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Lion roars to impressive win on debut
Easy for Apple on Nursery debut
Gossey lands another Big Curragh pot
UK raiders dominate as Believing scoops the Sapphire
She was probably entitled to win this. She is very straight forward and seems to be most suited to five furlongs. She's such a hardy, tough filly and she did it well. She came out of Ascot great. She ran with great credit in two Group 1's over the week which is amazing. She hasn't done a lot since and we've just freshened her up. She can be quite busy at a high level through the second half of the year, and I'd imagine she'll have sales hopes later in the year. Highclere are great supporters of the yard and it’s great to get a Group 2 win for them.
You Got To Me the Oaks heroine for Beckett & Crouch
I'm a bit emotional to be honest, it means an awful lot. I've always had a tremendous amount of faith in her, she's a bit of a nutter but when she's good, she's very good. I can't believe it, it's unbelievable. I was a touch slow away and I had to take it as it came. She was very tough and very brave when I needed her. She was training well in the spring when perhaps we weren't clicking, and she did it the hard way at Lingfield. It didn't really work out in the Oaks and she went a bit hard in the Ribblesdale, a downhill start there over 12 furlongs at Ascot - it can happen there. A tongue strap on today probably helped, it just gave her something else to think about. Hector said he had to barge through everywhere to get a position and to keep his position. She's a very brave filly. The plan was to be forward and kick on from the top of the hill but you always have to have a plan B. Hector is not a man that panics and he knew what was going to happen after five strides and rode a race to fit her.
London 'could be anything' after dramatic Curragh Cup success
Puturhandstogether for this O'Brien winner
Kailasa gets a deserved win to her name