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WILL BUICK is “hungrier and more focused” as he bids to erase the memory of a frustrating 2019 aboard Pinatubo in the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas.
Buick and boss Charlie Appleby could do little wrong two summers ago, uniting to lift the Investec Derby aboard Masar among a host of big-race triumphs.
But the jockey was forced to miss 12 weeks of last year’s campaign – he was sidelined with a head injury between May and August – and is keen to get this season off to a flying start when champion two-yearold Pinatubo bids to justify his status as the odds-on favourite for the colts’ Classic at Newmarket on Saturday week.
“When you’re a jockey – or any other athlete – when you’re injured and missing out, it is always frustrating,” said Buick, whose lay-off ruled him out of partnering the Charlie Appleby trainee on his first four starts, including a three-and-a-quarter-length margin in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot last June.
“But seeing horses perform how they did – for example, at Royal Ascot – was great to see.
“Of course, you wish you were the jockey that was on them on those days but I wasn’t.
“I was injured and it was great to see them win.
“Those sort of things make you a little hungrier and a little
(3) TWIN BOY (16)(B) (4) BLACK MIMI (13) (9) KATCHI (16) (2) EVE (13) (7) SKIP CHOP (5) L’INTELLO (6) TROBREIZH (8) TOFANE (1) PERNILLA
Star Betting:
3YO 2m 1f 1 PHARAON (5) 2 BIG ONE (11) 3 TU ME SOUL (11) 4 EL TAKTIKO 5 BLUE MARKET (F174) 6 HAUTE IDEE (17) 7 FURIMIX (F201) 8 ELECTRA’S FIRST (F323) 9 INDIAN SONG (F91) 10 POINTE ROUGE (F73) 11 HOP LA DE SIVOLA 12 REINE VERA (F12)
Star Betting: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3YO 1m 4f (6) OPEN BAR (7)
(2) ZILLI ROCKS (11) (7) MOKO (12)
(5) LOVELY DOLLY (91) (1) PEPINA (13)(B*) (8) LISTENTOME
(4) BEAUTIFUL TIMING (3) PRESKA
Star Betting: (12 runners) (8 runners) bit more focused on back to riding them.”
But Buick was on board for Pinatubo’s stunning nine-length supremacy in the Group One National Stakes at the Curragh last September.
“It was one performances that
€8,542 K Herzog (2) F Bayle (4) L Sloup (2) A Chitray D Gentay (7) S Colas K Nabet M Lefebvre (2) Ma Mermel A Beaudoire (4) C Smeulders (4) B Gelhay
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€9,610 G Mandel 65 F Blondel 83 A Crastus ★86 F Valle Skar (9) — M Velon (3) 50 R Thomas — L Rousseau (8) — S Maillot — getting of you those very
4YO 2m 4f 1 GASPACHO’S (121)(B*) 2 JOUR PASTEL (332) 3 KORUM (340) 4 PURPLE LIGHT (12) 5 ROXO HAS (14) 6 SALTIMBANQUE (11) 7 WAKISASHI ONE (105)
Star Betting: 1 (6) 2 (10) 3 (11) 4 (3) 5 (7) 6 (2) 7 (9) 8 (4) 9 (5) 10 (8) 11 (1)
Star 1 2 3 4 5 rarely see in a Group One,” added the 31-year-old, also in the saddle when the son of Shamardal completed an unbeaten campaign with a sixth score in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket a month later.
Pinatubo is the 6-1 market leader for the Derby on July 4 and Appleby believes the colt’s laid-back demeanour is an asset (7 runners) €9,610 J Pritchard-webb (7)★103 B Gelhay — A Chitray — S Colas — A Zuliani — F Bayle (2) — T Chevillard —
1m 3f
RIP (10)(C)
ROI JULES (98) OUTRUNNER (160) CHEVALIER CATHARE (251)(G) BREVILLE
HIMOLA (77)(CD)(B*) RADIEC (77) ASHTARA (77)(D) QAMKA (184)(A,S)
NUIT DE FORLONGE (301) RONAZZA ONE (10)(D,A) Betting:
3YO 1m 2f (4) POET’S BLACK (13) (5) WOOT CITY (13) (3) ADELPHIE (13)(CD) (1) GELINKA (16)
(2) ALIZE DE VASSY (91) Star Betting: (11 runners) (5 runners)
1m
1 (14) LA FIBRE (13)(A)
2 (10) MISVA (16)(D,A)(B)
3 (12) MONI (12)(A)(V)
4 (13) SYNCHRONE (13)(D2,A)
5 (1) TERYAG (86)(CD,D5,A,G,S)
6 (11) VERTI CHOP (4)(A,G)
7 (8) HOPALONG CASSIDY (16)(A)
8 (6) LORLISALSA (13)(CD,S)
9 (15) BARCHETTA (13)(BF)
10 (5) BETTER ON SUNDAY (12)(CD,D2,A,G,S) 11 (4) POLDINA (12)(A)
12 (3) GLORIA (15)(D,A)(B)
13 (9) HANDCHOP (76)(D2,G,S)
14 (2) MILLENIUM PARK (13)(C,G)
15 (7) PAULEDANCE (13)(V)
Star Betting:
€6,941 G Mosse 89 C Stefan 47 M Berto 42 V Seguy 86 F Valle Skar (9) — A Duporte (9) 82 B Marie (6) 61 F Blondel 87 R Thomas ★92 A Nicco (9) — M Velon (3) 68 (15 runners)
€9,610 F Blondel 92 G Mandel 91 G Congiu 91 C Miette (9) ★99 A Molins (7) 71
€8,008 A Nicco (7) 84 A Crastus 85 C Stefan 76 A Daifi (9) 87 M Berto 86 H Mouesan (6) 86 ...S Ruis 69 S Maillot ★90 M Velon (3) 88 ..B Marie (3) 89 C Miette (7) 85 ...I Mendizabal 86 V Seguy 83 A Molins (3) 88 Non Partant (3) 85
IN ASSOCIATION WITH for an attempt over a mile and a half.
“Watching him as an individual, he’s got the right mindset to do it,” said the trainer. “He switches off so well.”
■ FRENCH 2,000 Guineas hope Helter Skelter, a Listed winner for Jean-claude Rouget last year, suffered a fatal injury on the gallops yesterday morning.