Clarendon Conquers
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Winner 10 of 2025: CLARENDON HOUSE, trained by Robert Cowell and ridden by Sean Levey. ‘BETUK HEVER SPRINT STAKES (Listed)’ over 5f at Southwell.
It was a beautiful, sunny day for the listed class Hever Stakes and the Group 3 Winter Derby Stakes, and with a combined three runners on the card, we had plenty of owners in attendance – above all to see our stable star CLARENDON HOUSE, who broke the track record at Southwell in December 2023, and finished third in the Hever Stakes a year ago behind one of the main opponents of this year's renewal - Diligent Harry.
Clarendon House went from Pillar to Post after he blitzed the start and travelled strongly under Sean Levey towards the stands’ side rail. The eventual second was closing in on our 7-year-old son of Mehmas inside the final furlong, but he wasn’t for catching and won impressively by 1/2 length.
The super consistent and in fabulous form acting Giorgio M was denied by a short head to give us a double on the day.
"CLARENDON HOUSE goes two better than 12 months ago" - Watch the full race replay here: https://www.attheraces.com/racecard/Southwell/22-February-2025/1440
Timeform rated his impressive victory with a t115.
Sean Levey was full of praise after the race: "He was the full professional today. He gave me a great feeling on the way down, and he not only broke on terms but travelled strongly. He responded well and kicked again inside the last half furlong. He will definitely come on from the run, but he saw it out well and I was never worried they would catch me. A fantastic performance, after a long time off. Huge well done to his owners and to Robert Cowell who did a fantastic job to get him back."
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