Friday, June 20, 2003
ROYAL ASCOT 2003
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
FOURTH DAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 20
GOING CHANGED TO FIRM
The going was changed to
FIRM
on all parts of the course after the third race.
Nick Cheyne, Ascot’s Clerk of the Course, said: “I have changed the ground to firm and I’m not going to water tonight, having watered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
“The ground is riding safe and consistent and I don’t want to mess it about and end up getting false ground by putting more water on.”
RECORD FRIDAY CROWD
Today’s crowd of 68,508 is a new record for the Friday of Royal Ascot.
The attendance is up 7.7% from last year’s figure of 63,604, with 60,862 seen in 2001.
TOTE TURNOVER
For the third day running the Tote’s turnover has soared past the £2million mark, with a total of £2,009,455.
This represents an increase of 16.2% over last year’s £1,729,106.
SATURDAY GRANDSTAND SOLD OUT - DECISION ON FORMAT OF 2004 EXPECTED LATER IN THE YEAR
Grandstand tickets are sold out for tomorrow, Saturday, June 21, the fifth day of Royal Ascot 2003.
However, there is plenty of availability in the Silver Ring (£16) and the Heath (£4) and people can pay on the day for both enclosures.
This is the second five-day Royal Meeting, last year having been so successful as a celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Golden Jubilee.
Ascot Racecourse has yet to make a decision about the format for 2004 and beyond. A decision for 2004 is expected later in the year.
SATURDAY EXTRAVAGANZA AWAITS
The fifth and final day of the Royal Meeting, Saturday, June 21, proved highly-popular when held for the first time 12 months ago and racegoers can look forward to plenty of top-class racing action tomorrow.
A six-race programme, which features the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes at 3.45pm, also has one of the most exciting handicaps of the Flat season, the Wokingham Stakes (4.20pm), which has attracted a maximum field of 30 runners.
This six-furlong event has proved so popular this season that no less than 47 other horses have had to be eliminated for safety reasons.
The Roger Charlton-trained Patavellian, who has been the subject of a massive gamble, has been guaranteed a run in the contest. The son of Machiavellian had been left in today’s Buckingham Palace Stakes as a precaution of being eliminated from the Wokingham.
Patavellian has now been withdrawn from today’s race and Charlton faces a fine for doing so.
The concluding contest of the Royal Meeting, the Queen Alexandra Stakes (5.30pm), has the honour of being the longest event of the Flat campaign over two miles and six furlongs.
Last season Newmarket-trainer Sir Michael Stoute sent home Royal Ascot racegoers in a festive mood after his Cover Up had justified favouritism in the hands of champion jockey Kieren Fallon. The six-year-old is again among the 14 runners, while two other intriguing contenders are Domenico, trained by John Jenkins, who will be ridden by American jockey and filmstar Gary Stevens - already a winner this week on Membership in the Jersey Stakes - and Looks Like Trouble, the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup winner in 2000.
The Group Two Hardwicke Stakes also features last year’s winner in the form of the Mark Johnston-trained Zindabad, who kept on gamely in the final furlong to beat subsequent Group One Emirates Airline Champion Stakes winner Storming Home by a length.
The 2002 King Edward VII Stakes hero Balakheri, trained by Stoute, and the Tim Easterby-trained Bollin Eric, who won last season’s St Leger, are among Zindabad’s nine rivals.
FIRST RACE WINNING QUOTES
THE ALBANY STAKES (LISTED)
SILCA’S LEADS 1-2 FOR CHANNON
The 5/1 chance Silca’s Gift beat her more-fancied stablemate Tolzey, the 100/30 favourite, to give trainer Mick Channon a 1-2 in the opening Listed Albany Stakes.
“She’s a lovely big scopey filly but the other is real street fighter,” said Channon. “This was obviously the race for both of them to go for because there are not a lot of choices.
“We’ll give her a bit of time and then probably take the Lowther/Cheveley Park Stakes routes, and that will be it. That’s what I’ve done before with my good fillies.
“She won nicely at Windsor first time out when Steve (Drowne) missed the ride because he was stuck in traffic.
“The second has done nothing wrong, she’s very streetwise although I thought the winner had more potential. It’s a shame that the second was well beaten because she was well clear!”
Winning rider Steve Drowne said: “She travelled well, settled,had enough gears so I let her have a fill of air then she picked up well to the line.
“She could be anything and gave me a fill that everything was not all there. Another six weeks will do her a lot of good.”
RACE ONE LISTED ALBANY STAKES
PLACED QUOTES
THIRD AT ROYAL MEETING WITH
FIRST RUNNER IN ENGLAND
Rupert Pritchard-Gordon, a son of former trainer Gavin, saddled his first runner in England courtesy of Malaica, who did not let the Chantilly-based trainer down finishing the eight-length third to Silca’s Gift.
“I’m very pleased and it was a good run,” enthused the trainer. “It was her first time in England which is not easy. She’s got a good attitude and tactical speed.
“We had to have her dropped in to give her a chance early on. She ran a little green and when a gap came she was a little hesitant. I thought she might have got a knock on the nose as well although when I spoke to Thierry [Gillet, jockey] he said that she didn’t.
“She may have felt the ground as well - if it had been soft ground, she might have been close.”
Pritchard-Gordon began training last year after nine years with Criquette Head-Maarek. He has 14 horses in at the moment.
“I’ve also got Arvada who is a proper filly and was third in the Prix Saint-Alary, the race Hi Dubai finished second in and Summitville was behind her. She will be a force in the autumn and will run at Deauville at the end of August after one more run,” explained the handler.
“I’ve also got a nice two-year-old called Sister Moonshine - I’m not sure if she’ll run in England, my aim is to go for races that suit them.
“As for Malaica I didn’t have many options for her - there’s very few opportunities in France between April and July and the programme there is limited for horses which have won their maiden and a conditions race,” explained Pritchard-Gordon.
“We wanted to have a go here and this was the plan - she’s got the speed and I knew that she would travel through the race.”
Jockeys were in no doubt about the state of the ground. “It’s fast,” said Philip Robinson; “Firm,” said Martin Dwyer with emphasis; “Very firm, fast,” said Darryll Holland.
FALLON SUSPENDED ON IRISH DERBY DAY
Kieren Fallon has been suspended for one day - Sunday, June 29 - for careless riding in the opener on Lucayan Beauty. However, the champion jockey will be able to apply to the Jockey Club for special dispensation to ride in the classic and it is likely to be granted.
Stipendiary steward William Nunnely said: “Kieren Fallon has got one day for careless riding - he allowed his horse to drift in to George Duffield’s who then went into Michael Hills’. The other bit of interference was the French horse just getting into a bit of trouble.
“The date is Sunday, June 29, which of course is the day of the Irish Derby. He can just ask the Jockey Club if they would allow him to ride in the Irish Derby because it is a Group One. His supension would then move to another day. I don’t think it will be a problem.
“Our dispenation only gets jockeys off a Group One race in this country but Ireland is not far away and it would not be our intention of stopping him riding in a Group One race anywhere for a one-day suspension. “
KING EDWARD VII STAKES
WINNING QUOTES
TREGONING DOUBLES UP AT ROYAL MEETING
Marcus Tregoning gained his second winner of the 2003 Royal Meeting after High Accolade had beaten Delsarte by two lengths. He won the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday courtesy of Nayef.
“He’s still a bit green and he’s come on so much after each race. He handles fast ground so well and he’s obviously a very good horse who is improving,” said the trainer.
“To get a mile and four furlongs at Ascot you have to stay well and he was still going away at the finish. I will put him in the St Leger and he’ll go in all of the good races now but the ground is quite an issue and I want to bear next year in mind as well.”
Connections had considered supplementing him for £90,000 for the Vodafone Derby.
“I didn’t feel that it was the right thing to pay that sort of money as he is still green and you don’t want a green horse in the Derby,” explained Tregoning.
