Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes |
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| Group 2, Newmarket 13:50 £100,000 added, 2yo only, 1m, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 26th September 2020 | |
1 New Mandate 9/4F
2 Ontario
7/2
3 Cobh 5/2
5 ran Distances: ¾l, 1¼l, ½l
Time: 1m 37.86s (slow by 2.86s)
NEW MANDATE wins his third race in a row with an impressive turn of foot in the Group 2 Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakespic.twitter.com/sP5cAA9wxo
— Champions Series (@ChampionsSeries) September 26, 2020
The Ralph Beckett-trained New Mandate made it a hat-trick of wins for the season as he successfully stepped up to a mile in the Group Two prize.
Having demonstrated his battling abilities when squeezing through a tight gap to land a Listed race at Doncaster last time out, the New Bay gelding was forced to dig deep again before emerging victorious.
Despite Ontario throwing down a late challenge, he could not find a way past New Mandate with three-quarters of a length separating the pair at the post.
Beckett said: “I was always surprised he could do it at seven really, given his pedigree and so on. It is extraordinary I managed to get him beaten twice in maidens. The first time out I hadn’t done enough with him really and I suddenly realised that afterwards.
“The second time, Jack Mitchell kind of got rolling a bit early on the July Course. He has shown up from the first piece of fast work he did. Everything he has done has been very professional.
“He was gelded in January as he was like Warren Beatty on steroids. We had to geld him, but he wouldn’t have been the horse he is if we hadn’t.”
A trip to America could be on the cards for New Mandate, with Beckett eyeing the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
Beckett said: “We will see where we go from here. Obviously he can’t run in anything worthwhile in the spring, so we have to cut our cloth this autumn.
“We will have a discussion about the Bredeers’ Cup Juvenile Turf. It has been great.”
Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes
£100,000 added, 2yo only, 1m, Class 1
5 ran
Going: Good
1 (3) New Mandate 2 9-0 Ralph Beckett Frankie Dettori 9/4
2 (1) ¾ Ontario 2 9-0 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 7/2
3 (2) 1¼ Cobh 2 9-0 Clive Cox Adam Kirby 5/2
4 (4) ½ Gear Up 2 9-0 Mark Johnston Franny Norton 11/2
5 (5) 1¾ Pleasant Man 2 9-0 Roger Charlton Jason Watson 8/1
