Saturday, October 4, 2003

CAMBRIDGESHIRE MEETING - THIRD DAY
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
NEWMARKET, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2003

The Newmarket-based trainer has four horses lined up for the £125,000 Tote Cesarewitch over two miles two furlongs on October 18 and thinks he has good chances.

The horses are listed below with their latest odds for the Tote Cesarewitch from the sponsors:-


THE TOTE CESAREWITCH

Class B, Showcase Handicap, £125,000 Total Prize Fund. Newmarket, Saturday, October 18, 2003. For three-year-olds & upwards, two miles & about two furlongs.

23-(1)211 INGLIS DREVER 4-9-02 Piers Pottinger Sir Mark Prescott Seb Sanders
10/1 Tote

23-30301 NUMITAS (GER) 3-8-05 (inc5lbx) Cheveley Park Stud Sir Mark Prescott Darryll Holland
16/1 Tote

3(1)1213 NO REFUGE (IRE) 3-8-03 Wally Sturt - Osborne House III Sir Mark Prescott George Duffield
7/1 Tote

1(1)11112 ONE OFF 3-7-10 Lady O'Reilly Sir Mark Prescott Jamie Mackay
16/1 Tote


Sir Mark said: “Unless disaster strikes, we will have four runners. We run Inglis Drever who was favourite, and Seb Sanders rides, No Refuge, who is now favourite, and George (Duffield) rides, One Off, who has had a marvellous season, and Jamie Mackay rides and somebody called Holland (Darryll), who I have not used before, rides Numitas. They tell me he (Holland) is quite good.

“They have all got good chances but they could easily all get beaten. The ground will be a big factor. One Off and Numitas would be better with it on top while Inglis Drever and No Refuge - both of whom there is a doubt about the trip - would prefer ease in the ground.

“We will see - If I was the Tote, I would be worried but something normally rescues them!”


Race Four: Tote Cambridgeshire
Winning Quotes

EMOTIONAL PRESCOTT WINS THIRD CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Sir Mark Prescott had to fight back the tears after Chivalry, having his first race for 11 months, had provided him with his third Cambridgeshire triumph when holding off the whirlwind finish of Adiemus in the Tote-sponsored cavalry charge.

Like Quinlan Terry and Pasternak, who landed a monumental gamble in 1997, Chivalry (14-1) was ridden by Britain’s oldest jockey, 56-year-old George Duffield, and there were emotional scenes in the winner’s enclosure afterwards.

“That was the 800th winner that George has ridden for me,” revealed Prescott, who had worried all week that Chivalry might not get into the race.

Prescott added:”I enjoyed that most of my three Cambridgeshire winners. We have had a very difficult time - he was lame in the spring and when we got him right the ground was too firm so we left him alone.

“I contemplated running him at Haydock to get a penalty so as to ensure that we got a run, but, in the event, it’s a good job I didn’t - the ground was wrong there. He’s only won a short head, and he’d have been beaten with a penalty. That’s how much I know about racing!”

Chivalry runs for the Wally Sturt and Osborne House syndicate, and Prescott said:”Sadly, Graham Rock, who owned Chivalry before he died, is no longer with us, but his widow Joan has a share, and the other five have all had horses with me for at least 17 years.

“My confidence began to waver when the ground dried up so much. I knew that he would go on it once, but he is much better in the soft and his form at home with Albanova and some of our other older horses has been outstanding.”

Prescott was full of praise for the ride of Duffield, who has been with the Heath House trainer for 31 years.

“I can’t seem to get rid of the old boy,” said Prescott. “I presume that the Science Museum will want his body when he finally dies, and when he does pack up I would guess that Seb Sanders would be immediately arrested as the first suspect!

“George is riding as well as ever. He lives in Yorkshire now and hates having to ride down south, so when you see him in action at Lingfield and Brighton you can be sure that he will ride like a dervish.”

Duffield played down his part in the success and said modestly: “it is all down to the horse”.

He added: ”If the ground had been soft he would have won by three or four lengths, but it was a mess of a race and nobody knew where the ground was and we were all looking at each other when the stalls opened.

“Consequently, I was in front sooner than I would have liked, and he pricked his ears, but when the other horse came at him he put his big old head out and found one last surge.

“Mark and I have a great business relationship, and, though we never socialise, it works. I’ll be 57 in November, but I won’t hang up my boots until I have passed Edward Hide’s tally.

“He is the winning-most jockey never to have been champion, and I am about 30-odd short of his 2,593. I am determined to pass that total, and when I do that will be it.”


PLACED QUOTES RACE FOUR
TOTE CAMBRIDGESHIRE HANDICAP

SO NEARLY ANOTHER BIG PRIZE FOR NOSEDA

Jeremy Noseda continued his remarkable week when Adiemus just failed to wear down Chivalry in the Tote Cambridgeshire. Earlier this afternoon his Peak To Creek had landed the big two-year-old race at Redcar, and on the first two days here he won the Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes with Carry On Katie and almost landed the Shadwell Stud Middle Park with Balmont.

“How can I complain when I have a photograph go against me ?,” he said.

“After all, the camera was on my side at Redcar and this horse has run a fantastic race even though he hasn’t won. Michael (Hills) thought that he would have got up in another stride, but he has run a wonderful race.

“He got very dehydrated on that very hot day when he ran in the John Smith’s Cup at York, and then when I took him to Epsom last time and really fancied him, he just didn’t perform. Maybe he did not like the track, but I don’t really know the reason.

“He has been going very well at home, and all his form in the winter made me certain that the engine was still there; it was just a question of getting him to perform.

“Now that he has done that we can look forward to another successful camapaign on the all weather, and maybe he will get lucky in the Winter Derby this time.”

Tim Corby was delighted with the performance of his Checkit, who finished third. “What a performance for a three-year-old under 9st 6lb, which included his penalty from when he won at Doncaster, though that was a bit nullified by Sam (Hitchcott)’s allowance,” he said.

“I think that if he had had something to race with in the closing stages he would have been even closer to the front two, but they were that bit over towards the other side of the track from him and he rather had to race on his own.

“He had won £164,000 in prize money before today, and only Far Lane of all the others in the race had won more -- and he is a four-year-old.

“He cost only 24,000gns and is as tough as old boots. He was fourth over a trip a bit short for him in Germany last weekend, but there are plenty more races for him. There is a Group 111 race at Dusseldorf next weekend, another one back here at the next meeting and then there is a race in Italy which could end his season.”


NEW FORMAT VOTED BIG HIT


Today’ crowd came to 15,674, 5% up on last year’s attendance of 14,895 on Tote Cesarewitch day.

This means that all three days of the new-look Cambridgeshire Meeting have had bigger crowds than a year ago.

Friday 8,178 up 5%

Thursday 8,532 up 7%

Lisa Hancock, Managing Director at Newmarket, declared the new format of condensing the four days into three for this year’s Tote Cambridgeshire meeting as “a tremendous success”.

Hancock said:”I think our decision to reshape the meeting has been thoroughly vindicated.

“By getting rid of the weaker races, we have produced 21 quality affairs and there has been top-class racing throughout, with some fantastic finishes, none better than the nail-biting Tote Cambridgeshire victory of Chivalry.

“There were record Tote Jackpot and Placepots on Friday, and, despite the fast ground, the fields have held up well.

“All in all, I am absolutely delighted, but I hope we get a drop of rain before our next meeting, which culminates in Champions’ Day on October 18.”


