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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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Ben Curtis banned 14 Days After Breaching COVID-19 Protocols

Jockey Ben Curtis was escorted from Newmarket Friday and will be sidelined for 14 days after breaching COVID-19 protocols. The all-weather champion for the 2019/20 campaign, he currently is fourth in the Flat jockeys’ championship standings.

A British Horseracing Authority spokesperson said Friday, “He will not be permitted to enter a racecourse for 14 days from today as per the published COVID-19 requirements whilst the matter is investigated further.”

Trainer Gary Moore was fined £750 earlier this month after breaching protocols at Goodwood, while Mark Gillard and his assistant Steven Hosie were each handed six-week bans Friday after they were found to have violated the COVID-19 rules at Newbury Aug. 15. They will be unable to attend a racecourse through Sept. 26.

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Oisin Murphy to Miss St Leger Meeting

After opting not to appeal a seven-day suspension from Sept. 7-13, Oisin Murphy will miss the Pertemps St Leger Festival at Doncaster (Sept. 9-12). Ayr stewards suspended the rider for careless riding aboard winner Tiritomba in Monday’s Shadwell Stud Maiden S.

“It is going to be difficult to sit a week out, but if the stewards on the day feel I deserve to get a week’s suspension, it is likely the [British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel] will agree with them. I don’t want to waste anyone else’s time or my own time by sitting there on a Zoom call for two and a half hours. Although it is very tough to take, I’ve just got to accept it.”

In regards to the incident, Murphy, who leads this year’s riders’ championship, added, “The horse hung fire and I didn’t pick my stick up and I never took my hands off the reins. There is actually a photo going past the line where it is clearly obvious that the bit has come through his mouth. I don’t have wing mirrors and there was no shout.

“You see me riding every day and I don’t want to get any suspensions.”

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Domino Darling Set For Seasonal Bow

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. Today’s Insights features the return of an exciting John Gosden-trained 3-year-old.

3.25 Navan, Mdn, €15,500, 2yo, f, 8fT
MADONNA (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-sister to the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Maybe (Ire) and the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac runner-up Promise To Be True (Ire), with the former also gaining renown as the dam of Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Aidan O’Brien introduces the May-foaled bay against Donnacha’s proven April Showers (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to the four-times Group 1 winner and Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Misty For Me (Ire) who was second in the Cork maiden contested by Friday’s G3 Flame of Tara S. one-two Divinely (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Ahandfulofsummers (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

3.55 Newmarket, Novice, £5,400, 3yo/up, f/m, 10fT
DOMINO DARLING (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) is due to make her eagerly-awaited 3-year-old return, soft ground-permitting, having impressed when beating the notable trio of Gold Wand (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}), Wonderful Tonight (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Lady G (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}) on her sole start on heavy ground at Doncaster in October. Anthony Oppenheimer’s homebred is a William Haggas-trained half-sister to the strong-staying G3 Queen’s Vase and G3 Gordon S. winner Namibian (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) descended from the classy sprinter Divine Danse (Fr) (Dance Quest {GB}).

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