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Royal Ascot Day Three: Stradivarius Wins Gold Cup Hat-trick

“We are very proud to have won the race three times and it is great for the owner/breeder Bjorn Nielsen. He is passionate about his breeding and broodmares. He has been trying to breed a Derby winner, but he has got a very good Gold Cup horse. For him, it is profoundly fulfilling for him as much as it is for us – it is a pity he can’t be here today.”
and went on to say “Stradivarius is quite a character. I must change my aftershave, as he got quite coltish while I was saddling him. He is quite a noisy character and he was having a shout and play out there – he does think life is a bit of fun and when you win races like this, I suppose it is.”
Hayley Turner, a revered female jockey also made a return to Royal Ascot, 1 year previous she made history at the Royal meeting. In the Sandringham Stakes she rode Onassis, trained by Charlie Fellowes. Hayley remakred that Onassis felt “really good” and “…had the perfect profile for the race and Charlie Fellowes told me she would win it about three months ago. She took the conditions really well and took her time. She is a very nice filly and did it easily.”
On day three of the Royal meeting Mr Roger Varian relished taking a treble. Mr Varian is also known to be a Newmarket handler and one of his most enjoyable wins came with Mountain Angel, in the Wolferton Stakes.
Jim Crowley, who is also part of the Varian yard, took the Group Three Jersey Stakes with Molatham. He remarked ““Molatham was very tough,” and went on to say “He had the one run at the backend of last year on soft ground at Newmarket and he didn’t fire. His form before that was very strong. He beat Wichita at Doncaster earlier in the year.”
Mr Crowley then went on at length with the following, “I had been down to ride him work earlier in the year when we were thinking of the 2000 Guineas. He was working quite lazily at home, but today when the rain had come I was a little bit concerned. However, when you look at his pedigree, it showed that he wouldn’t mind a bit of cut in the ground and the way he moves suggests that too. He handled soft ground well today and maybe at Newmarket last season it was the undulations that caught him out.”
Both Mr Varian and Mr Crowley, in a joint effort ventured Khaloosy to a win in the Britannia Stakes, meaning that Jim Crowley’s win tally is that of an impressive 6 for this week.

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