International double for Havana Gold
Tweenhills stallion Havana Gold recorded a cross-channel double on Tuesday when his sons won in France and Britain.
Jilbaab, who won in the UK when trained by Brian Meehan, scooped €10,000 for winning a class 3 handicap over 1300m on the all-weather at Chantilly for trainer Mme Sofie Lanslots.
Jilbaab was given an excellent front-running ride by Aurelian Lemaitre and showed the generous attitude associated with Havana Gold’s progeny in the finish.
At Newcastle, Broken Rifle won the second race of his career in a 10-furlong handicap for trainer Harriet Bethell and jockey Cam Hardie.
He has been ultra-consistent and achieved this much-deserved win in totally contrasting fashion to Jilbaab, still last with two furlongs to run but sweeping through to get up.
Jilbaab is out of a mare by Footstepsinthesand and Broken Rifle is out of a mare by Bertolini.
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