The Independent - London, May 4th, 1998
By Richard Edmondson at Newmarket
THEY had to fill the hole in yesterday after Cape Verdi won the 1,000 Guineas for Godolphin.
The shovellers had been hard at work and were ready to bury team Arabia after a spluttering start for the class of '98. The squad which arrived from the Gulf on Monday had recorded seven straight losers before Cape Verdi came surging dramatically up the Rowley Mile. Their Classic haul is now complete. Newmarket has hardly been a town in mourning since results started going against Godolphin. Some of the sniggerers seem to consider Sheikh Mohammed's recent purchase of...
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