A slow getaway probably cost Aussie sprinter Star Witness a win in the King's Stand Stakes 1000m at Royal Ascot overnight. Star Witness 6/1 settled down last and drove through on the rails to finish a close 2nd to Prohibit 7/1. He was closing fast but his patchy start, which saw him last settling down, was too much to overcome. Flemington trainer Danny O'Brien is keen to run Star Witness again in Sat's Golden Jubilee Sprint 1200m. He says: 'It's disappointing, but it was obviously a great run an
A slow getaway probably cost Aussie sprinter Star Witness a win in the King's Stand Stakes 1000m at Royal Ascot overnight. Star Witness 6/1 settled down last and drove through on the rails to finish a close 2nd to Prohibit 7/1. He was closing fast but his patchy start, which saw him last settling down, was too much to overcome. Flemington trainer Danny O'Brien is keen to run Star Witness again in Sat's Golden Jubilee Sprint 1200m. He says: 'It's disappointing, but it was obviously a great run and we'll be back again on Saturday...He didn't have anything to tow him into the race but he kept on going strongly...Steven Arnold said that things didn't exactly go to plan...We hoped to run him twice over here. He's blown away a few cobwebs.' Star Witness will clash with the the Peter Moody trained Hinchinbrook in the GJ.
Hinchinbrook, who is as short as 10/1 with Ladbrokes for the Golden Jubilee, worked well over 5f on the Limekilns gallop at Newmarket on Monday, pleasing trainer Peter Moody. He says: 'His work was very good. I'm very hopeful, I was over here in 2007 when Magnus finished third in the King's Stand and I'm hopeful of a similar run from Hinchinbrook...He ran in a trial before coming out here and ran well and is very fit now and that will be his last serious piece of work.'