Royal Ascot, Day III

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Silkwood
All My Loving
Dalvina

It was a slow pace set by Majounes Song, and when the field turned for home most of the field was left flat footed by the sudden increase in speed. But not Silkwood. She quickly reached top gear, ran down the tiring leader and ran away for a 5 length win.

All My Loving and Dalvina took an age to accelerate, did eventually run on but from about 2 furlongs out they were running for second place. Baroness Richter produced an eye-catching finish from nowhere for fourth.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Silkwood
All My Loving
Dalvina

It was a slow pace set by Majounes Song, and when the field turned for home most of the field was left flat footed by the sudden increase in speed. But not Silkwood. She quickly reached top gear, ran down the tiring leader and ran away for a 5 length win.

All My Loving and Dalvina took an age to accelerate, did eventually run on but from about 2 furlongs out they were running for second place. Baroness Richter produced an eye-catching finish from nowhere for fourth.

Thanks for the visual! I really like All My Loving but figured she was beatable... just didn't know who would do it.

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Philip Robinson just said that he thinks Silkwood would have won the Oaks if she had run in it. Looks like an exciting filly.

Gold Cup up next!

[brockguy]

silkwood was very impressive. i backed majounes song, thought she was going great, but emptied very quickly.. ed, are you getting all this fashion during the races?? are you getting the bbc feed?

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We're getting the BBC feed about 90% of the time, but the fashion bits are being interrupted by a couple of guys in a studio here talking about the odds in this part of the world for the next race.

Back with BBC already for the Gold Cup now.

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Yeats
Geordieland
Le Miracle

Magnificent performance by Yeats to get his second Gold Cup in a row. He was ridden perfectly and kicked 2 clear in the straight, but Geordieland suddenly appeared with an amazing run from last and looked like he was going to go right past. Yeats fought back so strongly though, a very well-deserved win by just over a length with a much larger distance back to Le Miracle.

[brockguy]

Yeats only idling in front it seemed. quickened again when Geordi came near.. Poor Sergeant Cecil finished detached last.. no news yet on what went wrong..