LEADING TRAINERS AT END OF MEETING

Trainer 1sts 2nds 3rds
Barry Hills 3 - -
Amanda Perrett 2 1 2
James Fanshawe 2 1 1
Mick Channon 1 2 2
Sir Michael Stoute 1 2 1
Jeremy Noseda 1 2 -
John Dunlop 1 1 1
Brian Meehan 1 1 -
Saeed bin Suroor 1 - -
Neville Callaghan 1 - -
Roger Charlton 1 - -
Luca Cumani 1 - -
Paul D’Arcy 1 - -
Nick Littmoden 1 - -
Jamie Osborne 1 - -
Sir Mark Prescott 1 - -
Marcus Tregoning 1 - -
Richard Hannon - 2 -
Gerard Butler - 1 1
David Loder - 1 1
David Arbuthnot - 1 -
Henry Cecil - 1 -
John Gosden - 1 -
Michael Jarvis - 1 -
Lydia Pearce - 1 -
Martin Pipe - 1 -
Malcolm Saunders - 1 -
Clive Brittain - - 1
Robert Collet FR - - 1
Ed Dunlop - - 1
Charles Egerton - - 1
David Elsworth - - 1
Jim Goldie - - 1
John Hills - - 1
John Jenkins - - 1
Bryan McMahon - - 1
Lady Herries - - 1
Mark Polglase - - 1
James Toller - - 1




PEUGEOT CHARITY TROPHY FOR LEADING JOCKEY AT THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE MEETING
Jockey 1sts 2nds 3rds 4ths
Michael Hills 4 1 1 -
Jamie Spencer 4 - 1 3
Pat Eddery 2 3 - -
Richard Hughes 2 2 2 2
Sam Hitchcott 1 1 1 -
Frankie Dettori 1 1 - 3
Willie Ryan 1 1 - -
Darryll Holland 1 - 3 3
Richard Hills 1 - 1 2
Seb Sanders 1 - 1 -
George Duffield 1 - - 1
John Egan 1 - - -
Ian Mongan 1 - - -
Dane O’Neill - 4 2 1
Christophe Soumillon - 2 - -
Eddie Ahern - 1 3 -
Kieren Fallon - 1 1 1
Willie Supple - 1 - 1
Frannie Norton - 1 - -
Russell Price - 1 - -
Philip Robinson - 1 - -
Steve Drowne - - 1 -
Luke Fletcher - - 1 -
Royston Ffrench - - 1 -
Graham Gibbons - - 1 -
Sebastian Maillot - - 1 -
Kevin Darley - - - 1
Paul Hanagan - - - 1
Adrian McCarthy - - - 1
Richard Mullen - - - 1



NB The Peugeot Charity Trophy goes to the jockey with the most victories over the three days of the Cambridgeshire Meeting. If one or more jockeys are tied on victories, a points system will be used to determine the winner - Win: 4 points; 2nd: 3 points; 3rd: 2 points; 4th: 1 point. Michael Hills and Jamie Spencer each had four wins and then also tied under the points system. Michael Hills was adjudged the winner as he gained a second. He won the use of a Peugeot for his favourite charity for six months and he nominated the Injured Jockeys Fund as the beneficiary.

WINNING QUOTES RACE ONE
EBF JERSEY LILY FILLIES’ NURSERY

HAT TRICK FOR SNOW GOOSE

Snow Goose, owned and bred by former Senior Steward of the Jockey Club Sir Thomas Pilkington, made just about all the running to take the EBF Jersey Lily Nursery by a length from Why Dubai, who chased her through most of the last two furlongs.

“Pat (Eddery) said that she kept changing her legs in the closing stages and she wasn’t really that happy on the ground, but neither John (Dunlop) nor I felt that the ground would be a problem for her,” said Sir Thomas.

“Her dam Bronzewing was a very good racemare for me. She won three good handicaps, the Esher Cup as well as races at the July meeting and Ascot, and then I got a bit ambitious and sent her to America where she was trained by one John Gosden.

“She did not win in the States, though she was placed, and she has been a wonderful broodmare. I was looking through the Horses in Training sales catalogue the other day -- I am selling the three-year-old out of her -- and I realised that almost all her offspring have won. She is 18 or 19 now and still going strong.”

John Dunlop thought that Snow Goose “won a bit tidily,” but was not able to commit himself as to whether the filly would be out again this season.

Race One - EBF Jersey Lily Fillies’ Nursery
Placed Quotes:

NO DIP AND WE WIN
CLAIMS HUGHES

Richard Hughes, who rode runner-up Why Dubai, felt he would have won the opener had his filly come down the hill.

Hughes said:”The Dip has beaten us. I lost Why Dubai for 100 yards coming down the steepest part of the hill, and when we met the rising ground she picked up again.”

Richard Hannon, who trains Why Dubai for UAE businessman Malih Al Basti - “she is by Kris S and we originally requested the name Kris Miss but were turned down” - was delighted with his filly.

He said:”We’ll be looking for Listed races next season. I thought for a second that she was going to nail the leader, but several of ours have scoped badly this week, so it is a relief that she has run so well.”

David Loder, who trained third-placed Varnav, thought his filly ran well with her big weight. “She was badly placed on the far rails, and, though she made up a lot of ground, the first two were beyond recall,” said the Newmarket trainer.

Pat Smullen, having ridden in the opener, described the ground as “quick but safe”, Sam Hitchcott called it “fast”, while George Duffield praised the groundstaff, commenting “it is quick, but there is a good cover of grass.”


Race Two - Finnforest Oh So Sharp Stakes (Listed)
Winning Quotes

FALLON’S LOSS IS SPENCER’S GAIN


Kieren Fallon, sitting out Tote Cambridgeshire day because of a one-day suspension, won’t have enjoyed armchair viewing of the Listed Oh So Sharp Stakes as Jamie Spencer successfully deputised on the brave Top Romance.

Spencer rode a lovely waiting race from the front, making all and keeping enough up his sleeve to hold the persistent challenge of Spotlight by a neck, with Scottish raider Kelucia finishing with a flourish to snatch third.

Sir Michael Stoute, celebrating his first winner of the new-look three-day Cambridgeshire meeting, said:”That was a very game performance - Jamie reported that he got a bit unbalanced on the fast ground in the Dip but that when he met the rise he ran on again.

“I am particularly thrilled for Mrs Denis Haynes. She is one of my longest-serving owners, and this was her very first entry in a two-year-old Listed race, let alone winner.”


PLACED QUOTES RACE TWO
FINNFOREST OH SO SHARP STAKES

A BETTER PACE WOULD HAVE HELPED

Jim Goldie was delighted with the display by Kelucia, who finished third at 20-1 in the Finnforest Oh So Sharp Stakes, beaten just over a length by the successful Top Romance.

“I think she could have done with a better pace, but maybe in this wind no-one wanted to go too fast and it became a bit of a tactical race,” he said.

“But she was running on really well and with another half furlong to go she would have been right there.

“I was not at all surprised that she ran so well,even though she was a 20-1 shot as she had won very well against colts at Ayr last time.

“I don’t know if she will run again this year and that may depend on the ground. I don’t think that she would like soft ground, but then soft ground looks as if it is a thing of the past.”


WINNING QUOTES RACE THREE
PEUGEOT SUN CHARIOT STAKES


SPENCER DOUBLES UP

Jamie Spencer added to his Top Romance gains when Echoes In Eternity held off the persistent challenge of Macadamia to take the Peugeot Sun Chariot Stakes by a neck, completing a 69-1 double for her jockey.

“We had a difficult time with her in the summer as she injured her off side hock badly when she slipped coming out of the stalls in the Musidora,” said Godolphin’s Simon Crisford.

“We pin fired the hock and gave her time to get over things, and she has been running and winning like a progressive filly since she came back.

“We bought her this time a year ago, obviously thinking that she was a filly with a future, and as she has had only a light season I think there is every chance that she will stay in training next year.

“If she does so races like the Beverly D (at Arlington Park, USA) will be the sort of race we will aim at for her, and I doubt if she will race again this year. There isn’t anything for her.”



Race Three: Peugeot Sun Chariot Stakes (Group 2)
Placed Quotes


FANSHAWE PLEADS FOR REPRIEVE

James Fanshawe plans to use all his persuasive powers this winter in an attempt to convince owner-breeder Lord Vestey to wait another season before covering Macadamia, who failed by only a neck to reel in Echoes In Eternity in the Group 2 Peugeot Sun Chariot Stakes.

Fanshawe said:”Macadamia is a star, and I knew that her Nassau Stakes form was wrong. It was not the trip - but, though she would never have beaten Russian Rhythm, she just ran very flat.

“She has bounced back well and I will do all I can to persuade Sam Vestey to let me have her for one more season on the track.”


Sebastian Maillot, brother-in-law of Thierry Thulliez, was thrilled with his first ride at Newmarket on French challenger Almond Mousse, who ran a stormer to finish third.

Owner Serge Vallin said:”We walked the track at lunchtime and were very pleased with the going - you might call it fast, but in France we would be calling this ‘good to soft’.

“Sebastian gave Almond Mousse a terrific ride, and our only surprise was the filly’s starting price of 33-1. She was only two lengths off Bright Sky in France and is very good and now we will take her to California for the 300,000 dollar Matriarch at Hollywood Park on November 30.”

WINNING QUOTES RACE FIVE
KENNETT HANDICAP

TUSK STICKS HIS NOSE OUT

The team of Mick Channon and his apprentice Sam Hitchcott, who went so close with Checkit in the Tote Cambridgeshire, found things going their way when Tusk made all to take the Kennett Handicap by a short head and a neck from Tizzy May and Brave Call.

“He is so tough and whenever anything comes to challenge him he finds more,” said Tim Corby, representing the winning trainer.

