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The 10th Group 1 stakes win by So You Think in Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot was part of a family day for trainer Aidan O’Brien.
His son Joseph won his first career race at Royal Ascot aboard So You Think, who won by 2 1/4 lengths as the 4-5 favorite, defeating Carlton House, owned by the Queen of England.
Earlier on the six-race program, Aidan O’Brien won the Group 3 Jersey Stakes with the 20-1 shot Ishvana, owned by his wife, Ann Marie.
So You Think, a Group 1 stakes winner in Australia and Ireland earlier in his career, won for the first time at Ascot, having finished second in the 2011 Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Champion Stakes.
Wednesday, So You Think was well-placed throughout the 1 1/4 miles.
Joseph O’Brien had So You Think in third for the first mile, tracking pacesetter (and stablemate) Robin Hood and the American invader Big Blue Kitten.
With a quarter-mile remaining, So You Think took the lead, and drew off in the final furlong over 7-2 Carlton House. Farhh, owned by Godolpin Racing, finished third, overcoming a touch of trouble in the stretch.
Big Blue Kitten, owned by Americans Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, faded through the stretch to finish 10th in the field of 11.
So You Think, a 6-year-old New Zealand-bred horse owned by a partnership, could make his next start in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park outside of London on July 7.
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14 Gearing up for weekend asault on Black Caviar:
Black Caviar Draws Outside in Golden Jubilee
Australian superstar Black Caviar has drawn the outside post position in a 15-horse field for Saturday's Group I Diamond Jubilee Stakes (6f) at Royal Ascot.
Black Caviar will make her first overseas appearance in Saturday's event. The mare will start closest to the grandstand side of the Ascot straight course.
UK bookies have posted the daughter of Bel Esprit as a 1/3 favourite to notch her 22nd straight win, solidifying her place in the Pantheon of Greats, in the feature sprint.
Scone trainer Paul Messara has decided against backing up Australian dual Group I winner Ortensia in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes after her disappointing effort on Royal Ascot opening day in Tuesday's Group I King's Stand Stakes (5f).
Godolphin has accepted to run Australian Group II winner Soul in the race with Frankie Dettori to ride from barrier eight.
Black Caviar's main opposition, the (Freddie Head) French-trained second favourite Moonlight Cloud will jump from post posiition five. Local bookies have the Freddie Head-trained mare as a $7 chance ahead of Society Rock at $12.
Society Rock has drawn post position 13.
Below is the full field for the Group I Diamond Jubilee Stakes.
PP Runner Jockey UK price
1 Sirius Prospect Shane Kelly 50-1
2 Genki George Baker 50-1
3 Hitchens F M Berry 50-1
4 Krypton Factor Kieren Fallon 25-1
5 Moonlight Cloud Thierry Janet 7-1
6 The Cheka Tom Queally 33-1
7 Es Que Love Silvestre De Sousa 100-1
8 Soul Frankie Dettori 66-1
9 Jimmy Styles Richard Hughes 100-1
10 Pastoral Player Darryll Holland 33-1
11 Restiadargent Maxime Guyon 66-1
12 Bogart Phillip Makin 66-1
13 Society Rock Johnny Murtagh 12-1
14 Royal Rock Ted Durcan 50-1
15 Black Caviar Luke Nolen 1/3
Stay tuned!!!
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I would like to know the Euro opinion, but from an American perspective it seems like the last 15 years has been a golden era of thoroughbred racing in Europe. Almost every year there are 2 or 3 truly all-time greats gracing the Euro scene.
In just 2 days at Ascot, fans there got to see Frankel, undoubtedly one of the great milers ever, and a true international star in So You Think, who won a 10th group 1 race. 10 group 1s!
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"So You Think could make his next start in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park July 7"
If I'm not mistaken, Frankel is heading to that race also. Here's a quote from Frankel's trainer Sir Henry Cecil:
"It looks like he'll stay a mile and a quarter, he's in the Eclipse, Sussex Stakes and Juddmonte, we'll feel our way and he'll tell me what to do."
Stay tuned!!!
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Be kind. He was in over his head.
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Not surprised to see an US horse fade in the stretch.
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