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BOOTS AND BRIDLES 2026
Reviewed by ANDRE BEAUMONT
Boots: It's hard to fill the boots of the real thing
Bridles: Necromancer, trained by a good fillies trainer, Ralph Beckett
Everyone tries, though it's a country music themed event in cloudy England
Where the horses are faster than mustangs
.... and the turf green and pleasant in a scorched summer
Winner of the first race, China In Your Hand, on Newmarket's July Course
The day's racing programme
The second race, the Aphrodite, was the serious race of the meeting and there is a little clip of Brielle winning: [1]
The winner, Brielle, in ithe winners' enclosure
In the third race the eventual winner, Where's Freddy, threw his rider just after leaving the parade ring and so his jockey, Marco Ghiani, walked him the 7 furlongs to the start.
Where's Freddy in the background
The eventual third placed horse, Warrior Mode, on the way down to the start
The winner home and dry in the enclosure
The fourth race looked as if it had had a horse going lame as it passed the finish line after the race but that proved to not be the case.
The eventual winner, Spring Bloom, in the parade ring
Spring Bloom in the winners' enclosure
The fifth race winner, Madjid, on the way down to the start
In the parade ring
Now on the way to meet a very happy owner group
