Thursday, June 18, 2009

ROYAL ASCOT 2009
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THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 18

The 10/1 shot was sweeping past rivals with ease down the stands’ side when American pace-setter Yogaroo veered sideways into the Richard Hughes-ridden Monsieur Chevalier, who in turn cannoned into Jamie Spencer’s mount, hampering the momentum of the eventual winner, who landed the spoils by two lengths.
Spencer said: "I thought we had no chance. When you get a bang like that, heading to the furlong pole in a five-furlong group race, then you just think that it’s curtains. I couldn’t believe he was able to get going - it was disbelief that he passed them so quickly towards the end.

"I was shaking my head in the last 100 yards and couldn’t believe it because Richard has hit me side on and generally when that happens the horse gets winded and it’s so hard to get back from it. It’s hard to win races when everything goes right without getting hit like that.

"He hit me side on, broadside, and I had to stop for three or four strides to get him balanced and off Richard’s heels. It’s just surreal, really.

“He wasn’t going half pace in behind, he was going about quarter pace. He’s a fast horse - very fast. I knew the American horse would give me a good lead but I was delighted with the way he picked up. It was hair-raising the way he was passing other horses - surreal. He got wiped out and still won!”

Meehan, whose last Royal Ascot triumph came in the 2002 Queen Mary Stakes with Romantic Liaison, thought all chance of victory had passed.

He said: “It was a tremendous performance by the horse to recover and win the way he did. You have no chance when that happens and I couldn’t believe he was able to get going again. Jamie had him in the right place and was just unlucky to get a knock.

“I looked away because I thought the race was over, then I looked back and he was in front. He was strong enough to take it and the way he picked up and recovered was admirable.”

Radiohead was ponied to the start of the five-furlong contest by his companion Pistolero, who was also on hand at the finish to accompany him off the track.

Meehan revealed: "We tend to keep Radiohead nice and quiet at home and not do too much with him because he’s fairly electrifying.

"The pony is there and you might as well use him. It’s a great thing for these two-year-olds, it takes the edge off them and keeps them relaxed. We did the same with the filly yesterday. The pony’s there, he’s good at it and it seems the ideal thing to do."

“It was always very clear that he was a stakes horse. The thing about Royal Ascot is that they have to develop very quickly. It was pretty clear around March time that he was going to be one for here.

“It’s always a tough meeting for us - it’s been a while since we had a winner here.”

The Johannesburg colt, owned by Carmen Burrell and Jonathan Harvey, could make his next start at Maisons-Laffitte in France.

Meehan continued: “We’re going to have a lot of fun with him now. It was nice to win like he did because now we can go and take on those nice two-year-olds that have won here. The Prix Robert Papin looks a possibility but I’ll talk to Jamie first and see what he says.”



FIRST RACE PLACED QUOTES
NORFOLK STAKES (GROUP 2)

REIGNIER DELIGHTS BURKE

A last-minute decision by trainer Karl Burke to enter Reignier in the Norfolk Stakes paid off when the Kheleyf colt finished an excellent second, beaten two lengths by Radiohead.

“I was tracking the entries closing for this race and saw there were only 10 in there so I put him in, but I was hoping for fifth or sixth place so am delighted,” said Burke.

“I’ve always liked him a lot and he only cost £25,000. The key with him is the ground, last time when he was second at Musselburgh they were just taking the top off it and he didn’t like that at all.

“I still own part of him and he’s for sale. We’ll take him home and have a think but I’ve no real plans for him.”

Mick Channon, trainer of third-placed Tawaabb, said: “I’m delighted and have no complaints. There’s more improvement to come and he can go for some nice races, I’m not bothered whether they are over five or six.”

NO ACTION AGAINST VELAZQUEZ

The stewards enquired into interference in the race. John Velazquez’s mount Yogaroo was found to have reacted to Andrew Elliott’s whip on Reignier and that the ensuing collision when he went sharply left into Monsieur Chevalier who in turn bumped the winner Radiohead was accidental. No further action was taken.

