American Affair flies the flag for Goldie at Goodwood
A second-place finish behind the reopposing Night Raider in Haydock's Temple Stakes in May suggested he retained a good level of his ability, but having...
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- A second-place finish behind the reopposing Night Raider in Haydock's Temple Stakes in May suggested he retained a good level of his ability, but having trailed home last of all when defending his Ascot title and since come up short in a Listed race at York, he was a 12-1 shot for his latest Group Two assignment.
- He's been getting back into that flow of racing properly and finishing his race off.
- "We've not entered him in the Abbaye, the Flying Five at the Curragh after the Nunthorpe is more likely." Weighing-room stalwart Mulrennan said: "He's done everything right today so, touch wood, he comes back from this good.
- I've won this race twice and I probably should have won it twice again - Easton Angel probably should have won and Moviesta another year was unlucky, so it's been an unlucky race for me and a lucky race for me, but we got it right today." Wendy McGrandles of Barraston Racing, who own American Affair with Goldie, said: "He's had one or two excuses and we always felt that he was as good as he was last year.
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A second-place finish behind the reopposing Night Raider in Haydock's Temple Stakes in May suggested he retained a good level of his ability, but having trailed home last of all when defending his Ascot title and since come up short in a Listed race at York, he was a 12-1 shot for his latest Group Two assignment. He's been getting back into that flow of racing properly and finishing his race off. "We've not entered him in the Abbaye, the Flying Five at the Curragh after the Nunthorpe is more likely." Weighing-room stalwart Mulrennan said: "He's done everything right today so, touch wood, he comes back from this good. I've won this race twice and I probably should have won it twice again - Easton Angel probably should have won and Moviesta another year was unlucky, so it's been an unlucky race for me and a lucky race for me, but we got it right today." Wendy McGrandles of Barraston Racing, who own American Affair with Goldie, said: "He's had one or two excuses and we always felt that he was as good as he was last year. "We don't have to lead, but we knew Billy (Loughnane, riding Catullus) was going to go off a nice gallop and Cliff was the only one really to keep tabs on the...