Camelot’s Luxembourg Wins The Coronation Cup

[Wandering Eyes]

As brave as they come, Ballydoyle's Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}–Attire {Ire}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}) relished a supreme ride from the front by Ryan Moore to register a first mile-and-a-half career success in Friday's G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom. Having set steady fractions for the first half of the contest, the 9-4 second favourite was asked to stretch running to Tattenham Corner and was all heart in response to get to the line a length ahead of the beloved Haggas veteran Hamish (GB) (Motivator {GB}). Denied the chance to run in the Derby over this course and distance two years ago, the stalwart got to Surrey at last to make it a group 1 win in each campaign. TDN Rising Stars Feed The Flame (GB) (Kingman (GB) and Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) finished third and fourth, beaten a further six and 3 1/2 lengths respectively. “We always thought he was a mile-and-a-half horse and he's made for the King George,” Aidan O'Brien said.

 

Ryan Moore… so good

He steers LUXEMBOURG to a fourth G1 success in the G1 Coronation Cup @EpsomRacecourse pic.twitter.com/AidIqHEzaV

— World Horse Racing (@WHR) May 31, 2024

Friday, Epsom, Britain
HOLLAND COOPER CORONATION CUP-G1, £445,000, Epsom, 5-31, 4yo/up, 12f 6yT, 2:42.12, g/s.
1–LUXEMBOURG (IRE), 128, h, 5, by Camelot (GB)
1st Dam: Attire (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Asnieres, by Spend A Buck
3rd Dam: Albertine (Fr), by Irish River (Fr)
(150,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Westerberg, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor & D Smith; B-B V Sangster (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £252,360. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Ire & G1SP-HK, 16-7-3-1, $3,218,165. *Full to Hiawatha (Ire), GSP-Ire; and 1/2 to Leo De Fury (Ire) (Australia {GB}), GSW-Ire, $156,911; and Sense Of Style (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), MGSP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Hamish (GB), 128, g, 8, Motivator (GB)–Tweed (GB), by Sakhee. O-B Haggas; B-J B Haggas (GB); T-William Haggas. £95,675.
3–Feed The Flame (GB), 128, c, 4, Kingman (GB)–Knyazhna (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). TDN Rising Star. (€270,000 Ylg '21 ARAUG). O-Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard; B-Ecurie des Monceaux, Lordship Stud & Clear Light SAS (GB); T-Pascal Bary. £47,882.
Margins: 1, 6, 3HF. Odds: 2.25, 4.00, 6.00.
Also Ran: Emily Upjohn (GB), Time Lock (GB).

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