Asked how he would have got on at Epsom, the handler replied: “Oh he would have won it! No seriously I don’t know - Kris Kin is very lightly raced and could be a big improver. Which is the best? Who knows but I think this horse is massively improved and he’s beaten some here easier than Kris Kin has.”
Tregoning was full of praise for jockey Martin Dwyer.
“I can’t give Martin enough plaudits. He’s done well for the Baldings as well who raised him so I can’t take the credit for that but he gave this horse a super ride and you have got to know him very well,” he continued.
“I can’t think of any jockey I’d rather have on him as he takes some knowing.”
One member of the press scrum surrounding Tregoning questioned whether High Accolade was an idle type of horse.
He replied: “No, I think it was greenness and he was getting the hang of it. I had a good feeling he would get up and win.”
Winning rider Martin Dwyer added: “He’s an amazing horse and is quite a tricky ride. He hates being crowded and does nothing behind but has some acceleration to quicken like he did.
“They went very quickly and I wanted to keep tabs on them. The gap appeared in the straight and when he gets there he idles. He does nothing at home and saves it for the track.”
Nayef has come out of the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes well.
“He cantered this morning as the Eclipse [Stakes at Sandown] is not far away. But the main race for him in my mind is the King George [VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot] and I hope [Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum, owner] agrees. On what he has achieved, he must have a reasonable chance of winning that race,” reported Tregoning.
PLACED QUOTES RACE TWO
KING EDWARD V11 STAKES
JOHNSTON VERY PLEASED
Mark Johnston was highly delighted with the effort by runner-up Delsarte, who was never out of the first two in the King Edward V11 Stakes, though in the end he had to accept a two lengths defeat at the hands of High Accolade.
“We really did not know what to expect this time against this level of opposition, but he has run really well,” he said. “This was only his third race and he showed his greenness by the way in which he was hanging early in the straight.
“Keith (Dalgleish) said afterwards that they went very fast down the hill in the early stages and he was wondering whether it might be better to take him back to a mile and a quarter, but we shall have to talk more about all that before making any decisions.
“He is in the Eclipse and the King George. If he had won this then the King George would have looked an obvious step and you would be kicking yourself for not having entered him; the same goes for the Eclipse, all the more with Keith saying what he did about going back to a mile and a quarter.”
Robert Sangster was very pleased with the effort by his third placed Summerland, who was blinkered for the first time.
“That was a good effort,” he said. “I expect we shall put him away now and bring him back for the Voltigeur (at York in August). He has run really well.”
WINNING QUOTES RACE THREE
CORONATION STAKES
RELIEF ALL ROUND
“I am very relieved that it is all over, but it was a very good performance,” said Sir Michael Stoute after Russian Rhythm had stormed home in the day’s big race, the Coronation Stakes, confirming in the process the 1,000 Guineas form with Soviet Song, who was fourth at Newmarket and runner-up here.
“You have to be a Group 1 performer to win Group 1 races and she has certainly performed like that today. She rather surprised us when she won at Newmarket, but she has been training well since then.
“They went a bit of a pedestrian pace for the first furlong and a half and she was a bit keen, but then Gary (Stevens on stablemate Fantasize) made sure that it was a decent one.
“She came there very smoothly and it was a top class performance. I can’t see any reason to go any further with her, at least at the moment. She is in the Sussex Stakes and that is the obvious race to look at for her. Kieren has always been adamant that a mile is her trip.”
The trainer’s relief at the result was shared by Chris Richardson, managing director for the owners, Cheveley Park Stud. “It was quite a worry that no 1,000 Guineas winner has gone on to win this since One In A Million in 1979, and she only got the race in the stewards’ room,” he said.
Cashmans put the filly in at 14-1 for the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita in October.
Jockey Kieren Fallon added: “There is something about this race which scares you - not enough pace maybe or the other jockeys trying to get you beat - thank God it’s all over.
“When I kicked by Steve [Drowne, rider of Mail The Desert] I didn’t think anything could get by me. If Oscar [Urbina, rider of Soviet Song] had got close I would have found another gear.”
Asked if his charge might stay further than a mile, he replied: “Very, very hard to say. She travels well and quickens and shows so much speed but saying that you do have trouble pulling her up.
“She feels like one that you could take on the colts with but that is something that I don’t like - however I know that there are no options but to do that. She feels like a colt when you ride her and I don’t think she got the credit she deserved when winning the Guineas - all the talk was of the French jockey.”
THIRD RACE PLACED QUOTES
CORONATION STAKES
SOVIET ON SONG IN SECOND
Russian Rhythm led home a 1-2-3 of previous Group 1 winners when beating Soviet Song and Mail The Desert in the Coronation Stakes but the trainers of both the second and third were more than happy with the result.
James Fanshawe, who trains Soviet Song for the Elite Racing Club, said: “You never like to get beaten but I’m thrilled with that. To be honest I was very disappointed when we were only fourth in the Guineas but my horses were a bit sick at the time.
“I’d like to get her winning first before we think about taking on Russian Rhythm again. We have the advantage in the autumn that we know she goes on soft ground, so we have something up our sleeves.”
Mail The Desert, winner of last season’s Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes, made a promising return when third sporting the silks of her new owner, Klaus Jacobs’s Newsells Park Stud, to the delight of trainer Mick Channon.
“As I said before the race, she was in great form,” said Channon. “She did everything right and Steve (Drowne) wasn’t hard on her when she wasn’t going to get second. I’d have been disappointed if she had not been in the first four, really there were only three in it, who were all Group 1 winners, although I suppose you could say there was only one horse really in it.
“She’s great little filly to train and we didn’t even try to run in the Guineas, she was very hairy in her coat then and the plan was always to come here. At least she’s proved she’s a nice filly as everyone was trying to write her off.
“We’ve got some nice options with her and we might even go back to a stiff seven furlongs or otherwise an easy mile.”
FOURTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
WOLFERTON RATED STAKES
IN TIME’S EYE LANDS GAMBLE
The Dermot Weld-trained In Time’s Eye landed the biggest gamble of the meeting when backed from 16/1 in the morning into 5/1 and winning the Wolferton Rared Stakes to give Ireland a first success of the week.
“He had the form in Group 1 company to win the race and when people digested that I think they realised. He was rated 108 so he had the figures,” said the Rosewell House handler. “People know we don’t just come here for the sunshine and 16/1 was a little bit generous.
“He’s a top of the ground horse and a half-brother to Go And Go, my Belmont winner on the dirt. He ran a good race on soft ground when fourth in the Tattersalls Gold Cup and today was the day.
“I think he will be better over a mile and a half and his future will involve some journeys abroad when he gets decent ground.”
Winning rider Pat Smullen said: “We were never in any danger of getting beaten. He’s very laid back and reserves everything for when you need it. We’ll look forward to the end of the year.”
Stan Cosgrove, manager of owner Moyglare Stud, added: “He’s very good - last year we thought he was a Derby horse but then he got injured. He then had another problem but he’s right back now and I’m thrilled.”
FOURTH RACE PLACED QUOTES
WOLFERTON RATED STAKES
PERSIAN LIGHTNING JUST DENIED
John Dunlop just missed out on his first success of this year’s Royal Meeting when Persian Lightning went down by a neck to Irish raider In Time’s Eye.
The Arundel trainer commented: “I’m delighted - he was drawn way out wide [3] which is a big disadvantage but he got the breaks and I thought that he was going to get there.”
Persian Lightning finished fourth behind Hazim on his last start at Redcar in the Zetland Gold Cup, a contest from which two winners have subsequently emerged.
“The Zetland Gold Cup must have been a very good contest. This is a grand, genuine horse who loves fast, really firm ground and one miles two furlongs.
“I’m very pleased as I think they like the third a lot [favourite Akshar].”
