Moviesta now has the step
up to Group One company in the Nunthorpe Stakes in his script after his
clear-cut success in the Group Two Betfred King George Stakes, his first
race outside maiden or handicap company.
A fast-run five furlongs
was the key to the three-year-old's justifying his trainer Bryan Smart's faith.
"We always knew he was really good," said Smart. "But he would
pull, just wouldn't settle. Today was the first time that I'd seen him off the
bridle in the early stages and that was just what was needed.
"In the past we'd get
him to the races but the peg kept falling out. But we knew just how quick he
is. Last year we ended up taking him to Wolverhampton to get his maiden win,
and he broke the two-year-old track record there.
"Paul [Mulrennan,
jockey] rode him in work at home on Tuesday and got off and said 'this is an
absolute missile' and you don't hear jockeys say that too often. He was in such
good form today, kicking and bucking when we were saddling him."
Today's Group Two race was
Goodwood Plan B - Smart's first thought for Moviesta had been the Robins Farm
Racing Stewards' Cup. "I knew we probably wouldn't get in the Stewards Cup
but I declared for both. But I did know we had a superstar horse.
"He's in the
Nunthorpe, and he'd be meeting a lot of the same horses as today. He'll be in
training next year and I promise you this is a very good sprinter indeed. We've
got something right on our hands this time."
Smart was at pains for
others to get the pronunciation of the Hard Spun gelding's name correct.
"He is Movie Star, not Moovy Esta," he said.
Moviesta was a first
Goodwood winner for Mulrennan and his 50th of the year. "He's a
lovely horse," he said, "and improving all the time. Fair play to
Bryan and all of the staff, who have done a lovely job with him.
"He's only three and
you don't know how good he could be. You ride him in behind and today he was
looking for his bridle the whole way. I just crept into it, and he came real
good a furlong down. He was a real missile."
Moviesta brought up a
football-themed treble for Glorious Goodwood. One of his part-owners is Harry
Redknapp, after earlier winners in the week for Sir Alex Ferguson (part-owner
of Magic City) and Brown Panther, owned and bred by Michael Owen.
SWISS
SHOWING RIGHT SPIRIT WHILE VARIAN PONDERS PARIS
Moviesta
proved the pin-up in the Gr.2 £100,000 Betfred King George Stakes, winning by
one and a half lengths, but in a tight finish for minor honours there was
plenty to like about the performance of runner-up Swiss Spirit.
Owned and
bred by Trevor and Libby Harris's Lordship Stud, Swiss Spirit is trained by
John Gosden. A four-year-old son of Invincible Spirit, the colt beat this
year's leading sprinter Lethal Force last year when trained by David Elsworth,
so entries in Group One races like the Nunthorpe Stakes and Sprint Cup are not
fanciful.
Gosden
was absent today, but William Buick, who rode Swiss Spirit, said: "He's a
big horse, and he lost momentum at a key time, but he was beaten too far to say
he was unlucky. He's a better horse when he has something to follow - he ran a
fine race."
Justineo,
who finished third, beaten a head by the runner-up, has no entries in top-grade
sprints, but a date in Paris on the first Sunday in October is in the mind of
trainer Roger Varian.
He said:
"It took us a while to find the right trip for him, but it seems five
furlongs is the answer. He's a very fast horse and we're pleased with how he
ran.
"I
think if he got a good draw in the Prix de l'Abbaye he could run very well,
because he has speed - and that is as fast a five furlongs as you will find -
and goes on any ground."
