Goffs UK Harry Beeby Premier Yearling Stakes
York 14:25
£300,000 guaranteed,
2yo only,
6f, Class 2    
Thursday 24th August 2023

Boylesports

1 Dragon Leader 7/2F
2 Ziggy's Condor 7/2F
3 Love Billy Boy 33/1
22 ran Distances: 4½l, ¾l, hd
Time: 1m 10.38s (slow by 0.28s)

The Clive Cox-trained Dragon Leader had won both career starts going into the race, taking a pair of Salisbury novices and subsequently arriving at York well-fancied as the 7-2 joint-favourite.

Under Ryan Moore he made light work of a big field, surging into an unassailable lead to score by an impressive four and a half lengths from fellow market leader Ziggy’s Condor, in scenes almost reminiscent of Mums Tipple in the 2019 renewal.

Cox said: “We liked him and that’s three from three, so it was no surprise (to see him win), but to do it quite as comfortably as he did was great.

“Ryan got into a really nice rhythm and to see him kick like he did was amazing, so we’re very happy.

“It means a great deal to win Harry Beeby’s race as he was a very close friend.

“Ryan is top drawer and I think our strike-rate is pretty good when he does occasionally dip in, but a lot of thanks goes to John Fahy who worked hard on this horse in the spring as well.

“He’s in the sales race at Doncaster (Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes), which is a jolly nice prize as well. His median value qualifies him really nicely for that, but we’ll just see how we go.

“That was always the intention, but we’ll be thinking about that (Group races) properly as well.”

Goffs UK Premier Yearling Stakes
£300,000 guaranteed, 2yo only, 6f, Class 2
22 ran
Going: Good to Firm, Good in places

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (6)    Dragon Leader 2 9-2 Clive Cox Ryan Moore 7/2F
2 (2) 4½ Ziggy's Condor 2 9-2 Richard Fahey Oisin Orr 7/2F
3 (16) ¾ Love Billy Boy 2 9-7 Richard Hannon Andrea Atzeni 33/1
4 (9) hd Pilgrim 2 9-2 David & Nicola Barron Joe Fanning 40/1
5 (12) ½ Vantheman 2 9-2 Kevin Ryan Tom Eaves 40/1
6 (21) ½ Media Shooter 2 9-2 K R Burke Clifford Lee 40/1
7 (17) hd Hackman 2 9-7 Hugo Palmer Oisin Murphy 50/1
8 (19) nk Nazalan 2 9-2 S Woods David Egan 80/1
9 (8) nk Je Ne Sais Quoi 2 8-11 William Haggas Tom Marquand 33/1
10 (11) ½ Persica 2 9-2 Richard Hannon Sean Levey 8/1
11 (3) nse Angel Of England 2 9-7 Edward Bethell Callum Rodriguez 12/1
12 (14) nse Grey Cuban 2 9-2 Hugo Palmer James Doyle 16/1
13 (20) hd Ambushed 2 9-2 Archie Watson Daniel Tudhope 40/1
14 (15) 1¼ Bibendum 2 9-2 John & Thady Gosden Kieran Shoemark 33/1
15 (18) nk That's For Sure 2 9-7 K R Burke Sam James 66/1
16 (10) 1¼ Gaiden 2 8-11 Richard Hannon Rossa Ryan 16/1
17 (22) nk Master Franca 2 9-2 Hugo Palmer William Buick 100/1
18 (7) ½ We Never Stop 2 9-7 Kevin Ryan Shane Gray 16/1
19 (5) ¾ Twilight Romance 2 9-5 John Quinn Jason Hart 9/2
20 (1) 9½ Land Lover 2 9-2 Craig Lidster Ben Curtis 50/1
21 (13) 2¼ Stanley Spencer 2 9-2 James Tate Neil Callan 100/1
22 (4) 8 Dapperling 2 8-11 Richard Hannon Jamie Spencer 12/1

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