Middle Park and Del Mar in Ebro River’s sights
Hugo Palmer hatching big plans with classy colt.
The Middle Park Stakes and a trip to the Breeders’ Cup are among the missions under consideration for Ebro River following his creditable effort in Ireland last weekend. Having claimed top-level honours in the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh last month, Hugo Palmer’s charge returned to the Kildare circuit to bid for a Group One double in what looked a strong renewal of the National Stakes. The Al Shaqab Racing-owned juvenile ultimately had to make do with minor honours behind the Charlie Appleby-trained Native Trail and Aidan O’Brien’s previously unbeaten colt Point Lonsdale, but was far from disgraced.What a performance ⭐
Native Trail makes it a perfect three from three as the colt storms past his rivals in the Group 1 @Goffs1866 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes in the hands of William Buick for Charlie Appleby 🔵@curraghrace | #LICW21 @LonginesEq | @IrishChampsWknd pic.twitter.com/1oiL4HLUxs — Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 12, 2021
“He ran a tremendous race really,” said Palmer. “Ryan Moore (on Point Lonsdale) never left James (Doyle, on Ebro River) alone, not even for a second, and I think that probably paid for both Point Lonsdale and Ebro River at the end of the race. “The winner was very good, but the second and third softened each other up from a very long way out.” Ebro River, who is a son of Palmer’s 2000 Guineas hero Galileo Gold, was running over seven furlongs for the first time in the National Stakes – and his trainer admits he could eventually prove to be a more potent force back over shorter distances.
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