Clarehaven

Observations: Half To Cursory Glance Debuts at Wolves

5.50 Wolverhampton, Novice, £6,800, 2yo, 9f 104y (AWT) SWEET MEMORIES (IRE) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is one of two blue-blooded newcomers from the John and Thady Gosden academy, with Lordship Stud responsible for this 680,000gns Book 1 purchase who is a half-sister to the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor). The other Clarehaven runner is George Strawbridge's filly Cloud Angel (GB) (Frankel {GB}) whose dam is a half to Order Of St George (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

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John and Thady Gosden to Share Licence Beginning This Season

Champion trainer John Gosden will train with his son, Thady, under a shared licence as soon as the younger Gosden's papers are approved by the British Horseracing Authority. Thady completed his training modules at the British Racing school and the duo's joint tenure is set to begin at Clarehaven this season. The news was confirmed to the Racing Post and was suggested on the TDN Writers' Room podcast on Feb 23. "I'm lucky I have a son, Thaddeus who's very interested," Gosden, who will be 70 this month, said on...

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Rab Burns Bright For Gosden Team

Look up the race records of Enable (GB), Stradivarius (Ire), Cracksman (GB), Jack Hobbs (GB) and Without Parole (GB) and you'll find that, bar the fact that they are all Group 1 winners to have been trained by John Gosden, they have something else in common. These top horses, along with plenty of others in the stable, were all ridden to victory on their debuts by Robert Havlin, better known simply as 'Rab'. The Scotsman is the epitome of the loyal second jockey. With his humility and the fact that...

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