Waiting tactics pay big dividends as locals steal the show in Ebor

MOYENNE Corniche and apprentice rider Dale Swift were the toast of York on Saturday as they teamed up for a local success in the Betfred Ebor.

Waiting tactics pay big dividends as locals steal the show in Ebor
Mon, 22 Aug, 2011 - 01:00

The one-mile-six-furlong contest is the namesake of the entire meeting and Rotherham-born Swift, 25, admitted it had always been an ambition to win the big handicap.

He employed excellent waiting tactics aboard the 25-1 shot to come from the rear to claim Europe’s richest handicap by a length from the Queen’s horse Tactician, with Investissement third and Modun fourth.

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CourtsRacingPlace: Ebor MOYENNE CornichePlace: YorkPlace: Betfred EborPlace: RotherhamPlace: EuropePlace: YorkshirePlace: MaltonPlace: AscotPlace: SandownPlace: Royal AscotPlace: AmericaPlace: NewmarketPlace: Raven’s PassPerson: Dale SwiftPerson: SwiftPerson: ModunPerson: Brian EllisonPerson: Moyenne CornicePerson: DalePerson: EllisonPerson: Frankie DettoriPerson: Mahmood Al ZarooniPerson: Whiplash WilliePerson: DuncanPerson: Al ZarooniPerson: DettoriPerson: Joey BartonPerson: Peter Chapple-HyamPerson: Kieren FallonPerson: BrianPerson: Brian MeehanPerson: Davy BonillaPerson: ModeyraPerson: MeehanPerson: Native KhanPerson: Jeremy NosedaPerson: TalwarPerson: Jimmy FortunePerson: Paddy PowerPerson: Stan JamesEvent: Northumberland PlateEvent: EborEvent: November HandicapEvent: Parlour GamesEvent: Betfred Melrose StakesEvent: Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale CupEvent: Yorkshire CupEvent: Champions DayEvent: Doncaster CupEvent: Julia Graves Roses StakesEvent: De Vere Venues Atalanta StakesEvent: Sunshine Coach Solario StakesEvent: 2000 Guineas
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