Lord Glitters Prevails In Dramatic Queen Anne

[Wandering Eyes]

Tuesday’s G1 Queen Anne S. will always be recalled with a sizeable footnote as last year’s winner Accidental Agent (GB) (Delegator {GB}) planted himself in the stalls and refused to race a yard of the Royal Ascot opener. In a twist of fate that may not have been coincidental, it was the runner-up in 2018 Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper) who ultimately prevailed in his absence from combat to provide owners Geoff and Sandra Turnbull, trainer David O’Meara and jockey Danny Tudhope with another red-letter day. In a pulsating tussle between three longshots, the 14-1 chance Lord Glitters crept into contention from rear and in the last 75 yards headed off Beat the Bank (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) and One Master (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), both of whom traded at 20-1. At the line, he was a neck to the good over the former, with One Master looking a non-stayer as she faded from surefire winner inside the final furlong to third, a further 3/4 of a length behind. “He deserves to win a big one like this and when things fall right he’s a super horse,” Tudhope said of the journeyman grey who recorded a highly respectable time despite talk of the recent rain slowing the surface. “David said to ride him cold and be brave and if there’s one track you can do that at it’s here as it’s a long way in the last furlong.” Godolphin’s 5-1 favourite Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) was eighth after failing to land a blow.

LORD GLITTERS (FR), 126, g, 6, Whipper–Lady Glitters (Fr), by Homme de Loi (Ire).
O-Geoff & Sandra Turnbull; B-SCA Elevage de Tourgeville & Mme Hilary Erculiani (FR); T-David O’Meara; J-Daniel Tudhope. £340,260. Lifetime Record: 22-7-8-2, £1,442,266.

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