Velazquez felt his mount didn’t handle the course and said: “He was having a hard time getting hold of the track and he wasn’t too happy with it.”



JOCKEYS’ VERDICTS ON THE GROUND AFTER FIRST RACE

Paul Mulrennan, rider of Kingdom Of Light: “It’s really lovely ground.”

Andrew Elliott, rider of second-placed Reignier: “It’s very good, it’s nice ground.”

John Egan, rider of Star Rover: “It’s good ground.”

Neil Callan, rider of Here Now And Why: “It’s good, fast ground and it’s been the same all week.”





SECOND RACE WINNING QUOTES
RIBBLESDALE STAKES (GROUP 2)

GODOLPHIN FLYING AGAIN

After a quiet season, Godolphin and jockey Frankie Dettori bounced back with a four-length success from the unbeaten Flying Cloud in the Group Two Ribblesdale Stakes.

Trainer Saeed bin Suroor said: “She was a Group 3 winner in France and working well before the race which gave us the confidence to run her here.

“She’s a very honest, tough filly with a good turn of foot and I think she is still progressing so she’d possibly go for the Irish Oaks now, we’ll keep our options open.

“She joined us (from Andre Fabre in France) after her last win and has been with us in Newmarket for six weeks.”

Reflecting on the season, bin Suroor added: “It’s very hard to win races at Royal Ascot, the key is to have the right horses, and that is why our stable is sometimes quiet.

“The horses we have been running in Classics and Group 1s have proved not really good enough but things will get changed and they will run in races that they will hopefully be able to win.”

Godolphin’s racing manager Simon Crisford added: “We were not so hopeful beforehand because we thought the ground might be a bit quick and the French form was hard to weigh up.

“So we were not overly confident but she’s proved to be a nice progressive filly who is going the right way.”

After performing his trademark flying dismount, Frankie Dettori added: “The first two days of Royal Ascot were a bit frustrating - Alexandros was unfortunately a little bit lame - but my best rides are on Friday and Saturday. This is a real tonic for the whole team.

“The whole weighing room had been giving me a lot of stick this week, especially Jamie Spencer, and even my driver told me that we would need an estate car tomorrow because my lip was getting bigger.

“I can’t stress enough how lucky Ascot has been to me and I’m delighted this win means I join Michael Kinane on 41 winners at Royal Ascot.

“This filly has shown a great turn of foot and is very gutsy, she’s won three from three and is going from strength to strength.

"She actually surprised me and she should be a candidate for the Darley Irish Oaks. I think that a mile and half is spot on for her now and I think that she wouldn’t want the ground any quicker than this - a bit of rain would help her.

"She’s small, gutsy, determined and showed a great turn of foot. She’s won by four lengths and is a very good filly.”

Godolphin’s founder Sheikh Mohammed added: “Royal Ascot is always great racing with all of these nice people here and it is great to have a winner here.

"Flying Cloud won twice for Andre Fabre and we thought that she was good enough to join Godolphin. I think the Darley Irish Oaks could be the race for her now."

Flying Cloud was quoted at 3/1 for the Darley Irish Oaks by Cashmans.

Second race - The Ribblesdale Stakes - placed quotes

CECIL ‘DELIGHTED IN DEFEAT’
Flame of Gibraltar could not reel in the winner Flying Cloud but nevertheless posted a performance to please her trainer Henry Cecil when finishing second by four lengths in the Ribblesdale Stakes.

“She’s still a baby and she had a bad curb (a spur of bone on the back of the hindleg below the hock) last year but she’s improving all the time,” said Cecil.

“Touch wood, she’ll go on improving. She’s a nice filly. I would have been delighted if she’d finished anywhere in the first four today. It’s a big step up. She had this very bad curb last year and normally when they have a curb they don’t go lame but she was so lame with it for months and she’s only just coming to herself now.

“So, I’m delighted - delighted in defeat.”

