Winsili, a 20/1 chance, gave
trainer John Gosden a third success in the Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes
following the victories of The Fugue in 2012 and Ryafan in 1997. It was a first
success in the Group One contest for jockey William Buick.
William Buick said: "Obviously, she
didn't stay a mile and a half in the Ribblesdale at Royal Ascot. She's not easy
and the whole team at home have done a great job because she is a bit lively in
the mornings.
"She was great today.
I got a nice run through and she is very game. It has been an up and down week,
so it's great to finish on a high.
"My game plan was to
follow Hughsie and I was hoping that he wasn't going to get to far back, which
he didn't. Then I had plenty of room in the straight to manoeuvre. She travelled
so good that I decided to take my time because I know that she has a turn of
foot. She fought off all challengers up to the line.
"I am a great
believer in the hood. It helps her a lot - it makes her focus and she can't
hear anything else."
John Gosden said: "I thought that
Sky Lantern, like everyone else, was the filly to beat. She is a fabulous filly
and obviously the Falmouth is something that never sits easy with me either.
She is a gorgeous filly who didn't quite get the rub of the green today.
"We were drawn
outside, which has dreadful disadvantages but it does mean that you don't get
boxed it. It might mean that you have to go the long way round but you tend to
get a clear run and I think that was a big help to us today.
"She can't stand
still. You meet people who are like roadrunner, they have a bottle of water,
they are always walking and they are usually jogging or something. She can't
stand still, so if you are having a conversation with her, she walks round you.
"I have to saddle her
on the move because she cannot stand. When she goes for a canter in the
mornings, she must be with one other and as that one approaches her, she then
trots past and is free. But, if she has to wait, she will nearly throw herself
on the ground with sheer frustration that she can't get on and do what she
wants to. She is quite strong-minded.
"Prince Khalid bred
Midday, who won three years on the bounce and he has now won four of the last
five Nassau Stakes. That's some achievement."
Richard Hughes, partner of the 7/4
favourite Sky Lantern, who finished fifth, said: "I had a good run
through the whole way. I was behind the Godolphin runner at the two-pole and I
edged out to go round her. Mr Buick's horse rolled down on top of me and just
pushed me back in on the heels.
"I think that my
filly was the best in the race. I was coming out to win and she must have
remembered the belt in the face! There was nothing that I could have done.
That's racing but it was very unlucky.
"I had an argy-bargy
match at the top of the hill with Hot Snap as well - I managed to get out of
that but her tongue was hanging out to one side and I wasn't totally happy. I
had filled her up down to the two-pole and I was happy.
"I had the daylight to
go - there was no such thing as looking for a gap because I had one - and
Winsili has rolled down and pushed me back in behind."
WINSILI A
SHOCK WINNER AT 20/1
One of
Glorious Goodwood's showcase races, the £200,000 Group One Markel Insurance
Nassau Stakes was won by a 20/1 longshot called Winsili.
She
upstaged a pair of Classic winners and a number of other better-fancied rivals
to score for her owner/breeder Prince Khalid Abdullah, who was landing the
contest for the fourth time in five years, following a trio of wins for Midday
from 2009-2011. Trainer John Gosden was winning the race for a second year in
succession following victory for The Fugue 12 months ago, while for jockey
William Buick it was a first win in the race. He is sponsored by Markel
Insurance, whose name appeared in the race title.
Winsili
was running in just her fifth race having been unplaced over 12 furlongs in the
Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot on her previous outing.
Gosden
said: "It's not a fluke - I didn't bring her here for the Sussex air.
"I
thought Sky Lantern was the one to beat, because she's a gorgeous filly, but
didn't quite get the rub of the green today. We were drawn outside, which does
have dreadful disadvantages, but does mean you are unlikely to get boxed in -
you have to go the long way around, but you can avoid trouble. That was a big
help to us."
Asked
about Winsili's character, Gosden said: "She cannot stand still. She's
happy in perpetual motion. You do meet people who are like Roadrunner, with a
bottle of water and they are always running or jogging, and they don't have
pinch on them. They die at 40 or live to 100. She's like that. If you have a
conversation with her she goes around you.
"I
had to saddle her on the move and when she goes for a canter in the morning she
has to go with one other and then trot past and go away, but if she has to wait
she will throw herself on the ground with sheer frustration. She's quite strong
minded with lots of talent.
"She
came back this year and won a Listed race, and then quite simply didn't stay in
the Ribblesdale Stakes. She's done this well from a difficult draw.
"She
will be running in nice mile and a quarter races and I will probably keep her
with fillies. She will make a lovely broodmare one day and could be a
possibility for the Breeders' Cup but she would have to get there a week in
advance and be schooled in the paddock at Santa Anita. I might leave that
decision to the owner, Prince Khalid."
THOSE IN
THE FRAME HAPPY
James Doyle, the rider of
neck second Thistle Bird, was thrilled with the five-year-old Selkirk
mare who is trained by Roger Charlton for Lady Rothschild.
He said: "I was
really delighted with her. She is tough, settled well and finished good. She
gets that trip on a sharp track."
