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World Pool Moment of the Year Finalists Announced

A quartet of finalists have been announced for the World Pool Moment of the Year. The four finalists are:

Reg Todd, who led up Dark Shift to win the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot on June 15.
Ricky Hall led Baaeed when he recorded his 10th consecutive win in the Juddmonte International at York on Aug. 17.
Annabel Willis led up Alpinista when she recorded her seventh consecutive win in the Aug. 18 G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York.
Satrejeet Jhingree led up Highfield Princess who landed her second Group 1 in the Nunthorpe S. at York Aug. 19.

The winning member of racing staff will be selected by a public vote which is open until noon Thursday, Oct. 13. All four finalists will attend QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse with friends and family and be part of a presentation in the paddock at 12:45 p.m. The winner will receive £34,000 to be shared with all members of racing staff in their yard.

The four finalists have been narrowed down from a selection of 16 from each World Pool day across the 2022 season. The 16 World Pool “Moment of the Day” winners were selected by an industry representative and each received £1,000 and a bottle of champagne.

Members of the public in the U.K. can vote for their selection of World Pool Moment of the Year via Racing TV and Ascot Racecourse.

Racing fans in Hong Kong will be voting via the Hong Kong Jockey Club website.

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RaceTech’s Brian Paul Recognized at York

RaceTech's Brian Paul celebrated a career spanning almost 50 years as he was awarded Racing Welfare's Northern Lifetime in Racing Award at York Oct. 7.

The Lifetime in Racing Awards identify those individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to the racing industry throughout their careers.

“I had a great day at York celebrating my 50 years at RaceTech –it just doesn't seem like any time has passed! I'd like to thank British racing, York racecourse and RaceTech for giving me a lovely day, I'm very pleased, happy and chuffed.”

According to Kate Hills, who nominated Paul, “Brian is a highly respected leader and true team player. Always behind the scenes, Brian is one of the unsung heroes who always goes the extra mile in order to deliver at the highest level.”

Also recognised for her contribution to the sport was York Racecourse's Karen Dunbar, who joined the racecourse over 40 years ago.

“Karen is an amazing part of the team, a great ambassador,” said Dunbar's nominator, York racecourse's chief executive and clerk of the course William Derby. “She's got an amazing touch with customers. No problem is too small or too big to be dealt with.”

Dunbar will be celebrated at a later date, and also receive her award.

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Desert Crown to Remain in Training at Four

Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), sidelined since winning the G1 Cazoo Derby in June, will be kept in training next season as he continues to recover from an ankle injury.

“I took the owner to see him last week,” said Bruce Raymond, Saeed Suhail's racing manager. “He is turned out daily at Darley [Stud in Newmarket]–I live just across the road.

“He goes out for maybe three hours a day and [trainer Sir] Michael [Stoute] came to see him. He said that while the weather is good, let him eat grass. 'I'm not going to do anything with him, just let him eat grass' he said.”

In regard to the long layoff, Raymond added, “[The injury] was very minor and a lesser trainer would have run him [back this season]. It's not the way Michael does things. He doesn't want to rush him back.”

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Jadoomi Supplemented to QEII

Jadoomi (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) has been supplemented for £70,000 to Saturday's G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. on QIPCO Champions Day at Ascot. The gelding is undefeated in three starts this season, including the G2 Boomerang S. at Leopardstown on Sept. 10.

Likely favorite for the £1.1-million test is MG1SW Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}), victorious most recently in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville in August. Also among possible runners for this weekend's feature are: French Classic winner Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), The Revenant (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})–victorious in the 2020 renewal of the QEII–and El Drama (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Bayside Boy (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Raadobarg (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), Tempus (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Checkandchallenge (GB) (Fast Company {Ire}) and Tenebrism (Caravaggio).

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