“Sam has won on him twice earlier this season and he rode a corking race on him there. He is in a 0-90 race at York on Friday and he could go there if he comes out of this well enough.”

“He is in the horses in training sale and he certainly has the size and scope to make a jumper. There have been a number of inquiries about him.”

Tusk is part-bred and owned by Frank Adams, who has been with Channon since the former England footballer started training.

“We sold this horse’s dam when she was in foal to Classic Cliche and her foal later won a best in show, so maybe we did not do the right thing to sell her.

“But we have a yearling colt by Piccolo out of Song of Skye to go to Mick later this year, so we shall keep on firing away,” said Adams.

Race Five: Kennett Rated Handicap
Placed Quotes:

“IF ONLY IT WOULD RAIN,” GROANS HANNON

There can be few unluckier horses around than Tizzy May, who finished second for the fourth time this season when short-headed by Tusk in the Kennett Rated Handicap.

Tizzy May won twice as a two-year-old, but since then Lady Luck has deserted him and Richard Hannon shook his head with disbelief when the photo-finish verdict was announced.

Hannon said:”I can’t believe it has happened again. Every time he seems to find one to beat him, but he needs some ground.”

Dane O’Neill, who rode Tizzy May, said:”They quickened away from us running down into the Dip, and, though I thought then we might finish a poor third, when the ground levelled out he picked up, and he was getting back at the end. He is so game and genuine, but he just needs to get his toe in again.”


Race Six: Tony Lake Memorial EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes
Winning Quotes

FINALLY FOR VALJARV

Valjarv, placed in four of her seven races so far, besides finishing fourth in the Lowther at York, finally gained an overdue first success in the Tony Lake Memorial EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.

Nick Littmoden, who will now finish Valjarv for the season, said: ”She is quality and she was a bit unlucky to be only third in the big Sales race at Ascot last time, getting held up in the chasing pack.

“So we rode her handier this time, and everything worked out well. I know there were strong whispers for Roger Charlton’s odds-on favourite Kind, but it would have needed a Group filly to beat us here.

“The one disappointment came in the Sales race at The Curragh, where she was in season, but she’ll be back next year and competing in Listed and Group races.”

Roger Charlton offered no excuses for the disappointing run of Kind (4-7), who was in trouble a long way out and trailed in fourth.

Charlton said:”Kind ran well enough on her debut at Kempton, but to make her odds-on here was just ridiculous. The winner had far superior form, and my filly has never looked above average.

“People have already been talking of her as a Guineas filly, which is absurd. It’s all jockey talk, and as a non-betting trainer my feeling is that those that laid the odds-on deserve what they got.”


PLACED QUOTES RACE SIX
TONY LAKE MEMORIAL EBF MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES


66-1 SHOT NOT A SHOCK


“I had a bit of the 66-1, reinvesting the winnings from Reap earlier in the week,” said Jeff Pearce after Stargem, who is trained by his wife Lydia, had beaten all but Valjarv in the two-year-old maiden.

“Russell (Price) is the one who has been raving about her,” Pearce added and the jockey’s high hopes were well justified with this excellent effort.

“She is a first horse for her owners Marie and Al Miller and I have a little share in her as well,” said Pearce, who will take his time about deciding whether Stargem will race again this season.

“Now we’ve done that we can afford to take our time with her; we don’t rush her now,” he said. “She is a first foal and her dam won five times on the soft, so some easier ground will help her in the future.”


WINNING QUOTES RACE SEVEN
NGK SPARK PLUGS HANDICAP

TEN CARAT MAY BE BACK NEXT TIME

Top Carat made almost every yard of the running to take the closing NGK Spark Plugs Handicap, and he could return here in a fortnight’s time for the Tote Cesarewitch. He has a 5lb penalty to add to his 7st 8lb for that marathon.

“I don’t know yet if he will run in the Cesarewitch, it is a very tough race for a three-year-old,” said the colt’s trainer Amanda Perrett.

“He was very game and Richard (Hughes) gave him a lovely front-running ride. He does not have to make it, but he was coming back here to a mile and six after winning over two miles last time and he wanted a good, even gallop. I think he would be better with some cut in the ground.”


Charles Egerton was delighted with his 16-1 shot Valance, who finished third, and he is contemplating going three-year-old hurdling with him.

Egerton said:”Steve (Drowne) was impressed, but they went no pace which doesn’t suit him a he is just a galloper. He might make a nice two-mile handicapper next season, and, who knows, we might even think about the Cesarewitch if he can climb up the weights.”


LOOKING BACK AT THE FIRST TWO DAYS

Some serious contenders for next year’s classics emerged from the two big two-year-old races, Thursday’s Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes which was won by Carry On Katie, and the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes yesterday, from which Three Valleys emerged victorious.

Carry On Katie likes nothing better than to bowl along in front, and the key is for her to do at a settled pace, so that she does not run herself into the ground. Frankie Dettori executed this to perfection and the filly held off Majestic Desert by a short head, with Badminton, who had been second behind Carry On Katie in the Lowther Stakes at York, a length and three-quarters back in third.

Not everyone was persuaded that Carry On Katie will stay a mile next year, but Dettori has every confidence that she will get the trip and she is now a top-priced 12-1 for the classic.

Her trainer Jeremy Noseda, for whom she has won three times in three starts, is resigned to the possibility that she will join the Godolphin team as she was bought before the Lowther by Mohammed Rashid, a member of the Maktoum team.

The trainers of both Majestic Desert and Badminton left Newmarket with high hopes of their fillies. Kieren Fallon told Mick Channon that Majestic Desert will have no problem staying a mile, and Clive Brittain is already comparing Badminton with Crimplene, with whom he won four Group 1 races three years ago.

Three Valleys, who looked so good when he romped home in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot and then flopped against current 2,000 Guineas favourite One Cool Cat in Ireland, handsomely retrieved his reputation in the Middle Park when beating the Gimcrack winner Balmont by three-quarters of a length.

Prince Khalid Abdullah’s colt, who can be forgiven his Irish flop because his lungs were found to be full of mucus after the race, is now second favourite (though his odds vary from 7-2 to 8-1) for the Guineas and Richard Hughes has no doubts that he will stay a mile.

Balmont is trained by Jeremy Noseda, who thus came very close to a major double, and was so pleased with the way in which his colt ran that he could bring him out again in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket’s next meeting, and connections of third-placed Holborn and Auditorium, who was fourth, were well pleased with their colts’ displays.

Other notable moments during the first two days included a first Group success for Jamie Osborne, when Milk It Mick and Pat Eddery came from last to first to take the Somerville Tattersall Stakes, and a biggest success for owner-breeder, QC Jeremy Gompertz, who has recently been acting as counsel for the Kelly family at the Hutton Inquiry, with the 25-1 win of Colonel Cotton in the Listed Rous Stakes.

Ekraar ended his racing career in the best possible style by taking the Listed Fishpools Furnishings Godolphin Stakes from Compton Bolter and is now off to stud, and there was another major turn-up when 25-1 Splendid Era made it all to upset odds on Kalaman in the Shadwell Stud Joel Stakes.

BETTING NEWS

Inevitably the big betting race of the day, the Tote Cambridgeshire (3.35) has collared the bulk of the business in the offices this morning and a gamble is developing strength on Jazz Messenger, whose trainer and jockey Gerard Butler and Eddie Ahern were successful with Beauchamp Pilot twelve months ago.

Sven Hanson’s three-year-old has been backed from 10-1 to 8-1 with Coral and Paddy Power, from the same price to 15-2 with William Hill, from 11-1 to 8-1 with Ladbrokes and from the same price to 7-1 with Stan James.

Far Lane has been in demand with Coral, where he is at 12-1 from 16-1, with Ladbrokes, where he has been trimmed from 20-1 to 16-1 and with the Tote, who have cut him from 22-1 to 14-1. The Tote have also had support for Akshar, who is now at 15-2 from 9-1, and Coral have brought in Zabaglione from 14-1 to 11-1.

Among the outsiders there has been demand for Pentecost, who is at 28-1 from 40-1 with Stan James and from the same odds to 22-1 with the Tote, while Coral have reduced Irish challenger Cache Creek from 50-1 to 33-1.

Away from the Cambridgeshire, Favourable Terms is all the rage in the Peugeot Sun Chariot Stakes (2.50), and she is now an odds on chance with Hills, who have cut her from 5-4 to 10-11. She is at evens from the same opening price with Coral, and at 6-5 from 11-8 with Stan James.

There is some opposition to her, though, as Soldera has been cut from 7-1 to 11-2 with the Tote, to the same price from 15-2 with Coral, from 8-1 to 5-1 with Hills, by a point to 6-1 by Ladbrokes, from 11-2 to 9-2 with Stan James and from 8-1 to 5-1 with Paddy Power.

