With the Godolphin logo.. “Ripples Romance” announces its 22nd victory and flies at the “July Cup” festival

The horse “Ripplers Romance” strengthened its position as the most victorious horse of the global “Godolphin” team, by adding the 22nd victory in its career, after winning the title of the “Princess of Wales Stakes” race for purebred purebred horses of the second category “Group 2” for a distance of 2400 meters on grass, today, Thursday, in the fourth and main round at the opening of the “Golay Cup” festival held until next Saturday at the British “Newmarket” track. The ancient one.
The Godolphin team’s horses continued to leave their mark on the race on the opening day of the festival, with the horse “Inner City Blues”, under the supervision of trainer Charlie Appleby, being crowned champion of the second half of the “Kingdom of Bahrain July Stakes” race, designated for two-year-old horses in the second category, “Group 2”, over the 1,200-meter grass speed distance.
The 8-year-old Ripples Romance, under the supervision of coach Charlie Appleby, added his 17th victory in high-classification races, in a global career that includes remarkable achievements in major races around the world, including nine titles in the highest-ranking world class 1 “Group 1” races, including a historic double in the classic “Breed’s Cup Turf” race title, which he achieved in 2022 and 2024.
Jockey William Buick knew how to lead “Ripples Romance” to stay close to the lead horses during the first stages of the main race, before unleashing his abilities in the final stages, overtaking his rivals to the lead, and crossing the finish line in first place, with a time of two minutes, 27 seconds and 83 hundredths of a second, half a length behind his colleague in the “Godolphin” team, the horse “Arabian Crown”, which was led by jockey James Doyle to come in second place, and third place went to the British horse. “Almeric” under the supervision of trainer Andrew Boulding and led by jockey Ocean Murphy.