Baaeed wins Lockinge Stakes at Newbury to extend unbeaten run
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Baaeed started the race as the 4-9 favourite
Baaeed easily won the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on his seasonal return to maintain his unbeaten record with a seventh successive victory.
The William Haggas-trained four-year-old, ridden by Jim Crowley, travelled comfortably behind early leader Pat Hobbs riding Chindit.
Crowley comfortably held off Real World, ridden by Daniel Tudhope, to win by three-and-a-quarter-lengths.
Baaeed will next race in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, next month.
The Sea of Stars colt won his first race last June at Leicester, and closed out his three-year-old term winning the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in October.
"He is an absolute pleasure to ride and very straightforward. He is the most beautifully-bred horse. He is everything you want in a racehorse," said Crowley.
"Nothing seems to faze him. He doesn't appear to have any weaknesses. I can't think of one. He is really bright, has gears, relaxes and stays the mile extremely well and has got a turn of foot. You couldn't ask for more really."
Haggas said he could step up in trip later in the season in the Juddmonte International at York.
"I would not go as far as to say he is the best horse in the world - that is the sort of thing others might say - but he has done very well," said the Newmarket trainer.