Wednesday, May 19, 2010

HIGH HEELED SET FOR SARISKA REMATCH IN THE INVESTEC CORONATION CUP

The John Gosden-trained filly is among 16 exciting entries remaining for the mile and a half contest after yesterday’s scratchings stage, alongside 5/2 favourite Sariska, behind whom she finished third in last year’s Investec Oaks when trained by Barry Hills.

The duo have not crossed paths since that day, with Sariska going on to an imperious triumph in the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh and High Heeled storming to a six-length victory in the Group Three totesport.com St Simon Stakes at Newbury in October, with recent Ormonde Stakes winner Harbinger back in third.

The two fillies were due to meet in the Group Two totesport.com Middleton Stakes over 10 furlongs at York on May 13, but High Heeled was pulled out, leaving Sariska to land the spoils from last season’s Investec Oaks runner-up and Breeders’ Cup heroine Midday.

High Heeled switched to Gosden’s Newmarket yard after being sold for 600,000 guineas at Tattersalls in November and the High Chaparral filly now races for owners George Strawbridge and James Wigan.

Gosden revealed today: “High Heeled is in good form and we wanted to run her in the Middleton Stakes at York last week but the ground came up too fast for her there.

“We are looking at the Investec Coronation Cup at Epsom because she has run well on the track and it is just a question of the ground being right on the day. We are a little bit limited as regards options for a filly whose best form is with some cut in the ground.

“The ground was pretty testing when she beat Harbinger at Newbury last year and she goes through it easily, so that is what we are hoping for.”

The top-class entry for the Investec Coronation Cup also includes last year’s impressive Irish Derby victor Fame And Glory (11/4), who chased home Sea The Stars when second in the 2009 Investec Derby. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt defeated Recharge (25/1) by five lengths in the Group Three Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh on May 3.

O’Brien has a total of three horses going forward, the others being Age Of Aquarius (6/1) and Dixie Music (66/1).

Recharge, one of five Irish-trained entries, is also among the entries and could take his chance if connections are pleased with his effort in the Group One Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh on May 23, a race won by his dam, Rebelline.

Trainer Kevin Prendergast said: “He is going to the Tattersalls Gold Cup and we will have to see how he gets on before deciding about Epsom.

“He is working well and has come on a bit, but he would have to if he is to take on Fame And Glory again. He has run twice this season and he ran very well to finish second both times. He is a gross horse and is probably fitter now than he has been at any time in the past year.”

Mick Channon-trained Youmzain (8/1), runner-up in the past two renewals of the Investec Coronation Cup, is set to bid for victory, while Mark Johnston has engaged fellow Group One winner Jukebox Jury (11/1), successful in the Group Two Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket earlier this month.

Godolphin has four horses remaining with three of those being in the care of Saeed bin Suroor. Kite Wood (9/1) was runner-up in the Group One St Leger last term, while Cutlass Bay (6/1) won the Group One Prix Ganay for previous handler Andre Fabre on May 2, and Cavalryman (7/1) defeated Age Of Aquarius to win the Group One Grand Prix de Paris before finishing third to Sea The Stars in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in October.

Mahmood Al Zarooni trains the other Godolphin entry, Group One winner Eastern Anthem (20/1).

South Easter (25/1), third to Debussy in the Group Three Huxley Stakes at Chester on May 6, is owned by Markus Jooste and Investec’s co-founder and managing director Bernard Kantor, while the other remaining horses are Eastern Aria (50/1), Clowance (33/1) and Bashkirov (100/1).

Investec Coronation Cup - totesport bet: 5/2 Sariska, 11/4 Fame And Glory, 6 Age Of Aquarius, Cutlass Bay, 7 Cavalryman, 8 Youmzain, 9 Kite Wood, 11 Jukebox Jury, 14 High Heeled, 20 Eastern Anthem, 25 Recharge, South Easter, 33 Clowance, 50 Eastern Aria, 66 Dixie Music, 100 Bashkirov.

Each-Way 1/5 1-2-3

THE INVESTEC CORONATION CUP
Class One, Group One, £225,000 Total Prize Fund. 2.45pm, Epsom Downs, Friday, June 4, 2010. For four-year-olds and upwards, one mile & four furlongs. Entries closed April 6, entries revealed April 7 (35 entries), scratchings deadline May 18 (16 remain), six-day confirmation & £20,000 supplementary stage May 29, final declaration stage 10.00am, June 2. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Monday, May 17.

