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Godolphin Win King’s Stand Stakes

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday June 20
Four year-old Shamardal stallion Blue Point produced a career best performance to win in the Group I King's Stand Stakes (5f) for Godolphin at Royal Ascot.

Blue Point - Ascot Racecourse TwitterThe Charlie Appleby trained entire scored a dominant length and three-quarter win over Bataash with the favourite Lady Aurelia battling home in seventh place.

It was the first Group I win for Blue Point, who placed at Royal Ascot in the Group I Commonwealth Cup last year and has been a globetrotter this year placing in Dubai In February before finishing down the track at Sha Tin in the Group I Chairman's Sprint Prize.

"Blue Point brings his A game' here. The stiff track suits him. I've always thought a lot of this horse since his two-year-old career. Plenty of pace suits him too. William (Buick) gave him a copybook ride. He got a lovely lead into him and picked up well," said Charlie Appleby.

With six wins and five placings from 13 starts, Blue Point is talented and consistent and is a half-brother to stakes-winner Formosina from Royal Applause mare Scarlett Rose.

He is one of 118 stakes-winners for Darley's Shamardal, who shuttled with great success to Australia earlier in his career.

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