Treve Retired
Oct 4, 2015 17:22:30 GMT -5
Post by cait on Oct 4, 2015 17:22:30 GMT -5
'No excuses' for retired ace Treve
Sporting Life
Criquette Head-Maarek's wonder mare was never able to get close enough to John Gosden's colt in her bid to become the first horse ever to win the race three times in succession.
Slowly away, she travelled with fluency around the outside of the field with two furlongs to run, but failed to quicken in the manner which she had done in last year's race and could only keep on at the one pace.
Head-Maarek was magnanimous in defeat and said: "There is no disgrace in being beaten by Golden Horn. He was the Derby winner and there are no excuses.
"Before the race I was scared of Golden Horn, New Bay and Flintshire and they have filled the frame. In racing there are some you win and some in which you get beat, that's the game we are in.
"Golden Horn is an outstanding colt, Flintshire usually finishes behind us, but today he got the better of us, so he has run a great race, and New Bay is the best three-year-old in France. I'm not upset because she has run another great race.
"She deserves to go to stud and enjoy herself now. She has been unforgettable."
The trainer did, however, concede that she wondered whether her heroics in the Vermeille three weeks ago might just have taken the edge off the five-year-old going into this contest.
Sporting Life
Criquette Head-Maarek's wonder mare was never able to get close enough to John Gosden's colt in her bid to become the first horse ever to win the race three times in succession.
Slowly away, she travelled with fluency around the outside of the field with two furlongs to run, but failed to quicken in the manner which she had done in last year's race and could only keep on at the one pace.
Head-Maarek was magnanimous in defeat and said: "There is no disgrace in being beaten by Golden Horn. He was the Derby winner and there are no excuses.
"Before the race I was scared of Golden Horn, New Bay and Flintshire and they have filled the frame. In racing there are some you win and some in which you get beat, that's the game we are in.
"Golden Horn is an outstanding colt, Flintshire usually finishes behind us, but today he got the better of us, so he has run a great race, and New Bay is the best three-year-old in France. I'm not upset because she has run another great race.
"She deserves to go to stud and enjoy herself now. She has been unforgettable."
The trainer did, however, concede that she wondered whether her heroics in the Vermeille three weeks ago might just have taken the edge off the five-year-old going into this contest.