William Knight, trainer of the third-placed Uvinza, said: “Being realistic, the plan was just to try to get some black type and that’s what we’ve done. She’s stepped up to a mile and a half and has definitely improved.

“She’s a big filly and I think she will be even stronger next year. I’m sure her owners, who also bred her, are game, so I’m sure they’d want to keep her in training.”

THIRD RACE WINNING QUOTES
THE GOLD CUP (GROUP 1)

YEATS INITIAL QUOTES

After Yeats created history when becoming the first four-time winner of the Gold Cup, his trainer Aidan O’Brien said: "It’s unbelievable, that’s all I can say. I was so sick all morning because I really believed that this couldn’t happen.

“History is very hard to change and we knew that we had a wonderful horse but usually fairytales don’t come true - you dream and dream and dream.

"I felt that we were in a position that we would never ever be in again and I remembered back to when Istabraq was there and the way things can happen - it’s unbelievable.

"I just have to say a big thanks to everybody involved with him. The people who have been involved with him have been unbelievable - everyone that rode him on the way up and Johnny today was unbelievable. The amount of pressure on his shoulders and the way he handled it, rode him , how early he committed him - he was so positive, I couldn’t believe it.

"In March and April, our horses were running ordinary and getting tired. A little bit of light appeared in the first week of May and ever since then they have progressed. It’s a big credit to the people who are directly involved with him every day and I think that they are the people that all the credit goes to.

"He’s an unbelievable horse and we knew that we would never get another one like him. To see Johnny ride him with such confidence under such pressure - I don’t think that I have ever felt pressure for any race ever before like this horse.

"The only time that I felt pressure like this was with Istabraq and they are very unique horses. To win four Gold Cups - I can’t describe it"

Jockey Johnny Murtagh added: "He’s the greatest. Muhammed Ali said he was the greatest and he was, and today Yeats has showed everybody today that he is the ultimate heavyweight champion.

"The was no doubt today. Aidan told me after Navan that he would be grand for Ascot. We kept saying the ground was too soft at Navan and you guys didn’t believe it - you were trying to pick holes in him.

"He loves fast ground and he loves Royal Ascot. He comes to life here and Aidan said after Navan that he would be ready for Royal Ascot.

"It’s one of the greatest days of my life in racing. I have had a good week, but for the horse to win four Gold Cups. The crowd came out in force and it’s good for racing - Yeats is everything positive about racing.”

John Magnier, whose wife Sue owns Yeats with Diane Nagle, is in no rush to take a decision on whether the history-making Yeats will retire after his victory.

“It doesn’t get any better than this for obvious reasons and we will enjoy today,” said Magnier. “We are not going to rush into any decisions and there’s no point saying something today and then doing something else.”

Yeats’ groom David Hickey was understandably delighted. “I’ve looked after him for over five years and he’s just been an unbelievable tonight. I will be celebrating this evening with a bit of party, you’ve got to enjoy something like this but I don’t drink so I’ll just be having a coke tonight.”



Third race - The Gold Cup - winner’s quotes

O’BRIEN SALUTES HIS ‘UNIQUE HORSE’ AS YEATS GALLOPS INTO HISTORY BOOKS

It was the result that racegoers had flocked to Royal Ascot to see and Yeats did not disappoint his legion of fans, striding out for the line from the home turn under Johnny Murtagh to record an historic fourth consecutive win in the Ascot Gold Cup. His three-and-a-half length victory was a body blow to the bookies with the extraordinary eight-year-old starting as 6/4 favourite after being backed down from 5/2.

Visibly shell-shocked, trainer Aidan O’Brien paid tribute to his staying star, saying: “It’s unbelievable - that’s all I can say. It’s a dream. All morning I was feeling so sick - I was just thinking that this couldn’t happen. He’s an unbelievable, amazing horse. He’s gone very lazy and clever in his work at home. He’s made of different stuff and I just can’t believe it - of course he’s only flesh and blood but to do this four times.”