In the Finnforest Oh So Sharp Stakes (2.15) Stan James have cut Spotlight from 3-1 to 11-4, and the same firm have slashed Brave Call in the Kennett Handicap (4.10) from 7-1 to 4-1.

TOTE RECORDS BROKEN
AT NEWMARKET

Greene King will be flowing freely in the Wheatsheaf pub in the Bedfordshire town of Biggleswade this weekend, with one of the regulars having won £63,284.30 on a record Tote Placepot payout at Newmarket on Friday.

One of 3,146 Greene King customers to attend Friday’s meeting at HQ, the anonymous punter, who was a member of a coach party from his local and confesses he is “a once-a-year-racegoer”, staked only £8.

Explaining the record dividend, Andy Clifton, PR director at the Tote, said:”It always looked like being a big pay-out, but Island Light was a late withdrawal in the last leg, which reduced the field to four and made it necessary to find the winner rather than either of the first two.”

The previous record Tote Jackpot had stood for 12 years, but one of their East Anglian credit customers formed a syndicate, and they, too, will be celebrating this weekend, having proved the sole winners and netted a cool £494,880.

Clifton added:“Splendid Era’s 25-1 success scuppered the majority of Jackpotters, but, though all four runners in the last were covered, plenty were relying on 6-4 favourite Self Evident to do the business and went home disappointed when King’s County came sailing by.”

And on a day of Tote records the Quadpot dividend of £4,111.70 was only won to 80p, so £1,111 rolls over to today’s Cambridgeshire meeting, and Clifton anticipates that the previous best of £2,546.70 from Plumpton last year might well be in danger.

HILLS HAS ONE HAND ON CHARITY TROPHY

Michael Hills, who rode a double on each of the first two days, is a warm favourite to clinch the Peugeot Charity Trophy awarded to the leading jockey at the Cambridgeshire meeting.

With four winners in the bag, Hills goes into the final day two clear of Jamie Spencer, the pair being the only riders to have so far managed more than a single.

Hills has five rides today, including the forecast favourite Asia Winds for his father Barry in the opener, though Spencer, who opposes him with Varnay and later partners the much-fancied Godolphin filly Echoes of Eternity in the Group Two Peugeot Sun Chariot Stakes, has not given up hope that he might yet catch his weighing-room colleague.

This is the second year that Peugeot has sponsored the jockeys’ challenge at this meeting and, in addition to a handsome trophy, the leading rider receives the use of a Peugeot vehicle for six months to donate to the charity of his choice.

Last year’s successful recipient was Richard Quinn, who nominated SENSE, a charity that works to improve the quality of life for the death and the blind, as his chosen beneficiaries.

Lisa Hancock, Newmarket’s Managing Director, said:”It’s a fantastic gesture from Peugeot as it offers the victorious jockey a chance to support a cause that they feel particularly strongly about.”

GOING CHANGE

The going is now

GOOD TO FIRM, FIRM IN PLACES.

“This is the result of the sun and wind throughout the morning,” said clerk of the course Michael Prosser.

GOING NEWS AT 10 AM

The going for the third and final day of the Cambridgeshire meeting remains

GOOD TO FIRM.

“We had a dry night, though there was a good dew this morning, and the ground is the same as it has been for the past two days,” said clerk of the course Michael Prosser.

“I shall walk the course with the Senior Steward (Captain Adrian Pratt) before racing and see if the sun we have enjoyed this morning has made any difference.

“The forecast is for the cloud cover to increase from the North at about mid day, and the possibility of a little light rain, but because of the wind it is unlikely to amount to much.

“The day is generally likely to be fairly bright and breezy.”


FIRST RACE RESULT
1.40pm EUROPEAN BREEDERS FUND JERSEY LILY FILLIES’ NURSERY

Class B, £30,000 added. For 2yo which are EBF eligible. 7f. Minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after September 27, a winner 6lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £22,262.50; 2nd: £6,850; 3rd: £3,425; 4th: £1,712.50

1 SNOW GOOSE (Sir Thomas Pilkington) John Dunlop 2-8-13 Pat Eddery [13] 9-2
2 WHY DUBAI (Malih Al Basti) Richard Hannon 2-8-10 Richard Hughes [18] 14-1
3 VARNAY (Sheikh Mohammed) David Loder 2-9-02 Jamie Spencer [21] 11-2
4 TICKER TAPE (Chris Deuters) Jamie Osborne 2-8-09 George Duffield [3] 8-1
5 ASIA WINDS (Mohamed Obaida) Barry Hills 2-9-07 Michael Hills [10] 100-30fav
6 SPRING GODDESS (Grant & Bowman Ltd) Alan Jarvis 2-8-13 Neil Callan [8]
7 FILLIEMOU (Mrs P Izamis) Tony Carroll 2-7-13 Frannie Norton [17]
8 SHOWTIME ANNIE (Showtime Ice Cream Concessionaire) Alan Bailey 2-7-07 Richard Thomas (5) [11]
9 MRS MOH (Salifix) Tim Easterby 2-8-08 Dale Gibson [7]
10 LA PUCE (Wetherby Racing Bureau 52) Gay Kelleway 2-7-07 Hayley Turner (5) [15]
11 PARK AVE PRINCESS (Paul Dixon) Nick Littmoden 2-7-12 Paul Quinn [19]
12 SFORZANDO (P Dalby) James Toller 2-7-12 Paul Hanagan [16]
13 DAMI (Saeed Manana) Clive Brittain 2-8-00 Willie Supple [20]
14 KALANI GIRL (Kalani Partnership) Nerys Dutfield 2-8-05 Robert Havlin [4]
15 BLACK OVAL (Glass Associates) Mick Channon 2-8-03 Sam Hitchcott (3) [1]
16 SIOUX RIVER (Susan Roy) Brian Meehan 2-8-08 Pat Smullen [9]
17 DEIGN TO DANCE (Edward Benson) Johnny Portman 2-8-06 Darryll Holland [5]
18 SHEBAAN (S York) Phil McEntee 2-7-05 Dean Williams (7) [2]

18 ran Non-runners: No 12 Back At De Front (vet’s certificate); No 13 Keeper’s Lodge (vet’s certificate) and No 16 Sanbonah (ground) Time: 1m 24.04s Distances: 1, 3, 1, 1, nk, 2, nk, nk, 1.5, hd, hd, nk, sh, 1, 2, 1.5, 13 Breeder: Sir Thomas Pilkington Breeding: Polar Falcon - Bronzewing (Beldale Flutter) Tote Win: £4.40 Places: £1.20; £3.20; £2.40; £2.30 Exacta: £64.90

Winning trainer:-Name: Dunlop, John Leeper
Date of birth: 10/7/39. Date of first licence:1966 Previous Occupation: Assistant to N J Dent and Gordon Smyth. Classic wins: (10) Sagitta 1,000 Guineas (1980 Quick As Lightning, 1990 Salsabil, 1991 Shadayid), Vodafone Derby (1978 Shirley Heights, 1994 Erhaab), Vodafone Oaks (1984 Circus Plume, 1990 Salsabil), Rothmans Royals St Leger (1986 Moon Madness, 1997 Silver Patriarch, 2000 Millenary), Other Major wins: Irish Derby (1978 Shirley Heights, 1990 Salsabil), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1994 Mehtaaf), Irish 2,000 Guineas (1970 Black Satin, 1983 Wassl), Irish St Leger (Mountain Lodge), Italian Derby (1986 Tommy Way), Lockinge Stakes (1984 d.h Wassl), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1980 Sea Chimes; 1998 Silver Patriarch), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1973 Scottish Rifle), July Cup (1983 Habibti, 1998 Elnadim), Sussex Stakes (1980 Posse), Yorkshire Oaks (1982 Awaasif, 1984 Circus Plume), Nunthorpe Stakes (1983 Habibti), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1981 Runnett, 1983 Habibti, 1994 Lavinia Fontana, 2002 Invincible Spirit), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1977 Trusted, 1992 Lahib, 1995 Bahri), Fillies’ Mile (1979 Quick As Lightning, 1994 Aqaarid), Racing Post Trophy (1995 Beauchamp King), Dewhurst Stakes (1998 Mujahid), Preis von Europa (2000 Golden Snake), Prix du Cadran (2000 San Sebastian), Gran Premio del Jockey Club Italiano (2000 Golden Snake), Weatherbys Earl of Sefton Stakes (2001 Right Wing), John Porter Stakes (2001 Lucido), Jockey Club Stakes (2001 Millenary), Sagaro Stakes (2002 Give Notice), Princess of Wales’s Stakes (1968 Mount Athos, 1995 Beauchamp Hero, 2002 and 2003 Millenary), Falmouth Stakes (2002 Tashawak), JP Morgan Private Bank Goodwood Cup (1987 Sergeyevich, 1990 Lucky Moon) Wins in a season (1984-2002):89:62 :106:61 :66:66:78:58:75:93:82:126:88:96:111:122:97:107:79 Horses in training (1985-2003):177:200:192:194 :169:148 :126:131:129:131:142:157:161:153 :183:187: 172:198:178:162 Trains at Arundel, West Sussex Other details: Champion trainer 1995 Wins this season: 79

