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I was waiting for it to get past him all the time.

And the fact as well that he ran at the Curragh for Irish Champions weekend, then went to Longchamp, then went to Ascot and came back here.

That's four quick, you know, we've given St. Scandinavia had a hard race at the Curragh, which kind of didn't make him perform so well.

And France was... put a bit of a lesser light there because this horse has run four times in the last two months and there he was battling on again yeah Galileo horse so it's the old fashioned breeding but yeah I thought he did it well I mean again you would expect Scandinavia to be better than him and I suppose just to go back briefly to the mile two juvenile race again for a minute I thought Jesus Greenman much better than what you would normally give credit to a third place horse because I think possibly maybe that distance at that age of his career would be just too far from like a mile two's tough enough task for a two-year-old and he's not particularly bred he's by a guy out of a visible spirit mare and he ran his second last four long like was faster than the race so he did have a turn of foot there and then he just seemed to be caught out he was slow through the last four long so I think he ran much better race than you might be giving credit for going forward next year so I wouldn't dismiss him as a good one horse Jesus Green for Joseph there either

Doesn't have any European connection, but the second horse was an ex-Irish horse named Birdman.

who was a listed winner for Jessica Harrington two years ago.

Royal Ascot placed as well.

Now he's won two Group Ones in Australia this year.

There were a lot of sages saying, But, you know, he'll need to get used to Gorham Park and some of these tracks in Ireland.

He's not, you know, he might be good around your Ascotts and Cheltenhams, but you wait till he gets to

Tremor.

He's not too bad around Newton, but either.

But I like to look at horses, say two or three trends combined very strongly.

I mean, take, for example, the Duke of Edinburgh handicap at Royal Ascot, which is for older horses over a mile and a half.

And up until last year, 20 runner fields, horses drawn nine plus had won 13 consecutive runnings.

Four of five-year-olds had won 32 of the previous 36 runnings.

But no, it was definitely a career changing and I'm pleased it happened and I'm glad everyone stick and supported me afterwards.

What's it like that moment to, I want to know about it because I never did it, that moment where you go to pick up that trophy? Because did you do it in Ascot? Did you pick up your trophy at Ascot? You get that parade where all the rest of the jockeys give you sort of a garret of honour, cheering you out, you go to pick up your trophy.

What did that feel like to get it over the line and get it done?

It was definitely amazing.

And especially when you deliver it and then you do it again the next day and the next day and it's, you know, it's really good.

Yeah.

So what's the motivation for you now moving on? Because you've got Royal Ascot winner, Champion Apprentice, you're on track to beat your best in Miracle Year.

What's the next big target for Marco Ghiani? What do you want to achieve? Well, the next big target is to

I've been to the Kentucky Derby.

I've been to Royal Ascot.

I've been to Longchamp for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

And this is the best.

She won a little race, a two-year-old for Jack Morland.

She was bought by her current connections at Al Leith Racing, went out to Dubai, ran okay on the dirt, came back, went to Carl Burke, ran okay at Royal Ascot, and then it's just been strength to strength, culminating in that win in the Prix de la Baie de l'Anchon Group 1.

And she will be ridden again by young Jack Nicholls at the weekend in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.

But she's in the sale at Castleton Lions later in the week, so that could just change the complexion of this week a little bit.

Their Instagram feeds painted a picture of perfection.

Sarah and James at Royal Ascot, mixing with British aristocracy, charity galas at the Armani Hotel, weekend desert safaris in their Range Rover, holidays in the Seychelles.

Their friends often commented on how in love they still seemed, even after years of marriage.

They were always touching, always laughing at each other's jokes, said Rebecca Henderson, a close friend of Sarah's.