Yeats Repeats at Ascot
– Yeats went to post at 8-13 odds and looked every bit the well-bet favorite in today’s Ascot Gold Cup, romping home to take consecutive runnings of the 2 1/2 mile race. The win was the third of the meet for trainer Aidan O’Brien, who’s already considering bringing Yeats back for a third shot at the Gold Cup next year. “This race is the ultimate staying race and a third crack at it would be on the agenda. It would be great to be back again” (Sporting Life).
– Today was Ladies’ Day at Ascot: Topshop topped Dior in the fashion stakes (Guardian), and there are rumors of a palace leak after cream, “untouched as an 8-1 shot all week,” suddenly emerged as the prohibitive favorite for the Queen’s hat color (Times), leaving bookmaker Paddy Power with a £15,000 bill when the Queen arrived at Ascot in a cream-and-chocolate number (BBC).
– Superfecta is agitating for a Ladies’ Day stateside, perhaps on Breeders’ Cup Friday. It’s a fine idea, and would be a nice way to showcase the newly added races to the BC program.
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