Zayfire, Kaylif and Kayf Aramis in the field at home
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Johnny Murtagh will struggle to ride an easier winner this season than Kayf Aramis in theripleycollection.com Stakes. Murtagh nudged him into the lead turning into the straight and powered clear to win hard held by 13 lengths from Rose Bien.
Trainer Venetia Williams said: "Johnny carried the instructions out to the letter, the Cesarewitch is the plan and I thought we needed to go up seven or eight pounds to get in. I thought it might take us two races but I think Johnny has managed it in one!"
On guard as Venetia takes the one-for-all approach with Aramis; Alastair Down sees the Knavesmire conquered by a Cheltenham and Aintree hero
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AGENIUS trainer who has enjoyed spectacular success at the two biggest meetings of the year so far and won the most famous race
of them all struck again on the Knavesmire yesterday when Kayf Aramis won the concluding handicap over the extended trip of an extremely long way indeed..
They say the poor are always with us, but so is the elegant figure of Venetia Williams - Cheltenham, Aintree, York, they all
come alike to the great woman, though the way she drives it probably takes no more than an hour to get here from her Herefordshire base.
And Venetia has hardly started. The orders she gave to Johnny Murtagh were along the lines "win as far as you can and then some. Get ten lengths clear and then kick on" - as Miss Williams' plans
for world
domination now include the Ascot Stakes at the royal meeting en route to her main target of the Cesarewitch in the
autumn at Newmarket.