Tally-Ho breezer Powerful Glory becomes latest G1 winner for Cotai Glory at Ascot

With a powerful surge down the centre of the track under Jamie Spencer, Tally-Ho breezer Powerful Glory returned to winning ways where it mattered on Saturday, snatching the Group 1 Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes to become the latest Group 1 winner for his sire Cotai Glory.

The colt, who was bred by Con Marnane out of the Kodiac mare Wouldnitbelovely, looked a high-class prospect last season for Sheikh Rashid Dalmook al Maktoum and trained Richard Fahey when taking the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury to cap an unbeaten juvenile season.

Prior to Saturday, however, he'd had a stop-start season this year. That was all very much in past though at Ascot, as he flew home to deny Lazzat with a whole host of other Group 1 winners in behind him.

“I always felt he was going to get there if that makes sense," said Richard Fahey. "It’s fantastic. It was the plan all year, genuinely. We had a blip halfway through and we had to stop with him, and we were running out of races.

“Did I think he would come here and win? I thought he would need to be at his very best because he’s still an immature horse because he’s only had four runs.

“It was a Spencer special. I thought Jamie would suit him well, just get him to switch [off,] relax and leave him alone.”

Powerful Glory is the second Group/Grade 1 winner this year for Cotai Glory after the top American racemare Excellent Truth.

He was sold by us to Blandford Bloodstock at the 2024 Goffs Breeze-Up Sale in Doncaster. Many congratulations to all connections.

Powerful Glory also joins the likes of Believing, Lady Iman, Royal Fixation, Seagulls Eleven and West Acre as Group winners this year out of Kodiac mares.