Son Of Dark Angel, Night Raider Wins Group 2 Temple Stakes At Haydock
Gelded over the winter, the five-year-old blitzed his rivals from the front in the Palace House Stakes on his reappearance at Newmarket.
Travelling powerfully two furlongs out, the jockey had to wait for a gap but switched to the inside of his rivals and his partner picked up nicely to score by a length. Lee punched the air in delight with American Affair and Beautiful Diamond, a stablemate of the winner, filling the places. Having won the Sandy Lane with Venetian Sun, Burke also hit the target at Goodwood with Golden Story in the Cocked Hat Stakes.
Richard Brown, racing manager to winning owners Wathnan Racing said: “I’m absolutely delighted with that. A lot went wrong,mainly at the stalls. When something goes wrong in a five furlong race it is usually all over. They went to call them and somebody went, ‘No, no’ and he bashed his head on the stalls and he missed it a couple of lengths and usually that is game over. We think he is more comfortable in front bowling along in front as he has got a very big stride.
“He has had to do it a different way today so I think I to be able to do it like that it will give James (Doyle) options at Royal Ascot should he need them.
“You want to see it again (after they win once). I sort of felt that gelding him had made a massive difference for him, as did Karl and his team, but you want to see it again.
“He does enjoy bowling along in front, but if there is crazy pace on, James will know he has got options that he can ride him in a different fashion if we need to.”
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