Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted June 22, 2018 Journalists Share Posted June 22, 2018 Sir Michael Stoute was uncharacteristically bullish about the prospects of the G1 Commonwealth Cup’s “dark horse” Eqtidaar (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) prior to his Royal Ascot baptism of fire and that proved well-founded as the Shadwell homebred leapt forward to prevail over some high-class peers. Handed an ideal lead from Emblazoned (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the centre group, the 12-1 shot who had been second in the course-and-distance G3 Pavilion S. on his penultimate start May 2 was sent up to tackle that rival with a furlong remaining by Jim Crowley and after gaining the edge began to veer left. Carrying the long-time leader with him, he was straightened in time to hold the stand’s-side group “winner” Sands of Mali (Fr) (Panis) by a half length, with Emblazoned clinging on to third, a length away. “He was one of my best rides of the week and he’s trained by a genius,” Crowley said. “It went like clockwork really and I knew he’d been working unbelievably well and you could make excuses for his last two starts. It’s a massive step up and massive perfoamnce.” Stoute is now on 78 Royal winners and added, “We’ve always liked this horse and we were hopeful, as he’s progressing nicely.” EQTIDAAR (IRE), c, 3, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Madany (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (IRE); T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Jim Crowley. £283,550. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, £310,149. *1/2 to Massaat (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), GSDW & MG1SP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $539,369. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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