The first 10 races of the Royal Meeting 2023 had produced their usual proportion of narrow surfaces and well -supported winners. With a praise too Paddington And Vauban June 21 had not performed a performance in front of the Prince of Wales' Stakes (G1), which really took the collective breath away.
Sent with 10-1 in a field with an established quality, including a derby (G1) hero and an Irish Champion Stakes (G1) winner (G1). Mostahdaf Was the one who produced audible gasp when he stayed away from his rivals to stamp a real elite actor over 10 Furlongs.
The information was there in a number of his performances, although two runs in one and a half miles and a flood in Paris had probably contributed to masking the level of his talent.
Even the man who knows Mostahdaf better than any other, the shared coach John Gosden, admitted how much the son is expressly surprised by Frankel took the race from the range of Luxembourg And Contract .
“I expected to pick up in the street, but they didn't look as if they were standing still,” said Gosden. “He did it in Riyadh. He won the NeiM (lawn) Cup (G3) in this style; he simply flew away and dries out as the floor, he is a brilliant horse. The amount he accelerated on the other on this floor surprised me, but the fact that he loved the floor and was in top form (did not).”
World class performance!
Mostahdaf wins the Prince of Wales for @Jimcrowley1978 and the gosdens at #Royalascot! @Ascot pic.twitter.com/zocss7k7ww
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After his barnstorming performance in Saudi Arabia, it was a completely natural Mostahdaf in the Dubai World Cup in front of Shadwell Director Sheikha Hissa Hamdan al Maktoum. But on a journey that extends his own brilliance, he faced the horse, the five pounds in front of each other thoroughbred on the planet, the Japanese phenomenon equinox .
“We wanted to lead him in Brigadier Gerard (G3), but he hadn't quite recovered from his campaign of the Middle East,” said Gosden. “And if you check the shape book, he has taken over a certain Japanese horse in the sheema classic (G1), and one and a half miles over him, he is one and a quarter horse. But he was the one who stimulated them and gave them his best.”
When asked where Mostahdaf would go next, Gosden gave him the clearest indication of how much pleasure this victory – with Sheikha Hissa – gave him again.
He said, “What is the plan? That could have been the plan.”
Jim Crowley hadn't hidden his belief in Mostahdaf after the Neom Turf Cup, although this was a group 3, and he was also firmly convinced that he had cost the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1).
“He is a bit of a handful in the preliminary rounds, but as soon as he works at work, he is a class horse,” said Crowley. “We saw that in Saudi. He probably didn't quite come home in Dubai against Equinox. I tried to chase him down that day and somehow cut my neck.
“But back to a mile and a quarter was the key. The horse was so good and I knew that it was in great form. It is a great race to win. They do a great job with him. I think he was a bit silent from Dubai and probably a bit silent and probably this trip to Saudi and Dubai probably waited more than expected.
Fare Sheikha Hissa now has another wonderful reason to return to the Knavesmire.
Prince of Wales' stakes had trained American participants in Kenny McPeek Classic dam who pressed the pace early until it fell on the track to end the last six.
In the Breeders 'Cup Challenge series, Mostahdaf secured an automatic berth in the 4 million dollar -Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T). The World Championships will take place at Santa Anita Park 3. November 4th.
