Snow is confirmed for Epsom Downs
SNOW FAIRY, an impressive winner at Goodwood last week, will be supplemented for next Friday’s Investec Oaks at Epsom Downs.
“The Goodwood race wasn’t the original plan, we were going to run at York but the ground was too firm,” said
trainer Ed Dunlop.
“She won so well at Goodwood that we decided to run at Epsom.
“We’ve booked Ryan Moore to ride which is an added bonus.”
Moore, the three-times champion jockey, has yet to partner a Classic winner. Snow Fairy is a
14-1 chance with Ladbrokes. Rumoush heads the betting at 5-1.
The St James’s Place Stakes at Royal Ascot next month is shaping up to be the “must watch” race of the season. Makfi , who beat Canford Cliffs and Dick Turpin in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, will take on t h o s e rivals again at Ascot. Canford Cliffs has since won t h e Irish Guineas and Dick Turpin has fi nished second in the French Guineas.
The connections of Canford Cliffs’ believe they can turn the tables.
As for Makfi , his trainer Mikel Delzangles said: “We are looking forward to meeting Canford Cliffs and Dick Turpin in Ascot. “I’m sure the French Guineas winner, Lope De Vega, will go over too so it should be a great race.”
At yesterday’s Anglo-Irish Jump Awards in London, champion staying hurdler Big
Buck’s was voted horse of the year by the public. Kauto Star, the public’s third choice, may have lost his crown in the Cheltenham Gold Cup after a surprise fall but handicapper Phil Smith rated him at an all-time high and believes his glory days are far from over.