'He's been working like a train but is a thug' - Muir buoyed as Galiac grows up

Saturday: Goodwood

Galiac takes some training, but William Muir might have found the key to the three-year-old, who landed the 7f handicap.

"I know he's good – he's been working like a train," said Muir, who has a joint-licence with Chris Grassick.

"His work partner Stockpyle ran rubbish yesterday. He's nice and always has been, but he's a thug.

"Last year he was naughty at Epsom one day, but tanked like a train – he's got gears. P J McDonald then rode him at Newcastle and said, 'You've got to get this horse to settle and relax and then he'll be a good horse'.

The Lambourn-based Muir added: "Kai Lenihan rides him at home and says the horse drives him mad."

Jim Crowley excels on Majestic DawnCredit: Edward Whitaker

Dawn rises

Oliver Cole hinted that he could come out of retirement for a kickabout in the Lambourn area on Sunday morning and Majestic Dawn had his shooting boots on in the Listed Festival Stakes.

An assist came via a sublime front-running ride from Jim Crowley and Cole, who trains alongside his father Paul, said: "Jim was great, but that was the plan. He's very gusty – a serious horse on his day – and what we'll do next is celebrate!"

Majestic Dawn's part-owner Lee Green paid tribute to the Whatcombe team saying: "We've had loads of problems with his knees and the Coles have worked so hard through the winter to get those knees right. Without that, we wouldn't be here."

Fully Wet strides clearCredit: Edward Whitaker

Looking good

A sharply dressed Thady Gosden reckoned the 6f fillies' maiden produced a first in Britain as it went to Fully Wet, whose part-owner Barry Schwartz, racing royalty in the States, was getting off the mark on this side of the Atlantic.

The dashing blue-suited Newmarket operator, who trains in partnership with father John, suggested the Albany at Royal Ascot could beckon for the Robert Havlin-ridden winner, whom Schwartz owns in partnership with Andrew Rosen.

"It's great. Andrew and Barry have had their first winner in partnership and I think it's Barry's first winner over here," Gosden said.

Schwartz, a childhood friend of fashion icon Calvin Klein, whose brand he helped found, is a multiple Graded-stakes winning owner in the States, where he was chairman of the New York Racing Association.

Rosen is also a fashion pioneer and Fully Wet takes her name from a swimwear company run by his daughter Ashley.

Third Realm impresses in the Listed Tapster StakesCredit: Edward Whitaker

King chuffed

Inchicore thrilled Alan King by recording success in the 1m6f handicap in the colours of Apple Tree Stud, which is managed by the trainer's former ally Robert 'Choc' Thornton.

He said: "When they decided to keep her in training I said to Choc there would be a really big handicap on soft ground in her."

Andrea Atzeni did the steering on Inchicore and doubled up in the Tapster Stakes on Third Realm, while King enjoyed another winner in the 1m4f handicap thanks to Haseefah.

"She went to Kelso in March and I mean this, but I've never had a horse jump worse," he said.

Moss on top

A glass of champagne was the plan for connections of Kape Moss, who won the 5f handicap for Eclipse First Racing.

Ellie Harrod, married to Shadwell's nominations and marketing manager Tom Pennington, is part of the syndicate and bred the filly with her father John.

"We're living the dream and you'd love to think about getting some black type because we'd like to breed from her," she said.

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