WINNING QUOTES RACE FIVE
QUEEN’S VASE
JOHNSTON KEEPS FINDING MORE
Mark Johnston is now three clear of his nearest rivals at the head of the leading trainers for the 2003 Royal Meeting with five successes after Shanty Star had beaten favourite Singleton by three-quarters of a length. This is the highest number of wins since John Dunlop was leading trainer at the meeting in 1995 with five successes.
“I thought that he was always going better than anything else in the race and I knew that he would stay the two miles,” he said. “My horses are not used to running up the back of other horses and Kevin [Darley, jockey] had to keep niggling him along. He was tending to fall back and kept getting pushed wider and wider. All credit to the horse - with a clear run he would have won comfortably.”
Shanty Star last appeared in the Lingfield Derby Trial, finishing the 11 and a half length third behind Franklins Gardens.
“Ever since he was a yearling he was Joe Mercer’s [racing manager to Maktoum Al Maktoum] favourite horse. This belief in the horse took a bit of a bang at Lingfield when we shelved all ideas of Derbys,” explained the trainer.
“To be fair though that was a freakish race and he was one of the horses there that had run their race in the first mile and he was not involved in the finish.”
The trainer views Shanty Star as a potential Gold Cup horse for next year but in the meantime he has to consider the St Leger for the son of Hector Protector.
“I thought that he should be one of my bankers of the meeting and as he stays every inch of this trip, I don’t know if he’ll come back to one mile six furlongs for the St Leger,” he said. “I will go home and think about it.”
This was Johnston’s second Queen’s Vase victory following And Beyond’s success in 2001.
PLACED QUOTES RACE FIVE
QUEEN’S VASE
CECIL VERY PLEASED
“I was really pleased with that,” declared Henry Cecil after Singleton, the only filly in the race, had gone down by no more than three-quarters of a length to favoured Shanty Star in the Queen’s Vase.
“That was only her third run and I think she has run a lovely race,” he added. “The ground was probably a bit firm for her and she perhaps did not let herself down as much as she might have done, but I am really delighted.
“This hasn’t perhaps been my best Royal Ascot -- it’s not quite the same as having five or six winners -- but it certainly could have been worse,” he added, indicating that the Park Hill Stakes could be the sort of race he would look at for Singleton.
John Oxx was very happy with the effect that first time blinkers had on third placed Cruzspiel. “He fell out of the stalls but against that he got a good run through,” he said. “He loves this fast ground and we might decide to give him a go in the Irish Derby next weekend.”
Saeed bin Suroor, trainer of fourth-placed New South Wales, said: “He ran a good race but probably needs to softer ground to have a better chance.
“We will probably drop him back in trip as well. He’s a backward horse, we’ll look after him this season and he could be better next year.”
WINNING QUOTES RACE SIX
BUCKINGHAM PALACE HANDICAP
ATTACHE DEFIES WEIGHT AND DRAW
“That was a really good handicap performance under 9st 12lb,” said Michael Jarvis after Attache had lumped 9st 12lb to victory in the closing Buckingham Palace Handicap. “He is a really good, honest horse and loves a strong gallop.
“I was very annoyed when I learned yesterday that he was drawn 30, right over on the far side. That was until I saw the last race last night when the winner came from that side, and I realised that you could win from there.
“I was sure that it was no good being two or three horses off the rail, you had to be right against it, so I told Philip (Robinson) to make sure he got there. When Attache ran in a Listed race at Haydock last time they went no pace and then turned the race into a sprint, which is no good to him.
“I suppose he will now have to carry 10st in the Bunbury Cup (one of the trainer’s favourite races), and I really am not making any plans at the moment. We may have to go back into Listed races, but then again he may be better carrying big weights in hard handicaps like this.”
Martin Pipe, trainer of runner-up Hurricane Floyd, said: “he ran a great race and got a brilliant ride from Gary Stevens) -- he couldn’t have done any better. The horse thinks he’s won and we won’t get a 7lb penalty. I’ve only had the horse for about three weeks, and have no idea where we’ll go, but I am delighted with him.”
STEVENS SUSPENDED FOR ONE DAY
Gary Stevens has been suspended for one day on Sunday, June 29, 2003, for not allowing his mount, Hurricane Floyd, who finished runner-up in the Buckingham Palace Stakes, time to respond to the whip.
Should Stevens be riding in a Grade One race in the United States on that day, he will be given the same facility that Kieren Fallon received when he was given the same ban earlier in the day i.e. he will be allowed to ride and serve his ban on a different date.
LEADING TRAINERS AT THE END OF DAY FOUR
Name 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Mark Johnston 5 2 - 1
Sir Michael Stoute 2 3 3 1
Mick Channon 2 1 2 -
Marcus Tregoning 2 - - 1
Roger Charlton 2 - - -
Michael Jarvis 1 1 1 1
James Fanshawe 1 1 1 -
Martin Pipe 1 1 - 1
Clive Brittain 1 1 - -
Hughie Morrison 1 1 - -
Saeed bin Suroor 1 - 1 1
Dermot Weld IRE 1 - 1 -
Paul Cole 1 - - -
Clive Cox 1 - - -
Peter Harris 1 - - -
Paul Perry AUS 1 - - -
David Loder - 3 - 2
David Elsworth - 2 - -
John Gosden - 1 3 -
John Dunlop - 1 - 1
Aidan O’Brien IRE - 1 - 1
Henry Cecil - 1 - -
Gerald Cottrell - 1 - -
Nicky Henderson - 1 - -
Alan King - 1 - -
Amanda Perrett - 1 - -
Jeremy Noseda - - 1 3
Andrew Balding - - 1 1
Ed Dunlop - - 1 1
Michael Bell - - 1 -
James Bethell - - 1 -
Tim Easterby - - 1 -
Alan Jarvis - - 1 -
Rod Millman - - 1 -
Jamie Osborne - - 1 -
John Oxx IRE - - 1 -
Rupert Pritchard-Gordon FR - - 1 -
Ralf Suerland GER - - 1 -
Brian Meehan - - - 2
Neville Callaghan - - - 1
Charles Cyzer - - - 1
Alan Jarvis - - - 1
Fulke Johnson Houghton - - - 1
Terry Mills - - - 1
Lynda Ramsden - - - 1
Ian Wood - - - 1
JOCKEYS’ STANDINGS IN THE LONDON CLUBS TROPHY AT THE END OF DAY FOUR
Name 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Richard Hughes 3 1 1 -
Kevin Darley 3 - - 1
Kieren Fallon 2 3 4 2
Martin Dwyer 2 1 2 1
Darryll Holland 2 1 1 1
Johnny Murtagh 2 1 1 -
Frankie Dettori 1 4 1 5
Jimmy Fortune 1 2 2 -
Keith Dalgleish 1 2 - 1
Pat Smullen 1 1 1 1
Philip Robinson 1 1 1 -
Dane O’Neill 1 1 - -
Gary Stevens 1 1 - -
Jamie Spencer 1 - 1 1
Steve Drowne 1 - 1 -
Richard Hills 1 - - -
Pat Eddery - 2 2 2
Michael Kinane - 1 1 1
Richard Quinn - 1 - -
Oscar Urbina - 1 - -
Willie Supple - - 1 1
Fran Berry - - 1 -
Thierry Gillet - - 1 -
William Mongil - - 1 -
Jimmy Quinn - - 1 -
Christophe Soumillon - - - 3
Chris Catlin - - - 1
George Duffield - - - 1
Liam Keniry - - - 1
Olivier Peslier - - - 1
GOING NEWS AT 10 AM
The going for the fourth day of the Royal meeting is
GOOD TO FIRM, FIRM IN PLACES,
as it was after racing last night
“We watered the straight course and on the round course up the hill from the Old Mile under the trees, putting on about three to four millimetres,” said clerk of the course Nick Cheyne.
“The forecast for today is for another dry and sunny day.”
