakers, but I think ultimately William (Buick) felt he didn't handle the track and felt he was a bit flat today. We don't know why, but we all have off days – human and equines and all manner of beasts. 'Whether there's an issue there or something we're not sure, we'll have to investigate, but he's definitely not the Field Of Gold that we've all seen and know. I'm sure he'll be back and there'll be another day. 'He's had a good enough break since Ascot, John and Thady have freshened him up and they've been happy with how he's trained. He looked good today and William said going to the start he felt very fresh, so maybe he was a little bit too fresh. 'We did give him a good break after Ascot and maybe we were a little bit kind on him. We'll get him home and check him out first and I think we'll have to make a plan after that.'
Irish Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Racing world shook to its core as Field of Gold stunned by 150/1 outsider Qirat
Field Of Gold's pacemaker Qirat caused an almighty shock with a 150-1 victory in the Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. John and Thady Gosden's Field Of Gold was a 1-3 shot to follow in the hoofprints of his sire Kingman by adding this prestigious Group One contest to his previous top-level victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes. The Ralph Beckett-trained Qirat, who was last seen finishing 27th of 30 runners in the Royal Hunt Cup, was supplemented for the race last week at a cost of £70,000 in a bid to ensure the red-hot favourite had a strong gallop to aim at. But the race did not go to script, with Qirat keeping up the gallop to emerge triumphant under Richard Kingscote, despite the best efforts of Rosallion, who was a neck adrift at the line. Field Of Gold, meanwhile, had to settle for a laboured fourth, with Henri Matisse third. Beckett said: 'Richard has always been a very good judge of the clock. The last thing I said to him was keep going with this fellow, he could run really well. 'He loves this place and I wanted to enter him because his work was really good. It's a horse race and anything can happen.' Qirat's dam, Emulous, also produced last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner for Beckett in Bluestocking. He went on: 'I thought he looked a million beforehand and that in the race he would set the pace from the front, and the longer he lasted the better for those concerned with the favourite. 'He's always threatened to be a good horse and today he showed it. 'What about the mare? To come up with Bluestocking and him. She's been like a hole in the wall, like a cash machine.' Kingscote, who recently announced he is taking up a licence in Hong Kong, said: 'I feel like a villain but when I saw it wasn't a grey nose (Field Of Gold) coming towards me I just kept going.' Although clearly not the result owner-breeders Juddmonte were expecting, the team's European racing manager Barry Mahon was keen to take the positives out of it. Of Qirat, he told Racing TV: 'Ralph said in the parade ring beforehand 'this horse is going to run big' and said to Richard 'there's a big run in this horse'. Whilst he was obviously there to make the pace, Ralph thought he could finish in the three and he was dead right. 'He's a horse we always felt had a lot of potential. Ralph actually wanted to enter him for this race earlier in the year and in my wisdom I said 'don't be ridiculous'. We ended up having to supplement him, but he's got the result. 'At the end of the day Juddmonte and the owners want to compete at the top level and want to win Group One races. Whilst it's not with the horse we thought it would be, we've still won the race, which is the most important thing.' When asked about future plans for the winner, Mahon added: 'I've had people from America and Hong Kong and every sort of racing jurisdiction coming up to me inviting him to run, so hopefully the owners might want to travel him. 'Ralph knows a thing or two about winning a Breeders' Cup race, so maybe that's where he'll end up.' What the rest of the season holds for Field Of Gold remains to be seen, with Mahon saying: 'The rest of the field seemed to get detached from the two pacemakers, but I think ultimately William (Buick) felt he didn't handle the track and felt he was a bit flat today. We don't know why, but we all have off days – human and equines and all manner of beasts. 'Whether there's an issue there or something we're not sure, we'll have to investigate, but he's definitely not the Field Of Gold that we've all seen and know. I'm sure he'll be back and there'll be another day. 'He's had a good enough break since Ascot, John and Thady have freshened him up and they've been happy with how he's trained. He looked good today and William said going to the start he felt very fresh, so maybe he was a little bit too fresh. 'We did give him a good break after Ascot and maybe we were a little bit kind on him. We'll get him home and check him out first and I think we'll have to make a plan after that.
Irish Daily Mirror
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Trainer says he'll be 'sleeping in the back of the van' after big Galway win
A small trainer couldn't contain his excitement after his horse won at the Galway Races. Peter Lawlor, who is based in Co Wicklow, was celebrating after Summer Snow won the Handicap under jockey Rory Cleary on Tuesday evening at odds of 8/1. The trainer admitted he was heading straight to the bar to celebrate the win and said he would sleep in the back of his van if he had to. He told Racing TV: "I can't believe it, Galway Festival, restricted trainer, a few horses, taking on the big guys and beating them. You can't beat it. "I'm hoarse again. Every odd winner I get, I just roar them home and I just can't believe it. "I haven't booked in anywhere yet, so I'm not going home. Feck me, I can't believe it. I'll sleep in the back of the van now tonight. I'm not going home. "I'm just going straight to the bar now. Good luck to anyone around me. I'll tell ye that. I just can't believe it. I'm over the moon. "I'm looking at the Galway Races since I was a young fella and I'm not young anymore, but all that time, I never thought I'd have a licence first of all and have a runner then but anyone out there who has a dream, can follow it and achieve it and take on everyone. "The only thing stopping anyone is themselves. I'll enter her up in a big race the next time and sure I'll be twice as nervous again but I'll challenge myself the whole time."
