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🏇💨 From last to first!
— Sporting Life Racing (@SportingLife) June 30, 2024
🎨 Henri Matisse (Wooton Bassett) comes home strongly under Wayne Lordon to deny The Strikin Viking and land the Group 2 Railway Stakes at the @curraghrace for @Ballydoyle
📉 The winner is now 10/1 for the 2000 Guineaspic.twitter.com/eP4gLwXQZH
Wathnan Racing have bought Railway Stakes runner-up The Strikin Viking from Middleham Park and the juvenile is among the entries here. Named after Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, he is now trained by Hamad Al-Jehani.
Wolf Of Badenoch will seek to emulate Hugo Palmer’s Classic champion, Galileo Gold on Tuesday.
This promising son of Pinatubo had a striking debut at Doncaster last month, donning the silks of Fitri Hay. Now, he’s ready to elevate his game to Group Two level in the scenic surroundings of Sussex.
Palmer has a rich history in this seven-furlong race; Galileo Gold clinched victory nine years ago, subsequently capturing the 2000 Guineas and the St James’s Palace Stakes in the following season.
As the Manor House maestro eyes another triumph, he remains cautiously optimistic, knowing well the challenges that lie ahead for Wolf Of Badenoch next week.
He said: “Look it’s a big step up for him, but he’s trained really well since his win and we’re very much looking forward to it. It’s been the plan for a long time.
“He did well didn’t he (at Doncaster)? I was impressed by him, but particularly Jamie Spencer was impressed by him that day. Let’s hope he can step up.”
Galileo Gold lined up in the 2015 having won two of his three previous starts and Palmer admits his latest promising juvenile has big shoes to fill.
He added: “Galileo Gold had rather more experience going into the race, but he won it on the way to better things of course. I was on honeymoon so I wasn’t actually there!”
HKJC World Pool Vintage Stakes
£175,000 guaranteed, 2yo only, 7f, Class 1
15 entries
Going: Good to Soft
NO. FORM HORSE AGE TRAINER JOCKEY
1 4315 Al Qudra 2 - Charlie Appleby William Buick
2 14 An Outlaw's Grace 2 - Richard Hannon Sean Levey
3 13 Aomori City 2 - Charlie Appleby William Buick
4 21 Arabian Sun 2 - Clive Cox Richard Kingscote
5 1 Benevento 2 - Raphael E Freire David Egan
6 10 Catalyse 2 - Richard Fahey James Doyle
7 14 Cool Hoof Luke 2 - Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy
8 177 Cowardofthecounty 2 - Joseph O'Brien
9 51 Dividend 2 - Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole Rossa Ryan
10 125 Electrolyte 2 - Archie Watson James Doyle
11 1 Scorthy Champ 2 - Joseph O'Brien
12 51 The Parthenon 2 - A P O'Brien
13 12 The Strikin Viking 2 - H Al Jehani
14 421 Tiger Mask 2 - K R Burke
15 1 Wolf Of Badenoch 2 - Hugo Palmer Jamie Spencer
