Mostahdaf DESTROYS Luxembourg, Adayar and Bay Bridge in the Prince of Wales's!

Mostahdaf produced a career-best to land a red-hot renewal of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.
John and Thady Gosden’s charge was a big-race winner in Saudi Arabia during the winter before running with real credit behind Japanese superstar Equinox in the Dubai Sheema Classic. But he was somewhat the forgotten horse here as the race was billed as a showdown between former Derby hero Adayar, Sir Michael Stoute’s Champion Stakes winner Bay Bridge and his Curragh conqueror Luxembourg.
However, it was the Shadwell-owned five-year-old who landed the spoils in tremendous fashion, to strike for the first time at the highest level.
Jim Crowley was content to bide his time in the early stages as Luxembourg and American raider Classic Causeway eyeballed each other on the front end, but the jockey found himself in the perfect spot to strike as the runners entered the home straight.
And as push came to shove for the main protagonists, the 10-1 winner cruised to the lead before extending his advantage in the closing stages, registering a deeply impressive four-length success.
The victory gave John Gosden his third victory in the past 10 years in the 10-furlong contest and his fifth overall, but his first in conjunction with son Thady.
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[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

I genuinly cant believe theyve uploaded a G1 in 720p in 2023.

[@faizbapikee7228]

Lol well said man I was thinking the same thing

[@rivergold4835]

Fabulous performance. Hope he continue to perform like that in future G1 races.

[@seadrifter8975]

Equinox must be a titan based on this result ? Winner went from last to first in a couple of strides great performance .

[@simonchapman5560]

lewis your Luxembourg took a hell of a beating . 🤣🤣🤣

[@nightowl7459]

@Simonchapman5560 The moron will have gone into hiding until O'Brien sends out his next winner.

[@Zarkava8]

Martin Lewis lost another 10p on Luxembourg. 😂

[@nightowl7459]

@@Zarkava8 He's on this channel but hasn't replied to Simon yet. 🤣

[@simonchapman5560]

@@nightowl7459 He cant reply. He has blocked me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nightowl7459]

@@simonchapman5560 🤣 I certainly wouldn't put that past him.

[@michaelc3051]

Superb performance against an elite field. He left them standing.

[@asteroidstrike8880]

If you had backed every Frankel that lined up in all the group 1 races in England this season you would be well in profit.

[@rivergold4835]

And a Frankel has just won the Gold Cup at 15/2.

[@Funeeman]

Watch how easily the winner was travelling as they turn into the home straight. He ran past them and away from them as if they were group 3 horses.

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

The winner was a G3 horse before today.

[@bensc260]

They got the pace completely wrong that's why

[@Funeeman]

@@theLowestPointInMyLife The horse's he beat are mostly all group 1 class. The difference is that he produced a lethal turn of foot. It is true he has never done this before in similar company, but there's a first time for everything.

[@Gos1234567]

@@Funeemanseems out of nowhere,dodgy

[@Elliot-T]

I thought Mostahdaf was there to make up the numbers, I never do well financially out of this meeting.

[@user-le8ll3kh8c]

That's because u need luck to win at this meeting, every race u could make a case for at least half the field , I got lucky got on triple time 30 secs before off & backed mostahdaf @ 20/1

[@asteroidstrike8880]

​@@user-le8ll3kh8cThere was no hard luck stories in this race. Mostahdaf annialated them.

[@user-le8ll3kh8c]

@@asteroidstrike8880 who said there was ???

[@Gos1234567]

@@asteroidstrike8880yes which is fishy considering his form

[@Funeeman]

@@user-le8ll3kh8c "That's because u need luck to win at this meeting... " Mostahdaf's win had nothing to do with "luck".

[@anotherblonde]

Superb Kinane'esque ride by Crowley to get this son of Frankel into the best posi to use the others as pacemakers. Slowing to pass the post, but still winning by 4 L. Winning time: 2m 5.95s (slow by 1.65s) data RP

[@SchmeichelJackson]

Got odds of 21 on Betfair last night. Gift of the century!

[@effeo9962]

And now that he has won the Juddmonte International, we know it was no fluke.

[@markdoyle6400]

Beautiful ride by Jim, got him in the clear and held on to him as long as he could. Should have another easy winner today on another Gosden trained potential superstar in the 3.40.

