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The Leader Newspaper By Andrew Atkinson John Gosden trained Stradivarius is eyeing Royal Ascot Gold Cup glory on June 17 – under jockey Frankie Dettori – to become the second horse to win the race four times. Yeats is the only horse to do so. Dettori, who rode Stradivarius to victory in the Group 3 Longines Sagaro Stakes in April, said: “The dream is still alive. It’s sensational to ride a stayer with a turn of foot. “When Yeats won four Gold Cups you thought no one would ever get near it and now the dream is still alive.” Dettori added: “He’s a character and w...

UPDATED 2:48PM, MAY 12 2021 Cieren Fallon is going through the nightmare scenario of having spent the past four days in quarantine in a Paris hotel room to ride in Sunday’s French 2,000 Guineas only to hear on Wednesday morning that his intended mount The Lir Jet is out of the race. The two-time champion apprentice is now waiting to hear whether he can fly back to Britain on Wednesday evening, but he has already missed high-profile rides at York's Dante meeting including Oxted, who finished in the Group 2 Duke of York Stakes. Fallon, who is second jockey to The Lir Jet’s part-owne...

Bolger exultant as "complete package" Poetic Flare delivers him more Guineas glory By Will Hayler Sat 1 May 2021 By Will Hayler at Newmarket At 79, Jim Bolger has wrestled with most of racing's problems in his time, but he now hopes that 2021's greatest challenge could be the mission of keeping the two outstanding colts he has in his care apart for the rest of the season. Along with 54-year-old jockey Kevin Manning, Bolger's son-in-law and half of one of the sport's most enduring pairings, he struck to land Newmarket's QIPCO 2000 Guineas - "the best race in world" - with Poetic Flare - "the m...

Past The Wire Search May 2, 2021 The Jim Bolger-trained Poetic Flare caused an upset at Newmarket, England, on Saturday, when winning the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. The son of Dawn Approach, who started the first British Classic of the season as a 16/1 chance, had his head down at the right time on the wire to beat Master Of The Seas (6/1) into second with Lucky Vega (12/1) back in third. The win was extra special for seventy-nine year-old Bolger as Poetic Flare carried his wife Jackie’s colours and the colt was ridden by their son in law Kevin Manning.  The winning sire, Dawn Appro...

Guineas day support races: Creative Force and Bell Rock take plaudits Sat 1 May 2021 Creative Force will have his sights raised after claiming a third victory from four career starts at Newmarket. Impressive on his racecourse debut on the Rowley Mile last season, the Dubawi colt disappointed on his only subsequent juvenile appearance in the the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. However, having been gelded during the off-season, Charlie Appleby’s charge made a winning reappearance at the Craven meeting last month and was the 4-5 favourite to follow up in the Read Ryan Moore On Betting Betfair ...