A LOOK ATTHE PEOPLE, HORSES, AND PROJECTSTHAT MAKETHE OAKTREE RACING ASSOCIATION UNIQUE
BY RUDI GROOTHEDDE
Oak Tree Stakes Winner Remains Perfect at Goodwood egal Realm (GB), ridden for the first time by three-time British champion jockey Ryan Moore, became a dual Group 3 winner from the only two career starts she has now made at Goodwood Racecourse in the south of England when she won the $83,928 Oak Tree Stakes on August 3, 2012. Established as the New Stand Stakes in 1980, to mark the opening of the new March Grandstand by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the seven-furlong race for fillies and mares, 3-year-old and up, then commemorated the nuptials of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana when contested as the Royal Wedding Day Stakes on July 29, 1981. The prestigious event was renamed the following year in recognition of the Oak Tree Racing Association, which reciprocated the gesture with the Goodwood Handicap/Stakes at Santa Anita Park from 1982 to 2009 and in 2011, and the Goodwood Stakes at Hollywood Park in 2010. This year’s edition of the Oak Tree Stakes attracted a final field of six sophomores and eight older fillies and mares and the eventual winner started from stall nine as the fifth wagering choice at odds of 10-1. With the race favorite Gamilati (GB) never a factor, Regal Realm jumped well and settled in ninth place both through the race’s only turn and midway down the stretch before unleashing her winning late charge. Trained by Jeremy Noseda, who missed both the race and winner’s circle presentation because his car broke down, she relegated two 16-1 longshots to the minor placings while
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English author Jilly Cooper and three-time British champion jockey Ryan Moore.
posting a winning time of 1:26.50. Four-year-old Sunday Nectar (Ire), a listed winner in Italy in her previous start, was the runner-up by three quarters of a length with 3-year-old Appealing (Ire) finishing a further head back in third. A homebred for Cheveley Park Stud, the residence of her sire Medicean (GB), Regal Realm also won Goodwood’s $65,464 Whiteley Clinic Prestige Stakes at seven furlongs in August 2011. The 3-year-old daughter of the winning Fantastic Light mare Regal Riband, she now boasts a record of three wins, a second and earnings of $116,452 from seven trips to post.
Regal Realm (GB), trained by Jeremy Noseda, won the 2012 Oak Tree Stakes (G3) at Goodwood in England.
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