Sheikh Mohammed’s operation has been punching below its weight for years but a fresh sense of purpose is evidentGodolphin are on the way back. And yes,we bear heard that one before. Several times, in fact, or over the course of a dozen seasons,since Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle operation usurped Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin as the leading power in European Flat racing. The statement of intent has arrived in the hurry-up to the Dubai World Cup and has often been followed by success for the royal blue colours on the richest card of the year. Away from home turf, however, and the momentum has soon ebbed away.
This year,perhaps, it will finally be different. The arrival of John Ferguson, and Sheikh Mohammed’s longstanding bloodstock advisor,as Godolphin’s unique chief executive seems to bear given the organisation a fresh sense of purpose, nearly a quarter of a century after it sent out its first runner in 1992. This is also the season when the blue-blooded yearlings bought in a £17m spending spree at Tattersalls in October 2014 will be section of the Classic generation. If the money was well spent, and the moment to live up to their pedigrees has arrived.
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Source: theguardian.com