Cecil said: "
Beat Hollow has come out of the Derby very well and is running in France because I'd like to get a Group 1 win out of him now against his own age.
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He told me: "
Beat Hollow has only run twice in his life and I think the only thing that will beat him is his inexperience.
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While some of the stable's leading fillies have been a little off colour, the impressive Newmarket victory of Bien Entendu to put him firmly in the forefront of the ante-post market on the Epsom classic, too, is most encouraging for
Beat Hollow.
Henderson bid rests with dual chase winner
Beat Hollow now has two top-flight winners over jumps, after December's Finale Juvenile Hurdle scorer Hollow Tree.
A Hollow victory for Ballylinch Stud in Supreme Novices'
Ladbrokes: 9-4 Sakhee, 3-1 Shiva, 9-2
Beat Hollow, Kalanisi, 5-1 Fantastic Light, 7-1 Giant's Causeway, 16-1 Gracioso, 25-1 Border Arrow, 40-1 Gold Academy, 66-1 Ela Athena, 150-1 Sun Charm.
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Beat Hollow, who started 7-2 favourite, finished in third place.
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The folk who saw either or both of those exercises should this afternoon have the satisfaction of knowing they have seen a Classic winner, for
Beat Hollow is the confident nap selection to give Cecil the fifth Vodafone Derby win of his career today.
Beat Hollow primed to whip Derby field
"The ground holds no terrors for
Beat Hollow and he's in good form," said Quinn.
Fallon sits out big race
Today's card at Cheltenham provides
Beat Hollow and Martaline with further chances to enhance their reputations.
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The Warren Place trainer was not represented in any of the five Classics last year although he did saddle the 2000 Vodafone Oaks winner Love Divine and Vodafone Derby third
Beat Hollow in 2000.
Racing: CECIL SITS OUT THE CLASSIC
VODAFONE Derby third
Beat Hollow provided the Epsom form with an early boost when he decisively landed the Group One Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp on Sunday.
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Beat Hollow, the 7-2 favourite who was bidding to give Henry Cecil a unique Derby-Oaks double for the second successive year, failed to get a clear run when it mattered and ran third.
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In the absence of long-time ante-post favourite, King's Best, Henry Cecil's
Beat Hollow is the new market leader.
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Four-time winner Henry Cecil will be represented by
Beat Hollow and Wellbeing.
Derby favourite could miss Epsom bid
BEAT HOLLOW, a son of Sadler's Wells who has been turning heads with his jumps progeny, has been sold to stand as a dual-purpose stallion at Ballylinch Stud in County Kilkenny.
Ballylinch buys Beat Hollow for dual-purpose duty