G1 Royal Bahrain Sun Chariot S.

Newmarket's G1 Royal Bahrain Sun Chariot S. can throw up a surprise from time to time and Saturday's renewal was responsible for one of the biggest of that kind as Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's 16-1 shot Fonteyn (GB) (Farhh {GB}) denied TDN Rising Star Laurel (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in a 3-year-old domination. Reserved early off the strong pace by Neil Callan, the Kevin Ryan-trained homebred whose previous best success had come in the Listed Michael Seely Memorial Fillies' S. at York May 13 enjoyed a run up the stand's...

There has barely been a stronger mile contest all season than Saturday's G1 Royal Bahrain Sun Chariot S., with a division dominated by the fillies set for another re-measuring as Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) goes to war with Homeless Songs (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) on Newmarket's Rowley Mile. While the division's best individual race remains the G1 Queen Anne S. in which Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) mastered Real World (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), the fact is that both have for different reasons subsequently left the building. Those...