The Irish Sun
8 hours ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Templegate's Galway Plate tip, 1-2-3 prediction and runner-by-runner guide
TEMPLEGATE takes on a cracking Galway Plate confident of having found the winner. One of two feature races at the seven-day Festival, the Plate is off at 6.40pm today and shown live on Racing TV. Advertisement 1 Joseph O'Brien versatile performer Nurburgring is favourite for the Galway Plate Credit: PA You'll find his full guide to all the runners and riders below and his tip and 1-2-3 prediction at the very bottom. He rates each horse out of five - with one the worst and five the best. Back any horse you fancy simply by clicking their odds. Templegate's Galway Plate runner-by-runner guide Advertisement Senecia 2 MAKES no sense. Highly tried last season and ran well in blinkers over C&D in November. Looks held on form this year and may prefer softer. Others preferred. Zanahiyr 4 ZAN the man. Was a cracking third in this last year. Losing run adding up but could bounce back for Gordon Elliott. Advertisement Most read in Horse Racing Exclusive Jesse Evans 4 GREAT Jesse. Goes well at Galway, ran well over hurdles last time and stays this far. Strong traveller with a turn of foot. Live contender despite fairly testing weight. Western Fold 4 BEST Western. On a roll with two emphatic wins at staying trips; improving rapidly and jumps well. Ground and track no issue. Big player if coping with 11st10. Advertisement Amirite 3 RITE stuff. Probably doesn't win as many as he should but often runs well like when fourth in the Topham an Aintree. Comes here off a win and isn't ruled out. Nurburgring 5 RING of fire. Won Galway Hurdle in 2024 and impressed on latest chase win. He likes this trip and looks capable of better. Not a big price but he has a big chance. Advertisement Buddy One 2 ONE to miss. Tough hurdler with top-level form, but not the same force over fences. Flat winner this month and stays well but needs career best. Down Memory Lane 3 UP and Down. Novice who won well at Navan but has struggled a little. Still unexposed and trip suits and could do better on this drop in class. Advertisement Three Card Brag 3 CARD sharp. Didn't enjoy the Grand National last time but still early days over fences and has more to offer. Chemical Energy 2 CHEMICAL reaction. Runner-up in National Hunt Chase in 2023 but hit and miss since. Looks on the downgrade now and hard to fancy on recent evidence. Advertisement Ashdale Bob 2 BOB not job. Capable on his day around this trip and Harrington runners always respected. Modest run last time and needs to improve on that. Jazzy Matty 3 WELCOME Matty. Won the Grand Annual at Cheltenham and stays this trip well. Pulled up last time but could bounce back. Best form on decent ground. Not discounted. Advertisement Anyway 4 WAY can pay. Improving chaser who was second at the Cheltenham Festival and won well at Kilbeggan. Has a good profile and staying potential. High on the shortlist. Common Practice 3 PRACTICE improving. Good novice win at Thurles in March over similar trip and has won well here before. One of many who are capable of better. Advertisement Thecompanysergeant 4 COMPANY profits. Good second in the Festival Plate on last spin over fences and solid run over hurdles latest. Only 2lb higher and from top yard. Contender. Duffle Coat 2 GET me Coat. Comes here badly out of form and is struggling to finish a race. On the plus side, he was second in this last year so could bounce back now. Advertisement Shecouldbeanything 2 ANYTHING goes. Solid mare with graded chase form but only a fair run in the Irish Grand National last time out Needs to find more off current mark. Zenta 2 ZEN won't master. Talented mare but poor jumper and flopped badly on past two outings. Needs the blinkers to wake her up again. Advertisement Adamantly Chosen 2 NOT Chosen. Has some quality and ran okay at Punchestown last time. Has come up short a few times in races like this. Pass despite Townend being up. Sea Music 3 DEEP Sea. Won big race at Punchestown before dodgy jumping proved costly last time. Place claims if bouncing back. Advertisement Olympic Man 3 TOP Man. You never write off a Willie Mullins horse, especially off this sort of low weight and his best has come around this trip. Was poor at Sandown latest but could do better here. Gaelic Arc 3 UPWARD Arc. Beaten in a photo last time at Killarney and has some fair handicap chase form. One of the better huge prices. Advertisement Templegate's Galway Plate tip and 1-2-3 prediction NURBURGRING can motor to victory in the Galway Plate. Joseph O'Brien's charge has a Galway Hurdle win on his CV and stays this trip well. He ran well at Cheltenham earlier this year and has more to come. Western Fold arrives in great heart after dominant wins at Tipperary and Ballinrobe. He's improving fast and could be a Grade 1 horse in time. Advertisement Zanahiyr ran a cracker in this last year so a return to form would be no surprise. Jesse Evans was impressive when winning a Tipperary Grade 3 hurdle last time and was a winner here over fences last season. Others with form claims include Thecompanysargeant and Anyway. 1st Nurburgring 2nd Western Fold 3rd Zanahiyr Advertisement FREE BETS - GET THE BEST SIGN UP DEALS AND RACING OFFERS Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. You should be aware brands pay fees to appear in the highest placements on the page. 18+. T&Cs apply. . Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who: Read more on the Irish Sun Establishes time and monetary limits before playing Only gambles with money they can afford to lose Never chases their losses Doesn't gamble if they're upset, angry or depressed Gamcare – Gamble Aware – Find our detailed guide on responsible gambling practices here.