BETTING NEWS
The withdrawals of horses like Alberto Giacometti, Nashaab and Patavellian have resulted in re-formed markets for several races, but business has still been brisk in the offices, and in the opening Albany Stakes (2.30) Imperialistic has been popular with Paddy Power and Cashmans, who have both brought her in from 9-1 to 8-1.
Big Bad Bob and Highdown have been in demand in the King Edward V11 Stakes (3.05). Coral have trimmed Highdown from 7-2 to 3-1, and Victor Chandler have brought in Big Bad Bob from 5-2 to 9-4. The Tote have cut Big Bad Bob from 11-4 to 9-4, and Cashmans have shortened Private Charter by a point to 9-1.
Coral punters have been supporting Russian Rhythm in the Coronation Stakes (3.45) as if there is no such thing as settling day, and they have forced her from 1-2 to 2-5, reporting no interest in any of her rivals, but Chandlers have a different tale and report money for Duty Paid from 28-1 to 22-1. Paddy Powers have laid Soviet Song from 11-2 to 5-1 and Proxima from 25-1 to 20-1. William Hill report Soviet Song in demand from 13-2 to 5-1.
In Time’s Eye has caught the fancy in the Wolferton Handicap (4.20) and he has been cut from 12-1 to 8-1 by Chandler, from 16-1 to 9-1 by Powers, from 12-1 to 9-1 by Ladbrokes, from 16-1 to 9-1 by Hills and from 14-1 to 10-1 by Coral, who also report strong support for the favourite Akshar, who is in from 9-4 to 15-8. Binary File has also been popular with Powers who have brought him in from 11-1 to 9-1, with Hills who have trimmed him from 11-1 to 8-1, the Tote, who have brought him in from 11-1 to 8-1, and Cashmans, where he is at the same price from 10-1.
In the Queen’s Vase (4.55) Santando has been in demand with Chandler, who have brought him in from 8-1 to 5-1, and Coral have done business over Shanty Star who has been cut by half a point to 3-1. Both horses have been backed with Powers, Shanty Star from 6-1 to 7-2 and Santando from 8-1 to 5-1, though much of this business coincided with the withdrawal of Arundel. The Tote have cut Shanty Star from 11-2 to 7-2 and Cashmans have brought in Icklingham from 10-1 to 9-1.
All sorts of horses have been backed in the closing Buckingham Palace Handicap (5.30), though the withdrawals of Patavellian and Nashaab will mean deductions under Rule 4. Chandler and the Tote report interest in Taranaki from 50-1 to half that price and from 40-1 to 20-1 respectively, Coral have laid Camberley from 18-1 to 11-1, Attache from 33-1 to 20-1 and Hurricane Floyd from 33-1 to 18-1, and Powers detail support for Green Line (by half a point to 6-1), Digital (25-1 to 16-1), Attache (20-1 from 33-1), Hurricane Floyd (25-1 to 20-1) and Najeebon (33-1 to 25-1). Ladbrokes have cut Attache from 33-1 to 20-1, Camberley from 16-1 to 12-1 and Hurricane Floyd
TOP JOCKEY BETTING
Kieren Fallon, who got off the mark when Mr Dinos won the Gold Cup yesterday, is now 2-1 favourite with Paddy Power to be top jockey at the meeting.
Richard Hughes, the current leader on three, is at 9-4 (from 7-2), but yesterday’s favourite Frankie Dettori has gone for a long walk from 7-4 to 4-1.
They then offer 7-1 about Darryll Holland, 8-1 against Johnny Murtagh and 10-1 Kevin Darley (from 25-1) with 40 bar.
UPDATED NON-RUNNERS
3.05pm Race 2 King Edward VII Stakes
Number 1 Alberto Giacometti (ground)
PLEASE NOTE that number 2 Anani is a definite runner, despite being earlier reported as a non-runner.
3.45pm Race 3 Coronation Stakes
Number 2 Buy The Sport (vet’s certificate)
Number 7 Gonfilia (ground)
4.20pm Race 4 Wolferton Rated Stakes
Number 7 Nadour Al Bahr (vet’s certificate)
4.55pm Race 5 Queen’s Vase
Number 4 Arundel (ground)
5.30pm Race 6 Buckingham Palace Stakes
Number 7 Patavellian (runs in Wokingham Stakes on Saturday)
Number 8 Nashaab (vet’s certificate)
JOCKEY CHANGES
4.20pm Race 4 Wolferton Rated Stakes
Number 15 Salute will be ridden by Jason Tate in place of Fran Ferris
5.30pm Race 6 Buckingham Palace Stakes
Number 17 Aversham will be ridden by Dane O’Neill in place of Pat Dobbs
FIRST RACE RESULT
2.30pm THE ALBANY STAKES
Class A, Listed Race, £40,000 Total Prize Fund. For 2yo fillies. 6f. Weights: 8st 9lb. Penalties: a winner of a Class D race 2lb; of a Class C race 4lb; of a Class A or B race 6lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £23,200; 2nd: £8,800; 3rd: £4,400; 4th: £2,000; 5th: £1,000; 6th: £600
1) SILCA'S GIFT (Aldridge Racing Limited) Mick Channon 2-8-11 Steve Drowne [6] 5/1
2) TOLZEY (Sheikh Mohammed) Mick Channon 2-8-09 Frankie Dettori [8] 100/30 Fav
3) MALAICA (Robert Ng) Rupert Pritchard-Gordon FR 2-8-11 Thierry Gillet [3] 8/1
4) CATCH THE WIND (C S Tateson) Ian Wood 2-8-09 George Duffield [1]
5) LUCAYAN BEAUTY (Lucayan Stud) Brian Meehan 2-8-09 Kieren Fallon [7]
6) LETSIMPRESS (The Discreet Partnership) Jamie Osborne 2-8-09 Fran Berry [10]
7) HILITES (Tom & Evelyn Yates, Stan Moore) Stan Moore 2-8-09 Martin Dwyer [2]
8) FAREWELL TO ARMS (Team Valor) Barry Hills 2-8-09 Michael Hills [5]
9) IMPERIALISTIC (Bigwigs Bloodstock II) Karl Burke 2-8-11 Darren Williams [4]
10) BELLA TUTRICE (Brooklands Racing) Ian Wood 2-8-09 Darryll Holland [9]
11) MILLY WATERS (John Oldknow) Mark Brisbourne 2-8-11 Tom McLaughlin [12]
12) FRAGRANT STAR (Clive Brittain) Clive Brittain 2-8-09 Philip Robinson [11]
12 ran
Time: 1m 15.66s Distances: 3, 5, 2 1/2, sh, 3/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1 3/4, 1 3/4, nk, 1
Breeder: Limestone Stud Breeding: b f Caeaux Genereux - Odette (Pursuit Of Love)
Tote Win: £6.30 Places: £2.00; £1.90; £3.00 Exacta: £13.60
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) Wins this season: 43 First Royal Ascot win: Great Deeds (June 18, 1993 - Windsor Castle Stakes) Royal Ascot wins: (9) Windsor Castle Stakes (1993 Great Deeds, 1999 Kalindi), King’s Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Queen Mary Stakes (1998 Bint Allayl, 2001 Queen’s Logic), Coventry Stakes (2000 CD Europe); Ribblesdale Stakes (2000 Miletrian), St James’s Palace Stakes (2003 Zafeen), Albany Stakes (2003 Silca’s Gift) Trains at: Kingsdown, Upper Lambourn, Berks Second success of Royal Ascot 2003 for Mick Channon
