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Kitty Foyle took the benefit handed to her to register a primary win in a yr and a half in the 3m½f handicap hurdle after the well-fancied Byzantium crashed through the rails in dramatic trend.
The Paul Nicholls-trained 11-8 shot got down to make all and led his two rivals into the dwelling straight, however a simple race immediately went awry after the gray ducked proper into the hurdle marker for the last two flights. The horse and jockey Harry Cobden have been despatched to the floor in the incident.
Harry Cobden and the gray Byzantium enter the straight in entrance…
…however drama quickly follows as Cobden’s mount immediately veers proper with each horse and jockey crashing into the rails. Thankfully each have been quickly up following the incident
Byzantium and Cobden have been swiftly on their toes however the race dwindled down to simply two runners, and outsider Kitty Foyle took up the working after the second-last to cruise away from Sinchi Roca and win by 18 lengths below Robbie David and coach Daisy Hitchins.
“Even if the other horse had stood up, she was there to win her race anyway,” stated Hitchins. “She’s done it very easily in the end.
“She had her first run over three miles in November and we gave her a winter break as a result of she’d been tried fairly extremely final yr, working at the Cheltenham Festival and selecting up black sort, however she’s a very nice mare and as hardy as you may get.
“She was always going to be better over three miles and we’ve got a lot to look forward to. We’ll pick and choose between jumping and the Flat this summer, but she loves it on the Flat at Newbury, so we might look for a nice pot there.”
Burke treble
Johnny Burke loved a stellar Sunday after seeing off Queens Gamble to seal a treble on Obsessedwithyou in the characteristic 1m7½f mares’ handicap chase.
The 11-4 shot’s success adopted up Burke’s wins on Mahler Moon in the 3m1f handicap chase and John Barbour in the 2m5½f handicap hurdle.
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‘Very good’ Karl Burke filly enters Classic picture for Gewan owners after stylish Longchamp success
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