Imperial Monarch reigns supreme in Classic Trial .
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Sandown, Saturday
bet365 Classic Trial (Group 3) 1m2f, 3yo
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IMPERIAL MONARCH, under a virtuoso ride from Joseph O'Brien, ploughed a lone furrow to come from a detached last to win the bet365 Classic Trial at Sandown.
Ladbrokes cut the 11-8 favourite to 20-1 from 25-1 for the Investec Derby for which his stablemate Camelot is favourite.
O'Brien had walked the track before racing with his father AidanO'Brien, who trains the Galileo colt for Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith
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Colombian grinds out Gordon Richards win.
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Sandown, Saturday
bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes (Group 3) 1m2f, 4yo+
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COLOMBIAN ground down determined front-runner Poet to claim a gruelling victory under jockey William Buick.
In what could only be described as testing conditions for Flat racing, Poet was roused into the lead by Ryan Moore with Colombian sitting in his slipstream.
Kicking offthe home turn, Poet went for glory, his seemingly relentless stride continuing up the tiring Sandown straight.
Too tiring for Twice Over, who weakened afterbeing ridden to challenge three furlongs out, and at one stage looking too tiring for the John Gosden-trained Colombian as well.
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China Rock has his finest hour with Gold Cup win.
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Punchestown, Saturday
thetote.com Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1) 3m1f, 5yo+
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CHINA ROCK, who ran as recently as Tuesday on day one of the festival, recorded the first success of his career over 3m in a thrilling Gold Cup.
The first-time tongue-tie clearly did the trick for 20-1 shot as he kept on well enough under Barry Geraghty to hold off the challenge of Follow The Plan. The 15-8 favourite and long-time leader Quel Esprit finished third.
The Mouse Morris-trained winner was stepping back up to this distance having been beaten 24 lengths into fourth spot behind Sizing Europe in Tuesday's 2m Champion Chase.
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Hisaabaat rallies to land Champion 4YO Hurdle.
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Punchestown, Saturday
AES Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m, 4yo only
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JCB Triumph Hurdlle runner-up Hisaabaat thrust his head back in front of Ut De Sivola after being headed after the last to claim the win for trainer Dermot Weld.
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