See The Storm completed a memorable hat-trick for owner Mike Keating when landing the Magnolia Cup at Goodwood on Thursday.
Ridden by supermodel, Edie Campbell, See The Storm won the five and a half furlongs charity race with ease, following up on his recent wins at Redcar and Ascot.
Mike, daughter Trisha and grand-daughter Molly, then had the pleasure of receiving their trophy from Tom Cruise!
Racing is all about living the dream, and for Mike and his family, 31st July 2014 will never be forgotten.
Edie Campbell, this year’s Goodwood race ambassador, had won The Magnolia Cup in 2011 and been fourth in 2012 – she and the other eight who took part were raising money for The Reading Agency, which is dedicated to aiding reading and literacy skills, and Best Beginnings, which breaks down inequalities in child health.
See The Storm won pulling clear, and Edie said: “Moving the finishing post [forward half a furlong to give riders more time to pull up] definitely helped and gave us more time – and if there hadn’t been a rail at the end of the pull-up I would have been in the next county!
“I’ve been riding out at Ian Williams for a couple of months and I was so grateful to him and the horse’s owners for allowing me to ride. I watched a recording of him [See The Storm] at Ascot and that gave me confidence knowing he wanted to win. I was more nervous than ever this year, because you know it’s frightening and scary, and you put a lot of work in to get here.
Ian said: “Edie’s put a lot of hard work and many early mornings into it. She was in every time she was due to ride first lot and has really put in a lot of effort. He ran so well in the ladies’ race at Ascot on Saturday and it seemed perfect to come here.”