Form Horse Age Owner Trainer
(1)4/102-2 AGE OF AQUARIUS (IRE) 4 Sue Magnier/Tabor/Smith/Mordukhovitch Aidan O'Brien IRE
(1)(1)(5)-(1)(6)6 BASHKIROV 5 Luke Comer Luke Comer IRE
1113-(0)5 CAVALRYMAN 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
114/24-0 CLOWANCE 5 Seasons Holidays Roger Charlton
1/11-11 CUTLASS BAY (UAE) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
5/51-44 DIXIE MUSIC (IRE) 4 Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
65322-6 EASTERN ANTHEM (IRE) 6 Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
1214-(7)4 EASTERN ARIA (UAE) 4 Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
1266-31 FAME AND GLORY 4 Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
331541- HIGH HEELED (IRE) 4 George Strawbridge & James Wigan John Gosden
4112-01 JUKEBOX JURY (IRE) 4 Alan Spence Mark Johnston
1/50112- KITE WOOD (IRE) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
4/145-22 RECHARGE (IRE) 4 Lady O'Reilly Kevin Prendergast IRE
11123-1 SARISKA 4 Lady Bamford Michael Bell
216-(1)3 SOUTH EASTER (IRE) 4 Markus Jooste & Bernard Kantor William Haggas
23320-0 YOUMZAIN (IRE) 7 Jaber Abdullah Mick Channon

16 Entries remain after May 18 scratchings deadline
5 Irish-trained

THE FOLLOWING 19 HORSES HAVE BEEN SCRATCHED:
ALWAARY (USA), ASK, BALIUS (IRE), BLIZZARD BLUES (USA), CAMPANOLOGIST (USA), CLAREMONT (IRE), DAR RE MI, DUNCAN, FATHER TIME, GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE), HARBINGER, LAAHEB, MASTERY, MIDDAY, ONCE MORE DUBAI (USA), SANS FRONTIERES (IRE), SPANISH MOON (USA), SRI PUTRA, YANKEE DOODLE

BOULD MOVER AMONG 32 GOING FORWARD FOR INVESTEC ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASS ‘DASH’

Roger Curtis is hoping Bould Mover (9st 6lb) can take in the £75,000 Investec Entrepreneurial Class ‘Dash’ at Epsom Downs on Investec Derby Day, Saturday, June 5, before returning to Pattern company later in the season.

The three-year-old, one of 32 remaining entries after yesterday’s scratchings stage, heads to the world’s fastest five furlongs for his seasonal debut, having shown high-class sprint form as a juvenile in 2009, including when runner-up to Sand Vixen in the Group Two Flying Childers Stakes over the distance at Doncaster in September.

Curtis reported: “The plan at the moment is for Bould Mover to head to Epsom Downs. He has done really well over the winter and he has strengthened up into a lovely three-year-old.

“He’s not a slow horse and his form last year was very good, particularly his second in the Flying Childers Stakes, when the winner broke the track record.

“We were expecting him to be sold to the US last summer, so the owners ran him twice at Glorious Goodwood because they thought he was going, but the deal fell through and he ended up going to Doncaster instead.

“If he goes the right way, we are hoping that he could be a Group horse again this season. After Epsom, we are looking at the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot - I think he deserves a tilt at some of the big sprints.”

The Alan Berry-trained Look Busy, winner of the Group Two Temple Stakes last season, heads the weights on 9st 10lb.

‘Sprint King’ Dandy Nicholls, successful in four of the last nine renewals, has seven potential contenders in last year’s winner Indian Trail (8st 5lb), Masta Plasta (9st 7lb), Striking Spirit (9st 1lb), Strike Up The Band (9st 3lb), City Dancer (8st 8lb), Crimea (8st 5lb) and Wotashirtfull (8st 1lb).


Kevin Ryan saddled subsequent Group One winner Desert Lord to success in 2006 and has Le Torreador (9st 1lb), Masamah (9st 1lb), Old Joe Said (8st 13lb), Jargelle (8st 12lb) and Bajan Tryst (8st 8lb).

Moorhouse Lad (9st 3lb), runner-up in 2007, could represent Bryan Smart, who also has recent Thirsk winner Sirenuse (8st 3lb) engaged, while Tim Easterby may run last year’s runner-up Captain Dunne (9st 5lb).

Others of note include the John Quinn-trained Duchess Dora (8st 10lb), Hawkeyethenoo (8st 8lb) from the Jim Goldie yard, Fathom Five (9st), trained by Chris Wall, and the David Barron-trained pair of Archers Road (8st 9lb) and Jaconet (8st 12lb).

