New Bay’s Bay City Roller Wins The Champagne For Victorious Racing

[Wandering Eyes]

Doncaster's G2 Champagne Stakes lost a key actor on Saturday as Cheveley Park Stud's TDN Rising Star Chancellor (GB) (Kingman {GB}) was withdrawn at the start, leaving it to Victorious Racing's acquisition Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {GB}–Bloomfield {Ire}, by Teofilo {Ire}) to extend his perfect sequence in the seven-furlong staging post. Always travelling smoothly tracking the free-running Righthere Rightnow (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}), the George Scott-trained Sandown and Chelmsford novice winner who had been sold by Clive Washbourn after his debut was sent forward by Callum Shepherd to take control with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining.

Staying on strongly as Monumental (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) gave chase, the 9-2 shot had half a length to spare over that Ballydoyle runner at the line, with the other Aidan O'Brien runner Aftermath (Ire) (Justify) 2 1/2 lengths away in third. “He probably got a little bit lonely in front, but he's got a really good attitude and tries very hard–he's a special horse to us,” Scott said. “I will think about supplementing for the [G1 Prix Jean-Luc] Lagardere or the [G1] Dewhurst.”

Bay City Roller holds off Monumental to land the @Betfred Champagne Stakes at @DoncasterRaces!@CallumSheppy | @GScottracing pic.twitter.com/zWJ1DnbljM

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 14, 2024

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