![]() ![]() On 30 October the colt was stepped up in class to contest the Listed James Seymour Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in which he was partnered by Moore and went off the 6/5 favourite in a five-runner field which included the dual Canadian International Stakes winner Desert Encounter. He was restrained towards the rear of the field by Kingscote before producing a strong late run which saw him gain the advantage in the closing stages and win by half a length from the six-year-old gelding Platinumcard. Īfter a break of almost five months Bay Bridge returned for a ten furlong all-aged handicap at York Racecourse when he was ridden by Richard Kingscote and started favourite under top weight of 132 pounds. He was then aimed at the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot but was forced to miss the race owing to a foot abscess. Ridden by Ryan Moore he raced towards the rear in the early stages before going to the front two furlongs from the finish and stayed on well to come home four lengths clear of the runner-up King Frankel. In May the colt started 11/4 favourite for the London Gold Cup, a handicap race over the same distance at Newbury Racecourse which saw him assigned a weight of 122 pounds. He took the lead a furlong out and accelerated away from his four opponents to win "comfortably" by five lengths. On 7 April Bay Bridge began his second season in a novice race over ten furlongs on Tapeta at Newcastle Racecourse when he was ridden by P. On his only other start of the year he finished fourth in a similar event on the synthetic polytrack surface at Kempton Park Racecourse in November. Racing career 2020: two-year-old season īay Bridge began his racing career in a seven furlong novice race (for horses with no more than two previous wins) on soft ground at Yarmouth Racecourse on 12 October when he started at odds of 10/1 and finished third to Marrakech Moon, beaten five and three quarter lengths by the winner. She was a great-granddaughter of the Prix de Diane winner Shemaka, and closely related to many good winners including Technician, Shahrastani, Shakeel and Shakapour. Bay Bridge's dam Hayyona showed no racing ability, failing to win or place in three starts. He was from the first crop of foals sired by New Bay, who won the Prix du Jockey Club and finished third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as a three-year-old in 2012. He was sent into training with Michael Stoute at Freemason Lodge Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk. Bay Bridge (foaled 1 April 2018) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.īay Bridge is a bay colt with no white markings bred in England by his owner, James Wigan's London Thoroughbred Services.
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