Preview: Gr.1 St James Palace Stakes 2018
Godsen’s Unbeaten Colt Takes On Tip Two Win
Without Parole is the crowd favourite for the St James's Palace Stakes.Taking him on will be second favourite Tip Two Win. John Godsen’s unbeaten colt, Without Parole is a son of Frankel, to be ridden by champion jockey Frankie Dettori. While Roger Teal's stable star produced a fine performance in the 2000 Guineas to finish second.
Also lining up against the two market leaders are Romanised, who won the Irish 2000 Guineas in tremendous style. He will probably need to improve again, but that's entirely possible for a horse who has done nothing but progress since his days as a two-year-old.
Trainer Ken Condon has been granted the dry weather he wanted for Romanised, which will produce the sort of fast ground he can quicken off in the final quarter-mile.
French raider Wootton makes the journey over for Godolphin, while Gabr runs for Sir Michael Stoute.
Also in the contest are Irish 2000 Guineas runner-up US Navy Flag and the horse that finished third that day, Gustav Klimt.
It should be an altogether interesting race, a veritable clash of the titans so to speak. We will eagerly wait to see who is crown Zeus on the day.
Click Here To Watch st james palace stakes Winner Race 2017
Full Winner List 2017:
1st Barney Roy (R. Hannon, Jr.,J. Doyle),2nd Lancaster Bomber(A.O'Brien,D. O'Brien),3rd Thunder Snow (S. Suroor,C. Soumillon),4th Churchill (A. O'Brien,R. Moore),5th Forest Ranger (R. Fahey,T. Hamilton),6th Rivet (W. Haggas,A. Atzeni),7th Mr Scaramanga (S. Dow,H. Bentley),8th Peace Envoy (A. O'Brien,S. Heffernan)
Full Runner List:
1.Chilean (M. Meade,S. Sousa), 2.Gabr (S. Stoute J. Crowley), 3.Gustav Klimt (A. O'Brien,D. O'Brien), 4.Kings Shield (J. Gosden,O. Murphy), 5.Romanised (K. Condon,S. Foley), 6.Threeandfourpence (A. O'Brien,S. Heffernan), 7.Tip Two Win (R. Teal,D. Probert), 8.U S Navy Flag (A. O'Brien,R. Moore), 9.Without Parole (J. Gosden,F. Dettori), 10.Wootton (H. Pantall,M. Barzalona)
Race Type & Conditon:
Distance:7f 213yd (1,603 metres), Surface:Turf, Track:Right-handed, Qualification:Three-year-old colts, Weight:9 st 0 lb, Purse:£400,000 (2017),1st: £226,840
Credit: Pallavi Shevade pallavi.shevade@secretaristworld.com