He continued: “Johnny gave him an unbelievable ride with such confidence. The pressure he must have been under but he had it worked out in his head how he wanted to do it and where he wanted to go. Going for home early in a race like this takes some doing.

“The only time I’ve felt this much pressure was with (three-time Champion Hurdler) Istabraq and when we got over him I thought it would never happen again but this was like Istabraq. Obviously he was going back for his fourth Champion Hurdle and we know what happened, and then his fifth, and it didn’t happen. I was afraid of the disappointment for everybody if this didn’t happen.

“It’s not for no reason that this has never been done before. This is just a unique horse.”

In typically self-effacing fashion, the trainer added: “I can’t tell you how privileged I feel: it’s the people who are directly involved that make it happen - like the lad who rides him every day, Davey (Hickey) who looks after him, and Johnny, who rides him in his races, the people who deal with him directly every day. I’m just standing back watching it but obviously for myself and Anne-Marie and all the lads and everybody at Ballydoyle, we just feel so privileged to be involved with this horse.”

On the subject of whether Yeats would return to contest a fifth Gold Cup next year, O’Brien was pessimistic, saying: “I don’t think so - it’s not my decision but the genes he has and the fact that it’s proven at home that his lung capacity is way greater than any other horse make it unlikely. If anything was ever to happen to him we know we can’t replace him. He’s not a gelding so we can tap into those genes. Sue (Magnier) and the boss and David and Diane (Nagle) will make the decision but he’s so unique I would be afraid of racing him after this.

“For everybody this means more than anything. It’s something that’s never been done before. If you started to dream about it you’d say ‘just pull yourself together and don’t be dreaming nonsense, that’s ridiculous’ and that’s the feeling of a morning. Everyone’s been saying this was going to happen but these things don’t happen and this is a very, very special day.”

Asked how he planned to celebrate, O’Brien replied: “I’ll just follow the crowd and sit in behind. I’m not going to make the running this time.”


Third race - The Gold Cup - winner’s quotes

MAGNIER: ‘IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS’


Coolmore supremo John Magnier and his wife Sue co-own Yeats with the horse’s breeders David and Diane Nagle. While Sue was watching from home in Ireland with her mother Jacqueline O’Brien, her husband was at Ascot to witness Yeats’ history-making fourth Gold Cup win.

“We’re all delighted and proud to be associated with him but you can see that the people genuinely like this horse so we’re lucky for once that we didn’t send him off to stud when he was three or four. It’s great the way it’s all worked out,” said Magnier.

“I think Aidan was of the view that with an eight-year-old horse you can only ask him so many questions so many times. I think he was very much pointing him at this race and it wasn’t until his last two pieces of work that we really started getting the good vibes from Aidan.

“Even before the race I walked the course with Aidan and said ‘what do you think?’ and he said ‘he’s never been better’ and he really believed it. It looks like it’s getting easier for Yeats every year which is amazing.”

Asked whether the son of Sadler’s Wells would now be retired for a career at stud, he said:
“We’ll have to have a word with David and see what he and Diane want to do and see what the vets think but history was against him coming here today - he’s an eight-year-old horse and we just want to do the right thing for him now as well as for the game. There comes a time when it’s not right for them to go on any more and I wouldn’t want to say one way or the other for the moment.”

As to his targets for the remainder of the season, Magnier suggested a possible tilt at the Goodwood Cup, saying: “Why would you stop now with a horse that’s enjoying himself like he has done today? The people love seeing him and we love going racing with him. We’d have to think about Goodwood where they look after us very well too.

“It doesn’t get any better than this. He’s been around a long time and we see a lot of him. It’s as good as it gets in this game. To get a horse ready at this time in his life - and he’s a colt, not a gelding - is some training performance.”

Referring to Yeats’ prospect as a stallion on the Coolmore roster, Magnier added: “Not everybody wants to use Gold Cup winners but we need stamina in the stud as well and he’s special. I know that there are some serious breeders that have said to me that they want to use this horse. He will get the chance at stud, that’s for sure, so if he’s good enough, he’ll come through it, if he’s not, he won’t.”