Winning jockey:-Name: Drowne, Steven Born: December 10, 1971 Based at Hungerford, Berkshire. Stable Jockey to Mick Channon. Previously tutored at the British Racing School, a short period with Chuck Spares, and two years apiece with Richard Holder and Ron Hodges. Riding Weight: 8st 2lb First Winner: Sigwell’s Gold, Chepstow September 15, 1990 Winners (1995 to 2002): 25; 43; 57; 25; 36; 36; 80; 104 First Royal Ascot Win: June 17, 1997, Ascot Stakes Handicap, Sea Freedom Royal Ascot Winners: (5) Ascot Stakes (Sea Freedom 1997); Coventry Stakes (C D Europe 2000); Golden Jubilee Stakes (Harmonic Way 2001); Queen Mary Stakes (Queen’s Logic 2001), Albany Stakes (2003 Silca’s Gift) Big Race Wins Include: Coventry Stakes (C D Europe 2000); Golden Jubilee Stakes (Harmonic Way 2001); Queen Mary Stakes (Queen’s Logic 2001); Lowther Stakes (Queen’s Logic 2001); Cheveley Park Stakes (Queen’s Logic 2001); Dubai Duty Free Stakes (reg’d as the Fred Darling Stakes) (Queen’s Logic 2002), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2002 Mail The Desert (first win in Ireland), Maurice Lacroix-Trophy (2002 Checkit) Wins This Season: 40
SECOND RACE RESULT
3.05pm THE KING EDWARD VII STAKES
Class A, Group Two, £164,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo colts & geldings. 1m 4f. Weights: 8st 11lb. Penalties: a winner of a Group One or Group Two race of 1m 2f or more 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £95,120; 2nd: £36,080; 3rd: £18,040; 4th: £8,200; 5th: £4,100; 6th: £2,460
1) HIGH ACCOLADE (Lady Tennant) Marcus Tregoning 3-8-11 Martin Dwyer [8] 5/2 Fav
2) DELSARTE (Abdullah Saaed Belhab) Mark Johnston 3-8-11 Keith Dalgleish [2] 3/1
3) SUMMERLAND (Robert Sangster & Sue Magnier) John Gosden b1 3-8-11 Jimmy Fortune [3] 25/1
4) ANANI (Mohammed Jaber) Ed Dunlop 3-8-11 Frankie Dettori [9]
5) STRENGTH 'N HONOUR (Annie Cyzer) Charles Cyzer 3-8-11 Darryll Holland [6]
6) PRIVATE CHARTER (Robert Sangster) Barry Hills 3-8-11 Michael Hills [10]
7) ROCKET FORCE (Saeed Suhail) Ed Dunlop 3-8-11 Kieren Fallon [4]
8) BIG BAD BOB (Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc) John Dunlop 3-8-11 Pat Eddery [5]
8 ran Non-Runners: Alberto Giacometti (Ground), Titurel (Ground)
Time: 2m 28.45s Distances: 2, 1, 2 1/2, 1/2, 1 1/2, 10, 1
Breeder: Deerfield Farm Breeding: b c Mark Of Esteem (IRE) - Generous Lady (Generous (IRE))
Tote Win: £3.90 Places: £1.50; £1.50; £5.40 Exacta: £8.30
Winning trainer:-Name: Tregoning, Marcus Philip Born: July 31, 1959 Based: Kingwood House Stables, Lambourn, Berkshire Riding Career: Point-to-Points Date of First Trainer’s Licence: 1997. Previously assistant-trainer to Major Dick Hern for 14 years. Winners 1997-2002: 0; 13; 26; 21; 53; 32 Big Race Wins: Princess Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Sheppard’s Watch), Select Stakes (2000 Ekraar, 2001 Nayef), Champagne Lanson Vintage Stakes (1999 Ekraar), Cumberland Lodge Stakes (2001 Nayef), Dubai Champion Stakes (2001 Nayef), Dubai Sheema Classic (2002 Nayef), Newmarket Stakes (2002 Highdown), Juddmonte International Stakes (2002 Nayef), Prix Guillaume d’Ornano (2002 Highdown), Geoffrey Freer Stakes (2002 Mubtaker) Horses in Training 2001-03: 88; 113; 122 Royal Ascot Wins: (3) King’s Stand Stakes (2002 Dominica), Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2003 Nayef), King Edward VII Stakes (2003 High Accolade) Wins This Season: 14 Second Royal Ascot success of 2003 for Marcus Tregoning
Winning Jockey:- Name: Dwyer, Martin Joseph Date of Birth: 28/06/75 Based: Hungerford, Berks Classic Successes: (1) Vodafone Oaks (2003 Casual Look) Big Race Wins: Princess Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Sheppard’s Watch), Newmarket Stakes (2002 Highdown), Cheshire Oaks (2002 Shadow Dancing), Prix Guillaume d’Ornano (2002 Highdown), Jockey Club Cup (2002 Persian Punch) Wins 1995-02: 6; 36; 57; 46; 36; 61; 65; 104 Other Details: Married to daughter of trainer William Muir Wins this season: 47 Royal Ascot Wins: (3) King’s Stand Stakes (June 18, 2002, Dominica), Ascot Stakes (June 18, 2003, Sindapour), King Edward VII Stakes (June 20, 2003, High Accolade) Wins In 2003: 29 Wins This Season: 42 Second Royal Ascot success of 2003 for Martin Dwyer
THIRD RACE RESULT
3.45pm THE CORONATION STAKES
Class A, Group One, £250,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo fillies. 1m. Weights: 9st. Penalty Values: 1st: £156,600; 2nd: £59,400; 3rd: £29,700; 4th: £13,500; 5th: £6,750; 6th: £4,050
1) RUSSIAN RHYTHM (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 3-9-00 Kieren Fallon [11] 4/7 Fav
2) SOVIET SONG (Elite Racing Club) James Fanshawe 3-9-00 Oscar Urbina [6] 9/2
3) MAIL THE DESERT (Newsalls Park Stud) Mick Channon 3-9-00 Steve Drowne [8] 14/1
4) CASSIS (Sanford Robertson) Jeremy Noseda 3-9-00 Pat Eddery [3]
5) FANTASIZE (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 3-9-00 Gary Stevens [5]
6) DUTY PAID (Jeff Smith) David Elsworth 3-9-00 Richard Quinn [1]
7) BLAISE CASTLE (John Deer) Gerard Butler 3-9-00 Eddie Ahern [10]
8) DIACADA (Gestut Rottgen) Hans Blume GER 3-9-00 Andrasch Starke [7]
9) PROXIMA (Anthony Oppenheimer) Geoff Wragg 3-9-00 Darryll Holland [9]
9 ran Non-Runners: Gonfilia (Ground), Buy The Sport (Vet’s Certificate)
Time: 1m 38.51s Distances: 1 1/2, 3, 4, 1, sh, 4, 1/2, 4
Breeder: Brushwood Stable Breeding: ch f Kingmambo (USA) - Balistroika (USA) (Nijinsky (CAN))
Tote Win: £1.70 Places: £1.20; £1.20; £2.70 Exacta: £2.70
Winning trainer:-Name: Stoute, Sir Michael Ronald Date of birth:22/10/45 Date of first licence: 1972 Previous Occupation: Served with Pat Rohan, Doug Smith and Tom Jones. 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), Lowther Stakes (2002 Russian Rhythm) 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 season: 50 Royal Ascot Wins: 45 First Royal Ascot winner: Etienne Gerard (June 15, 1977 - Jersey Stakes) Major Royal Ascot wins: Gold Cup (1978 Shangamuzo), Coronation Stakes (1986 Sonic Lady, 1987 Milligram, 1998 Exclusive, 2003 Russian Rhythm), St James’s Palace Stakes (1989 Shaadi), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1981 Hard Fought, 1991 Stagecraft), Golden Jubilee Stakes (1985 Dafayna), Queen Anne Stakes (2000 Kalanisi, 2001 Medicean, 2002 No Excuse Needed) Other details: Champion trainer in Britain 6 times (1981,1986,1989,1994,1997, 2000) Trains at Freemason Lodge, Newmarket
