Advertise and Frankie Dettori (centre) hold off the challenges of So Perfect (left) and The Irish Rover to win the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes. \ carolinenorris.ie
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Advertise became the first British-trained horse to win the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes in 21 years, when he held off a pair of Aidan O’Brien-trained runners on either side at the Curragh on Sunday.
The race was billed as a match between the son of Showcasing and O’Brien’s Sergei Prokofiev, who had finished just a neck behind that rival when the pair finished second and third in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. However, Sergei Prokofiev failed to settle and could not land a blow when push came to shove.
It was left to his longer-priced stablemates So Perfect and The Irish Rover to chase Advertise, but the British horse always looked comfortable under the guidance of Frankie Dettori, who had ridden him to his previous success in a Group 2 at Newmarket.
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Meade had been confident about Advertise’s chances during the week and his decision to travel to the Curragh, where the weather was wet, was vindicated.
The colt will now have a break before taking in another Group 1 contest in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October.
Elsewhere on the card, Joseph O’Brien’s Speak In Colours returned to winning ways in the Phoenix Sprint Stakes, while earlier Sheila Lavery’s Lady Kaya announced herself as an exciting juvenile filly after a 10-length thrashing of rivals in a fillies conditions race.
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Advertise became the first British-trained horse to win the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes in 21 years, when he held off a pair of Aidan O’Brien-trained runners on either side at the Curragh on Sunday.
The race was billed as a match between the son of Showcasing and O’Brien’s Sergei Prokofiev, who had finished just a neck behind that rival when the pair finished second and third in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. However, Sergei Prokofiev failed to settle and could not land a blow when push came to shove.
It was left to his longer-priced stablemates So Perfect and The Irish Rover to chase Advertise, but the British horse always looked comfortable under the guidance of Frankie Dettori, who had ridden him to his previous success in a Group 2 at Newmarket.
Meade had been confident about Advertise’s chances during the week and his decision to travel to the Curragh, where the weather was wet, was vindicated.
The colt will now have a break before taking in another Group 1 contest in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October.
Elsewhere on the card, Joseph O’Brien’s Speak In Colours returned to winning ways in the Phoenix Sprint Stakes, while earlier Sheila Lavery’s Lady Kaya announced herself as an exciting juvenile filly after a 10-length thrashing of rivals in a fillies conditions race.
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