Third race - The Gold Cup - winner’s quotes

MURTAGH PRAISES ASCOT, A SPECIAL PLACE


Jockey Johnny Murtagh, who has been aboard Yeats for his last two Gold Cup victories, said of today’s win: “I felt something very special going past the line - the brewing of the crowd for the last furlong carried the horse home. I’ve never experienced anything like it. It’s probably the greatest day of my racing career.

“I wasn’t nervous - I was confident in the horse. Seamus (Heffernan) rides him work all the time and he said ‘he’s just coming’ and then I rode him one day last week and I was very impressed - he doesn’t feel like an eight-year-old, he felt much the same as he did last year.”

Murtagh, who was leading jockey at last year’s meeting and is heading the list again this year, added: “He’s a very uncomplicated horse - we dropped in behind Frankie (on Veracity) and I rode him much the same way as I did last year. I wanted to really put it up to them so I asked him early and he came home well. Halfway up the straight I could sense them coming and so could he and he just went on again.

“I sensed the crowd and I knew they felt this was something special but this is a special place. The world is in turmoil at the moment but when you see the crowd and you see people’s faces when the horses come back into the parade ring there’s such a feeling of happiness. If you could bottle it, it would be something special.

“Everything that’s good in racing was on show today.”


BOOKIES ON YEATS

Yeats costs bookies £20 million over four years and becomes most expensive Royal Ascot horse in betting history according to Ladbrokes

David Williams of Ladbrokes said: “Yeats has cost the bookies more money than any horse in Royal Ascot history. They'll have to erect a statue but there's no way we can afford to pay for it now!

“When Yeats hit the front we heard the roar and our hearts sank. He was once again backed off the boards and there's not much more we can now do other than grit out teeth and salute a racing legend.”

Yeats' historic fourth Gold Cup victory at Royal Ascot today has left Paddy Power short of a few quid, but the bookies are paying out with a smile on their face rather than through gritted teeth.

Paddy Power himself explained: “We’ve paid out about 1.5 million, but I've never been happier to do my dough. It's one of the worst results of the year but it was well worth it for all of us to see history being made.

“We're so far behind for the week it's incredible - we’re going to have to come from about four furlongs back to catch the punters now. Yeats has probably left us with too much to do, but with a couple of days still to go we’ll keep up the battle with a little prayer along the way!”

Yeats was elevated to living legend status at Royal Ascot on Thursday by entering the record books with a fourth consecutive Ascot Gold Cup success on Ladies’ Day says Sky Bet.

Aidan O’Brien’s eight-year-old, who is the oldest horse in training at Ballydoyle, piled on the woe for the bookmakers at the meeting after a series of bad results over the first two days.

Backed in from 2/1 with Sky Bet in the morning, Yeats was sent off a heavily supported 6/4 favourite. The Harrogate-based firm reports it was by far their worst result of the meeting so far.

Matt Doyle of Sky Bet said: ‘The public have really taken the old warhorse to their hearts and he was backed to the exclusion of all others. The gamble has been a knockout blow industry-wide for bookmakers.’

Although he is rising nine, the Coolmore team have not ruled out Yeats returning to Ascot next year to defend his staying crown and Sky Bet offer 5/1 for the ‘famous five’ bid.

RACE THREE PLACE QUOTES
THE GOLD CUP (GROUP 1)

BEATEN CONNECTIONS REFLECT ON YEATS’ VICTORY
As Yeats tightened his grip on the Gold Cup with an unprecedented fourth triumph in the two and a half-mile contest, connections of the placed horses were left to reflect.

Patkai, a 9/2 chance, emerged as a pretender to the crown when winning the Group Three Sagaro Stakes over two miles at Ascot in April, but such pretensions will have to wait until next year after the four-year-old was put in his place by the master stayer.

The Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt, ridden by champion jockey Ryan Moore, gamely chased Yeats down the home straight but had to settle for the runner-up berth, three and a half lengths behind the winner.

