Haqeeqy powered to an impressive victory in the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster under apprentice Benoît De la Sayette. Sent off at 9-2, the winner finished a length and a half clear of Brunch, with Hortzadar third and Danyah fourth. The winner is owned by Hissa Hamdan al-Maktoum, whose father Sheikh Hamdan died earlier this week. “I wanted to follow the [William] Haggas horse [Johan], but he didn’t run so it was a blank canvas. Godolphin’s Magny Cours, trained in France by André Fabre, stayed on to be third under William Buick, another length and a quarter back.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2021 15:57 UTC