Venetia Williams's 10-year-old lands the feature on Merseyside for second year in a row to give owner Rich Ricci his 100th Grade One victory
Royale Pagaille battled to secure a second successive victory in the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park to give owner Rich Ricci his 100th Grade One success on Saturday afternoon.
The famous pink and lime-green spotted colours of American owner Ricci have been a massive presence on the race tracks in Britain and Ireland ever since he landed his first Grade One with the Willie Mullins-trained Mikael D'Haguenet in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2009.
In the winners' enclosure at Haydock Williams watched on moments after Royale Pagaille's success as stable-mate Martator scored again at Ascot. She also won the last race at Haydock with Fontaine Collonges taking the Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase also ridden by Deutsch. “Haydock is similar to Newbury where he has also run well in that it is dead flat but he doesn’t usually get his ground there. He has a low head carriage and the way he carries himself means galloping tracks suit him better.”
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