Winning jockey:-Name: Eddery, Patrick James John.Born:County Galway, Ireland, 18/3/52 Apprenticeship: Frenchie Nicholson 1967-72.First winner: Alvaro (Epsom 24/4/69) Classic wins: (14) Vodafone Derby (1975 Grundy, 1982 Golden Fleece, 1990 Quest For Fame); Sagitta 1,000 Guineas (1996 Bosra Sham), Sagitta 2,000 Guineas (1983 Lomond, 1984 El Gran Senor, 1993 Zafonic); Pertemps St Leger (1986 Moon Madness, 1991 Toulon, 1994 Moonax, 1997 Silver Patriarch); Vodafone Oaks (1974 Polygamy, 1979 Scintillate, 1996 Lady Carla). Other major wins include: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1980 Detroit, 1985 Rainbow Quest, 1986 Dancing Brave, 1987 Trempolino), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1975 Grundy, 1986 Dancing Brave); Breeders’ Cup Turf (1985 Pebbles), Breeders’ Cup Sprint (1991 Sheikh Albadou), Dubai Champion Stakes (1976 Vitiges, 1985 Pebbles, 1996 Bosra Sham), Sussex Stakes (1980 Posse, 1981 King’s Lake, 1988 Warning, 1992 Marling, 1994 Distant View), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1995 Silver Patriarch; 1995 Sunshack, 1986 Sister Estephe, 1985 Rainbow Quest, 1978 Crow), Ascot Gold Cup (1972 Erimo Hawk, 1997 Celeric), Coronation Stakes (1988 Magic of Life); St James’s Palace Stakes (1976 Radetzsky, 1980 Posse, 1988 Persian Heights); Eclipse (1974 Coup de Feu, 1983 Solford, 1984 Sadler’s Wells); July Cup (1982 Sharpo, 1995 Lake Coniston); Juddmonte International (1981 Beldale Flutter, 1982 Assert, 1983 Caerleon, 1998 One So Wonderful); Yorkshire Oaks (1975 May Hill, 1977 Busaca); Nunthorpe Stakes (1980, 1981 Sharpo, 1989 Cadeaux Genereux, 1991 Sheikh Albadou); Haydock Sprint Cup (1976 Token, 1988 Dowsing, 1989 Danehill); Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1987 Milligram, 1988 Warning, 1993 Bigstone); Middle Park Stakes (1973 Habat, 1977 Formidable, 1984 Bassenthwaite, 1999 Primo Valentino); Dewhurst Stakes (1992 Zafonic, 1993 Grand Lodge); Cheveley Park Stakes (1993 Prophecy); Fillies’ Mile (1995 Bosra Sham); Irish Derby (1975 Grundy, 1984 El Gran Senor, 1985 Law Society, 1993 Commander In Chief); Irish 2,000 Guineas (1975 Grundy, 1981 King’s Lake, 1990 Tirol); Irish Oaks (1986 Colorspin, 1993 Wemyss Bight, 1994 Bolas); Irish St Leger (1985 Leading Counsel, 1994 Moonax); Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (1990 Houseproud); Prix du Jockey-Club (1983 Caerleon, 1988 Hours After, 1990 Sanglamore); Prix Royal-Oak (1983 Old Country); Celebration Mile (2000 Medicean), Prix de la Foret (2000 Indian Lodge), Gran Premio del Jockey Club Italiano (2000 Golden Snake), Nell Gwyn (2001 Lil’s Jessy); Weatherbys Earl of Sefton Stakes (2001 Right Wing), John Porter Stakes (2001 Lucido), Jockey Club Stakes (2001 Millenary), Princess of Wales’s Stakes (1990 Sapience, 1991 Rock Hopper, 1992 Saddler’s Hall, 2000 Little Rock, 2002 and 2003 Millenary) Wins This Year: 65


SECOND RACE RESULT
2.15pm FINNFOREST OH SO SHARP STAKES

Class A, Listed Race, £22,000 guaranteed. For 2yo fillies. 7f. Weights: 8st 9lb. Penalties: a winner of a Listed race 4lb; of a Pattern race 7lb.Penalty Values: 1st: £12,760; 2nd: £4,840; 3rd: £2,420; 4th: £1,100; 5th: £550; 6th: £330

1 TOP ROMANCE (Mrs Denis Haynes) Sir Michael Stoute 2-8-09 Jamie Spencer [6] 6-1
2 SPOTLIGHT (Hesmonds Stud) John Dunlop 2-8-09 Pat Eddery [2] 3-1
3 KELUCIA (B Scanlon & F Brady) Jim Goldie 2-8-09 Royston Ffrench [8] 20-1
4 DOWAGER (Plantation Stud) Richard Hannon 2-8-09 Dane O'Neill [4]
5 MADAEH (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Dunlop 2-8-09 Steve Drowne [7]
6 UNSHOODA (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Barry Hills 2-8-09 Willie Supple [5] 5-2fav
7 WITHORWITHOUTYOU (Jeff Fretwell) Bryan McMahon 2-8-09 Frannie Norton [9]
8 CUSCO (Family Amusements Ltd) Richard Hannon 2-8-09 Richard Hughes [3]
9 MEISSEN (Brian Voak) Clive Brittain 2-8-09 Darryll Holland [1]

9 ran
Time: 1m 24.22s Distances: nk, 1, 0.5, 1, 3.5, 0.5, hd, 7
Breeder: Wretham Stud Breeding: Entrepreneur - Heart’s Harmony (Blushing Groom)
Tote Win: £4.50 Places: £1.70; £1.80; £2.90 Exacta: £17.20

Winning trainer:-Name: Stoute, Sir Michael Ronald Date of birth:22/10/45 Date of first licence: 1972 Classic wins: (12) Sagitta 1000 Guineas (1989 Musical Bliss, 2003 Russian Rhythm), Sagitta 2000 Guineas (1985 Shadeed, 1988 Doyoun, 1997 Entrepreneur, 2000 King’s Best, 2001 Golan), Vodafone Derby (1981 Shergar, 1986 Shahrastani, 2003 Kris Kin), Vodafone Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1987 Unite) Other big race wins: Irish 2,000 Guineas (1989 Shaadi), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1986 Sonic Lady), Irish Derby (1983 Shareef Dancer, 1986 Sharatani), Irish Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1986 Colorspin, 1987 Unite, 1988 Melodist, 1995 Pure Grain, 2000 Petrushka), Italian Oaks (1988 Melodist, 1986 Ivor’s Image), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1992 Saddler’s Hall, 1993 Opera House, 1997 Singspiel, 2000 Daliapour), Dubai World Cup (Singspiel 1997), Coral-Eclipse (1993 Opera House; 1994 Ezzoud;1997 Pilsudski, 2001 Medicean), Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel, 1997 Pilsudski), Sussex Stakes (1986 Sonic Lady; 1989 Zilzal; 1998 Among Men), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1985 Shadeed; 1987 Milligram; 1989 Zilzal), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1981 Shergar; 1993 Opera House, 2002 Golan), Juddmonte International Stakes (1993 & 1994 Ezzoud; 1997 Singspiel), Yorkshire Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia; 1985 Sally Brown; 1986 Untold; 1990 Hellenic; 1995 Pure Grain, 2000 Petrushka, 2002 Islington), July Cup (1981 Marwell; 1986 Green Desert; 1987 Ajdal), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1986 Green Desert; 1987 Ajdal), Fillies’ Mile (1985 Untold), Cheveley Park Stakes (1980 Marwell; 1994 Gay Gallanta; 2000 Regal Rose), Dubai Sheema Classic (2000 Fantastic Light), Grosser Dallmayr-Preis (2000 Greek Dance), Celebration Mile (2000 Medicean), Prix de l’Opera (2000 Petrushka), Dubai Champion Stakes (2000 Kalanisi), Racing Post Trophy (2000 Dilshaan), Dante Stakes (2001 Dilshaan), JP Morgan Private Bank Goodwood Cup (1975 Girandole), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (1977 Temple First, 1984 Optimistic Lass, 1990 Kartajana, 1994 Hawajiss, 2002 Islington, 2003 Russian Rhythm), Lowther Stakes (2002 Russian Rhythm), Fillies’ Mile (1985 Untold, 2003 Red Bloom)
Wins in a season (1984-2002):96:120:76:105:99:116:78:83:74:65:109:73:73:84:79:81:91:75: 104 Horses in training (1985-2003):145:142:142:170:186:191:n\a:171:147:157 :159:159:162:162:173:190:185:181:190 Wins this year: 109