INVESTEC ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASS 'DASH'
Class 2, Heritage Handicap, £75,000 Total Prize Fund. 3.15pm, Saturday, June 5, 2010. For three-year-olds & upward, five furlongs. Highest weight not less than 9st 10lb; minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after May 8, a winner 4lb, a winner of two or more races 7lb. Entries closed May 5, entries revealed May 5 (40 entries), weights revealed May 12, scratchings deadline May 18 (32 remain), five-day confirmation stage May 31, final declaration stage, 10.00am, June 3. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including Monday, May 17, 2010.

Form Horse Age/Wgt Owner Trainer
60052-4 LOOK BUSY (IRE) 5-9-10 A Underwood Alan Berry
3(4)001-0 NOTA BENE 8-9-09 Hodge, Walker & Elsworth David Elsworth
0440-40 MASTA PLASTA (IRE) 7-9-07 Lady O'Reilly David Nicholls
115024- BOULD MOVER 3-9-06 H Downs & D Looney Roger Curtis
0200-35 JUDGE 'N JURY 6-9-05 Robert & Nina Bailey Ron Harris
6310-22 CAPTAIN DUNNE (IRE) 5-9-05 Middleham Park Racing XV Tim Easterby
000-(0)21 MOORHOUSE LAD 7-9-03 Ron Hull Bryan Smart
030(4)-00 STRIKE UP THE BAND 7-9-03 Barker Moser Nicholls Short David Nicholls
(1)00-(1)(3)0 LE TOREADOR 5-9-01 Guy Reed Kevin Ryan
(1)0/00(2)-1 MASAMAH (IRE) 4-9-01 Dr Marwan Koukash Kevin Ryan
0000-24 STRIKING SPIRIT 5-9-01 N & Z Aboobaker & Bon Accord Racing David Nicholls
60530-1 FATHOM FIVE (IRE) 6-9-00 Hintlesham Thoroughbreds Chris Wall
0660-04 OLDJOESAID 6-8-13 Angie Bailey Kevin Ryan
032-053 JARGELLE (IRE) 4-8-12 A Rahman Al Jasmi Kevin Ryan
0(1)-(1)(3)25 JACONET (USA) 5-8-12 R G Toes David Barron
0-(0)(6)(3)(0)0 HOH HOH HOH 8-8-10 Multi Lines 2 Richard Price
(0)(3)(4)(2)(1)(2) GLAMOROUS SPIRIT (IRE) 4-8-10 Robert Bailey Ron Harris
156-143 DUCHESS DORA (IRE) 3-8-10 The Clay Family John Quinn
65404-1 ARCHERS ROAD (IRE) 3-8-09 Connect 4 David Barron
020-(1)(2)(0) BAJAN TRYST (USA) 4-8-08 Margaret Forsyth & Mrs R G Hillen Kevin Ryan
1214-11 HAWKEYETHENOO (IRE) 4-8-08 Johnnie Delta Racing Jim Goldie
23006-4 CITY DANCER (IRE) 4-8-08 J N S Quigley David Nicholls
(1)/4000-0 SAFARI MISCHIEF 7-8-08 Peter Winkworth Peter Winkworth
(1)(1)(1)(5)00 LOVE DELTA (USA) 3-8-06 Crone Stud Farms Ltd Mark Johnston
004-563 INDIAN TRAIL 10-8-05 Martin Love David Nicholls
30000-(0) NORTHERN DARE (IRE) 6-8-05 Dr Marwan Koukash Richard Fahey
40-(1)(2)(5)2 ROCKET ROB (IRE) 4-8-05 Bill Hinge & John Searchfield Marco Botti
161(0)- CRIMEA (IRE) 4-8-05 Middleham Park Racing XVI David Nicholls
(4)(3)-(0)300 BERTOLIVER 6-8-03 Mrs A Shone Stuart Williams
22(0)-431 SIRENUSE (IRE) 4-8-03 (4lb ex) M Barber Bryan Smart
(4)(3)(2)(3)(2)(5) WOTASHIRTFULL (IRE) 5-8-01 M Khan X2 David Nicholls
(1)2(1)(0)-(6)(0) EDITH'S BOY (IRE) 4-7-00 A Lindsay Simon Dow

32 Entries remain after May 18 scratchings deadline

THE FOLLOWING EIGHT HORSES HAVE BEEN SCRATCHED:
SPIN CYCLE (IRE), QUEST FOR SUCCESS (IRE), WAFFLE (IRE), HOGMANEIGH (IRE), PARISIAN PYRAMID (IRE), RUSSIAN SPIRIT, PEAK DISTRICT (IRE), NICKEL SILVER

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