Haqeeqy has Royal Hunt Cup in sights
The IndependentSign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lincoln winner Haqeeqy will aim to get back to winning ways in the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot John Gosden’s four-year-old looked booked for big things when he won the first major handicap of the season so impressively at Doncaster. “He won the Lincoln well but didn’t seem to fire at Ascot last time, so we’ve freshened him up,” said Gosden, as he prepares Haqeeqy for Wednesday’s ultra-competitive handicap. “He went through a breeze-up sale, and it tends to just fry their brains, and we’ve always been slightly trying to come back from being a horse who wants to do things the wrong way round in a bit of a hurry.” On Tuesday, Gosden will attempt to win the Coventry Stakes for just the third time when both Tolstoy and Dhabab will represent him in the Group Two. “They are two lovely horses – but it’s a big, open race where a lot of them are just maiden winners.
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