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Charles set to rule over Norfolk rivals
Daily Express
|June 19, 2025
CHARLES DARWIN (2.30) is ready to rock in the Group Two Norfolk Stakes and start a run of excellent results for Ballydoyle.
Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore also hold Ascot Gold Cup ace Illinois in their day three pack.
And Charles Darwin is poised to snap a losing streak of favourites in the five-furlong opener, heading there with plenty of experience.
A brother to Group One-winning juvenile Blackbeard, the son of No Nay Never benefited from his debut to come out on top at Navan and Naas by an average of four lengths - and he has not reached the bottom of the barrel.
SERIOUS CONTENDER (3.05) is the next member of the team, tackling the King George V Stakes over 1m4f.
Thought good enough to be given an Irish Derby entry, he was doing all his best work in the closing stages of a ten-furlong handicap at Leopardstown.
This story is from the June 19, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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