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Article: Group win boosts dual-purpose sire; Progressive gelding could improve over longer trips.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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THE Aga Khan's remarkable Group race sweep during Arc weekend is something that won't be matched for some time, but there was a moment five days later in the Group 3 Prix Thomas Bryon at Saint-Cloud when it looked as if his run could continue.
The Aga Khan's representative in the four-runner event was the second favourite Rajsaman, and as he loomed up alongside the long-time leader Ameer two furlongs out, a ninth stakes victory within six days for the familiar green and red colours looked more than a possibility.
But just as Ameer was starting to assert, the ...