3.40pm
Betfred King George Stakes (Group 2)
£100,000
total prize fund. For 3yo+, 5f. Weights: 3yo colts and geldings 8st 12lb;
fillies 8st 9lb; 4yo+ colts and geldings 9st 1lb; fillies 8st 12lb Penalties
after November 1st, 2012, a winner of a Group 2 race 4lb; of a Group 1
race 7lb Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 3lb. Penalty value 1st £56,710.00 2nd
£21,500.00 3rd £10,760.00 4th £5,360.00 5th £2,690.00 6th £1,350.00
1)
MOVIESTA (USA) (Redknapp, Salthouse & Fiddes) Bryan Smart 3-8-12 Paul
Mulrennan [5] 5/1
2) SWISS
SPIRIT (Lordship Stud) John Gosden 4-9-01 William Buick [17] 6/1
3)
JUSTINEO (Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar) Roger Varian b4-9-01 Andrea
Atzeni [3] 40/1
4) GLASS
OFFICE (Fitri Hay) David Simcock 3-8-12 Jim Crowley [10]
5) LADIES
ARE FOREVER (Reg Bond) Geoff Oldroyd b5-8-12 Paul Hanagan [8]
6) SPIRIT
QUARTZ (IRE) (Qatar Racing Limited) Robert Cowell p5-9-05 Jamie Spencer [12]
7)
TICKLED PINK (IRE) (Trevor Stewart) Lady Cecil 4-8-12 Tom Queally [1] 3/1 Fav
8)
MASAMAH (IRE) (Dr Marwan Koukash) Marco Botti p7-9-01 Neil Callan [4]
9)
MEDICEAN MAN (Stuart Dobb & Kate Dobb) Jeremy Gask b7-9-01 James Doyle [11]
10) DUKE
OF FIRENZE (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 4-9-01 Ryan Moore [7]
11)
BORDERLESCOTT (James Edgar & William Donaldson) Robin Bastiman 11-9-01
Silvestre De Sousa [14]
12=)
ELUSIVITY (IRE) (Poilin Good) David O'Meara 5-9-01 Kieren Fallon [2]
12=)
BUNGLE INTHEJUNGLE (Christopher Wright & Emily Asprey) Mick Channon 3-8-12
Martin Harley [15]
14)
BETTOLLE (ITY) (Francesco Tabone) Marco Botti 4-8-12 Frankie Dettori [16]
15) KINGSGATE
NATIVE (IRE) (Cheveley Park Stud) Robert Cowell 8-9-05 Shane Kelly [9]
16)
SMOOTHTALKINRASCAL (IRE) (Cheveley Park Stud) David O'Meara 3-8-12 Daniel
Tudhope [18]
17) JWALA
(Manor Farm Stud & Sheila Hoare) Robert Cowell 4-8-12 Steve Drowne
[6]
17
ran
Non-runner:
Definightly (Going)
Time:
56.72s
Distances:
1½, hd, nse, 1, sh, 1¼, ½, hd, hd, ½, 1¼, dh, ½, sh, 1¾, 1
Breeder:
John Gunther Breeding: Hard Spun (USA) - Miss Brickyard (USA) (A.P.
Indy (USA))
Tote
Win £5.70 Place £2.30
£2.80 £11.90 Exacta
£50.50
Winning
trainer:-Name: Smart, Bryan Date of birth: 26/11/56 Riding career:
Amateur & Professional - first jockey to Jenny Pitman 1973-81: rode approx
200 winners Date of first trainer's licence: 1985/6 season - Head lad to
Jenny Pitman Trains at Hambleton House, Sutton Bank, Thirsk, North
Yorkshire Classic Wins (1): Prix de Diane (1996 Sil Sila) Major races
won: Duke Of York Stakes (2004 Monsieur Bond), European Free Handicap (2006
Misu Bond), St Leger Yearling Stakes (1998 Boomerang Blade), Totepool
Two-year-old Trophy (2005 Misu Bond), Stewards Cup (2002 Bond Boy), Audi Stakes
(2007 Moorhouse Lad), Cornwallis Stakes (2007 Captain Gerrard), Dubai Duty Free
25th Anniversary World Trophy (2008 Moorhouse Lad), Oak Tree Stakes (2009
Summer Fete), Palace House Stakes (2008 Captain Gerrard, 2011 Tangerine Trees),
Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (2011 Tangerine Trees), King George Stakes (2013
Moviesta) Royal Ascot Wins (3): Windsor Castle Stakes (2005 Titus
Alone); Coventry Stakes (2006 Hellvelyn); Chesham Stakes (2007 Maze) First
Royal Ascot winner: Windsor Castle Stakes (2005 Titus Alone) First
Goodwood winner: Polly Peculiar (14/9/96) Total Goodwood wins: 8 (4
at July Meeting) Horses in training (1987-2013): 14; 28; 33; 32; 17; 13;
18; 22; 22; 30; 30; 30; 42; 58; 55; 46; 63; 74; 81; 91; 72; 116; 133; 91; 80;
73; 59; Wins (1993-2012): 3: 2: 10: 11: 6: 11: 17: 9: 27: 27: 39: 27:
35; 31; 43; 57; 51; 62; 69; 36 Wins This Year: 19
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