July Cup

Oxted (GB) (Mayson {GB}) will prepare for a domestic campaign, including a defense of the G1 July Cup, after finishing seventh while trying dirt for the first time in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint last Saturday. "It all happened a bit quick for him," said trainer Roger Teal of Saturday's race. "He just never got to travel. Everything happened a million miles an hour and he was just taken out of his comfort zone a bit. The draw didn't help. It forced us to go a bit more forward than we...

Enjoying days in the sun during the last decade with Lethal Force (Ire) and Harry Angel (Ire), it did not take long for Clive Cox to unearth another star sprinter and the former's son Golden Horde (Ire) looks to emulate his achievement in winning the G1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Saturday. Dynamic when winning the G1 Commonwealth Cup on similar ground at Royal Ascot on June 19, last year's G2 Richmond S. winner and G1 Middle Park S. runner-up gets six pounds weight-for-age from the older brigade and...

Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire}) has exited his G1 Commonwealth Cup victory last week "really well" and is set to tackle elders in the G1 Darley July Cup on July 11, trainer Clive Cox said. Golden Horde was emulating his young sire with a Royal Ascot Group 1 victory, Lethal Force having taken the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. in 2013 for Cox, and the 3-year-old will also attempt to follow his sire into the July Cup winner's enclosure. "He's come out of it really well," Cox said. "He took...

Jockey James Doyle, set to partner Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) in the July 11 G1 Darley July Cup, worked the dual Australian Group 1 winner on Newmarket's July course Tuesday and said he “wouldn't swap” his mount for any other in the prestigious contest. “He gave me the feel of exactly what he is: a top-class sprinter and a seriously fast horse; he felt great,” said Doyle. “We went six furlongs and he changed his legs in all the right places. He didn't do anything strenuous; I...