Goodwood Racecourse: 1,000th winner for Rossa Ryan
The results from Goodwood Racecourse’s Tuesday afternoon were largely as the betting markets had predicted, with four winning favourites across the seven-race card.
The most significant result, though, was jockey Rossa Ryan riding his 1,000th winner, while Yorkshire-based trainer Adrian Keatley’s horse Another Baar won for the fourth consecutive time in race three, despite having won the previous day.
Read on for a full report of the Goodwood card, courtesy of Sporting Life.
Our first race was a three-runner two-year-olds’ maiden, run over a mile (1.48). Charlie Johnston’s I Can Dance was the favourite, having placed on debut at Newmarket, while opponents were the 7/4 Last Verse and 4/1 Lopeo. Turning into the home straight, any of them could have been the winner, but soon after that the heavy ground proved too much for Last Verse, who weakened quickly, while Lopeo picked up more strongly than the favourite, winning under rider Rossa Ryan and providing him with his 1,000th career victory.
Next was a fillies’ nursery handicap run over six furlongs (2.23). With three non-runners due to the heavy ground, we had another three-runner race here, with Tim Easterby’s Anaisa as favourite. Racing along the stands side in the final couple of furlongs, all of the three runners looked to have a chance, but it was Slay Queen who prevailed, just inching further forward towards the line and eventually winning by a length and a half for Richard Hannon.
Race three was a five-furlong handicap (2.58). Adrian Keatley’s Another Baar, who had completed a hat-trick only the previous day at Brighton, was favourite to win despite a heft penalty. Equipped with the same blinkers which effected the hat-trick of wins, his victory was almost never in doubt as he travelled well and went clear by four lengths in the final furlong, winning easily under Oisin McSweeney.
Favourites remained in business for race four; a mile and a quarter novice (3.33). Rossa Ryan was aboard Ralph Beckett’s Master Vintner, who was a prominent feature in the field of eight. As they passed the two-furlong pole, Master Vintner was still full of running and duelled home with Andrew Balding’s Jupiter Ammon, eventually just pressing a length and a half ahead, giving his rider a double.
A two-mile handicap followed (4.08). Charlie Johnston’s horse, Novelista, set off as favourite under Hollie Doyle, and bagged the stands side rail on the run home. Despite the long trip and heavy ground, the colt stayed on well to keep in front, while challenges were being delivered by Divine Comedy (17/2) and Manxman (2/1).
The penultimate race was a mile and a quarter handicap (4.43). This became another race in which the favourite left little question of his ability to win the race; Roger Teal’s Dancing Tiger (4/1F) took the lead after a furlong under Marco Ghiani and, come the home straight, was fully in control of the race at the front end, still going the best of the 10 runners. Though facing challenges and wandering slightly, he kept on to win by two lengths to 11/2 shot Platinum Prince, who was followed by Dramatic Effect at 10/1.
Finally, the concluding race was a six-furlong handicap (5.18). We had joint favourites here; Eye Of Dubai and Rory Rocket, both 5/2J. Both of them, however, weakened in the closing stages, along with the leader Kiss And Run, allowing James Owen’s Far Above Dream (6/1), who had started slowly, to make his way to the front under Kieran Shoemark, winning by over two lengths.
Goodwood results - Tuesday:
1.48 - Lopeo (4/1)
2.23 - Slay Queen (15/8)
2.58 - Another Baar (15/8F)
3.33 - Master Vintner (10/11F)
4.08 - Novelista (13/8F)
4.43 - Dancing Tiger (4/1F)
5.18 - Far Above Dream (6/1)