Boleyn bowls punters over

Boleyn Castle left punters scratching their heads at Sandown today when springing a 33-1 surprise in the Royal Bank Of Scotland Conditions Stakes.

The injury-prone gelding, who had been off the course for more than six months, came up the far rail under stable apprentice Robert Miles to floor evens favourite Bishops Court by three-quarters of a length.

But Epsom trainer Terry Mills maintained that the victory had come as no surprise to those in the know.

'More fool the bookmakers!' he smiled.

'When you get him on the track, he is a very fast horse. He`s got his little quirks and he has been very lightly-raced for a five-year-old. First it was his back and then his legs but when he makes it to the track he can run.

'The kid has given him a great ride and it`s good for the owners who lost a nice two-year-old filly on the gallops earlier this week. We`ve all been very down in the dumps about that but this will cheer us up a bit.'

Mills has a team of 'about five or six' for Royal Ascot.

'I wish I`d put this one in the King`s Stand Stakes now but we have got Olivia Grace for that race,' he said.

'Where or When is still in the St James`s Palace Stakes and he is jumping out of his box at the moment.

'We`ve also got horses like Fools Rush In and Lewis Island but the problem is with the two-year-olds at the moment. They`ve all been coughing and although it`s nothing major it`s holding them up badly.'

Training honours went to Neville Callaghan, who saddled a double with wins for Football Crazy and Magistretti.

Football Crazy left fans of the beautiful game raising the roof as he took the opening Royal Bank Of Scotland Handicap.

The gelding was an aptly-named winner of the nine-furlong contest with most punters struggling to tear themselves away from the screens that were showing England`s World Cup clash with Denmark.

Those that did supported him into 7-2 and Football Crazy left them delighted as he easily scored under apprentice Fran Ferris.

'It`s funny how it worked out,' said Callaghan. 'He didn`t go up in the weights for winning a claimer last time and he likes a bit of cut in the ground which he got today.

'He is entered next week and I suppose we could run him with a penalty while he is in such good form.'

Callaghan completed the brace when champion jockey Kieren Fallon took the reins as Magistretti made an impressive debut in the Palletline Maiden Stakes.

The Michael Tabor-owned son of Diesis, who cost IR£170,000 as a yearling, was sent to the front with three furlongs to run and maintained the gallop all the way to the line, scoring by three lengths from Cayman Venture.

'He is a nice colt with a nice pedigree and he wasn`t cheap,' said Callaghan.

'He`s done everything that we`ve asked him to at home and hopefully he will go on from this. Kieren suggested the Solario Stakes back here now what we know hehandles the track.

'Perhaps it was a bit early to bring him out but he was going nicely I wanted to know if he could do it on the track.'

After Football Crazy`s win, Great Game was unable to keep up the football theme as he went down at odds-on to Tamasuk in the EBF John Egginton Maiden Stakes.

The six-length winner was providing a first success in Britain for Julien Gadsby, the former champion apprentice in South Africa.

Gadsby, who formally emigrated to the UK at the start of the year, is based with winning trainer Ben Hanbury in Newmarket.

'I came over to ride for Jack and Lynda Ramsden at the end of last season but it was a bad time to come really,' said the successful rider.

'I moved to Newmarket so that hopefully I would get some more opportunities. I was champion apprentice in 1996/97 in South Africa and my father, Paul, was a top jockey there.

'I was stable jockey for Jack Ramsden`s horses there and he encouraged me to come over. Hopefully, I will pick up a few rides now that I am in Newmarket and ride a few winners.'