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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
• Jockey stays cool ahead of first ride at Santa Anita • Group One-winning rider also has mount on Twice Over "It's basically A to B, isn't it?", Tom Queally says, as he contemplates a weekend that might be the most important of his career. He is talking about the Breeders' Cup Classic, the richest race at the world's most valuable meeting. As marketing slogans go, it needs...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
• Tom Queally rides Midday to victory in Filly & Mare Turf • Man Of Iron wins Marathon to launch European challenge Henry Cecil recorded a first success at the Breeders' Cup meeting, and one of the most valuable and prestigious of his career, when Midday took the Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita tonight under an outstanding ride by Tom Queally. Midday started joint-favourite...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... that." Twice Over, from Henry Cecil's yard in Newmarket, was third under another good ride by Tom Queally, who took the Filly & Mare Turf on Friday, but Rip Van Winkle, representing Aidan O'Brien, faded rapidly from third place leaving the back to finish well beaten. O'Brien saddled only one winner at the meeting, in the Marathon, the least prestigious of the 14 races, and he saw...
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Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | yesterday
... haul of five, but they could not live with Zenyatta.Henry Cecil’s Twice Over, under a fierce Tom Queally drive, briefly threatened to add to the stable’s Filly & Mare Turf win on Friday with Midday, with a massive effort in third just behind runner-up Gio Ponti.But a long season and recurring hoof problems caught up with Rip Van Winkle as he faded into 10th. If Aidan O’Brien had fitted jet...
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Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Midday, under an inspired ride from Tom Queally, gave Henry Cecil his first Breeders' Cup win, when landing the $1million Filly And Mare Turf by a length from Pure Clan.
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BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Midday, ridden by Tom Queally, gives trainer Henry Cecil his first Breeders' Cup win on an exciting opening day at Santa Anita.
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Midday: Breeders' Cup winnerAlso see Midday gave the great Henry Cecil his first Breeders' Cup success in the Emirates Airline Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita on Friday night. Despite being at the top of the game in England for decades, the Newmarket handler had failed to hit the target at America's showpiece event.But given a textbook ride by young Tom Queally, who has come of age this season,...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Despite numerous Classic successes and countless Group Ones triumphs, Cecil had not won at America's biggest meeting. All that changed, however, within a handful of spellbinding strides. Given a confident ride by Tom Queally, having his first ever experience of the event, the daughter of Oasis Dream scooted clear inside the home straight.The 15-8 favourite had a length in hand over the fast-finishing...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... class turf horse in America. However, Twice Over comes into the race brimming with confidence and Tom Queally, his jockey, reckons he has improved since the Champion Stakes. A key race in his form could be last season's St James's Palace, when he was third to the first two in last year's Classic, Raven's Pass and Henrythenavigator, and he is unquestionably a better horse this year. SANTA...
