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Powys County Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Dubai Treasure strikes for Bin Suroor and Murphy
Saeed bin Suroor and Oisin Murphy teamed up to win a Group One in Germany on Sunday and were on the mark again in the Goodwood finale on Tuesday with Dubai Treasure. The lightly-raced filly was having her first run over six furlongs since August 2023, yet despite that the race looked over from some way out. Under The Twilight did close to within a neck, but the 85-40 favourite was value for much more. Bin Suroor said: 'She shows plenty of speed. I was going to run her at Doncaster in the seven-furlong Group Three, but when I talked to Oisin he said to keep her at six furlongs. 'She shows that speed in the mornings when she works. Now we'll look for a nice race for her. 'She hasn't run over six since she was two. She has the class for Group races. 'I think we'll have to look for a nice race over six furlongs. She had a setback when she was in Dubai.' Murphy was completing a double having earlier won on Andrew Balding's Stellar Sunrise. Westridge continued his progression with a wide-margin win in the Coral Chesterfield Cup Handicap. Trained by John and Thady Gosden and ridden by Billy Loughnane, the four-year-old has been faring well in handicaps recently and started a 6-1 chance in a field of 18. From stall eight he hit his stride quickly and after a prominent passage through the race he took up the lead in the final furlong, then pulling clear of the chasing pack to score by an eventual three and a quarter lengths. 'He enjoyed the space around him today and Billy gave him a lovely ride. It is not easy in a big handicap field but he broke well and made use of him,' said John Gosden. 'He is owned by Glen Manchester, my wife and Nicholas Wrigley, so it's a proper partnership. 'We did have him in the July sales but wisely we chose to take him out three days before the sale, thank God we did that. 'He's a grand horse and he's done well, the handicapper will get him now but to win the Chesterfield Cup is a dream come true because Glen is very much Goodwood orientated. 'It'll have to be York now though I'm not sure which race, Mr Wrigley will demand it. Rachel is just the silent partner, she does whatever they want!' Ruth Carr's Brazen Bolt made the long journey from Yorkshire to Sussex worthwhile with success in the Coral Golden Rewards Shaker Handicap, where he prevailed by a nose at 28-1 under Warren Fentiman. Peter Furr, Doncaster-based winning owner-breeder, said: 'He has been an unbelievable horse. We have bred a few horses but nothing like him. He went to Bahrain and won last year and when he came back he was not very well. 'He had ulcers, a bad tummy, stress, everything. Me and my daughter got him back and had him on a nebuliser. We took him to Ruth this season and she has been fantastic. 'We didn't expect to win at York last time and we came here today thinking it would be really firm ground and when it wasn't we didn't expect this again. It doesn't happen to people like us.' Roger Varian's Protest built on recent Listed efforts to make a winning handicap debut in the Ridgeview Fillies' Handicap over a mile. The Cheveley Park Stud owned and bred chestnut struck at 11-2, steered by Silvestre de Sousa to a one-length win.
The Herald Scotland
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Dubai Future to renew rivalry with Illinois in Goodwood Cup
He missed the entirety of the 2024 season but has been in good form since his return to action in Dubai earlier in the year, with an unplaced run in the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier seemingly just a blip as he got back on track behind Trawlerman and Illinois in last month's two-and-a-half-mile Royal Ascot feature. Saeed bin Suroor runs Dubai Future in the Goodwood Cup (Joe Giddens/PA) 'Dubai Future is in good form, he worked on Thursday and he's in very good form,' said bin Suroor. 'He had to take a little break, but he is doing very well as a nine-year-old, he settled well at Ascot and that was a good run in the Gold Cup. 'He's in very good condition and we're looking forward to getting him out again.' Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore continue to prove irresistible @ChesterRaces as Illinois stamps his class on the Ormonde Stakes — Ashley Iveson (@AshIveson) May 8, 2025 Dubai Future is one of eight runners declared for the showpiece event on day one of the Qatar Goodwood Festival and renews rivalry with Aidan O'Brien's Gold Cup runner-up Illinois, as well as John and Thady Gosden's fourth home Sweet William. O'Brien has a second major contender in the form of runaway Bahrain Trophy winner Scandinavia, while the Gosdens fire a three-pronged assault, with the improving Copper Horse Stakes winner French Master and Military Academy also in the mix. Alan King will be hoping for some ease in the ground for his 2021 Goodwood Cup hero Trueshan, with the field completed by the David Menuisier-trained Sunway, who tests his stamina over two miles for the first time after finishing fourth in the Hardwicke at the Royal meeting.
Powys County Times
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Elwateen backed to shine again after Oaks disappointment
Saeed bin Suroor is retaining plenty of belief in Elwateen, as he eyes dropping back in trip with his Betfred Oaks seventh. The Shadwell-owned daughter of Dubawi was supplemented into the fillies' Classic after finishing an eyecatching fourth in the 1000 Guineas, but in her first try at a mile and a half, she failed to stay as Aidan O'Brien's Minnie Hauk held off stablemate Whirl. Her trainer now believes a return to a mile will suit with the lightly-raced three-year-old who still has plenty of potential. 'I don't think the filly stayed and maybe we will drop her back to a mile,' said Bin Suroor. 'I think the ground was a little bit soft for her and it's the first time she had run on good to soft. 'We will take her home and she how she is and I think a mile and good ground will be good for her. 'There are plenty of races throughout the season. I think she is a very good filly, but maybe we get a confidence-booster into her in a Group Two or Group Three.'
