Five things we learned from the weekend’s racing

Keith Hamer examines five of the main talking points from an informative weekend of racing...

1: GODOLPHIN BACK ENJOYING THE GOOD LIFE

The wind of change John Ferguson has brought to Godolphin was there for all to see at Sandown as Hawkbill took the Coral-Eclipse. Though they have had lots of success this year in all manner of races, Sheikh Mohammed’s operation has been lacking a top-class colt. Now they have one. It may have been an easy financial decision to raise the supplementary fee to put Hawkbill in the summer showpiece, but that has to be vindicated on the track. On that performance Hawkbill could prove a tough nut to crack in any major middle-distance prize he goes for.