Stylish performance
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Winner 52 of 2025: SPECTACULAR STYLE, trained by Ian Williams and ridden by Luke Morris. ‘Watch Race Replays On racingtv.com Handicap’ over 1m6f at Redcar.
After knocking on the door in recent efforts, our son of Frankel and his owners secured a well-deserved victory. Spectacular Style enjoyed the step up in trip, despite travelling strongly at times in the hands of Luke Morris, who did a great job settling him at the front end.
He disputed the lead turning for home and stretched his advantage easily inside the final furlong. The eventual second horse flew home late, but our big chestnut stayed on bravely to hold off all challenges and ran out a comfortable winner. Huge well done to our owners and of course all the team at Ian Williams.
Find the full race replay here: https://www.racingtv.com/results/2025-08-09/redcar/1700
Timeform rated his victory with a 65, commenting: "Continued positive start for current yard as he took advantage of his career-low mark, proving himself at this longer trip albeit in a race which wasn't much of a test; pressed leader, raced freely, remained prominent after 3f, led 3f out, went clear final 1f, always holding on; this was only fourth start for Ian Williams and will remain well treated on old form."
Tim Palin, delighted about his performance: "Well done everyone. It's always nice to see when a plan comes together. He really enjoyed that step up in trip and ridden so positively, and he very nearly lived up to his name and won in fine style at Redcar, didn't he. Congratulations."
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