Botanik foils Stay Foolish in Deauville Group Two highlight

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The Lost Sock has been declared to run at Thirsk on Saturday over five furlongs in the Stirrup Bar For Deli-Style Dining Packages Handicap. The Racing TV and RaceShare syndicate horse ran a race full of promise on his return to the minimum trip last time on the all-weather and makes his first start on turf since scoring at Catterick last summer. The son of Cotai Glory, who will again be partnered by Callum Rodriguez, will face 13 rivals and has been drawn in stall four. Racing off the same mark of 83, he takes on a competitive field of three-year-olds and the going is described as 'good' at the time of writing. Speaking at Newmarket on Thursday, his trainer Roger Varian said: "It was a good run last time at Wolverhampton. He probably didn't get the run of the race, but he did it the right way round and was more professional [than his first run of the season at Kempton]. "He ran well at Thirsk when second there as a juvenile and he should enjoy the ground if it is fast. I don't know if he is a well-handicapped horse, but he ran well enough last time to suggest he should be competitive off this sort of mark." Varian continued: "The race looks quite warm. With early-season three-year-old handicaps, it doesn't matter what trip you are running over, there are horses who have won their latest starts as two-year-olds and you don't know how good they are. So it's hard to get a true measure of what you're taking on, but he should run well. "He's in good form and he should keep on improving. He came out of his last race well and you can forget his Kempton run as his trainer had him too fresh and he didn't race as a professional. He was much better at Wolverhampton and could be better again on Saturday." In what is likely to be one of the strongest assignments The Lost Sock has been given so far, three of the runners come into Saturday's contest off the back of a win last time out, whilst the weights are headed by the 92-rated Exclamation. The Grace Harris-trained colt finished fifth in the Group Two Flying Childers Stakes as a two-year-old, but was well-beaten in a Chantilly Listed race when last seen a month ago. Archie Watson's Merlier, rated 85, is likely to attract plenty of support, having won the last two of this three starts, all over the minimum trip, although this is his first race on turf. Other contenders are likely to include the Andrew Balding-trained Simplify, who re-opposes with The Lost Sock, having beaten Racing TV's gelding by a length and a half at Wolverhampton three weeks ago, though The Lost Sock is 3lb better off at the weights this time around. Kevin Ryan saddles the consistent Mo Of Cairo, who has never been out of the frame in four starts and was last seen finishing a close second in a valuable Class 2 nursery handicap at York in August. He has been raised 3lb by the handicapper since that defeat. Don't forget to tune into Racing TV to watch The Lost Sock at 5.07pm on Saturday. Racing TV members head to https://www.racingtv.com/syndicate to claim your free share! Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs Read less

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Gaelic Warrior's full-brother Sparkling Wit makes a winning debut at Limerick. Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs Read less

Godolphin's Maho Bay could be bound for the French Derby as he retained his unbeaten record at Newmarket. Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs Read less

A perfect start for Sparkling Wit at Limerick. Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs Read less

