Public Welcomed by Southwell for City Of Troy Gallop

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Southwell Racecourse will be opening its doors for free to members of the public who wish to watch City Of Troy (Justify) in action on September 20.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained colt will undertake a racecourse gallop prior to heading to Del Mar for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

American starting stalls and an as yet unconfirmed team of stable-mates will join City Of Troy at the Nottinghamshire track as he is put through his paces.

Mark Clayton, executive director at Southwell, has confirmed that racing fans wishing to attend will need to register for a free ticket to the event once arrangements have been finalised.

He said, “We have decided that on September 20, everybody will be welcome to come and watch City Of Troy.

“We haven't got the times yet of when he will gallop, but once we have that, we will release a statement with the relevant information.

“All of the public are welcome for free, they will just need to pre-register on our website.

“That is not live yet and until that is confirmed, we won't be accepting bookings, but we are expecting arrangements to be confirmed ASAP, then it will go live on our website. We will look after everybody and what an occasion it will be for us.”

O'Brien has previously galloped both Galileo (Ire) and Giant's Causeway at Southwell ahead of Breeders' Cup assignments and more recently Mick Appleby took last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) for a spin on the Tapeta all-weather track before his trip to Santa Anita. 

Clayton added, “Who knows, it could be the last time we see City Of Troy on these shores and he's going off to try to do something special.

“Aidan O'Brien coming to Southwell is quite a unique experience and it only happens maybe once a decade, so it will be nice to make something of it.

“We're also hoping to entice Big Evs back to do a gallop before the Breeders' Cup like he did last year. Mick has mooted it to me but it is still to be confirmed.”

 

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