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Age Of Aquarius pulls up in the background after suffering a leg injury 

The third day of Glorious Goodwood was one that rewarded toughness and longevity as the two feature races, the Gr.2 King George Stakes and the Gr.2 Goodwood Cup, were won by the eight-year-old Bordlescott (Compton Place) and the seven-year-old Illustrious Blue (Dansili).

 

The old warrior Bordlerscott (

Compton Place

) looked back to his very best as he came with a strong late run down the centre of the course under Kieren Fallon to land the Gr.2 King George Stakes at Goodwood. He will next bid to win a third successive Gr.1 Nunthorpe Stakes, a feat that has been achieved by Tag End (1928-1930) and Sharpo (1980-1982).

 

This win takes the son of

Compton Place

’s career earnings for his owners James Edgar and William Donaldson to £739,839, which is some achievement for a horse who was picked up by his trainer Robin Bastiman for £13,000 at DBS October Yearling Sale.

 

Bred by James Clark, he is much the best horse out of his dam, the Touching Wood mare Jeewan, though she has also produced prolific winners in the six-time victor

Woodbury (Woodborough) and five-time winner Harry Browne (Al Hareb).

 

Illustrious Blue is well known as a Goodwood course specialist and he gave his trainer William Knight the biggest win of his career in the Goodwood Cup. Knight’s decision to step the horse up in trip has been an inspired move, as he won the Gr.3 Sagaro Stakes but this was another step forward.

 

The race was marred by the favourite Age Of Aquarius (Galileo) breaking down early in the straight, after which Electrolyser (Daylami) went into a clear lead but as soon as Jim Crowley sent the son of Dansili in chase he always looked as if he would wear him down and he took the lead two furlongs out.

 

Mark Johnston has been known as a specialist trainer at this meeting over the years but it took him until the third day before he got off the mark this year with the UAE Darley homebred Eastern Aria (Halling) in the Gr.3 Lillie Langtry Stakes, in which she broke the track record. She is out of the Danzig mare Badraan, who won three times in the UAE, while her second dam Gold Sunrise (Forty Niner) and third Seattle Dawn (Grey Dawn II), were both Graded winners in

North America.

 

Courtesy:

EBN, UK

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