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Tiggy Wiggy aimed at Longchamp after winning Newmarket’s Cheveley Park Tiggy Wiggy aimed at Longchamp after winning Newmarket’s Cheveley Park
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A campaign that started in an all-weather maiden at Kempton in late March could yet conclude with two Group One victories in the space of eight days after Tiggy Wiggy’s front-running success in the Cheveley Park Stakes here on Saturday. Having established herself beyond doubt as the fastest two-year-old in Europe, Tiggy Wiggy could now line up against older sprinters in the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp next Sundayon Sunday 5 October. By the end of the five-furlong dash, they could be feeling very old indeed. A campaign that started in an all-weather maiden at Kempton in late March could yet conclude with two Group One victories in the space of eight days after Tiggy Wiggy’s front-running success in the Cheveley Park Stakes here on Saturday. Having established herself beyond doubt as the fastest two-year-old in Europe, Tiggy Wiggy could now line up against older sprinters in the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp on Sunday 5 October. By the end of the five-furlong dash, they could be feeling very old indeed.
Saturday’s race was effectively over as soon as Richard Hughes grabbed an uncontested lead in the first half-dozen strides. He then choose his moment to kick for home, and Tiggy Wiggy stayed on willingly to beat Anthem Alexander by three-quarters of a length. Saturday’s race was effectively over as soon as Richard Hughes grabbed an uncontested lead in the first half-dozen strides. He then chose his moment to kick for home, and Tiggy Wiggy stayed on willingly to beat Anthem Alexander by three-quarters of a length.
The Cheveley Park is often seen as an early trial for next year’s 1,000 Guineas, but Richard Hannon, Tiggy Wiggy’s trainer, is realistic about her limited chance of stretching her speed through another quarter of a mile.The Cheveley Park is often seen as an early trial for next year’s 1,000 Guineas, but Richard Hannon, Tiggy Wiggy’s trainer, is realistic about her limited chance of stretching her speed through another quarter of a mile.
Instead, he intends to make the most of her exceptional speed next weekend, assuming she has recovered from her latest race.Instead, he intends to make the most of her exceptional speed next weekend, assuming she has recovered from her latest race.
“I think she’ll be stronger over five,” Hannon said. “She’s a two-year-old and we’ll worry about next year, next year. She’s in great form, so why not keep going? I’ll have a look at her when she gets home but I know what she’ll be like, she’ll be her usual self and she’ll just do her thing.”“I think she’ll be stronger over five,” Hannon said. “She’s a two-year-old and we’ll worry about next year, next year. She’s in great form, so why not keep going? I’ll have a look at her when she gets home but I know what she’ll be like, she’ll be her usual self and she’ll just do her thing.”
Tiggy Wiggy would be asked to carry 8st 4lb in the Abbaye while Hughes has not ridden below 8st 6lb this season, but a pound or two of overweight is unlikely to blunt her speed.Tiggy Wiggy would be asked to carry 8st 4lb in the Abbaye while Hughes has not ridden below 8st 6lb this season, but a pound or two of overweight is unlikely to blunt her speed.
“I wouldn’t like to be putting anyone else on her that doesn’t know her,” Hughes said. “She’s professional, and she grinds it out.“I wouldn’t like to be putting anyone else on her that doesn’t know her,” Hughes said. “She’s professional, and she grinds it out.
“She’s the fastest two-year-old I’ve ridden, without a doubt. You don’t feel you’re going that quick, no matter what part of the race, but she covers a lot of ground.”“She’s the fastest two-year-old I’ve ridden, without a doubt. You don’t feel you’re going that quick, no matter what part of the race, but she covers a lot of ground.”
Tiggy Wiggy is priced at 7-2 for next Sunday’s big sprint, while her success also franked the form of York’s Lowther Stakes, in which she beat the subsequent Group One winner Cursory Glance, the 10-1 ante-post favourite for the 1,000 Guineas.Tiggy Wiggy is priced at 7-2 for next Sunday’s big sprint, while her success also franked the form of York’s Lowther Stakes, in which she beat the subsequent Group One winner Cursory Glance, the 10-1 ante-post favourite for the 1,000 Guineas.
Andrew Balding is already considering next year’s Derby as a target for Elm Park, who stayed on strongly to beat Nafaqa, the 5-4 favourite, in the Group Two Royal Lodge Stakes.Andrew Balding is already considering next year’s Derby as a target for Elm Park, who stayed on strongly to beat Nafaqa, the 5-4 favourite, in the Group Two Royal Lodge Stakes.
A son of Balding’s excellent middle-distance performer Phoenix Reach, Elm Park needed most of the eight furlongs to be competitive and could now step up to Group One company in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.A son of Balding’s excellent middle-distance performer Phoenix Reach, Elm Park needed most of the eight furlongs to be competitive and could now step up to Group One company in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.
“His dad was a star and he’s a very good stallion as well,” Balding said. “He’s every bit as good as his dad, so if he wins as much prize money [£1.9m] I’ll be happy.”“His dad was a star and he’s a very good stallion as well,” Balding said. “He’s every bit as good as his dad, so if he wins as much prize money [£1.9m] I’ll be happy.”
Bronze Angel, ridden by the apprentice Louis Steward, became the seventh horse in the long history of the Cambridgeshire Handicap to win the race twice as he repeated his victory of 2012, coming home two-and-a-quarter lengths clear of Velox, Niceofyoutotellme and Buckstay.Bronze Angel, ridden by the apprentice Louis Steward, became the seventh horse in the long history of the Cambridgeshire Handicap to win the race twice as he repeated his victory of 2012, coming home two-and-a-quarter lengths clear of Velox, Niceofyoutotellme and Buckstay.
Two years ago, Bronze Angel was stabled in Lambourn, but his trainer, Marcus Tregoning, has since moved to the historic Whitsbury Manor in Hampshire and the five-year-old’s victory was a welcome one for the yard.Two years ago, Bronze Angel was stabled in Lambourn, but his trainer, Marcus Tregoning, has since moved to the historic Whitsbury Manor in Hampshire and the five-year-old’s victory was a welcome one for the yard.
“We fancied him like mad,” Tregoning said. “It was a great training performance by the team who came with me to Whitsbury. It has started extremely well so far but it just needs a couple of good horses to make it really go.”“We fancied him like mad,” Tregoning said. “It was a great training performance by the team who came with me to Whitsbury. It has started extremely well so far but it just needs a couple of good horses to make it really go.”