We know Bradsell must be good, you can’t beat a York girl who debuted too mature and not so good, but he turned out to be so much better than just good, according to this excellent Coventry Stakes (G2) show.
It gave Hollie Doyle her third Royal Ascot win and made her the most successful female racer of all time at the meeting, though it earned her a two-day ban for using a passing whip. excess allowed to approach the final match.
Doyle cooperation Red Dragon win in 2020 and Amtiyaz last year, but this was her first royal victory in front of packed stands. Without a doubt, there will be more to come.
Sold by former diver Mark Grant at the Goffs quick sale in April for £47,000 ($61,423), Bradsell walked out of stall 1 and finished close, but still win comfortably with 8-1 odds.
In fact, the results are never really in doubt from the halfway point. He must be very, very good, and he even surprised Doyle.
“His immediate reaction surprised me because he can be a bit lazy,” says Doyle.
“He turned it on at the track. I gave him two squeezes (clamps) and he replied very, very well. From most of his work, the farther he goes, the better, because So I’m not too worried when I’ve committed the long way from home because I know he’ll keep galloping to the line.”
Archie Watson (third from left) and Bradsell under Hollie Doyle after Coventry Stakes
He actually galloped all the way to the end of the line and always kept the previous winner the previous undefeated SBK Bronkingby Condition Stakes winner Persian Forces In the bay, do so a length and a half with the neck farther back Royal Scots in part three.
Favourite Black beard failed to provide Aidan O’Brien with a 10th Coventry, placing fifth, and not belatedly gambling, Age of Kings, falling 3-1 in the first leg but only seventh under Frankie Dettori.
Doyle said: “Honestly, I used to worry that I was going in the wrong direction (of the track). I better go.
“He hit really hard and I struggled to pull him up after that. Behind that performance, the world was his oyster.”
This is the second Royal Ascot winner for Archie Watson, who Soldier’s Call won the Windsor Castle Share in 2018, but he also suffered from the pain of having Dragon icon demoted from first place at the Commonwealth Cup (G1) last year.
There is no doubt about this.
“That’s where we all want a winner,” said Watson. “I’ve got a third in this race, beat less than three-quarters of the length and it’s unbelievable to win now. He is a very, very good man.
“I think the win was well deserved. Early on, it looked like the near team had a lot of lead, I was a bit worried when we were on the flanks with nothing to lead us there.
“I told my fiance Brodie last night anything that wins this in broad daylight is going to be a superstar, I’m so glad it was us!”
‘He is still a special horse in my eyes’
Persian Force has given up on its undefeated record but asserts itself as a very classy juvenile.
Coach Richard Hannon said of the runner-up: “He ran a super race. He ran around a bit, it didn’t help. We came here to see if he was a horse. good or not and he’s still a special horse in my eyes, but it’s always up to the horse to prove it. He ran an incredibly good race and I’m proud of him.”
Impressive winner at Goodwood was the Royal Scotsman in third, with general coach Ollie Cole watching over the screen.
He said: “He ran really well. He did a bit too much up front and the winner only overcame him after we used our two-length burst. He had that in the game. man and we had to use it a little earlier than ideal. That’s just the way it goes sometimes, but he’s a very good horse.”
Bradsell was a little better that day. It can prove to be no shame about that.