Lady Cecil was happy with
the third, three-year-old Hot Snap, who finished well to be two lengths behind
the runner up.
She said of the Pivotal
filly: "I am delighted with her - she was doing well at the end."
Lord Grimthorpe, racing
manager for Khalid Abdullah, Hot Snap's owner, added: "I was very pleased
with the way she came back - she didn't really come down the hill terribly well
and was a little bit slow beginning but ran on really nicely and she is
obviously back on track.
"Hopefully, the curve
will be upward rather than downward from now on. I would think a mile and a
quarter will be right for her on nice Flat galloping track.
"We will look at the
mile and a quarter races, the Prix de l'Opera and Breeders' Cup Filly &
Mare Turf."
His owner also had the
winner Winsili and the racing manager declared: "Absolutely chuffed. We
always had a very good opinion of her - we supplemented her for the Fillies'
Mile - and she came out and won a Listed race nicely over a mile and a quarter
at Newbury and then did not stay in the Ribblesdale. So we brought her back in
trip."
Saeed bin Suroor was
pleased with the fourth Sajjhaa who will now be brought back in trip. He said:
"It was for her first run since Hong Kong and she probably needed the race
but I don't think she stayed a mile and a quarter. We will drop her back to a
mile for the Sun Chariot at Newmarket and there is a mile race in America we
are looking at in October."
JOCKEYS
AFTER THE MARKEL INSURANCE NASSAU STAKES
Richard Hughes, who
finished fifth on the 7/4 favourite Sky Lantern, said: "It was just bad
luck - I was going well and just about to come out and I got nailed back in
again."
Seamie Heffernan, jockey
of sixth Just Pretending, said: "She ran a very good race - she has been
running good races in Ireland."
Ryan Moore, rider of
seventh Integral, said: "She ran OK I think - she is probably still a
little inexperienced. She had a gap but couldn't quicken - she just doesn't
really know enough."
Johnny Murtagh, on board
ninth Ambivalent, said: "I missed the kick - she didn't jump great and
then I was chasing all the way. It didn't happen for her today."
Neil Callan, on Semayyel
(11th), said: "She wasn't good enough."
Charlie Hills, trainer of
Just The Judge who finished 12th, said: "She has pulled a shoe
off and has taken half of the bulb of her heel away. She stumbled coming out of
the stalls and that is obviously where she has done it and then she stumbled
again. Hopefully if nothing else has happened it will just put us back a couple
of weeks."
3.15pm
Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1)
£200,000
total prize fund. For 3yo+ fillies and mares, 1m 1f 192y. Weights: 3yo 8st
11lb; 4yo+ 9st 6lb. Penalty value 1st £113,420.00 2nd £43,000.00 3rd £21,520.00
4th £10,720.00 5th £5,380.00 6th £2,700.00
1)
WINSILI (Khalid Abdullah) John Gosden h3-8-11 William Buick [15] 20/1
2)
THISTLE BIRD (Lady Rothschild) Roger Charlton 5-9-06 James Doyle [14] 33/1
3) HOT
SNAP (Khalid Abdullah) Lady Cecil 3-8-11 Tom Queally [5] 5/1
4)
SAJJHAA (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor h6-9-06 Silvestre De Sousa [4]
5) SKY
LANTERN (IRE) (Ben Keswick) Richard Hannon 3-8-11 Richard Hughes [13] 7/4 Fav
6) JUST
PRETENDING (USA) (Michael Tabor) Aidan O'Brien IRE h3-8-11 Seamie Heffernan
[11]
7)
INTEGRAL (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-11 Ryan Moore [1]
8)
MAGICAL DREAM (IRE) (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith) Aidan O'Brien
IRE 3-8-11 Michael Hussey [12]
9)
AMBIVALENT (IRE) (Ali Saeed) Roger Varian h4-9-06 Johnny Murtagh [7]
10)
MOMENT IN TIME (IRE) (Julia Annable) David Simcock 4-9-06 Jim Crowley [2]
11)
SEMAYYEL (IRE) (Saeed Manana) Clive Brittain 4-9-06 Neil Callan [6]
12) JUST
THE JUDGE (IRE) (Qatar Racing Limited & Sangster Family) Charlie Hills
3-8-11 Jamie Spencer [10]
13)
BEATRICE AURORE (IRE) (Benny Andersson) Ed Dunlop h5-9-06 Olivier Peslier [8]
14)
BANOFFEE (IRE) (Michael Kerr-Dineen, Lord Hambleden & Partners) Hughie
Morrison 3-8-11 Kieren Fallon [3]
14 ran
Non-runner:
Secret Gesture (Going)
Time: 2m
06.19s
Distances:
nk, 2, ½, 1¾, hd, ¾, ¾, 2, 2¾, ¾, 7, ¾, 18
Breeder:
Juddmonte Farms Ltd
Breeding:
Dansili - Winter Sunrise (Pivotal)
Tote
