Jonquil back to winning ways in the Celebration Mile

So impressive in the Greenham this spring, Jonquil has had to wait to add to his tally but proved as game as he is talented on Sunday to land Goodwood's Gr.2 Celebration Mile.

Taken from the Thoroughbred Daily News, 25th August 2025, by Tom Frary:

Sent off the 3-1 second favourite, the Andrew Balding-trained homebred relative of Frankel who had been runner-up in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains before two unplaced efforts over shorter stayed on under Colin Keane to reel in the Group 3-winning three-year-old filly Saqqara Sands (Oasis Dream) late on and record a neck success.

"It's a huge result and credit to Andrew and the team down at Kingsclere," Juddmonte's European racing manager Barry Mahon said.

"He was nearly a Classic winner but for the barest of margins and obviously we then made an error of judgement dropping him back to six furlongs and it's just taken us a little
while to get him back on track. He's firmly back on track today and the great thing was Colin felt he could maybe get a little bit further, which opens a few more avenues."

"It probably wasn't the strongest-run mile and going a better pace he may even get the mile better, but he's a talented colt and it will be exciting to work out where we go next," he added.

"It most definitely has to be the aim to get him back in Group 1 company before the end of the year, he was a nose away from being a Classic winner so we'll be working towards Group 1s."