Magician out but Dawn Approach and Toronado to appear in Sussex Stakes – Horseracing News
Magician has been ruled out of the QIPCO Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, as he will be entering some other important competitions in the United Kingdom. However, Dawn Approach and Toronado look certain for the event.
Clerk of the racecourse at Goodwood, Seamus Buckley said, “It would be great to get Dawn Approach and Toronado among the runners for the QIPCO Sussex Stakes - a second "Duel on the Downs" following on from Frankel and Canford Cliffs
two years ago. I am happy with the way the course has recovered from the early-season racing.”
On the other hand, representative of the British Horseracing Authority, Dominic Gardiner-Hill was also looking forward to the race and said, “A performance figure of 124+ for Dawn Approach was the second highest posted in the Royal
Ascot race since the turn of the century with only Shamardal's 125, while Toronado's figure of 123 would have been good enough to win eight of the previous 10 runnings of the race.”
Both Dawn Approach and Toronado are excellent performers and have made their respective teams proud on numerous occasions. They have been up against each other on a couple of times, but the former of the two has been successful
on both occasions.
Although their first meeting turned out to be a one-sided affair, as the Jim Bolger’s trainee was unmatchable at that point and did not allow anyone else to come closer to him. However, he suffered a setback afterwards and is not
in the same dominant form right now, which might give a chance to some of his rivals.
During their most recent meeting, the result was same, as Dawn Approach managed to win the race, but the margin of his victory was not much impressive, as he edged his main rival by a short head distance. The race was quite an
interesting one and anything could have happened in the end.
Looking at that, Toronado’s camp would have gained a lot of confidence and will definitely be considering the Sussex Stakes. He has had a mixed season until now, but things might turn out to be good for him towards the end of the
year.
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