The Markel Magnolia Cup, a charity race over five and a half furlongs, has raised more than \u00a32.7 million since its inception in 2011. This year, the race will support The King\u2019s Trust International\u2019s Project Lehar.<\/p>\n
The initiative operates in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, with a focus on empowering adolescent girls through vocational training, skills development and promoting gender equality within their communities.<\/p>\n
Forsyth said: \u201cIt is unbelievable. I have dreamed of this, but it is absolutely incredible. I am 29, and I turn 30 in August, but this is the best day of my life!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted a good start, but then we wanted to sit in behind and then to get him ready to push and go from two furlongs out. I was in full concentration from the start, thinking \u2018what\u2019s the next step, don\u2019t do anything wrong\u2019, but I\u2019m exhausted now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am really lucky as I have loads of family and friends here. Goodwood was really generous with the tickets and, as I work for Markel, there are a lot of people here from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trainer Ed de Giles, who supplied Woodcote Girl (actually 11-year-old gelding Treacherous), said: \u201cThis race wasn\u2019t really on my bucket list, but we\u2019ve been planning for it since early spring as there\u2019s a connection between Markel and the owner, as the owner\u2019s son is a client of Sophie\u2019s. The horse was perfect for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSophie has been down and ridden him plenty. She rode him most days last week and he\u2019s an easy ride who knows where he\u2019s going, although he\u2019s inclined to pull up when he hits the front. He ran a blinder in sixth at York on Saturday in the Jump Jockeys\u2019 Nunthorpe, and Sophie rode him brilliantly here. It is fantastic for them all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Showjumper Lois Logan, daughter of TV presenter Gabby and former Scotland rugby union player Kenny, was unplaced on Spirit of Ecstasy. She said: \u2018\u2018It was over so quickly and such a thrill. The horse was incredible and put up such a fight against strong opposition. We finished in midfield, which was not a bad result. I had to push from the third furlong because they set off so quickly. I have got more of an edge for winning now and am not so scared of speed. It was really good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabby Logan said: \u2018\u2018It\u2019s harder to watch than rugby, which is so long \u2013 and you have so many more chances to make an impact. It is over so quick and like being a sprinter. All those 4.40am starts and the months of physical training have been worth it. Since she broke up from university, she has been going down to Andrew Balding\u2019s stable at Kingsclere four times a week. I have been down there to see her training. It is such a different style of riding to what she has grown up doing. She has loved it. She will definitely go down again if they need her to ride out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Markel Magnolia Cup, a charity race over five and a half furlongs, has raised more than \u00a32.7…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-40041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}