Celestial Orbit (GB)

Dubawi's Zanzoun Takes The Nell Gwyn For Juddmonte

Tuesday's G3 Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket had an open look to it on paper, but Juddmonte's Zanzoun (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) emerged front and centre to provide more Classic options for her owner-breeders. Always travelling strongly under the patient tactics employed by Kieran Shoemark, the John and Thady Gosden-trained 9-1 shot rolled down the hill and to the fore before outstaying Celestial Orbit (GB) (No Nay Never) for a 1 3/4-length success. Remaat (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) was a further half a length away in third. "She enjoyed the...

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Black-Type Analysis: Craven Meeting Kicks Off In Style

Tuesday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 14:25, BET365 FEILDEN STAKES-Listed, £55,000, 3yo, 9f 0y Field: Almeric (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Green Storm (Ire) (Circus Maximus {Ire}), King Of Cities (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Last Galileo (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Law Of Design (Ire) (Sottsass {Fr}), Masai Moon (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Nightwalker (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Sallaal (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). TDN Verdict: With the Derby and Prix du Jockey Club on the horizon, this early pointer sees Godolphin put forward one of their list of possible protagonists for the Classics in the Kempton...

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No Nay Never in his paddock at Coolmore
No Nay Never's Celestial Orbit Dominates Sandown Feature

Ollie Sangster snagged last year's renewal of Sandown's Listed European Bloodstock News EBF Star Stakes with subsequent G1 Fillies' Mile runner-up Shuwari (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) and collected back-to-back renewals of the seven-furlong contest with recent Haydock winner Celestial Orbit (GB) (No Nay Never--Rose Bonheur {GB}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Settled off the tempo in seventh until easing closer in the home straight, the 9-1 chance moved to within striking distance with a quarter-mile remaining and was beyond recall once quickening to the fore approaching the final furlong, keeping on...

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