Peter Reynolds, racing manager to owners Ballymacoll Stud, said: “He ran a very brave race. He just ran a little freely down to the start but he showed he stayed and was beaten by a very good horse. It was absolutely no disgrace to be second to Yeats and he has beaten the rest fairly well.

“He’s a lovely horse to have and he likes Ascot but I don’t know what the plans are now.”

Cashmans make Patkai 3/1 favourite for the 2010 Gold Cup.

Geordieland finished second to Yeats in 2007 and 2008. Connections of the eight-year-old grey came into the race with expectations high after defeating Patkai in the Group Two Henry II Stakes at Sandown in May, but they were dashed as Jamie Osborne’s charge finished third, a further 15 lengths back.

Osborne said: “I’m disappointed but I’ve only seen the race once and I’d like to go back and look at it. It was a great performance by the winner.”

Saeed bin Suroor, trainer of fourth-placed Sagara, said: “Sagara ran a good race but our horses weren’t good enough.”

Ahmed Ajtebi, rider of another of Suroor’s three charges, fifth-placed Eastern Anthem commented: “I think a drop in trip will suit him better.”

Frankie Dettori took the ride on the pulled-up Suroor hope Veracity and revealed: “He was very lame so I pulled him up and I thought he had damaged his off-fore knee, but he was able to walk into the box, so hopefully it’s not too bad.”

Race Four Win Quotes - Britannia Handicap

DUNLOP LOVES IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER

It was a case of mission accomplished after the Britannia Handicap as Fareer and Richard Hills brought to fulfilment a plan hatched by trainer Ed Dunlop.

The mile handicap had been on the Bahamian Bounty colt’s agenda all season, so connections were understandably relieved when the judge called him the winner by a head in a four-way blanket finish.

Hills executed a perfect ride aboard the Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum-owned Fareer, bringing the colt from the rear with a sustained run that saw him take the lead inside the distance. The pair survived a slight scare close home when the 20/1 shot drifted left, but were able to hang on for victory.

Dunlop revealed: “This has been the plan all year and it worked. The ground was too soft at Haydock last time and we probably shouldn’t have run him that day. He won well at Chester the time before on ground he likes and we said then that this was the race.

“I told Richard to do what he liked - the only plan was to hold him up because we know he can quicken and he did a great job.

“He looked to be the only one on the near side to quicken. He was on his own but he did it well and although he wandered around a bit, he picked up well and it was fantastic.

“It’s great to win here, it’s like having 20 winners anywhere else and is fantastic for the yard. Richard gave him a great ride.”

Hills said: “We had this race in mind for a long time. The plan was to drop him in; the horse has been improving slowly and we always felt he would stay a mile. We just felt we had to ride him conservatively.

“Luckily, the splits came and it certainly helps when you have a horse under you that travels like that. He just lost a bit of concentration in the last little bit. I thought we had won but I just wasn’t sure.

“Most of the jockeys wanted to be drawn very low but you are where you are and that’s it. It was going to be a fast race, it usually is, and I asked Sheikh Hamdan if I could take my time and just get a bit of luck. This horse has a good finish and we have had this race in mind for quite a while and he did well.

"You have to ride your race with the horses in front and you can’t be worrying about what’s going on at the other side. You just look up and see if you are in front at the end. You can only ride one race - you can’t ride to sides of the track - and I was always going to go left.

"It’s great here. Yesterday was fantastic for my father, a great tonic, and he will be watching now. He will be proud and Penny can open the fridge now."


FOURTH RACE PLACED QUOTES
BRITANNIA STAKES (HANDICAP)

SECRET SECOND IN BLANKET FINISH

There was a four-way photo in a great finish to the Britannia Handicap and connections of runner-up Secret Society and third-placed Mirrored were delighted with their representatives.

Michael Bell, trainer of Secret Society, said: “He’s an improving horse and that was a very good run. He’s a high-class mile handicapper and there is probably something for him at the Newmarket July Meeting but he has had a hard race.”

