Angel heaven sent for Dettori and Beckett
Vintage Stakes honours on quick return after weekend run at Ascot.
A quick reappearance proved no barrier to success for Angel Bleu, as Frankie Dettori steered Ralph Beckett’s colt to victory in the Unibet Vintage Stakes at Goodwood. Runner-up in the Listed Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, the Dark Angel youngster was sent off at 100-30 to go one better in this Group Three contest just three days later. Having sweated up on the way to post, Angel Bleu raced enthusiastically for much of the race, but quickened up smartly in the rain-softened ground once popped the question by Dettori.Angel Bleu (Dark Angel) was only second in Listed company on Saturday and hits the line first in an eventful Unibet Vintage Stakes for @RalphBeckett and @FrankieDettori #QGF @Goodwood_Races pic.twitter.com/KtTUl7AmL9
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 27, 2021
He did hang quite badly rightly when delivering his challenge, interfering with The Acropolis in the process. The previously-unbeaten Coventry Stakes winner Berkshire Shadow (13-8 favourite) was doing his best work at the finish, but Angel Bleu had enough in reserve to hold him at bay by three-quarters of a length. Beckett said: “Frankie got off him on Saturday and said ‘he’s been busy, give him a break’, so I thought we should leave him alone. “(But) I fed him on Sunday and I looked at him sideways and thought ‘you don’t look like you’ve had a hard race to me at all’.
Angel Bleu after winning the Unibet Vintage Stakes for @FrankieDettori and @RalphBeckett pic.twitter.com/6tWJsWj1ni
— Molly Hunter (@mollhun) July 27, 2021
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