Lady Cecil celebrated her
first Goodwood winner when Wild Coco landed the Group Three Blackrock Fillies'
Stakes for a second consecutive year.
The mare was having her
first start since being bought by the Japanese-based K I Farm for 985,000
guineas at Tattersalls in December.
"She will appreciate
more cut in the ground," said Lady Cecil. "But Tom (Queally) said
that it would be safe for her today. It's been very frustrating this year that
she has been ready to run a couple of times but the ground had gone against
her. She is quite delicate so we have to look after her.
"Henry (Cecil) always
loved her and when the owners paid all that money he thought it was worth
keeping going with her.
"The hope is to try
and win a Group One with her and the Yorkshire Oaks is the obvious place to go
but that will be dependent on the ground."
Jockey Tom Queally added:
"She has been off the track a long time but we have been waiting for the
ground and thankfully it's very, very safe. She wouldn't necessarily want it
any quicker but I was saying to Jane and (her sister) Sally beforehand that I
wanted to keep her on the bridle for as long as possible.
"She travelled
through the race with conviction and luckily I was able to hold her together
and she did it well in the end. Even it cost me some ground going around the
others, I wanted to keep her on an even keel.
"It has been a good
training performance by Jane, Mike (Marshall) and everybody - it's a job well
done.
"She went on to win
well at Doncaster after here last year and, at the back our minds, we were
hoping that she could be competitive in Group One races, given the opportunity
and the ground. The ground is the key to her.
"We needed to get her
out and it's been a very pleasing day. I hope she now goes on to better things.
The owners paid a pretty penny for her and she paid dividends today."
3.45pm Blackrock
Fillies' Stakes (Group 3)
£60,000
total prize fund. For 3yo+ fillies and mares, 1m 6f. Weights: 3yo 8st 6lb; 4yo+
9st 5lb. Penalties: after November 1st, 2012, a winner of a Group 3 race 3lb;
of a Group 2 race 5lb; of a Group 1 race 7lb Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 13lb.
Penalty value 1st £34,026.00 2nd £12,900.00 3rd £6,456.00 4th £3,216.00 5th
£1,614.00 6th £810.00
1) WILD
COCO (GER) (K I Farm Corporation) Lady Cecil 5-9-05 Tom Queally [6] 5/6 Fav
2) ELIK
(IRE) (Nurlan Bizakov) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-06 Ryan Moore [3] 3/1
3) ALTA
LILEA (IRE) (Mrs S Bianco & Ms J Bianco) Mark Johnston 3-8-06 Franny Norton
[7] 12/1
4)
SOUVIENS TOI (La Tesa SPA) Marco Botti 4-9-05 Andrea Atzeni [8]
5)
JATHABAH (IRE) (Mohammed Al Nabouda) Clive Brittain 3-8-06 James Doyle [1]
6)
JEHANNEDARC (IRE) (Zaro Srl & J Haseler) Ed Dunlop 5-9-05 Richard Hughes
[2]
7) MISS
CAP ESTEL (John Pearce) Andrew Balding 4-9-05 David Probert [5]
8) SUZI'S
A CLASS ACT (Greenstead Hall Racing Ltd) Paul D'Arcy p5-9-05 Martin Harley [9]
8 ran
Non-runner:
Between Us (Going)
Time: 2m
59.00s
Distances:
2½, 1¾, 2½, 2, 8, sh, 18
Breeder:
Gestut
Rottgen
Breeding:
Shirocco (GER) - Wild Side (GER) (Sternkoenig (IRE)
Tote
Win £1.90
Place £1.10 £1.10
£4.00
Exacta £4.00
Winning
trainer:-Name: Lady Jane Cecil Background: Married legendary trainer Sir
Henry Cecil in 2008 and took over a temporary licence at Warren Place upon his
death on June 11, 2013. First runner: Phaenomena, Newbury, June 13. First
winner: Morpheus, Nottingham, June 13 Big Race Wins: Coral Charge
(2013 Tickled Pink), Blackrock Fillies' Stakes (2013 Wild Coco) Royal Ascot
Wins (2): Ribblesdale Stakes (2013 Riposte), Hardwicke Stakes (2013 Thomas
Chippendale) First Goodwood Winner: Wild Coco (Blackrock Fillies'
Stakes, August 1, 2013) Total Goodwood Wins: 1 (1 at July meeting) Wins
in 2013: 16
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