378:). In a change of tactics Ebro River took the lead soon after the start and set the pace from The Entertainer. He was headed by Dr Zempf and Go Bears Go approaching the final furlong but rallied to regain the advantage and won by three quarters of a length and a head from the aforementioned colts. After the race Foley said "We just said beforehand we wouldn't mind changing the tactics a bit. We'd been dropping him in but there didn't look to be much pace today and with that tailwind it can be hard to get them back up front. He'd been doing things wrong. He'd been keen and quite awkward. Hugo had in his head he wanted to go forward today and it was an ideal day to do it. He had the draw for it. I had a willing partner and he kept pulling out more."
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Hugo Palmer, who was unable to be present at the course after being sy=tuck in traffic said: "He's looked very smart from the first day he came in. He's obviously still a bit babyish and has a few crinkles to iron out – how we do that, I'm not sure. He'll be fine on any ground and it isn't a surprise he's so precocious... This horse will get a mile in time, but we'll gradually step him up as the season progresses. He's got some growing up to do."
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over six furlongs when he took the lead approaching the final furlong but was overtaken in the closing stages and finished fifth behind
Berkshire Shadow, beaten two and a quarter lengths by the winner. He next appeared Newmarket 23 days later when he came home fourth behind Lusail, Asymmetric and Sam
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Navello and Chipotle in a seven-runner field. With Doyle in the saddle, he took the lead approaching the final furlong and despite hanging to the left in the closing stages he drew clear of his opponents to win by three and a quarter lengths.
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and recorded his first victory as he recovered from a poor start to take the lead two furlongs out and won by a length from Kyber
Crystal with the pair finishing six lengths clear of the other six runners. Twelve days after his success at Doncaster Ebro River was stepped up in class for the
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Asymmetric. Despite three consecutive defeats the colt was promoted in class again when he was sent to Ireland to contest the Group 1
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in 2016. Ebro River's dam Soft Power showed modest racing ability, winning one minor race from six starts but was a half-sister to the dam of
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311:soft ground
287:James Doyle
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600:References
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270:Blind Luck
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201:Background
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155:Major wins
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349:. In the
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406:Pedigree
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