Win £31.00 Place £5.90 £13.30
£2.20 Exacta £1,191.30
Winning
Trainer:-Name: Gosden, John Harry Martin Born: Hove, 30/3/51 Date of
first trainer's licence (Britain): 1988(previously a leading trainer in
USA, 1980-1988) Trains at Clarehaven Stables, Bury Road, Newmarket,
Suffolk (previously at Manton and Newmarket) First winner in Europe: Intimidate,
Kempton, March 27, 1989 English Classic Wins (6): 1,000 Guineas (2000
Lahan), Investec Derby (1997 Benny The Dip), Ladbrokes St Leger (1996 Shantou,
2007 Lucarno, 2010 Arctic Cosmos, 2011 Masked Marvel) Irish Classic Wins
(2): Irish St Leger (1992 Mashaallah, 2011 Duncan) French Classic Wins
(2): Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (1999 Valentine Waltz, 2002 Zenda) Other
Big Race Wins Include: Cheveley Park Stakes (1993 Prophecy), Falmouth
Stakes (1997 Ryafan, 2013 Elusive Kate), Fillies' Mile (2000 Crystal Music,
2004 Playful Act, 2005 Nannina, 2008 Rainbow View), Haydock Sprint Cup (1993
Wolfhound), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream), Lockinge Stakes (1994 Emperor Jones,
2008 Virtual), Middle Park Stakes (2002 Oasis Dream), Nassau Stakes (1997
Ryafan, 2012 The Fugue), Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream), Queen Elizabeth
II Stakes (2000 Observatory, 2008 Raven's Pass), Sun Chariot Stakes (1991
Ristna), Yorkshire Oaks (2009 Dar Re Mi), Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (1991
Keen Hunter), Prix de la Foret (1992 Wolfhound, 2001 Mount Abu), Prix d'Ispahan
(2001 Observatory), Prix Jean Prat (1995 Torrential), Prix Marcel Boussac (1996
Ryafan, 2001 Sulk, 2011 Elusive Kate), Prix Maurice de Gheest (2002 May Ball),
Grosser Preis von Baden (1992 Mashaallah), Irish Champion Stakes (1993
Muhtarram), Matron Stakes (2009 Rainbow View), Pretty Polly Stakes (1994 Del
Deya, 2009 Dar Re Mi), Gran Premio del Jockey Club (1996 Shantou), Gran Premio
di Milano (1992 Mashaallah, 1997 Shantou), Premio Presidente della Repubblica
(1994 Muhtarram), Premio Roma (1993 Knifebox, 1996 Flemensfirth), Arlington
Million (2010 Debussy), Breeders' Cup Classic (2008 Raven's Pass), Breeders'
Cup Juvenile Turf (2008 Donativum, 2009 Pounced), Breeders' Cup Mile (1984
Royal Heroine), Clement L Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes (1987 Allez Milord),
Philip H Iselin Handicap (1983 Bates Motel), Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup
Stakes (1997 Ryafan), Santa Anita Handicap (1983 Bates Motel), Santa Anita
Handicap (1983 Bates Motel), Yellow Ribbon Stakes (1997 Ryafan), Dubai Sheema
Classic (2010 Dar Re Mi), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes
(sponsored by Betfair) (2011 Nathaniel), Coral-Eclipse (2012 Nathaniel), Prix
Rothschild (2012 & 2013 Elusive Kate) Royal Ascot Wins (33):
Chesham Stakes (1990 Chicarica, 1998 Rhapsodist), Jersey Stakes (1991 Satin
Flower, 2000 Observatory), Queen's Vase (1992 Landowner), King George V
Handicap (1993 Learmont, 1997 Heritage), Prince of Wales's Stakes (1994 &
95 Muhtarram), Britannia Handicap (1996 North Song, 1998 Plan-B, 2000 El Gran
Papa, 2001 Analyser), Ascot Stakes (1999 High And Mighty), Norfolk Stakes (1999
Warm Heart), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2002 Demonstrate), Diamond Jubilee
Stakes (2002 Malhub), Coventry Stakes (2004 Iceman), King Edward VII Stakes
(2005 Plea Bargain, 2011 Nathaniel), Coronation Stakes (2006 Nannina, 2012
Fallen For You), Windsor Forest Stakes (2007 Nannina, 2012 Joviality), Royal
Hunt Cup (2007 Royal Oath), Ribblesdale Stakes (2008 Michta), Hardwicke Stakes
(2009 Bronze Cannon), Queen Mary Stakes (2010 Maqaasid), Wolferton Handicap
(2011 Beachfire, 2012 Gatewood), Albany Stakes (2012 Newfangled), Duke Of
Edinburgh Handicap (2012 Camborne), Tercentenary Stakes (2013 Remote) First
Royal Ascot Win: Chicarica (June 21, 1990 - Chesham Stakes) First
Goodwood winner: Thakib (Surplice Stakes, August 4, 1990) Total Goodwood
wins: 126 (29 at July Meeting) Horses in Training (2008-2013): 146;
161; 172; 168; 161; 166 Wins in a season (1989-2012): 27; 88; 86; 113;
109; 92; 86; 75; 91; 77; 74; 80; 55; 85; 72; 66; 91; 56; 68; 95; 88; 105; 99;
119 Champion Trainer: 2012 Wins in 2013: 53
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