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| Group 3, Sandown 14:25 £80,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 1m 1f 209y, Class 1  |
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(function(v){var r=v.document;var n="https://quinnbet.click/i/FqHHuP?r_id=67";var e="#amp-res-raven-67-1638706792723";var t=r.querySelector(e);var i=function(e){var r=e.offsetTop;var n=r+e.clientHeight;var t=v.scrollY;var i=t+v.innerHeight;return n>t&r 1 Mostahdaf 1/2F Mostahdaf wins the @bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes by two lengths under @JimCrowley1978 for the Gosdens @ShadwellStud @hissa_hamdan pic.twitter.com/SigUkzjKBs https://t.co/rPeKKnmZ8u via @RacingBetter The John and Thady Gosden-trained Mostahdaf, a son of St James’s Palace Stakes. Having handled this step up to a mile and a quarter well on his seasonal return, he looks as though he will go on to compete at a higher level this season. Jim Crowley’s mount, sent off the 1-2 favourite, always looked to have the measure of Juan Elcano and having ed him two furlongs out, easily held off the staying-on Foxes Tales to score by two and a half lengths. “He ran well throughout last season,” said Thady Gosden. “The St James’s Palace Stakes didn’t quite go according to plan, but we stepped him up to a mile and quarter here for the first time and he stayed it quite well. “He relaxes very well, but the mile and a quarter suits him well for the moment.” A return to Sandown for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot will now be on the agenda for Mostahdaf. Gosden added: “He won over nine furlongs last year. It is a stiff mile and quarter here and the ground is riding a little bit dead at the moment, but he stayed well and it was a competitive enough race. “There were three horses, but they are three solid horses and he did well. “It can always be a bit trappy with three runners but they went a fairly solid clip the whole way and he put up a good fight when he had to. “We are hopeful he will come on for that run. The Prince of Wales’s or a Brigadier Gerard will come under consideration, I would imagine.” bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes
2 Foxes Tales 3/1
3 Juan Elcano 6/1
3 ran Distances: 2½l, 1½l
Winning time: 2m 12.59s (slow by 5.59s)
£80,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 1m 1f 209y, Class 1
3 ran
Going: Good
1 (1) Mostahdaf 4 9-3 John & Thady Gosden Jim Crowley 1/2F
2 (2) 2½ Foxes Tales 4 9-0 Andrew Balding David Probert 3/1
3 (3) 1½ Juan Elcano 5 9-0 Kevin Ryan Kevin Stott 6/1
