Richard Hughes and Richard Hannon won the Group Three Jersey Stakes with Strong Suit. Advised at 12/1 we open Royal Ascot day two with a major win!
Hughes Wins on Strong Suit
Strong Suit, the winner of the Coventry Stakes 12 months ago, had disappointed on his seasonal reappearance in the Greenham, after which connections opted to give the son of Rahy a breathing operation. Second top rated, I gave this as the value bet and advised at 12/1.
Hughes had his charge at the head of the chasing pack – far more prominent than usual – as Utley cut out the early running in first time blinkers. Strong Suit, who was giving weight away all round looked set to be score readily before wandering slightly off a true line.
However, Hughes still had him back on a true line and the three year old ran on well to score by half a length. The well backed favourite Codemaster tried hard to close the gap but couldn’t get past whilst Western Aristocrat came from a long way back to flash home in third.
