Thursday, June 5, 2003
LADBROKES PRICES FOR EPSOM TOMORROW AND THE VODAFONE DERBY
The Vodafone Oaks, 1m4f, Epsom, 4:05pm
14/1 Casual Look
20/1 Geminiani
22/1 Halawanda
6/1 Hammiya
5/1 Hanami
100/1 Hearts 'N Minds
4/1 Hi Dubai
18/1 High Praise
150/1 Inchberry
12/1 L'Ancresse
18/1 Santa Sophia
33/1 Summitville
250/1 Thingmebob
14/1 Waldmark
2/1 Yesterday
Each Way 1/4 Odds 1-2-3
3-25 Epsom Downs - Vodafone Coronation Cup, 1m 4f
6/1 Bandari
5/2 Black Sam Bellamy
50/1 Foreign Affairs
5/1 Highest
66/1 Pawn Broker
5/1 Polish Summer
20/1 Ulundi
5/1 Warrsan
10/1 Zindabad
6/1 Albanova
Each Way 1/5 odds 1-2-3
2-10 Epsom Downs
14/1 Dumaran
8/1 Mystic Man
14/1 Rafferty
16/1 Takes Tutu
14/1 Passing Glance
14/1 Thihn
50/1 Londoner
16/1 Highland Reel
9/2 Everest
9/2 Highland Shot
14/1 J R Stevenson
16/1 Anna Walhaan
9/1 Ace Of Hearts
14/1 Joint Statement
25/1 Sawwaah
10/1 Pagan Sky
33/1 Dance On The Top
Each Way 1/4 odds 1-2-3-4
2-45 Epsom Downs
11/1 Broadway Score
9/1 Pulau Tioman
16/1 Sahaat
10/1 Pagan Dance
8/1 Silence Is Golden
7/4 Ashkar
16/1 Forebearing
25/1 Optimate
40/1 Prairie Wolf
25/1 Gallant Boy
6/1 Danelor
40/1 Invitation
8/1 Gentleman Venture
20/1 Parisien Star
Each Way 1/4 odds 1-2-3
The Vodafone Derby
1m4f, Epsom, Sat 7th June 2003
3 Brian Boru, 7/2 Alamshar, 7/2 Refuse To Bend, 9 (from 10) Alberto Giacometti, 14 Kris Kin, 14 The Great Gatsby, 14 (from 16) Norse Dancer, 18 (from 16) Dutch Gold, 20 Shield, 22 (from 20) Magistretti, 25 Franklins Gardens, 25 (from 33) Graikos, 33 Let Me Try Again, 40 Balestrini, 40 Dunhill Star, 50 Unigold, 66 Lundy's Lane, 66 Summerland, 100 Prince Nureyev, 100 Strength 'N Honour (1/4 odds 1,2,3)
NON-RUNNER NO BET IN BOTH OAKS & DERBY
The Vodafone Derby ? Winning Distance
11/4 Shd ? 1 length
9/4 1¼ - 1½ lengths
2 1¾ - 2½ lengths
4 3 lengths or over
GOING UPDATE ON EVE OF THE VODAFONE DERBY MEETING
The going at Epsom remains
GOOD
on the eve of the Vodafone Derby meeting, though clerk of the course Andrew Cooper reports that the track has dried up through the day.
"This time yesterday it would have been on the soft side of good, but with the sun and wind we have had all day it has veered towards the firm side of good, and there will be some good to firm places tomorrow if it remains dry," he said.
"We are forecast to have some rain both tomorrow and on Saturday, with more on Derby day than tomorrow. The suggestion is that there will be two millimetres at around lunchtime tomorrow and maybe between four and eight millimetres on Saturday, though that is less certain at the moment and it will depend on what the weather front does.
"If we have some rain, the ground will soon go back the other way. We will see how things go tomorrow and whether we have any rain and what the latest forecast for Saturday is. It is an amazing racecourse - a couple of days ago one's concerns were that it could be too soft and now it could be the other way."
Cooper also revealed that part of the track will be dolled off tomorrow to ensure the best possible ground for the Vodafone Derby on Saturday.
"As has now become normal practice for the meeting, we shall move the rail out by about six yards from the six-furlong marker to the winning post for the first day," he said.
Aidan O'Brien, seeking a record third successive Derby winner, walked the Derby course late this afternoon along with jockey Michael Kinane, who partners Brian Boru, and Sue and John Magnier of Coolmore.
O'Brien said: "It walks as safe good to firm ground at the moment more or less all the way around. All everybody wants is safe ground.
"I have not really had the chance to study the draw yet - every race is different and the lads will suit themselves.
"It is more difficult with 20 runners but everybody is in the same boat."
When asked how his four runners - Brian Boru, Alberto Giacometti, Balestrini and The Great Gatsby - were, O'Brien replied: "So far so good."
O'Brien, who has sent out Galileo (2001) and High Chaparral (2002) to win the Vodafone Derby, returned to Ireland tonight and his four runners in the premier British classic are due to fly to Britain on Saturday morning.
