505:) and Khalifa Sat (runner-up in the Derby). Moore positioned the colt just behind the leaders before moving up on the outside in the straight. He gained the advantage inside the final furlong and won by three quarters of a length from Highland Chief. After the race Aidan O'Brien said "We always felt he was a lovely horse, but we always felt he was going to take two runs and we were hoping to get that into him before the Derby. Obviously the Derby was only his second run and today was his third... he's a big, strong, powerful horse who carries a lot of weight, so it was always going to take racing to get him tuned up. We were delighted with him today and we still think there's more to come from him".
533:). Mogul raced towards the rear of the field as his stablemate Nobel Prize set the pace but made rapid progress along the inside rail in the straight before being switched left and taking the lead 300 metres from the finish. He quickly established a clear advantage and won by two and a half lengths from the fast-finishing In Swoop. O'Brien who watched the race on television said "He's been showing so much speed, I thought we might be going the wrong way and maybe we should be going back to a mile and a quarter... He's obviously a fast horse, and he's able to quicken".
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by three lengths. After the race Moore said "He's a horse that we always expected a lot from... the race worked out nicely for him... He’s put them away very nicely. In reality, I was in front sooner than would have been ideal today but he took me there nicely. When he gets in front, he maybe lacks a bit of concentration still but he’s a beautiful looking horse. He's got a fantastic mind and it doesn't stress him. He'll be a really nice four year-old."
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over 2400 metres in which he was ridden by Moore and started the 1.6/1 second favourite behind the locally-trained
Exultant, who had won the race in 2018. After settling in fourth place he moved up alongside the front-running Exultant in the straight before pulling clear in the closing stages to win
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commented "We were delighted with him. He was trapped a little bit wide today and there was a nice pace on so he learned plenty... we've been very happy with his progress form race to race so hopefully he'll progress on again... We won't over-race him... we think he's a
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Cormorant set the pace before moving up to take the lead a furlong and a half from the finish and kept on well to win by one and a quarter lengths from the second favourite Sinawann. After the race
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on 19 August and started favourite but after being contention for most of the way he was beaten into third place behind
Pyledriver and Highland Chief. On 13 September Mogul was sent to France for the Grand Prix de Paris over 2400 metres at
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Mogul contested the Group 3 Gordon Stakes and went off the 9/2 third choice in the betting behind
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913:"Mogul upholds family tradition with smooth success at Leopardstown"
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when he recorded his first success in a similar event at the
1022:"Grand Prix Win Could Make Mogul an International Player"
182:(foaled 3 April 2017) is a British-bred Irish-trained
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931:"Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes result"
372:Mogul was ridden by his trainer's son
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388:favourite and finished second to the
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1077:O'Connor, Brian (13 December 2020).
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486:beaten seven lengths by the winner.
245:by Michael Magnier on behalf of the
1020:Burton, Scott (13 September 2020).
445:, Innisfree and Year of the Tiger.
193:as well as finishing fourth in the
16:British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
895:"Champions Juvenile Stakes result"
217:Mogul is a bay horse with a white
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1060:"Hong Kong Vase result"
949:"Investec Derby result"
410:Leopardstown Racecourse
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967:"Gordon Stakes result"
856:"Flight - Family 11-d"
510:Great Voltigeur Stakes
459:King Edward VII Stakes
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390:Jim Bolger
357:Tambourine
329:Epsom Oaks
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213:Background
150:Major wins
145:£1,533,173
917:Racing TV
779:Mogul is
760:Haglette
656:ch. 1989
652:Urban Sea
547:Keeneland
294:Nathaniel
187:racehorse
137:11: 5-1-1
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646:Special
622:Nearctic
585:Pedigree
422:horse".
345:Sagawara
235:yearling
205:and the
142:Earnings
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