Royal Ascot: Field Of Gold routs rivals in St James’s Palace Stakes romp to echo father Kingman | Racing News

Field of Gold Lit Up the First Day of Royal Ascot With a Dominant Display in the St James’s Palace Stakes.

John and Thady Gosden’s Colt Had Been A Fast-Finishing Second Behind Ruling Court in the 2000 Guineas Before Easily Winning the Irish Equivalent, While the French Guineas Winner Henri Matisse Was Running.

There was no doubt who Emerged as the Best of the Three Though, as Colin Keane Breeze Through on the 8/11 Favourite Before Bursting Clear to Beat Henri Matisse by Three-And-A-Half Lengths, with Ruling Court Back in Third.

Field of Gold has now chartered the same road as his sire Kingman, who also suffered defeat at Newmarket Before Gaining Irish Redemption and Adding Royal Ascot Glory when Trained by John Gosden.

“Like Father, Like Son,” Said Gosden, in Reference to Kingman’s Win in 2014. “The Nerves May have to the trainer Beforehand but Thankfully not to the Horse or The Jockey.

“It was great, a great performance and oisin (Murphy) Did a Nice Job on Windlord Setting An Even Pace and He Came to the Head of the Straight and He Had a Lot of Horse.

“For At Momille I was think ‘whoops, this is ascot and it climbs and have we gone a bit soon’. I wasn’t watching him, i was look back as you always have to do Here, but fortnately none of the dangers were coming to get Him.

“He Always Impressed As A Two-Year-Old But Hes A Big Boy and Slightly Outghrew Himself. We Ran Him in France Which Was a Mistake in Itself and I Should Have Run Him in The Dewhurst and I Regret that. But this Year He has been exemplary in Ever. Hes a plea to train because is a loanty relaxed character. “

Gosden Admitted the Irish 2000 Guineas Had Not Originally Been Part of Field of Gold’s Intended Campaign, Which Could Influence where the colt Heads Next.

He Added: “It was your plan to go to ireland and he’s had a trial and two guineas and now this that that is a lot of racing and we are not even halfway through the season yet.

“Maybe [we’ll] Freshen Him Up Now and Go To the Sussex, but we will see. If we hadn’t gone to ireland, i would have been keen to go to the eclipse.

“When they win like that and make it look easy they do take a lot of themselves and I don want to be some running him back quick in an eclipse Straight off the back of this.”

Ascending Leads Home Irish 1-2-3-4 In Ascot Stakes

Hopes of A Winner for the King and Queen Were Dashed, As the Well-Fancied Reaching High Finized A Never-Nearer Ninth in the Ascot Stakes.

A First Horse Trained by Willie Mullins to Carry the Royal Colors, Reaching High was the 11-4 Favourite in the Hands of Ryan Moore – But While He Looked Full of Running Rounding The Home Turn, He was all dressed up with Nowhere to go again and when he Did Event It was all too much.

Up Front Henry De Bromhead’s Fellow Irish Raider Ascending (20/1) Knuckled Down Under Billy Lee in the Concluding Stages of the Two-And-A-Half-Mile Contest to Beat Nurburgring, with the Later’s Trainer Joseph O’Brien Also Saddling the Third and Found Leinster.