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Hollywoood Treasure takes starring role at Newbury

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Kevin Philippart de Foy secured his biggest success since being installed as principle trainer for Amo Racing when Hollywood Treasure came out on top in a blockbuster finish to the Sequoia Hair & Spirit St Hugh’s Stakes at Newbury.

An impressive winner at Wolverhampton on debut for Amo’s previous Freemason Lodge incumbent Raphael Freire, the daughter of Gregorian was sent off 16-1 to double her tally in the Listed event, with fellow Amo-owned contender and Queen Mary runner-up Flowerhead the even-money favourite.

Rowan Scott was aboard the perceived Amo second string and while both runners in the silks of Kia Joorabchian’s racing organisation were involved at the finish, it was Hollywood Treasure who finished strongest to edge out Eve Johnson Houghton’s Palmeira by a neck, with Flowerhead a further head adrift in third.

Philippart de Foy was thrilled to see the filly continue her progress and said: “I’m delighted and Raphael did a brilliant job with the filly at the beginning of the season and then I’ve taken over and kept on doing the good work he started.

“She showed a lot of ability first time out and she showed the turn of foot once again there. I’m delighted for connections and obviously it’s great to win a good race like this for Amo Racing.

“It’s always easier when you have good ammunition and we inherited a great bunch of horses. This is the level we want to be targeting and the kind of races we want to be winning, so it’s a good start and hopefully we can keep building on this.”

Hollywood Treasure looks a smart prospect
Hollywood Treasure looks a smart prospect (Jonathan Brady/PA)

On future plans, Philippart de Foy added: “Hopefully she will have a bright future and we don’t have a huge amount of options between now and the end of the year.

“I want to keep her over five furlongs and she will need some decent ground. We will have to sit down and see what there is and it could all depend on ground conditions over the next couple of months.”

Five jockeys involved in light aircraft drama

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Five jockeys based in the north of England were involved in a dramatic emergency landing on Thursday, after the light aircraft they were travelling in to Goodwood suffered what is thought to have been an engine problem.

Rowan Scott, Callum Rodriguez, PJ McDonald, Tom Eaves and Jack Garritty were flying from Bagby Airfield near Thirsk in North Yorkshire when the pilot was forced to turn back.

Scott’s agent Niall Hannity said: “They set off from Bagby and something went wrong with the plane so they started to get a bit panicky, as you can imagine.

“The pilot, who has 25 years’ experience, said nothing like it had ever happened to him but they were able to get turned round and land back at Bagby, which must have been frightening.

“The main thing is they got back down and they are all safe now.

“Rowan was sending me messages in the air asking me to let John Quinn and Alice Haynes know he wouldn’t be able to ride their horses today and I was telling him not to worry about that in the grand scheme of things!”

He added: “It was Rowan’s first time in a private plane – he said it’s also his last.”

To make matters worse for Scott, Haynes’ Naana’s Sparkle (15-2) went and won the Buccellati Handicap under his substitute Charles Bishop.

Haynes said: “Poor Rowan was upset he couldn’t make it. He sounded quite shook up. Thank God they are all OK. I think the engine failed after they had gone 20 minutes.’’