Winning jockey:-Name: Spencer, James (Jamie) Peter Date of Birth: 08/06/1980 Major wins include: Irish 1,000 Guineas (1998 Tarascon, 2002 Gossamer), Nunthorpe Stakes (2002 Kyllachy), Scottish Classic (2000 Endless Hall), Hungerford Stakes (2000 Arkadian Hero), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2000 Sequoyah), Coventry Stakes (2001 Landseer), Weatherbys Champion Bumper (2002 Pizarro), Jockey Club Stakes (2002 Marienbard), Lonsdale Stakes (2002 Boreas), Vintage Stakes (2002 Dublin), Falmouth Stakes (2003 Macadamia) Wins (1998-2002): 3,8,78,112,86 Wins this season: 88 (3rd success of Cambridgeshire Meeting)


THIRD RACE RESULT
2.50pm PEUGEOT SUN CHARIOT STAKES

Class A, Group Two, £80,000 guaranteed. For 3yo+ fillies & mares. 1m. Weights: 3yo 8st 10lb; 4yo+ 8st 13lb. Penalties: in 2003, a winner of a Group One race 4lb. Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+ 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £46,400; 2nd: £17,600; 3rd: £8,800; 4th: £4,000; 5th: £2,000; 6th: £1,200

1 ECHOES IN ETERNITY (Godolphin) Saeed Bin Suroor 3-8-10 Jamie Spencer [4] 9-1
2 MACADAMIA (Lord Vestey) James Fanshawe 4-8-13 Dane O'Neill [5] 5-1
3 ALMOND MOUSSE (Ecurie Vallin) Robert Collet FR 4-8-13 Sebastian Maillot [6] 33-1
4 MONTURANI (Mrs R Philipps) Geoff Wragg 4-8-13 Darryll Holland [8]
5 FAVOURABLE TERMS (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-10 Pat Eddery [7] Evs Fav
6 LONDONNETDOTCOM (Derek & Jean Clee) Mick Channon 3-8-10 Steve Drowne [2]
7 HOLD TO RANSOM (Khalid Buhaleeba) Ed Dunlop 3-8-10 Pat Smullen [3]
8 SOLDERA (Wood Hall Stud Ltd) James Fanshawe 3-8-10 Oscar Urbina [1]
9 WELSH DIVA (Usk Valley Stud) Amanda Perrett 4-8-13 Eddie Ahern [9]
10 HANAMI (G B Partnership) James Toller 3-8-10 Richard Hughes [10]

10 ran
Time: 1m 35.39s Distances: nk, 1.25, 1.25, 1, 0.75, nk, nk, 18, 1.25
Breeder: Swettenham Stud Breeding: Spinning World - Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk)
Tote Win: £9.60 Places: £2.50; £1.70; £5.70 Exacta: £45.60

Winning trainer:-Name: bin Suroor, Saeed British Classic wins: (10) Sagitta 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), Sagitta 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia), Vodafone Oaks (1995 Moonshell; 2002 Kazzia); Vodafone Derby (1995 Lammtarra); Rothmans Royals St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche; 1998 Nedawi; 1999 Mutafaweq) Other major wins include: Irish Derby (1994 Balanchine), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir), Irish Champion Stakes (1994 Cezanne; 1998 Swain, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Irish St Leger (1998 & 1999 Kayf Tara), French 2000 Guineas (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir; 2001 Noverre); Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard); Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling), Eclipse (1995,1996 Halling; 1998 Daylami); Juddmonte International Stakes (1995 & 1996 Halling, 2001 Sakhee), Ascot Gold Cup (1996 Classic Cliche; 1998 Kayf Tara, 2000 Kayf Tara), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra; 1997 & 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami), Nunthorpe Stakes (1995 So Factual), Derby Italiano (1998 Central Park), Lockinge Stakes (1998 Cape Cross; 2000 Aljabr), Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr), Man O’ War Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2000 Fantastic Light), Lockinge Stakes (1998 Cape Cross, 1999 Fly To The Stars, 2000 Alajabr), Great Voltigeur Stakes (1998 Sea Wave), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq), Sussex Stakes (1999 Aljabr) Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1996 Mark Of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Summoner), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Faithful Son, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq), JP Morgan Private Bank Goodwood Cup (1999 Kayf Tara), Grosser Preis Von Baden (2002 Marienbard) Wins in a season (1995-2002) 14:48:41:38:41:17:24:21 Wins this year 51

Winning jockey:-Name: Spencer, James (Jamie) Peter Date of Birth: 08/06/1980 Major wins include: Irish 1,000 Guineas (1998 Tarascon, 2002 Gossamer), Nunthorpe Stakes (2002 Kyllachy), Scottish Classic (2000 Endless Hall), Hungerford Stakes (2000 Arkadian Hero), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2000 Sequoyah), Coventry Stakes (2001 Landseer), Weatherbys Champion Bumper (2002 Pizarro), Jockey Club Stakes (2002 Marienbard), Lonsdale Stakes (2002 Boreas), Vintage Stakes (2002 Dublin), Falmouth Stakes (2003 Macadamia) Wins (1998-2002): 3,8,78,112,86 Wins this season: 89 (4th success of Cambridgeshire Meeting)


FOURTH RACE RESULT
3.35pm TOTE CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Class B, Showcase Handicap, £110,000 guaranteed. For 3yo+. 1m 1f. Weights: highest weight not less than 9st 10lb. Any horse rated above 110 (114 if 3yo) shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 10lb; subsequently the excess over 110 (114 if 3yo) shall be added to the weight allotted. Minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after August 30 a winner of a Class D race 3lb; of a Class C race 5lb; of a Class A or B race 7lb.Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+ 4lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £63,800; 2nd: £24,200; 3rd: £12,100; 4th: £5,500; 5th: £2,750; 6th: £1,650

1 CHIVALRY (Wally Sturt - Osborne House IV) Sir Mark Prescott 4-8-01 George Duffield [17] 14-1
2 ADIEMUS (Geoff Lansbury) Jeremy Noseda 5-8-05 Michael Hills [28] 33-1
3 CHECKIT (Tim Corby) Mick Channon 3-9-03 Sam Hitchcott (3) [31] 50-1
4 LADY BEAR (J & Kay Campbell) Richard Fahey 5-8-12 Paul Hanagan [24] 25-1
5 FAR LANE (Khalid Abdulla) Barry Hills 4-9-10 Richard Hughes [30]
6 CONVENT GIRL (Axminster Carpets Ltd) Nerys Dutfield 3-8-02 Robert Havlin [8]
7 EVEREST (I Sandhu & Partners) Brian Ellison 6-8-00 Frannie Norton [9]
8 GRAND PASSION (H Morriss) Geoff Wragg 3-8-13 Darryll Holland [3]
9 ZABAGLIONE (Ronnie Beevor) Roger Charlton 3-8-06 Steve Drowne [21]
10 ABLE BAKER CHARLIE (David Croft & Partners) James Fanshawe 4-8-05 Oscar Urbina [14]
11 GOBLET OF FIRE (Susan Roy) Brian Meehan 4-8-12 Pat Smullen [10]
12 NASHAAB (M Lawrence) David Evans 6-8-04 Neil Callan [16]
13 PAWN BROKER (Raymond Tooth) David Elsworth 6-9-06 Dane O'Neill [6]
14 BONECRUSHER (Mohammed Rashid) David Loder 4-9-06 Jamie Spencer [12]
15 COURAGEOUS DUKE (Lucayan Stud) Jeremy Noseda 4-8-10 Paul Scallan [1]
16 PERSIAN LIGHTNING (Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc) John Dunlop 4-9-02 Pat Eddery [29]
17 JAZZ MESSENGER (S Hanson) Gerard Butler 3-8-07 Eddie Ahern [18] 7-1jt-fav
18 TUG OF LOVE (Mrs Denis Haynes) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-09 Fergal Lynch [5]
19 FAMOUS GROUSE (Mountgrange Stud) Roger Charlton 3-8-10 Fergus Sweeney [25]
20 ZUCCHERO (Philip Banfield) David Arbuthnot 7-8-05 Alan Daly [15]
21 IMPELLER (D Clarke) William Muir 4-8-02 Richard Mullen [34]
22 MILLAFONIC (Lancen Farm Partnership) Luca Cumani 3-8-02 Nicky Mackay (5) [13]
23 BLUE SPINNAKER (G Sparkes, G Hart, S Curtis & T Dewhirst) Mick Easterby 4-8-04 Dale Gibson [32]
24 TURBO (Peter Richardson) Toby Balding 4-8-01 Tony Clark [33]
25 ISLAND LIGHT (Gibson, Goddard, Hamer & Hawkes) Alec Stewart 5-8-11 Royston Ffrench [2]
26 AKSHAR (H H Aga Khan) Sir Michael Stoute 4-9-03 Brett Doyle [26] 7-1jt-fav
27 HURRICANE FLOYD (Lucayan Stud) Martin Pipe 5-7-12 Frankie McDonald (5) [35]
28 SHOT TO FAME (The Conquistadors) Peter Harris 4-8-09 Ian Mongan [7]
29 RAFFERTY (Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum) Clive Brittain 4-8-01 Willie Supple [20]
30 PENTECOST (R & E H Investments Ltd) Andrew Balding 4-8-10 Liam Keniry (3) [23]
31 CZARINA WALTZ (Acorn Racing) Chris Wall 4-7-09 Hayley Turner (5) [19]
32 DUMARAN (R & E H Investments Ltd) Andrew Balding 5-8-00 Neil Chalmers (5) [27]
33 ALMOST FAMOUS (Mrs Jim Bolger) Jim Bolger IRE 4-8-09 Kevin Mannng [4]
UR CACHE CREEK (Sean Hughes) Pat Hughes IRE 5-8-03 Robbie Burke [11]

