FAST GROUND GIVES DECLAN DBEST CHANCE McDonagh will end long wait for flat win

Dbest hasn't run on the flat since being beaten by Zaydar at Downpatrick last September but, in today's modest 45-60 contest and with former champion Declan McDonogh in the saddle, [Joanna Morgan]'s charge is impossible to oppose. Such form, remembering that Raven's Pass chased h...

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Published inDaily mirror (London, England : 1903)
Main Author PETER O'HEHIR Racing Correspondent
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) MGN Ltd 21.06.2008
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Summary:Dbest hasn't run on the flat since being beaten by Zaydar at Downpatrick last September but, in today's modest 45-60 contest and with former champion Declan McDonogh in the saddle, [Joanna Morgan]'s charge is impossible to oppose. Such form, remembering that Raven's Pass chased home Henrythenavigator at Royal Ascot on Tuesday, looks a cut above anything offered by today's rivals. The John Oxx - trained MOURAD, runner-up to the useful Daasij on his debut at Roscommon, is preferred to Aidan O'Brien's BASHKIROV, which forced the pace in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom last time, in the 10-furlong maiden.