Winning jockey:-Name: Fallon, Kieren Francis. Born: County Clare, Ireland, 22/2/65 Apprenticeship: 1983 Kevin Prendergast First winner: Piccadily Lord (Navan, June 18, 1984) Wins (1988-2002): 31,28,39,29,45,60,47,91,136,202*,204*,202*,149, 166*, 149* *Champion jockey Classic wins: (9) Sagitta 2000 Guineas (2000 King’s Best, 2001 Golan), Sagitta 1000 Guineas (1997 Sleepytime, 1999 Wince, 2003 Russian Rhythm), Vodafone Oaks (1997 Reams Of Verse, 1999 Ramruma), Vodafone Derby (1999 Oath, 2003 Kris Kin) Other major wins include: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (2002 Golan), Sussex Stakes (1997 Ali-Royal); Cherry Hinton Stakes (1996 Dazzle), Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (1997 Bosra Sham), Ribblesdale Stakes (1997 Yashmak), Cheveley Park Stakes (1997 Embassy), St James’s Palace Stakes (1998 Dr Fong), Yorkshire Oaks (1998 Catchascatchcan, 1999 Ramruma, 2002 Islington), Gimcrack Stakes (1994 Chilly Billy, 1998 Josr Algharoud); Princess Of Wales’s Stakes (1999 Craigsteel); Tattersalls Gold Cup (1999 Shiva); Irish Oaks (1999 Ramruma); Budweiser International Stakes (1999 Great Dane); Vodafone Coronation Cup (2000 Daliapour, 2002 Boreal), Jockey Club Stakes (2000 Blueprint), Dubai Sheema Classic (2000 Fantastic Light), Queen Anne Stakes (2000 Kalanisi, 2001 Medicean), Masai Mile (2001 Nicobar), Dee Stakes (2001 Dr Greenfield), Dante Stakes (2001 Dilshaan), Macau Jockey Club Craven Stakes (2002 King Of Happiness), Gerrard Investment Management Richmond Stakes (1997 Daggers Drawn, 2002 Elusive City), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2002 Islington), Prix Morny (2002 Elusive City), Lowther Stakes (2002 Russian Rhythm), Diadem Stakes (2002 Crystal Castle) Wins This Year: 100 Royal Ascot wins: 19 First Royal Ascot win: Royal Hunt Cup (June 19, 1996, Yeast) Major Royal Ascot wins: St James’s Palace Stakes (1998 Dr Fong), Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (1997 Bosra Sham), Gold Cup (2003 Mr Dinos), Coronation Stakes (2003 Russian Rhythm)
FOURTH RACE RESULT
4.20pm THE WOLFERTON RATED STAKES
Class A, Listed Race, Showcase Handicap, £50,000 Total Prize Fund. For 4yo+ Rated 0-110. 1m 2f. Weights: highest weight 9st 7lb; minimum weight 8st 7lb. Penalties: after June 7, a winner of a Class A, B or C race 3lb. Weights: 9st. Penalty Values: 1st: £29,000; 2nd: £11,000; 3rd: £5,500; 4th: £2,500; 5th: £1,250; 6th: £750
1) IN TIME'S EYE (Moyglare Stud Farm) Dermot Weld IRE b1 4-9-05 Pat Smullen [14] 5/1
2) PERSIAN LIGHTNING (Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc) John Dunlop 4-8-09 Pat Eddery [3] 12/1
3) AKSHAR (H H Aga Khan) Sir Michael Stoute 4-8-07 Michael Kinane [7] 7/2 Fav
4) SAMHARI (Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum) David Loder v1 4-8-13 Frankie Dettori [4] 20/1
5) BOURGAINVILLE (R & E H Investments) Andrew Balding 5-9-04 Kevin Darley [2]
6) BINARY FILE (Khalid Abdulla) John Gosden 5-9-07 Richard Hughes [17]
7) PERSIAN LASS (Dr Jamal Ahmadzadeh) Peter Harris 4-8-07 Richard Quinn [9]
8) ALBUHERA (D J & F A Jackson) Mark Johnston 5-8-10 Keith Dalgleish [8]
9) GOBLET OF FIRE (Susan Roy) Brian Meehan b4-8-11 Darryll Holland [13]
10) FOREIGN AFFAIRS (C Walker, J Carroll & Kirsten Rausing) Sir Mark Prescott 5-9-02 George Duffield [10]
11) SCOTTY'S FUTURE (Lucayan Stud) David Nicholls 5-8-09 (2lb ow) Gary Stevens [1]
12) SALUTE (Blue Peter Racing) James Eustace 4-8-07 Jason Tate [11]
13) LEO'S LUCKYMAN (Mrs S J Brookhouse) Mark Johnston 4-9-05 Joe Fanning [6]
14) SALIM TOTO (L A Garfield) Hughie Morrison 5-9-05 Jimmy Fortune [15]
15) JABAAR (P Lake & S Hull) David Nicholls 5-8-08 Ted Durcan [16]
16) FOOTBALL CRAZY (John Livock) Neville Callaghan 4-8-07 Steve Drowne [18]
17) MAGNIFICO (Sir Evelyn de Rothschild) Sir Michael Stoute 4-8-11 Kieren Fallon [12]
17 ran Non-Runner: Nadour Al Bahr (Vet’s Certificate)
Time: 2m 3.93s Distances: nk, 2 1/2, 3, 1 3/4, hd, 1/2, 3, nk, 1/2, nk, 1 3/4, 3, 9, 3, 8, 14
Breeder: Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd
Breeding: b c Singspiel (IRE) - Irish Edition (USA) (Alleged (USA))
Tote Win: £7.10 Places: £1.80; £2.80; £1.90; £4.70 Exacta: £133.10
Winning trainer:-Name: Weld, Dermot Charles Kenneth MRCVS. Date of Birth:29/7/48 Date of first trainer’s licence:1972. Previous occupation:Champion amateur 1969/71/72. Assistant to father Charlie and to Tommy Smith in Australia. Stud interests (Pipers Hill Stud);Qualified vet Classic wins: (2) Sagitta 2000 Guineas (2003 Refuse To Bend), Vodafone Oaks (1981 Blue Wind) Other Major wins: Irish Derby (1996 Zagreb);Irish Oaks (1996 Dance Design, 1981 Blue Wind), Irish 2000 Guineas (1986 Flash of Steel), Irish 1000 Guineas (1982 Prince's Polly, 1988 Trusted Partner), Irish St Leger (1993 and 1994 Vintage Crop, 2001 Vinnie Roe); Melbourne Cup (1993 Vintage Crop, 2002 Media Puzzle), Italian 2000 Guineas, Prix de l'Abbaye (1984 & 85 Committed), Middle Park Stakes (1974 Steel Heart), Cheveley Park Stakes (1977 Sookera), Gimcrack Stakes (1974 Steel Heart), Belmont Stakes (1990 Go And Go), Stewards Cup (1974 Red Alert), Irish Grand National (1988 Perris Valley), Daily Express Triumph Hurdle (1990 Rare Holiday), Tote Cesarewitch (1992 Vintage Crop); National Stakes (1994 Definite Article, 1998 Mus-If, 2002 Refuse To Bend), King George 200th Anniversary Stakes (2002 Agnetha), Desmond Stakes (2002 Dress To Thrill), Matron Stakes (2002 Dress To Thrill), Sun Chariot Stakes (2002 Dress To Thrill) Horses in training (1988-2003):100:105:100: 101:100:n/a:9 8:126:120:121:119:111:124:109:116:123 Wins In Britain on Flat 2002: 3 First Goodwood winner: Red Alert (July 30, 1974 - Spillers Stewards Cup) Total Goodwood wins: 2 (2 at July Meeting) Wins This Season: Royal Ascot wins: 13 First Royal Ascot winner: Klairvimy (June 21, 1973 - King Edward VII Stakes) Major Royal Ascot wins: Coronation Stakes (1978 Sutton Place), St James’s Palace Stakes (1992 Brief Truce) Trains at Rosewell House, the Curragh, Ireland
