Countdown to 1 July
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‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
Ridgemont’s exciting Redoute’s Choice stallion Rafeef enjoyed a 1-2 in the headliner, with 3 winners on the afternoon
Outstanding colt Private Life emerged as one of the new stars of Australian racing when he beat a crack field in Saturday’s A$3 million Gr1 Caulfield Guineas
Pierre Ng will venture to Sha Tin on Sunday in search of greater clarity into the immediate pathway of one of Hong Kong’s most talented and versatile horses
