Modern Games takes French 2000 in style
Jockey's Jim Crowley (left) and William Buick at Newbury racecourse. Picture date: Friday May 13, 2022. Photo credit: David Davies/PA Wire.
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SUBSCRIBEModern Games was an impressive winner of the Emirates Poule d’Essai des Poulains at Longchamp yesterday for William Buick and Charlie Appleby.
The colt was the 7-4 favourite after a juvenile campaign that ended with a Grade One victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar in November.
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