Nevertheless,
SangFroid is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the evolution of the modern luxury hotel.
Sanders saved the best until last, however, when booting Sir Mark Prescott's 6-5 favourite
Sangfroid, who was off the bit some way from home, to a length-and-a-quarter call in the Foss Handicap.
Putting his documentary training to disciplined use as he teases out the largely internalized insecurities--sexual, social and practical--of his 10-yearold protagonist, Lesage initially balances good-humored humanism with a formal
sangfroid suggestive of a summer-brightened Haneke.
Bradley was back in the winners' enclosure some 45 minutes or so later, when winning the mixed open race on the Jonathan Phillipstrained eight-year-old bay gelding, Medicinal Compound, which won by five lengths from the pacemaking grey
Sangfroid.
Trained by King with typically
sangfroid patience, Smad Place has had only five starts within the chasing division, but his neck defeat in the RSA Chase at Cheltenham last March was a clear indicator there is a great deal more to come.
STRATFORD: 2.20 Grand Lahou, 2.50
Sangfroid, 3.20 Dubawi Phantom (nap), 3.50 Nobunaga, 4.20 Valsky Kauto, 4.50 Santamina, 5.20 Esteem.
Abrasive, Alazan, Alnama, Always The Lady, Benny Be Good, Channel Squadron, Colombian, Common Touch, Dancetothelight, Danderek, Dark Lover, Hold Fast, Iceman George, I'm A Dreamer, King Edmund, Little Josh, Mantle Bay, Military Call, Pilgreen, Premier Sagas, Rougham, Sajjhaa,
Sangfroid, Silver Turn, Sir Byron, Take The Breeze.
NAOMI MATTHEW: 1.00 Twilight Star, 1.30 Petit Robin, 2.00
Sangfroid, 2.30 Twist Magic, 3.05 The Package (nap), 3.40 Paco Boy (nb), 4.15 Glass Harmonium, 4.50 Mabait.
His winners were: 2.05 Sandown:
Sangfroid - 12/ 1 2.20 Ripon: Proclaim - 4/ 1 2.35 Sandown: Twist Magic - 7/ 2 2.55 Ripon: Khyzer Chief - 14/ 1 3.10 Sandown: Hennessy - 13/ 2 3.30Ripon: Downhiller- 5/2
Camilla just gets a bit tetchy, a bit more wilful and loses some of her 'been there, done that, got the T shirt'
sangfroid.
The Emirates Airline Champion Stakes, the Darley Dewhurst Stakes and the totesport Cesarewitch are guaranteed to quicken the pulse of even the most
sangfroid racegoers.
There seems to be broad agreement that the Queen has carried out her duties with admirable
sangfroid - despite more than one annus horribilis."
"You know," she beamed at me warmly, "I thought you'd be sophisticated!" She was attired in pieces from the Gap; I withstood the comment with the genial
sangfroid of Jackie O.
Kris Hanmer, aged 23, was seen at his best when winning the mixed open race on Andrew Quick's grey
Sangfroid, a former inmate of Tim Vaughan's yard.