34 ran Non-runner: No 2 Heretic (ground) Time: 1m 48.11s Distances: sh, 2, 1.75, sh, 1, 0.75, nk, hd, sh, nk, sh, 1, sh, nk, 0.5, sh, 0.75, sh, nk, nk, hd, sh, 1, 1.5, 0.75, 0.75, hd, hd, 0.75, 3, nk, 27
Breeder: Hascombe & Valiant Studs Breeding: Mark Of Esteem - Gai Bulga (Kris)
Tote Win: £20.10 Places: £6.50; £10.00; £16.40; £5.60 Exacta: £2107.00

Winning Trainer:-Name: Prescott, Sir Mark Date of birth: 3/3/48 Previous Occupation: assistant to Jack Waugh First trainers licence:1971 Major wins include: Kings Stand Stakes (1996 Pivotal), Nunthorpe Stakes (1996 Pivotal), Crowson Prestige Stakes (1996 Red Camellia), Sun Chariot Stakes (1996 Last Second), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (1996 Last Second, 1998 Alborada), Cambridgeshire Handicap (1988 Quinlan Terry, 1998 Pasternak, 2003 Chivalry), Champion Stakes (1998 & 1999 Alborada), Flying Five (2002 Danehurst) Number of horses in training (1985-2003):60:62: 55: 63: 64:66:60:62:65:62:61:60:67:73:70:72:77:77:82 Trains at Heath House, Newmarket, Suffolk Wins This Season: 71 Wins in a season: (1985-2002):17:39:26:34:40:48:48:50:53:57:41:58:52:61:77:60:52:57

Winning jockey:-Name:Duffield, George Peter. Born: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 30/11/46 Wins in a season: (1985-2002):17:39:26:34:40:48:48:50:53:57:41:58:52:61:77:60:52:57 Apprenticeship: Seven years with Jack Waugh. First winner: Syllable (Yarmouth June 15, 1967) Classic wins: Vodafone Oaks (1992 User Friendly), St Leger (1992 User Friendly) Other major wins include: Sussex Stakes (1983 Noalcoholic), Irish Oaks (1992 User Friendly), Yorkshire Oaks (1992 User Friendly), Nunthorpe Stakes (1996 Pivotal), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1991 Environment Friend, 2000 Giant’s Causeway), Lockinge Stakes (1983 Noalcoholic), Champagne Stakes (1993 Unblest), Jersey Stakes (1970 Fluke), Cambridgeshire (1988 Quinlan Terry, 1997 Pasternak, 2003 Chivalry), Nassau Stakes (1996 Last Second), Duke Of York Stakes (1970 Fluke), Champion Stakes (1998 Alborada, 1999 Alborada); Racing Post Trophy (1999 Aristotle), Flying Five (2002 Danehurst Wins This Year: 78 Wins in a season (1982-2002):92,98,86,61,94,64,77,87,84,88,108,116,65,60,74,79,74,80,68,95,69
FIFTH RACE RESULT
4.10pm THE KENNETT RATED STAKES

Class B, Handicap, 1m 2f, £15,000 added, three-year-olds rated 0-100. Highest weight 9st 7lb; minimum weight: 8st 4lb. Penalties: a winner after September 27, 3lb. Penalty values: 1st: £9,164; 2nd: £3,476; 3rd: £1,738; 4th: £790; 5th: £395; 6th: £237

1 TUSK (C Fenaroli & F Adams) Mick Channon 3-8-06 Sam Hitchcott (3) [5] 9-2
2 TIZZY MAY (J May) Richard Hannon 3-9-05 Dane O'Neill [6] 4-1
3 BRAVE CALL (D Kerr & Wood Hall Stud Ltd) John Hills 3-8-07 Michael Hills [7]
4 EL COTO (R J H Ltd & J Hames) Bryan McMahon 3-9-07 Willie Supple [3]
5 GONDOLIN (Trevor Stewart) Gerard Butler 3-8-08 Eddie Ahern [8]
6 JAMES CAIRD (Kenneth Macpherson) Mark Tompkins 3-8-06 George Duffield [4]
7 ALWAYS ESTEEMED (Mollers Racing) Geoff Wragg 3-9-07 Darryll Holland [2]

7 ran Non-runner: No 5 Zero Tolerance (ground)
Time: 2m 3.76s Distances: sh, nk, 5, nk, 6, 2
Breeder: F Adams & Mrs C Fenaroli Breeding: Fleetwood - Farmer’s Pet (Sharrood)
Tote Win: £6.30 Places: £2.70; £1.80 Exacta: £17.90

Winning trainer:-Name: Channon, Michael Roger Date of birth: 28/11/48 Date of first training licence: 1990 Previous occupation: International footballer, assistant trainer to John Baker and Ken Cunningham-Brown Wins in a season (1990-2002):16:22:27:41:74:71:56:40:71:72:90:67:123 Number of horses in training (1990-2003):20:35:45 :44:64:86:91:84:106:124:135:159:177:184 Major wins include: King’s Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Nunthorpe Stakes (1994 Piccolo), Ballyogan Stakes (1994 Great Deeds), Field Marshall Stakes (1994 Great Deeds), Moet & Chandon Rennen (1996 Muchea), Molecomb Stakes (1998 Inya Lake), Gimcrack Stakes (1998 Josr Algharoud), Lowther Stakes (1998 Bint Allayl, 2001 Queen’s Logic), Mill Reef Stakes (1998 Golden Silca), Queen Mary Stakes (1998 Bint Allayl), Shadwell Stud Cheveley Park Stakes (1999 Seazun, 2001 Queen’s Logic), Coventry Stakes (2000 CD Europe), Ribblesdale Stakes (2000 Miletrian), Prix De La Salamandre (2000 Tobougg), Darley Dewhurst Stakes (2000 Tobougg), Fred Darling Stakes (2002 Queen’s Logic), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2002 Mail The Desert), Maurice Lacroix-Trophy (2002 Checkit), Tote Trifecta Stakes (2002 Millennium Force, 2003 Master Robbie) Wins this season: 119

Winning jockey:- Name: Hitchcott, Samuel Cooper Born: September 16, 1982Background: Apprenticed to Mick Channon, having previously been with Mick
Easterby Riding Weight: 7st 12lb Wins in 2002: 14 Wins This Year: 36


SIXTH RACE RESULT

4.45pm TONY LAKE MEMORIAL EBF MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES

Class D, £8,000 added. For 2yo fillies which are EBF eligible. 6f. Weights: 8st 11lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £5,564; 2nd: £1,712; 3rd: £856; 4th: £428

