Sun Chariot: Blue Bolt moves Andrew Balding ahead in trainers' title race
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Sat 3 Oct 2026
Blue Bolt landed the first leg of a potentially stunning weekend for connections with Kalpana’s Arc bid to come when extending her unbeaten season to six in the BetMGM Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket.
The four-year-old, trained by Andrew Balding, who moved to the top of the trainers’ championship from Aidan O’Brien with this win, posted her fourth Group One success on the bounce following the Falmouth, Prix Rothschild and Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.
Sitting in behind front-running Moon Target, Colin Keane eased the Juddmonte-owned filly, a 1-4 shot, into the lead two furlongs from home and pulled two and three-quarter lengths clear of the field, headed home by 25-1 shot Evolutionist.
The £212,000 first-prize nudged Balding ahead of Aidan O’Brien in the title race.
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