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The King’s Stakes is poised to become the most eye-catching competition in this year’s British racing season
Update time: 16:56 2023-07-28
Release time: 16:56 2023-07-28
The Emperor Stakes (2392m Group 1) will be staged in Ascot this Saturday (July 29). This year’s race is not only regarded as the strongest lineup for many years, but also may be the most exciting event of this year’s British racing season.
Just looking at the ratings of the participating horses, it can be seen that the strength of the horses is evenly matched, and the difference between the scores of the seven highest-rated horses is only five points at most, including Yue Boren’s top horse “Prolific Master” and Willian’s huge gray horse “Iron King”. The two horses are the best three-year-old middle-distance horses in the UK this year. In this battle, they will compete with the champions of the last three Coronation Cup (2405m Group 1) “High Lady”, “Command” and “Winning Strike”. Fierce battles can be expected.
The three horses have all performed well recently, and last year’s Irish Championship (2000m Group 1) winner “Luxembourg” and this month’s record-breaking time to capture the St. “It’s also brave and sharp recently.
“Prolific Master” partnered with Mo Ya in June to compete in the British Derby (2405m Group 1 race). He showed strong stamina in the final stage and defeated “Steel King” (Situ Yue) by half a length to win the championship. Then, at the beginning of this month, he won two classic races in a row in the Irish Derby (2400m Group 1 race) in Cherayangwei.
Most trainers would be delighted to see a horse finish runner-up in the British Derby with 67 times odds of winning alone, but for Wei Wei, who has set up a new market and has 200 horses under his command For Liane, the battle of “The Iron King” was full of regrets: “The “Iron King” stepped forward between the horses, as if they were all still, so when the horse was overtaken by the “Prolific Master”, I felt very sad. disappointment.”
Fortunately, the “Steel King” won the King Edward VII Stakes (2392m Group 2 Race) with a beautiful posture in the Royal Ascot race in the next race, which made the 44-year-old trainer feel completely different after the race: “The horse It was a relief and a joy for me to prove that he ran at a high level in Jessen.”
Regarding Saturday’s much-anticipated duel, Willian said: “This event will be very exciting and competitive. I value the older opponents, especially ‘Command’, ‘High Lady’ and ‘Wechsler’. ’, but I’m also very happy with my racehorse.”
It is expected that the venue of Ascot Racecourse on Saturday will be listed as soft and slow, which will be more conducive to “Command” to compete for the championship. “Order” last competed in the Commodore Gregory Stakes (1990m Group 3) at Sand Dunes Park in May, and successfully defeated last year’s British Derby winner “Crown of the Desert”, winning the tenth race since its debut.
“Command” will be led by Gao Juncheng in this race. Its trainer Bronth said: “It was trapped among the horses at one point in the last race. I thought that ‘Crown of the Desert’ would win, but the horse accelerated later. It proves that the strength has been raised to a higher level.”
Looking ahead to Saturday’s big race, Blooms said: “I’m happy to see the strongest horses in the King’s Stakes in years, but of course that means it’s going to be difficult for horses to win.”
In contrast, Moore, the trainer of the highly sought-after “Decisive Strike”, does not seem to care much about the level of his opponents in the same race. “Successful Strike” has a brilliant record in service so far, including being runner-up in the 2021 Longines Hong Kong Bottle (2400m Group 1 race), and winning the Emperor Trophy last year with a 19-fold upset. After a 336-day hiatus, the horse returned to the Royal Ascot race last month, and continued to partner with Mai Baicheng to compete in the Summerland Stakes (2392m Group 2 race), and played a triumphant song under hard work.
Moore said: “‘Decisive Blow’ was only 75% in condition in the battle of Royal Ascot, but we stepped up and arranged the horse for training. I think its current strength has improved a lot. If the horse can deliver Going back to the level of this race last year, I don’t care too much who it’s playing against because I’m sure it will come out on top.”
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2023-07-28 08:56:23
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