Godolphin duo at Royal Ascot
The Godolphin horses achieved two deserved victories today, Wednesday, on the second day of the prestigious British Royal Ascot Festival, which is currently in its 310th edition, and extends until next Saturday, with the victory of the “Kimari” pony under the supervision of coach Charlie Appleby with the title of “Queen Race” The "Group 2" race for purebred horses won the 2800-meter grass race, followed by the race of the horse "Real Word" under the supervision of the international trainer Saeed bin Suroor for the title of the "Royal Hunt Cap" race for purebred hybrid horses over a distance of 1600 meters.
The Godolphin duo awarded the UAE its fourth title in the current edition of the Royal Ascot Festival, after the opening day yesterday, the pony, "Pallas Pier", won the title of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, with the title Queen Anne Stakes Group 1 horse raceAnd followed by the victory of the pony "Elcano", owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Obaid Al Maktoum, in the Wolverton Stakes.
And jockey William Buick knew how to preserve the capabilities of "Kimari" during the early stages of the "Queen Vaz" race, before unleashing him in the last meters, pounce on the lead and cross the finish line in first place, with a time of three minutes, four seconds and three parts of a second, A difference of 1.5 lengths from his nearest competitor, the horse "Wordsworth", owned by "Dark Smith, John Magnier and Michael Tabor" under the supervision of coach Abdeen O'Brien and led by jockey Ryan Moore, and the horse "Stoll" with the "Not Rothsherd" logo came under the supervision of trainers John and Thaddy Gosden and led by Frankie Dettori. .
In turn, the horse "Real Word" led by his jockey Marco Gianni imposed his strong presence in the "Royal Hunt Cup" race, after he managed to gradually move away in the last stages, and crossed the finish line in first place in a time of one minute 38 seconds and four parts of a second, with a big difference of 4.5 The horse "Astor King" was owned by Saeed Suhail, supervised by coach Michael Stott and led by jockey Ryan Moore, while the third place went to the horse "Grove Ferry" owned by "Martin and Valerie Slade" under the supervision of coach Andre Bolding and led by jockey David Probert.
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