Winning jockey:-Name: Smullen, Pat Married to: trainer Frances Crowley Background: two-time Irish champion jockey, in 2000 and 2001. Stable jockey to Dermot Weld. Has ridden in Dubai for last five winters, including in 2001/2 for trainer Dhruba Selvaratnam Wins in Ireland in 2001-2002: 81, 60 Big Race Wins include: Sagiita 2000 Guineas (2003 Refuse To Bend); Irish St Leger (2001 Vinnie Roe), Prix Royal-Oak (2001 Vinnie Roe), Moyglare Stud Stakes (1997 Tarascon), Desmond Stakes (2002 Dress To Thrill), Matron Stakes (2002 Dress To Thrill), Ribblesdale Stakes (2002 Irresistible Jewel), National Stakes (2002 Refuse To Bend), Sun Chariot Stakes (2002 Dress To Thrill), Duke Of York Stakes (2003 Twilight Blues) Royal Ascot wins: (2) Ribblesdale Stakes (June 20, 2002, Irresistible Jewel), Wolferton Rated Stakes (June 20, 2003, In Time’s Eye)
FIFTH RACE RESULT
4.55pm THE QUEEN’S VASE
Class A, Group Three, £65,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo. 2m. Weights: colts & geldings 8st 11lb; fillies 8st 8lb.Penalties: after September 1, 2002, a winner of Group Three race 3lb; of a Group One or Group Two race 5lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £37,700; 2nd: £14,300; 3rd: £7,150; 4th: £3,250; 5th: £1,625; 6th: £975
1) SHANTY STAR (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-8-11 Kevin Darley [10] 7/2 Fav
2) SINGLETON (Khalid Abdulla) Henry Cecil 3-8-08 Richard Quinn [4] 10/1
3) CRUZSPIEL (Pat Garvey) John Oxx IRE b1 3-8-11 Fran Berry [6] 14/1
4) NEW SOUTH WALES (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor t1 3-9-00 Frankie Dettori [11]
5) GOLD MEDALLIST (Jeff Smith) David Elsworth 3-8-11 Dane O'Neill [3]
6) ICKLINGHAM (Sheikh Mohammed) John Oxx IRE b1 3-8-11 Johnny Murtagh [2]
7) DALARAM (H H Aga Khan) Sir Michael Stoute t3-8-11 Gary Stevens [5]
8) AMID THE CHAOS (Moyglare Stud Farms) Dermot Weld IRE 3-8-11 Pat Smullen [8]
9) MUTAJJEB (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Ed Dunlop 3-8-11 Richard Hills [7]
10) WAVERTREE BOY (Wavertree Racing Club (2002)) David Elsworth 3-8-11 Philip Robinson [1]
11) SANTANDO (R N Khan, Maureen Brittain) Clive Brittain 3-8-11 Kieren Fallon [12]
12) ANNAMBO (Sheikh Mohammed) David Loder v1 3-8-11 Jamie Spencer [9]
12 ran Non-Runner: Arundel (Ground)
Time: 3m 29.12s Distances: 3/4, 3/4, nk, 1/2, 1 3/4, hd, 5, hd, 5, 2, 3
Breeder: Gainsborough Stud Management
Breeding: gr c Hector Protector (USA) - Shawanni (Shareef Dancer (USA))
Tote Win: £3.90 Places: £1.50; £2.60; £7.50 Exacta: £33.60
Winning Trainer:-Name: Johnston, Mark Steven Born:Glasgow, 10/9/59 Date of first licence: January 1987 First winner: Hinari Video (Carlisle, July 1, 1987) Previous Occupation: Qualified as veterinary surgeon at Glasgow University; practiced as vet in Cleveland, Essex and Northern Ireland, spent brief spells with John Winter, Tommy Craig, Charlie Millbank in France and John Russell in USA Classic win: (1) Sagitta 2,000 Guineas (1994 Mister Baileys) Other major wins include: Ascot Gold Cup (1995 Double Trigger, 2001 Royal Rebel), St James’s Palace Stakes (1996 Bijou D'Inde), Sagaro Stakes (1995 & 1996 Double Trigger), Doncaster Cup (1995,1996 & 1998 Double Trigger), Futurity Stakes (1994 Jural), Cornwallis Stakes (1994 Millstream), JP Morgan Private Bank Goodwood Cup (1995, 1997 & 1998 Double Trigger, 2000 Royal Rebel), Princess Margaret Stakes (1992 Marina Park), Champagne Lanson Vintage Stakes (1993 Mister Baileys), Royal Lodge Stakes (1993 Mister Baileys), Princess Of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Fruits Of Love), Dubai Turf Classic (1999 Fruits Of Love), Hardwicke Stakes (1999 and 2000 Fruits of Love), Lingfield Derby Trial (2002 Bandari), Chester Vase (2002 Fight Your Corner), Classic Trial (2002 Simeon), Peugeot Gordon Stakes (2002 Bandari), Credit Suisse Private Banking Pokal (2002 Yavana’s Pace), Great Voltigeur Stakes (2002 Bandari), Harvest Stakes (2002 Love Everlasting) Wins in a season (1987-2002): 1: 5: 15: 28: 31: 53: 77: 117: 114: 116: 123: 100:113:130:116: 134 (most victories in Britain) Number of horses in training (1987-2003): n/a: 17: 18: 35: 35: 39: 49: 72: 120: 117: 120:130: 147:152:159:178:178 Trains at Kingsley House Racing Stables Middleham, N Yorks Wins this season: 66 Royal Ascot wins (19): Gold Cup (1995 Double Trigger, 2001 and 2002 Royal Rebel), King George V Handicap (1995 Diaghilef, 2002 Systematic, 2003 Fanrtastic Love), St James’s Palace Stakes (1996 Bijou D’Inde), Britannia Handicap (1997 Fly To The Stars), Hardwicke Stakes (1999 and 2000 Fruits Of Love, 2002 Zindabad), Chesham Stakes (2000 Celtic Silence, 2002 Helm Bank, 2003 Pearl Of Love), Queen’s Vase (2001 And Beyond, 2003 Shanty Star), Duke of Edinburgh Handicap (2001 Takamaka Bay), Queen Mary Stakes (2003 Attraction), Norfolk Stakes (2003 Russian Valour) First Royal Ascot win: Double Trigger (June 22, 1995 - Gold Cup) Fifth win of Royal Ascot 2003 for Mark Johnston- leading trainer
Winning jockey:-Name: Darley, Kevin Paul. Born: Tettenhall, Staffordshire, 5/8/60 Apprenticeship: 1976, with Reg Hollinshead. First winner: Dust Up (Haydock 5/8/77) Classic Wins (1): Rothmans Royals St Leger (2002 Bollin Eric) First big win: Bovis Handicap (Van Laser - Ascot, October 8, 1977) Major wins include: Park Hill Stakes (1984 Borushka), Racing Post Trophy (1994 Celtic Swing, 2001 High Chaparral), Prix du Jockey-Club (1995 Celtic Swing), Nunthorpe Stakes (1997 Coastal Bluff - dead-heat with Ya Malak), Theo Fennell Lennox Stakes (2000 Observatory), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (2000 Pipalong), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2000 Observatory, 2002 Where Or When), Harvest Stakes (2001 Lilium), Jockey Club Cup (2001 Capal Garmon), Swinley Stakes (2002 Monturani), William Hill Mile (2002 Smirk), Harvest Stakes (2001 Lilium, 2002 Love Everlasting), Rockfel Stakes (2002 Luvah Girl) Wins 1991-02: 66; 91; 143; 154; 148; 113; 128; 94; 118; 155; 162; 113 Wins this season: 55 Other Details: Champion Jockey 2000 Royal Ascot Wins: (10) Wokingham Handicap (1996 Emerging Market), Jersey Stakes (2000 Observatory), Queen Mary Stakes (2000 Romantic Myth, 2003 Attraction), Queen’s Vase (2001 And Beyond, 2003 Shanty Star), King George V H’cap (2002 Systematic), Hardwicke Stakes (2002 Zindabad), Golden Jubilee Stakes (2002 Malhub), Norfolk Stakes (2003 Russian Valour) Third win of Royal Ascot 2003 for Kevin Darley - joint-leading jockey
