Overview
- Notable Speech, ridden by William Buick for trainer Charlie Appleby, won Saturday's Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury by about two lengths from More Thunder.
- Sent off the 2-1 favorite, he quickened from three furlongs out as Buick described his turn of foot as explosive.
- Appleby said few horses can match his acceleration and confirmed the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot as the next target.
- Paddy Power cut his price for the Queen Anne to 6-4 favorite after the win, from 6-1 before the race.
- The result answers questions raised by an unlucky Keeneland defeat in April and backs up his Breeders' Cup Mile triumph last season.