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Prohibit Could Be Prix de l'Abbaye Bound
09/09/10

1 Prohibit 9/2
2 Rose Blossom 5/1
3 Group Therapy 15/8F

Prohibit could have earned himself at crack at the Group One Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp on October 3 following an authoritative victory in the Listed Scarbrough Stakes over five furlongs.

The winner, a 9/2 hope, came with a great run down the middle of the course under Jamie Spencer and was three-quarters of a length too good for Rose Blossom at the finish.

Successful trainer Robert Cowell said: “That was just awesome! I am elated! It looked like quite a tight race but I think that he might have won a bit easier - it sounds funny - because he came with a run and got stopped before running on again.

“He’s a fantastic horse with brilliant sporting owners. He is a proper horse and we will probably go for something like the Prix de l’Abbaye with him now because he is a seriously talented.

“Five furlongs is definitely his forte now, so we will be sticking to that, and hopefully we will have a better year when he’s a bit older next season.”

“He is just improving hand over fist since we have kept him at five furlongs and a fast pace in France should suit him.

“He needs faster ground. The good to soft today was fine for him. He has quite a neat action and probably wouldn’t want it any softer.

“There is a Group Three race at Newbury coming up and the Rous Stakes at Newmarket, but that is another Listed race so he would have to carry a penalty. We might just be throwing stones, but I think it is probably worth a shot at the Abbaye.”

Cowell went on to describe how he trains Prohibit: “After he runs, we just turn him out at home and then just put him on the horse walker a couple of days before his next outing. He wouldn’t ever do more than a hack canter at home and although he has raced a lot this season, he wouldn’t have been ridden out more than about 25 times at home this year.

“It is an approach I learnt when I working in America with Neil Drysdale and I train all my sprinters this way. The idea is to get them to the racecourse 90 per cent fit and 10 per cent fresh.”

Position	Horse Trainer	Jockey Weight	Starting Price Beaten Distance
1	Prohibit R M H Cowell	J P Spencer 9st 9lbs	9 - 2 Winner
2	Rose Blossom R A Fahey	P Hanagan 9st 8lbs	5 - 1 3/4 length
3	Group Therapy J Noseda	L Dettori 9st 9lbs	15 - 8 1/2 length
4	Captain Dunne T D Easterby	D Allan 9st 9lbs	6 - 1 Neck
5	Star Rover P D Evans	Catherine Gannon 9st 8lbs	22 - 1 1 1/4 length
6	Moorhouse Lad B Smart	T Eaves 9st 9lbs	14 - 1 Neck
7	Look Busy A Berry	P Robinson 9st 4lbs	9 - 1 1/2 length
8	Impressible S C Williams	G Gibbons 9st 4lbs	66 - 1 8 lengths
9	Burning Thread T J Etherington	William Buick 9st 11lbs	25 - 1 8 lengths
NonRunner	City Dancer D Nicholls	F Norton 9st 4lbs
NonRunner	Julius Geezer Tom Dascombe	R Kingscote 8st 3lbs
NonRunner	Spin Cycle B Smart	R Mullen 9st 9lbs
NonRunner	Tax Free D Nicholls	A Nicholls 9st 9lbs