Tuesday thirtieth July, 2024 – Richard Phillips Racing

Most of the horses can be coming in off their holidays quickly and are having fun with the nice and cozy climate.  We’re doing the ending touches to the yard as we put together for the season forward and we now have numerous thrilling younger horses to stay up for.

The King George on Saturday had a straightforward winner in Goliath and the French educated gelding bolted up in a aggressive area.  The winner has string holt which is an exaggerated motion of his hind leg and to the uninitiated his stroll would seem to make it exhausting for him to gallop.  Nevertheless strive telling that to the opposite horses within the final furlong.  His in proves how idiosyncratic the thoroughbred is.

Wonderful Goodwood is all the time a favorite week and searching ahead to visiting the observe on Thursday.  Like many I consider the racecourse is essentially the most stunning on this planet – particularly when the solar shines and the Sussex Downs are an exquisite backdrop to the theatre of color that racing produces.

Some fascinating contests all through the week and really a lot stay up for the Sussex Stakes tomorrow nonetheless it’s unhappy that Rosallion will not be fairly himself and received’t be collaborating.

Hopefully Robert Cooper will take pleasure in his final day of broadcasting at Yarmouth as we speak.  ‘Roberto’ has been an especially widespread and entertaining contributor to the racing media for many years.  His love of the game comes throughout so effectively whether or not or not it’s Ascot or Brighton, Chelmsford or Chepstow.  For a few years he has been quiz grasp at our annual charity ‘Query of Sport’ and we stay up for him doing so in 2025 with out the pressures of getting to hurry again from a racecourse.

Very a lot wanting ahead to our annual charity cricket match on the Adlestrop floor on Sunday 18^th August.  Please do come and help the occasion in case you can – we’re racing cash for an important trigger in a gorgeous setting.