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Oxagon threw his hat into the 2000 Guineas ring with a front-running victory in the Betway Craven Stakes. With Futurity Trophy winner Hawk Mountain and the promising Hankelow notable absentees due to the drying ground, dual Kempton scorer Hidden Force was the 11-10 favourite to strengthen Charlie Appleby’s potential challenge for the season’s opening Classic. Oxagon, not seen since finishing last of five behind Hawk Mountain in testing conditions at Doncaster in October, was a 7-4 shot for his seasonal debut in first-time cheekpieces and benefited from a controlling ride by Oisin Murphy to win comfortably by two lengths. John Gosden, who trains the winner in partnership with his son Thady, said: “We were saying after he won at Sandown (last year) we had a high opinion of him and we probably let the race get away at Doncaster (Champagne Stakes), but we’ll probably see the winner Puerto Rico back here in two weeks’ time. “I would admit he was a tad disappointing in the Dewhurst – after being one of the last off the bridle he didn’t seem to finish off up the hill. “We stupidly ran him in heavy ground at Doncaster in the Futurity, but thankfully the jockey was cleverer than me and pulled him up after two furlongs and just let him enjoy his day out. “He’s trained well and the addition of cheekpieces has just focused his mind. We popped them on for a piece of work and liked the way he went in them and I think it’s just focused him. “Things come easy to him and he’s quite dreamy at home, always looking for low-flying seagulls, so it’s just keeping him on the job at hand.” While Gosden won his second Craven with the brilliant Field Of Gold 12 months ago, the Clarehaven handler is still chasing an elusive first win in the Guineas. Coral cut Oxagon’s odds to 25-1 from 50-1 and connections are happy to roll the dice, with Gosden adding: “Another Craven, we’re quite good at winning that! “Oisin feels it’s an open Guineas and we should go for it. It doesn’t worry me that I’ve never won it. Everyone thinks I have sleepless nights about it, but it would be great to have a runner, so let’s enjoy the day and hope the horse is in great order. “The horse who won this last year had a phenomenal turn of foot. This is a nice horse, don’t get me wrong. He deserves to take his chance in the Guineas, but I guess it was a bit more black and white last year.” Dual Doncaster winner Avicenna beat fellow Godolphin-owned runner Hidden Force to the runner-up spot and his trainer Roger Varian also has Guineas ambitions, whether that be on home soil or in France. Varian said: “I’m really pleased. It’s a hard track to make up ground on when it rides quick and favours pace, especially when they don’t go very quick. It was a little messy early and they didn’t go overly quick and the winner is a good horse on his day. “The winner had experience and probably had the run of the race, but I was keen our horse got further education here today. I said to Ray (Dawson, jockey) that the place to be might be in front but I don’t think our horse is streetwise enough to go and lead them a merry dance. “I said openly before the race this is a trial and there was no point coming here and then leaving your next three months behind. He’s wintered well, trained well over the last few weeks and there will be some improvement in there and bar winning I couldn’t be more pleased. “For me he has run well enough here to consider Newmarket or ParisLongchamp. It’s looking an open year across all the Guineas this year and he looks worthy of being in contention for one or the other. “I’ll see how he comes out of the race and speak with the owner and team Godolphin and hopefully work it out over the next 10 days or so.” Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs Read less

The Frankel colt wins the noted 2,000 Guineas Trial at Newmarket for John and Thady Gosden, Oisin Murphy and Prince Faisal. Read less

Veteran sprinter Run To Freedom proved he is no back number with a surprise victory in the Zyn Abernant Stakes at Newmarket. While it is fast approaching three years since Henry Candy’s charge last tasted success, he has spent some time on the sidelines during the intervening period and a third place finish in the July Cup last summer proved he retained plenty of ability. The eight-year-old was well beaten in the Sprint Cup at Haydock and on Champions Day at Ascot on his next two starts, but dropping back down to Group Three level for his reappearance he showed his true colours, finishing off well in the hands of Rob Hornby to win a shade cosily by three-quarters of a length. Aramram pipped Quinault to the runner-up spot, with Diligent Harry fourth and 11-4 favourite Time For Sandals not beaten far in fifth. Candy, saddling his first runner of the year, said of his 28-1 winner: “I thought he’d run well, he’s been working nicely. He’s done a huge amount of work in the swimming pool and on the grass and I thought he’d run a good race. “He got a little bit upset in the stalls as he always does, but he travelled absolutely beautifully through the race and when he hit the rising ground he really stretched. He does need an uphill finish – one of his autumn efforts last year was at Haydock and that’s a very flat track and he never gets going. “I don’t want to be rude about it but it wasn’t the greatest Abernant there’s ever been and I thought he had a good chance really. “He had a lovely long holiday and does a lot of work in the pool, so we try to save his legs as much as possible. Mercifully he’s a bit sounder than me!” Run To Freedom holds a handicap entry at next month’s Guineas meeting, but having put his two below-par efforts at the end of last season behind him, he now looks likely to stick to Pattern company. “He was a bit disappointing on his last couple of runs last year, he just tailed off a bit, but he’s a gorgeous horse with huge ability and a fantastic pedigree. Unfortunately nobody has ever wanted him for stud, but he ought to get a job really,” the trainer added. “Having spent the winter telling Godfrey (Wilson, owner) I wasn’t going to make any more Group One entries and we’d probably be going handicapping and running over seven furlongs. I suspect I shall be told now to revert to Plan A! “The end of last year was disappointing and we had to start thinking of lowering our sights and doing things differently, but I think we’re back on track again now.” Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs Read less