[@latchmere100]

Brilliant ride.

[@mikejohnston1708]

Took the long way round, had to take a pull just before turning from home. Noticing his action, he might even be better on diffrent ground. great performance. 1m4f could be a push. Over a mile, he could be very competitive with the best of them out there. out there.

[@balticgalopp]

Great Race

[@davidfoster2006]

Luxembourg always vulnerable to a horse with a turn of foot.

[@rivergold4835]

Very true.

[@frankelforever14]

He has that battling quality that most good Ballydoyle horses seem to have but he isn't a patch on horses like Giants Causeway or High Chapparel who once eyeballed would keep pulling out more. He will be an attractive proposition at stud though for the smaller owners as his stud fee will likely be around the 20k mark which would be tempting with his bloodline

[@tonyt50]

Hes now 6/6 first up

[@harolddottin10]

Mostadhaf decided to give Sheikha Hissa and Sheikh Majid their wedding gift. Better late than never!

[@marcusprice3199]

A win for Gosdens, Sheikh Hamdam, Jim Crowley and Frankel. Bodes well for the filly tomorrow..

[@johnnyboy6608]

Our group 1 horses, both set of sprinters and middle distance are absolutely crap compared to the what we used to have

[@whitehead1187]

I agree, it's not a great crop at the moment. Still hats off to gosden for having him bang on

[@seanb1137]

Does he beat Paddington

[@3meeds275]

Did the bookies not watch what he did in Saudi 🤣🤣💀💀 my biggest winner this year🤲🏼🤲🏼🧹🧹

[@kamalrai2789]

Always outsider come and win the big races . favourite are just there show that they are also running

[@kamalrai2789]

Always money talks you know very well

[@latchmere100]

Keep your money in your pocket, folks, or better still, give it to me.

[@elgransenor1472]

I just feel that Adayar has been really poorly managed since he won the KG VI at 3.

[@MrBlackhibee]

This race just makes Equinox look even better. I'm just not sure about the quality of the quality of the Dubai taces really, the winner of the Dubai World Cup last season was beaten 19+ lengths by Flightline. All the same, Equinox is several grades above anything that ran in this race IMO.

[@whitehead1187]

His pedigree makes him exciting. Theres nothing outstanding at the moment though. The front 4 in this could all beat each other on different conditions/ time of season

[@ronaldparsons2131]

Luxembourg needs mile and half or pacemaker over mile two

[@bertgerry2945]

Or maybe he needs not to come up against horses that perform like this too often.

[@paradisehotel5005]

​@@bertgerry2945🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cristianobitoku2887]

What a catastrophic ride of Ryan moore..

[@ronaldparsons2131]

Explain?

[@Funeeman]

There's no need to come on the comments section and use words like "catastrophic" when you have done your money on a horse. Ryan Moore could have ridden Luxembourg this way, that way, or any other way and Luxembourg would still have been murdered by the winner.

[@harddriven1344]

I believe you were telling us not so long ago that Ryan Moore was the best thing since sliced bread.

[@ronaldparsons2131]

@@harddriven1344 sliced beef also,makes the least bad judgements,fact!

[@rodneymckee8431]

Clearly Luxembourg isn't as good as Coolmore thought. No sign of Martin no money Lewis i wonder why

[@robertdelacy3434]

He still beat the rest easy enough he definitely needs a mile an half

[@nightowl7459]

@@robertdelacy3434 He was a hard thought half a length in front of a wondering Adayar, which race are you watching? And there nothing that says he needs a mile and a half.

[@rodneymckee8431]

@@robertdelacy3434can't use the distance the reason for getting bt. He may have finished 2nd but as we have seen the horses are generally a ordinary bunch

[@rodneymckee8431]

@@nightowl7459 he won the Irish champ stakes over todays distance all the race showed today is there is no stand out horse in Europe over this distance

[@nightowl7459]

@@rodneymckee8431 The stand out horse could have emerged today assuming Mostahdaf wasn't a one off fluke? But before that there wasn't a stand out performer over that distance, there were only a few pounds between them.

[@ronaldparsons2131]

Kingscote isn't a top twenty Jock.

