{"id":449994,"date":"2025-09-25T08:48:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449994\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T08:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:48:23","slug":"bow-echos-work-as-impressive-as-weve-had-from-a-two-year-old-football-racing-news-star-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/449994\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow Echo\u2019s work \u201cas impressive as we\u2019ve had from a two-year-old\u201d \u2013 Football & Racing News \u2013 Star Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leading trainer discusses his Group race contenders at Newmarket this weekend\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Star Sports ambassador George Boughey discusses the chances of his exciting trio Bow Echo, Hilitany and Awaken, who are all set to run in Group company at this week\u2019s Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boughey said:<\/strong> \u201cBow Echo heads to the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes (1:50pm, Saturday) after a good win at Haydock last time out. His work has been good since, and he\u2019s never really been one to take that much to get to race fitness, so we\u2019ve just been ticking him over since. The one piece of work he did was on the Rowley Mile and it was as impressive a bit of work as we\u2019ve had from a two-year-old.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was nice to get some match practice, and he couldn\u2019t be in much better shape coming into his first Group 2 contest. He\u2019s the type of horse that if he can take this step up in grade, then the natural next step will be to work back from the 2000 Guineas next year. We\u2019ll likely keep him off the track for the rest of the season after this.<\/p>\n

\u201cHilitany (3:00pm, Saturday) has nearly landed a perfect three from three so far in his career, and he really stepped his form up when winning at Windsor under a penalty earlier this month. The initial plan was to work back from the Mill Reef, but with the timeframe we thought the ground would be better for him at Newmarket, and I think that\u2019s the way it\u2019s panning out with a clear forecast. He\u2019s a good moving horse who\u2019ll be seen to best effect on decent ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s stepping up from a novice win under a penalty to Group 1 company, but in a year where it looks quite an open race, we\u2019re more than willing to take our chance. He likes to be on the front end and Newmarket favours those who like to go forward. He comes here in the best shape we could have him so I\u2019m looking forward to seeing him step up in grade.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAwaken (2:25pm, Friday) was disappointing at Salisbury in the Dick Poole. She was drawn in 12 on what was almost un-raceable ground \u2013 I slightly wish we hadn\u2019t run her there, but luckily it seems to have left no marks on her. She came out of the race in great shape and has shown encouraging work since. She\u2019s a filly that\u2019s been crying out for the step up in trip to seven furlongs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the extra furlong will allow her to travel with a bit more ease. They\u2019re likely to go a decent gallop with a strong pace forecast in the race and I\u2019m more than happy to give her a chance here. This\u2019ll be the stiffest test she\u2019ll have faced so far, so we\u2019ll get a really good guide as to where we are with her and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing how she gets on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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