Khaadem's easy victory in the historic £250,000 Unibet Stewards' Cup was a second big win in the week for trainer Charlie Hills and jockey Jim Crowley, the pairing repeating their big race win from the day before with Battaash.
AUG 03rd 2019
Khaadem kept sprint kings Crowley and Hills on top
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The Dark Angel-sired colt was the 4/1 favourite, and became the joint shortest-priced winner of the Unibet Stewards' Cup (with 2003 winner Patavellian) since 1946.
Khaadem carried 9st 6lb to his two and three-quarter lengths triumph over 14/1 chance Open Wide - the highest weight ever carried to victory in the race by a three-year-old. The previous record belonged to Red Alert, who carried 9st 2lb when winning in 1974, and Matador, who carried the same weight in 1956.
A delighted Hills, for whom this was a third success of the 2019 Qatar Goodwood Festival, said: "I so enjoyed that, everything went perfectly really. Three-year-olds have got a pretty good record in this race recently. I am sure that he could get seven furlongs if we wanted to go that route, but he is the most beautiful-looking horse.
He is growing up with every race that he has and we have to look at a Group race next. He is a class horse and is only going to get better and better, so I think we have to go to the top table with him. I guess we will have to look at the G1 [Sprint Cup] at Haydock. I think this fellow is a very good horse who is only going to get better and better."
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