August, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Observations: Journey’s Sister Debuts at Yarmouth

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Sunday’s Insights features a full-sister to G1SW Journey(GB).

2:15 Yarmouth, Novice, £6,400, 2yo, f, 8f 3yT
INDIGO GIRL (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) debuts for her owner-breeder George Strawbridge and trainer John Gosden, who enjoyed one of their big days via this filly’s full-sister Journey (GB) in the 2016 G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares S. A daughter of the G1 Prix Royal Oak heroine Montare (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), the April-foaled bay gets seven pounds from Khalid Abdullah’s Kempton novice scorer Lucid Dreamer (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a Roger Charlton-trained relative of last year’s G1 St Leger her Logician (GB) (Frankel {GB}).

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Hollie Doyle In Windsor Five-Timer

Hollie Doyle recorded a 899-1 five-timer at Windsor on Saturday, in the process becoming the first female rider to win five races on a card in the UK.

Doyle has enjoyed a landmark campaign, earning a first win at Royal Ascot in June before taking her first group race with Dame Malliot (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) in the G2 Princess of Wales’s S. in July and gaining a riding contract with Imad Al Sagar. It was for that boss that she won the card’s featured G3 Winter Hill S. aboard Extra Elusive (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). She also took the other stake on the card, the Listed August S., aboard Aziz Kheir’s Le Don De Vie (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}).

“When I woke up this morning I thought it could go one way or the other. I could have a good day or a really bad day,” Doyle told Sky Sports Racing. “The last few years have been awesome, but you’ve got to keep on improving and pushing more and more. I like riding under pressure, I feel with the better rides I get I like it more. I love riding horses, you’ve got to to do this job.”

Extra Elusive’s trainer Roger Charlton said, “I’m really pleased for him and for Hollie, it was a great ride. It wouldn’t be his choice of ground or his choice of track, but he did it well and I would say it’s the best performance he’s put up. Hollie is remarkable–he’s not an easy horse, he’s quite keen but she had him very settled there. The biggest work is carrying the saddle out for her, I think there must have been three stones of lead in there.”

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Cox Plate Aim For Aspetar

G2 York S. winner Aspetar (Fr) (Al Kazeem {GB}) is bound for Australia’s G1 Cox Plate, having had to miss the G1 Juddmonte International earlier this month.

“If we can get him there, we’re going to run in the Cox Plate,” Charlton told Sky Sports Racing. “He has to do quarantine himself for two weeks, then they [Charlton’s staff] have to go via Sydney for two weeks before the horse arrives. Currently there are no flights to Sydney, so there are a lot of hurdles to jump. He would get there at the beginning of October and the race is the middle of October.

In addition to this year’s York S. Aspetar took last year’s G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly and G1 Preis von Europa, but Charlton indicated he thinks the 5-year-old gelding is below the cut required to win a G1 Champion S.

“If you ran him in a Champion S. here he might be fourth or fifth, he’s an honourable little horse, but it’s a sharp track out there and I think it will suit.”

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Shirl’s Speight Out of Derby Contention

‘TDN Rising Star’ Shirl’s Speight (Speightstown) is no longer being pointed to the GI Kentucky Derby after developing a cough Saturday.

“Unfortunately, Shirl’s Speight has come up with a minor cough today and he will not be going to the Kentucky Derby,” owner/breeder Fipke Stable tweeted. “His health is our number one concern, and we’ll look forward to his next race.”

“He’s coughing and full of mucus so we’ve had to put him on antibiotics,” trainer Roger Attfield said. “I’ve had four or five of them [get sick] these last couple weeks actually. It’s nothing majorly serious but it’s bad timing. We were looking forward to seeing if we could something fancy but there will be another day. Just normal stuff we have to go through quite often.”

An impressive debut winner at Woodbine July 4, Shirl’s Speight followed suit with a victory in that venue’s GIII Marine S. July 25.

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