[@seanscanlon9067]

Bay Bridge isn't a proper Group 1 horse. The horse was not beaten here due to the jockey, regardless of the run they got.

[@nightowl7459]

@Ronaldparsons If you know anything about horses, you would know that Bay Bridge likes ground with soft in the description, nothing to do with Kingscote.

[@ronaldparsons2131]

@@nightowl7459 if you live to a hundred,you will never know as much as me,forget about bay bridge, wouldn't back it today with your £1,it's about his riding lately on the bigger stage since he won the Derby.

[@nightowl7459]

@@ronaldparsons2131 I'm not afraid to pit pit my knowledge again anyone, I just don't believe in calling a jockey for the sake of calling a jockey, he was the price he was today because he didn't get the soft ground he prefers.

[@ronaldparsons2131]

@@nightowl7459 11/5?that was crazy 🤪 low,.

[@kurman4749]

The Japanese colt Equinox did to Mostahdaf what Mostahdaf did to these horses today, but Equinox did it hard held. In the process of winning he broke the course record.

[@RandyWatson69]

UK and Ire don't have anything close to Equinox. The French possibly have one or two though.

[@contrail__]

I think equinox is one of the strongest horse in racing history

[@BABBIE1]

Would like to see equinox travel over to Britain to see if it could do the same there like the true greats do.

[@RandyWatson69]

@@BABBIE1 What true greats have done that from Japan or elsewhere ? Our prize money is shite, why would they bother.

[@nightowl7459]

@chbq Over a mile and a half, running two furlongs shorter can make a big difference.

[@schindlerteejay94]

Can’t believe the run on Classic Causeway, it was 2nd, then the jockey slowed the horse down all the way to last, another American bottler

[@evanpwell]

How did the jockey slow it down? the horse emptied out.

[@schindlerteejay94]

@@evanpwell He made it so that it looked tired, but when it did he did slow it down.

[@Elliot-T]

True, once it became apparent it wasn't winning he basically pulled it up.

[@LeonWright-gp3zy]

That horse is not no grade one he runs where is belongs at the back

[@controlleddemolition9112]

I'm from the US, and I can't say I'm surprised by that result. US form on turf over a distance of ground hasn't been good for a long time. It's not rare to see the top turf horses in the US having been Gr 3 or even listed stakes runners early in their career in the UK. It's not rare to see 2nd or 3rd stringers from the O'Briens stables or Godolphin shipping to win Gr 1 races in the US. A Japanese filly named Cesario shipped to Hollywood Park in 2005 to absolutely toy with a field of top US fillies in the American Oaks. You have to go back to Manila to find a truly top-class US middle distance runner. There have been a couple other good ones, like the underrated and undefeated Candy Ride, who won on both dirt and turf.

[@yingyang9414]

Well jim crowley get his revenge for bay bridge beating the brilliant Baaeed? Now jim turn the table back on him with easy

[@FezzieMac_44]

Visually very impressive, but what did Mostahdaf beat? Luxembourg isn't very good, Adayar is finished (stable out of form), Bay Bridge is a much better horse on soft ground and My Prospero was friendless in the market

[@Gos1234567]

Ok Captain Hindsight

[@whitehead1187]

Yeh I agree, not a strong bunch at the moment. Brilliant by gosden though

[@madtingsadting]

Does Lewis care to apologise to me when I said this horse would be a serious horse this season? Didn’t stay behind the best horse in the world, freshened up here over his optimum distance and fast ground and he’s hosed up. Easy. Money. #bucketloads #knowledgeispower

[@Martin.Lewis..]

Cringe #beg

[@simonchapman5560]

How dare you have the audacity to suggest any horse not trained by O Brien or Mullins could be serious horse ?

[@Martin.Lewis..]

Fell abit flat on its arse didn’t this comment.. #nolikes #attentionseeker

[@Martin.Lewis..]

😂😂😂😂😂 ducking knob you pal.

[@hendrik19601]

what an ugly word....DESTROY.......Horses don't destroy anything

[@paradisehotel5005]

If you were kicked in the face by one it would destroy your face.

[@harolddottin10]

Horses destroy grassfields

[@formerarcadian8167]

Apples 🍏

[@whitehead1187]

Polos

[@samsonpug]

I agree. An inappropriate verb to use in this instance.