SIXTH RACE RESULT
5.30pm THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE STAKES
Class B, Handicap, £50,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo+ Rated 0-105. 7f. Minimum Weight) 7st 12lb. Penalties: after June 7, a winner of a Class D to F race 5lb; of a Class A to C race 7lb. Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+, 9lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £29,000; 2nd: £11,000; 3rd: £5,500; 4th: £2,500; 5th: £1,250; 6th: £750
1) ATTACHE (John & Poilin Good) Michael Jarvis 5-9-12 Philip Robinson [30] 10/1
2) HURRICANE FLOYD (Lucayan Stud) Martin Pipe t5-8-06 Gary Stevens [3] 12/1
3) MINE (Mike Dawson) James Bethell 5-9-04 Jamie Spencer [16] 16/1
4) TAKES TUTU (Chris, Basil & Rosie Batterham II) Mark Johnston v1 4-8-12 Keith Dalgleish [5] 25/1
5) TYCHY (Stuart Williams) Stuart Williams 4-8-04 Kevin Darley [12]
6) NAJEEBON (Aziz Merza & Mick Channon) Mick Channon 4-8-06 Chris Catlin [4]
7) ROYAL STORM (The Cloran Family) Amanda Perrett 4-8-06 Michael Kinane [29]
8) CAMBERLEY (H R H Sultan Ahmed Shah) Paul Cole 6-8-10 Richard Hughes [19]
9) MATERIAL WITNESS (M J Caddy) William Muir 6-8-10 Johnny Murtagh [11]
10) LABRETT (A P Griffin) Gay Kelleway 3-8-02 Jimmy Quinn [1]
11) BOND DIAMOND (D P Barrie & M J Rees) Paul Webber 6-8-03 Ryan Moore [14]
12) GREEN LINE (The Queen) Sir Michael Stoute p4-9-02 Kieren Fallon [7] 4/1 Fav
13) KAREEB (The Finos Partnership) Willie Musson 6-7-08 Adrian McCarthy (3) [8]
14) NO GROUSE (Valley Paddocks Racing Limited) Eric Alston 3-7-12 Jamie Mackay [25]
15) LUNAR LEO (Bruce Wyatt) Stuart Williams 5-9-03 Jimmy Fortune [9]
16) IMPELLER (D G Clarke & C L A Edington) William Muir 4-8-04 Eddie Ahern [17]
17) TARANAKI (Eric Evers) Peter Cundell 5-7-09 David Kinsella (3) [26]
18) HIGHLAND SHOT (Jeff Smith) Andrew Balding 5-8-11 Martin Dwyer [18]
19) PIE HIGH (Joy & Valentine Feerick) Mark Johnston 4-8-12 Daryll Holland [24]
20) AVERSHAM (John Deer) Richard Hannon 3-8-09 Dane O’Neill [15]
21) OMAHA CITY (Brian Gubby) Brian Gubby 9-8-12 Steve Drowne [20]
22) MASTER ROBBIE (Alec Tuckerman) Mick Channon 4-8-06 Dean Corby (3) [10]
23) BLYTHE SPIRIT (Janis Macpherson) Richard Fahey 4-8-04 Paul Hanagan [22]
24) FLINT RIVER (The Firm) Hughie Morrison 5-7-07 Frankie McDonald (5) [23]
25) DIGITAL (Bill Wightman) Mick Channon 6-8-12 Frankie Dettori [2]
26) SANTISIMA TRINID (Chris & Antonia Deuters) Tim Easterby 5-8-11 Ted Durcan [13]
27) WANNABE AROUND (Peter Savill) David Nicholls 5-9-06 Tom Eaves (5) [21]
27 ran Non-Runner: Patavellian (Runs in Wokingham Stakes tomorrow), Nashaab (Vet’s Certificate), Grizedale (Ground)
Time: 1m 26.85s Distances: 1/2, 1 1/2, sh, sh, hd, nk, sh, nk, hd, 3/4, 1, 3/4, 1/2, sh, nk, hd, 1, nk, 1 1/4, 3/4, 1, 3/4, 1, 1 3/4, nk, 1 1/2, 5, 1/2
Breeder: John & Poilin Good Breeding: ch g Wolfhound (USA) - Royal Passion (Ahonoora)
Tote Win: £24.10 Places: £4.90; £4.00; £4.90; £7.50 Exacta: £278.10
Winning trainer:-Name: Jarvis, Michael Andrew Born: Lewes, 14/8/1938 Date of first licence: 1968 Previous Occupation: Son of jump jockey Andrew Jarvis, worked for Bob Turnell and Ryan Price, rode 3 winners as National Hunt jockey, head lad to Towser Gosden for 6 years, head lad to Gordon Smyth for 2 years, private trainer to David Robinson for 8 years.Wins in a season (1991-2002): 24:28:21:15:18:20:17:19:35:38:56:55 Number of horses in training (1991-2003): 59: 46: 39: 39: 43: 36: 45: 66: 61:73:95:106:103 British Classic Wins: Sagitta 1,000 Guineas (2001 Ameerat) Major wins include: French Derby (2000 Holding Court), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1989 Carroll House), Italian Derby (1989 Prorutori, 2001 Morshdi), Premio Parioli (1984 Southern Arrow), 1989 Italian St Leger (Sierra Star), July Cup (1968 So Blessed, 1969 Tudor Music), Nunthorpe Stakes (1968 Flying Legs, 1973 Bitty Girl), Haydock Sprint Cup (1969 Tudor Music, 1971 Green God, 1984 Petong), Racing Post Trophy (1980 Beldale Flutter), Juddmonte International (1981 Beldale Flutter), Coronation Cup (1982 Easter Sun), Premio Presidente Della Repubblica (1985 Bob Back, 2003 Rakti) Trains at: Kremlin House, Newmarket, Suffolk Wins this season: 19 Royal Ascot wins: (8) Cork and Orrery Stakes (1969 Tudor Music), Queen Mary Stakes (1973 Bitty Girl), Jersey Stakes (1973 Pitskelly), Queen’s Vase (1980 Toondra), Wokingham Handicap (1984 Petong), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1985 Bob Back), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2001 Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2003 Attache) First Royal Ascot win: Cork and Orrery Stakes (June 19, 1969 Tudor Music)
Winning jockey:-Name: Robinson, Philip Peter. Born: 10/1/61 in Newmarket Apprenticeship: With father, Peter Robinson. First winner: Busting (Yarmouth, June 14, 1978) Classic wins: (6) Sagitta 1,000 Guineas (1984 Pebbles; 2001 Ameerat); St Leger (1993 Bob's Return); German 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), Irish 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), French Derby (2000 Holding Court) Other major wins include: Coronation Stakes (1984 Katies, 2000 Crimplene); Nassau Stakes (2000 Crimplene) Great Voltigeur Stakes (1993 Bob’s Return); Premio Presidente della Repubblica (2003 Rakti), Coronation Cup (2003 Warrsan) Wins (1992-2002): 52,52,50,41,31,0,28,53,57,47,55 Other details: Rode in Hong Kong 1989-91 (leading rider 1989 and 1990) and returned in 1997 Wins This Season: 25 Royal Ascot wins: (4) Coronation Stakes (June 20, 1984, Katies and June 23, 2000, Crimplene); Queen Alexandra Stakes (June 22, 2001, Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (June 20, 2003, Attache) First Royal Ascot winner: Coronation Stakes (June 20, 1984, Katies)
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