Matchbook Brigadier Gerard Stakes |
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| Group 3, Sandown 19:35 £70,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 1f 209y, Class 1  |
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| Thursday 23rd May 2019 | |
1 Regal Reality 9/4
2 Matterhorn 11/8F
3 Danceteria 7/1
6 ran Distances: 3¾l, 3l, ½l
Time: 2m 5.84s (slow by 0.34s)
Regal Reality gives Sir Michael Stoute a tenth win in the race
Regal Reality impresses in the @TeamMatchbook Brigadier Gerard Stakes under Ryan Moore, a 10th success in the race for Sir Michael Stoute @Sandownpark
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 23, 2019
Results ➡ https://t.co/glajGV55GR pic.twitter.com/wID1vOoGQY
Having played up in the preliminaries, threatening not to go out on to the track, Regal Reality scored a second win at Group Three level when making his first start over a mile and a quarter a successful one.
Sent on just over a furlong from home by Ryan Moore, the 9-4 shot bounded clear to defeat Matterhorn by three and three-quarter lengths.
Chris Richardson, racing manager to owners Cheveley Park Stud, said: “He is a little bit tricky at home and James and Sarah here did a fantastic job this evening. He has a huge amount of talent, but he is just his own personality.
“He is just growing up and is a bit immature mentally. Where we go from here will have to be thought about.
“He might just need to go somewhere to continue the experience of learning how to do it properly. More concerning was the fact he was at the top of the chute and the horses were coming out to go down to the start and that totally threw him.
“If he does find something different to his routine, he will question it.
“I think the trip was ideal and in fairness Ryan has said all along to step him up to that trip and he looked to relish it.
“There is the Group Two York Stakes and that might be an option for him.”
Matchbook Brigadier Gerard Stakes
£70,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 1f 209y, Class 1
6 ran
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
| Pos | Dr | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | (6) | Regal Reality 9/4 | R L Moore 9-0 |
Sir Michael Stoute | 4 | |
| 2nd | (3) | 3¾ | Matterhorn (IRE) 11/8f | J Fanning 9-0 |
M Johnston | 4 |
| 3rd | (4) | 3 | Danceteria (FR) 7/1 | J P Spencer 9-0 |
D Menuisier | 4 |
| 4th | (5) | ½ | Here Comes When (IRE) 33/1 | Oisin Murphy 9-3 |
A M Balding | 9 |
| 5th | (2) | 1½ | Bombyx 16/1 | Daniel Muscutt 9-0 |
J R Fanshawe | 4 |
| 6th | (1) | nk | Elwazir 9/2 | Jim Crowley 9-0 |
Owen Burrows | 4 |