1 VALJARV (V & J Properties) Nick Littmoden 2-8-11 Ian Mongan [6] 3-1
2 STARGEM (Mrs M Miller) Lydia Pearce 2-8-11 Russell Price [4] 66-1
3 DARTING (Raymond Tooth) Gerard Butler 2-8-11 Eddie Ahern [8] 33-1
4 KIND (Khalid Abdulla) Roger Charlton 2-8-11 Richard Hughes [3] 4-7fav
5 HOT LIPS PAGE (Bob Lalemant) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Pat Eddery [7]
6 MOON LEGEND (Eugene Lismonde) William Jarvis 2-8-11 Darryll Holland [2]
7 COY (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 2-8-11 Brett Doyle [5]
8 ADAPTABLE (Major M Wyatt) Henry Candy 2-8-11 Dane O'Neill [1]
9 KSCHESSINKA (Lael Stable) William Haggas 2-8-11 Michael Hills [10]
10 PORTHCAWL (Usk Valley Stud) Michael Bell 2-8-11 Richard Mullen [9]

10 ran
Time: 1m 12.38s Distances: 2.5, 1, 0.5, 1.75, 1.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.25, 1.25
Breeder: Martin Francis Breeding: Bluebird - Iktidar (Green Desert)
Tote Win: £5.20 Places: £1.20; £9.30; £6.30 Exacta: £384.50

Winning trainer:- Name Littmoden, Nicholas Paul
Date of Birth: 3/1/63 Riding Career: Amateur, Flat & Point-to-Points Date of first trainer’s licence: October 1994. Previously pupil assistant to M Mason for three years; Assistant trainer to J Ffitch Heyes for one year & Jenny Pitman for six months Number of Horses in training (1998-2003): 46, 57, 73, 94, 94, 97 Wins in a season (1994-2002): 0,9,6,18, 40, 61, 57, 51, 79 Trains at Southgate, Newmarket, Suffolk Major wins: Jubilee Handicap (1998 & 1999 Tertium) Wins this year: 47

Winning jockey:-Name: Mongan, Ian Bernard Wins 2000-02: 48; 67 (runner-up in apprentice championship); 82 Background: Formerly apprenticed to Woodingdean-based trainer Gary Moore Big Race Wins Include: Victoria Cup (2002 Scotty’s Future) Wins This Year: 58


SEVENTH RACE RESULT
5.20pm NGK SPARK PLUGS HANDICAP

Class C, £12,000 added. For 3yo rated 0-95. Minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after September 27, a winner 4lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £8,271.25; 2nd: £2,545; 3rd: £1,272.50; 4th: £636.25

1 TEN CARAT (Khalid Abdulla) Amanda Perrett 3-9-03 Richard Hughes [2]
5-2fav
2 ALKAASED (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Sir Michael Stoute 3-9-04 Willie Supple [6] 4-1
3 VALANCE (M Haynes, A & J Allison, Johnny Weatherby) Charles Egerton 3-8-06 Steve Drowne [8] 16-1
4 SIR SIDNEY (Becky & Sidney Stones) Dave Morris 3-8-10 Richard Mullen [9]
5 ALMIZAN (Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum) Mick Channon 3-9-04 Sam Hitchcott (3) [7]
6 NOT AMUSED (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Barry Hills 3-8-08 Michael Hills [3]
7 AMALIANBURG (Catherine Wills) Henry Cecil 3-8-07 Willie Ryan [1]
8 DOVEDON HERO (Michael Whatley) Pat McBride 3-8-03 Nicky Mackay (5) [5]

8 ran Non-runner: No 4 Lesath (ground)
Time: 2m 54.96s Distances: 1, 1.75, 5, 0.5, 5, 2, 1.25
Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Breeding: Grand Lodge - Emerald (El Gran Senor)
Tote Win: £3.10 Places: £1.40; £2.30; £4.20 Exacta: £12.00

Winning Trainer:- Name: Perrett, Amanda Born: December 31, 1969 Married: July 2, 1995 Trains at: Coombelands Stables, Pulborough, West Sussex Riding Career: 54 wins under Rules, 40 point-to-point winners First Trainer’s Licence: 1996 First Group 1 Win: Prix du Moulin (2000 Indian Lodge) Other Big Race Wins: Prix de la Foret (2000 Indian Lodge); Oak Tree Stakes (2002 Desert Alchemy); Celebration Mile (2002 Tillerman) Winners 1996-02: 1; 8; 11; 18; 27; 37; 60 Horses in Training 2001-03: 99; 104; 100 Wins This Year: 46 (2nd success of Cambridgeshire Meeting)

Winning jockey:-Name: Hughes, Richard David. Date of birth: 11/1/73 Apprenticeship: With father, Dessie Hughes, in Ireland. Wins in Britain (1994-2002):19,68,62,33,55,95,102, 90, 126 Major wins include: French 1,000 Guineas (2002 Zenda), French Oaks (2003 Nebraska Tornado), Derby Italiano (1996 Bahamian Knight), King's Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Jersey Stakes (1995 Sergeyev, 1996 Lucayan Prince), Yorkshire Cup (1999 Churlish Charm); Duke Of York Stakes (1999 Sampower Star), Gran Premio d’Italia (1995 Posidonas), Cambridgeshire (1995 Cap Juluca), Stewards’ Cup (1995 Shikari’s Son, 1999 Harmonic Way, 2000 Tayseer), Victor Chandler European Free Handicap (2000 Cape Town, Jockey Club Cup (2000 Persian Punch), 2001 Clearing), Macau Jockey Club Craven Stakes (2001 King’s Ironbridge), Macau Jockey Club Craven Stakes (2000 Umistim, 2001 King’s Ironbridge), Lingfield Derby Trial (2001 Perfect Sunday), Prix D’Isphan (2001 Observatory), Celebration Mile (2002 Tillerman), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream), Middle Park Stakes (2003 Three Valleys) 1st Group One Success in Britain: July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream) Other details: Retained jockey to Khalid Abdulla Wins This Year: 114 (2nd success of Cambridgeshire Meeting)

THE VALUE BETTING COLUMN EVERY SATURDAY

NEWMARKET, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002

2.50pm PEUGEOT SUN CHARIOT STAKES 1m

BP= 20/1 Bet365

2MACADAMIA (Lord Vestey) James Fanshawe 4-8-13 Dane O'Neill [5]
Has run splendidly well this season until tried in the highest company last time out over 10 furlongs - was fifth to Russian Rhythm then in the Group One Vodafone Nassau Stakes and not disgraced, especially as she is better at a mile. A fair chance but others make more appeal.

BP= 5/1 Coral Eurobet & Bet365

3MONTURANI (Mrs R Philipps) Geoff Wragg 4-8-13 Darryll Holland [8]
By Indian Ridge so may not find this ground suitable and anyway does not look good enough.

BP= 22/1 Coral Eurobet & Bet365

4WELSH DIVA (Usk Valley Stud) Amanda Perrett 4-8-13 Eddie Ahern [9]
Has not run since June and disappointed then behind Macadamia but the trainer is in better form now.

BP= 33/1 except Coral Eurobet & Stanleybet

5ECHOES IN ETERNITY (Godolphin) Saeed Bin Suroor 3-8-10 Jamie Spencer [4]
Bounced back to form at Yarmouth in a Listed race. Likes this fast ground and Godolphin is in form. Has a good chance and this a fair price.

BP= 7/1 Ladbrokes

6FAVOURABLE TERMS (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-10 Pat Eddery [7]
Lightly-raced and showed improved form to win a French race Group Two last time but this is very short.

BP= 11/10 Tote

7HANAMI (G B Partnership) James Toller 3-8-10 Richard Hughes [10]
Disappointed in the Irish Oaks last time in July, but won a Group Two at the Curragh over 10 furlongs and was previously sixth in the Oaks and fifth in the Guineas. Has somethong to prove coming back.
BP= 11/1 Bet365

8HOLD TO RANSOM (Khalid Buhaleeba) Ed Dunlop 3-8-10 Pat Smullen [3]
Fifth in Canadian Group Two last time out and has run consistently all season except when hampered and disappointed in the Falmouth Stakes at the July Course, won by Macadamia. May be worth another chance at this price
BP= 14/1 Bet365

9LONDONNETDOTCOM (Derek & Jean Clee) Mick Channon 3-8-10 Steve Drowne [2]
It is questionable if she is up to this grade.

BP= 66/1 Ladbrokes

10SOLDERA (Wood Hall Stud Ltd) James Fanshawe 3-8-10 Oscar Urbina [1]Close fourth to Favourable Terms last time out and won at Ascot previously but nothing specially to recommend her.

BP= 6/1 Stanleybet & Bet365

SUMMARY
A fascinating race where Echoes In Eternity and Hold To Ransom are the clear value choices - the question is whiuch one to choose. With Saeed bin Surror is much form than Ed Dunlop, ECHOES IN ETERNITY gets the nod each-way.

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