Both the Queen's Stand and the Grandstand have now sold out for Saturday but there is still room in other enclosures.
20 RUNNERS IN THE 2003 VODAFONE DERBY
THE 2003 VODAFONE DERBY
Class A, Group One, Showcase Race, Epsom Downs, Total Prize Fund £1,470,000 Saturday, June 7, 2003, one mile, four furlongs and about ten yards. Weights: colts 9st; fillies 8st 9lb, closed December 5, 2001 (537 entries), first forfeit stage March 4, 2003 (143 entries remained), £9,000 second entry stage April 9, 2003 (8 entries added), second forfeit stage May 21, 2003, (31 remained), five-day confirmation stage noon, June 2, 2003 (21 remain), £90,000 supplementary entry stage, June 2, 2003 (3 added), final declaration stage 10am June 5, 2003. (Form figures from Weatherbys correct up to Sunday, June 1, 2003 and may not include some overseas form).
Form Horse Owner Trainer/Jockey/Draw
1) 11-21 ALAMSHAR (IRE) H H Aga Khan John Oxx IRE/Johnny Murtagh/8
2) 11-33 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE/Christophe Soumillon/9
3) 30-14 BALESTRINI (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE/Jamie Spencer/20
4) 12 1-3 BRIAN BORU Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE/Michael Kinane/2
5) (1)- 123 DUNHILL STAR (IRE) Mohamed Obaida Barry Hills/Michael Hills/12
6) 50-1321 DUTCH GOLD (USA) Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum Clive Brittain/Philip Robinson/18
7) 21-11 FRANKLINS GARDENS Maggie Barwell Mark Tompkins/Ted Durcan/19
8) 11310-5 GRAIKOS Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor/ Frankie Dettori/13
9) 01-1 KRIS KIN (USA) Saeed Suhail Sir Michael Stoute/Kieren Fallon/4
10) 050-(2)(1)12 LET ME TRY AGAIN (IRE) Terry Mills Terry Mills/Darryll Holland/1
11) 2-(1)(1)(0)203 LUNDY'S LANE (IRE) Saeed Manana Clive Brittain/Brett Doyle/17
12) 1225-11 MAGISTRETTI (USA) Michael Tabor Neville Callaghan/Kevin Darley/7
13) 11440-3 NORSE DANCER (IRE) Jeff Smith David Elsworth/Richard Quinn/14
14) 4130-61 PRINCE NUREYEV (IRE) Bertie Gooding Rod Millman/Steve Drowne/11
15) 11-11 REFUSE TO BEND (IRE) Moyglare Stud Farms Ltd Dermot Weld IRE/Pat Smullen/6
16) 3(1)-1 SHIELD Hesmonds Stud Gerard Butler/Eddie Ahern/10
17) 24-(1)13 STRENGTH 'N HONOUR Annie Cyzer Charles Cyzer/Richard Hughes/15
18) 103012-62 SUMMERLAND (IRE) Robert Sangster John Gosden/Jimmy Fortune/5
19) 21644-2 THE GREAT GATSBY (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE/Pat Eddery/16
20) 426-12 UNIGOLD (USA) Abdulla BuHaleeba Ed Dunlop/Seb Sanders/3
20 runners
5 Irish-trained
Taken out at the final declaration stage - Handel, New South Wales
Eliminated - Albanov, Skelligs Rock
BETFAIR CELEBRATES THREE YEARS
This weekend at Epsom, Betfair, the company revolutionising betting, celebrates its third anniversary.
Having taken only £3,462 on the Oaks and the Derby in 2000 - the first races to be supplied with a market - Betfair has gone on to become the biggest and most successful on-line betting site in the world.
The company's unique product - based on financial-markets' best practice - gives value-seeking punters a more convenient alternative that provides better odds and greater choice.
This year, Betfair analysts expect to take in excess of two million pounds for the two June classics, highlighting the company's meteoric rise and popularity among the betting public.
From the humble beginnings in 2000, Betfair now has more than 100,000 registered users (including active accounts from 73 countries), matches up-to 12,000 bets a minute and turns over more than 50 million pounds a week. It has sites targeted at 15 different jurisdictions.
Director of Communications, Mark Davies says Betfair's ever-increasing consumer base is testament to the company's mission to give the punter a fairer deal.
'It's certainly a far cry from the first week, when a few people dismissed us as a nice idea that would never generate any liquidity, and its great to see how many people every day are joining the betting revolution we started. But the most welcome point in the three years is seeing the way that we've been embraced by every independent assessor, worldwide - be they governments, administrators, journalists or punters.
'There are still plenty of vested interests who try to sling mud at us to protect their own patch, of course, but you have to expect that in a commercial world. I think it's a short price that one of the big players will soon throw in the towel and launch an exchange of its own, though, because it is easy to see the benefits that we've brought - to the punter, to racing, and to the bookmaking industry.'
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