Taghrooda ‘something else’, says Hanagan

Paul Hanagan feels Taghrooda has the world at her feet after she rewrote the turf record books with a stunning victory in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Taghrooda ‘something else’, says Hanagan
Mon, 28 Jul, 2014 - 01:00
Tom Peacock

Riding for his boss Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, Hanagan was proved right in rejecting their Coral-Eclipse hero Mukhadram in favour of the unbeaten Investec Oaks.

Taghrooda swept past the classy older horses Telescope and Mukhadram in the final furlong to score by three lengths and become only the second filly after Pawneese, in 1976, to win the Oaks and the King George in the same season.

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