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Mirrored’s owner Khalid Abdulla, added: “He’s run a super race and, I know it’s a cliche, but he won the race on his side. He’ll keep going in those good handicaps and might run at Goodwood.”


FIFTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
HAMPTON COURT STAKES (LISTED)

GLASS HARMONIUM SURVIVES STEWARDS’ ENQUIRY

The Sir Michael Stoute-trained Glass Harmonium survived a lengthy stewards enquiry to take the Listed Hampton Court Stakes under Ryan Moore.

"The horses have been running well this week and have been beaten fair and square,” said Stoute.

"He’s a horse that we have always liked and we supplemented him for the Derby in March because we thought that there was a possibility of it but, after the Dante, the plan was to come here. He’s now a stakes winner and a fair standard of horse.”

Peter Reynolds, manager of owners Ballymacoll Stud, added: “We don’t spend money (supplementing a horse) unless there is a good reason and he’s still in the Irish Derby although I doubt we will go there.

“This was more like a Group 3 than a Listed race and I think the ground was probably a bit livelier than he would have wanted today.”


RACE FIVE PLACE QUOTES
HAMPTON COURT STAKES (LISTED)

CASHELGAR AND MONITOR CLOSELY FILL THE PLACES

Sir Robert Ogden purchased Cashelgar after the lightly-raced colt broke his maiden at Saint-Cloud last month and was almost rewarded with a Royal Ascot victory in the 10-furlong Hampton Court Stakes.

Alain de Royer-Dupre’s charge, a 20/1 outsider, went down by only half a length after being squeezed against the rail by the victorious Glass Harmonium. The winner survived a lengthy Stewards’ Enquiry.

The trainer commented: “He ran a little bit green and ran well - he just touched the other one. Sir Robert bought him recently and he is a nice horse.”

Peter Chapple-Hyam was pleased with the effort of 15/2 chance Monitor Closely in finishing third, five lengths behind the winner. The Newmarket trainer feels that a step up in trip may be on the cards for the colt, who was fourth in the Group Two Dante Stakes at York on his previous start.

He said: “The horse ran very well and is probably crying out for a mile and a half. Even though he’s by Oasis Dream, I think he just lacks that kick at the end over this trip.

“I knew he’d improved from the Dante and he hasn’t missed a beat all season. He likes this ground and I might look at taking him to France for a race.”


Sixth race - The King George V Handicap - winner’s quotes

SUN SHINES FOR FAHEY AND HANAGAN IN THE FINALE

Cosmic Sun, a 66/1 outsider, ran home the length and a quarter winner of the King George V Handicap to bring the curtain down on Thursday’s action at Royal Ascot. Continuing the excellent form of trainer Richard Fahey’s stable of late, Cosmic Sun shed his maiden tag in fine style to give jockey Paul Hanagan his first success at the Royal Meeting.

Fahey, whose sole previous victory at Royal Ascot came with Superior Premium in the Cork & Orrery Stakes of 2000, said: “I always thought he’d stay - we fancied him the other day at Musselburgh but he tried to run out at the turn. I’ve always felt he was a nice horse and this is a special day - it’s always great to have a winner and it’s great for the owners.”

Winning jockey Paul Hanagan nearly didn’t make it to Royal Ascot after he was kicked by a horse in the paddock at York on Saturday, so he was naturally greatly relieved to have been given the all clear to resume riding.

He said: “The first thing that went through my head when I was lying on the floor was Ascot. It wasn’t very nice but I’ve had some good physiotherapy and I was lucky that I was kicked in the place I was - any lower and I’d have shattered my kneecap and any higher it would have been my hip.”

He continued: “Just to break my duck at Royal Ascot is an unbelievable feeling. I can’t lie, I didn’t think he’d win, I was just hoping for a good run. Last time he ran was at Musselburgh and he ran out at the bend - it wasn’t malicious, it’s a sharp bend at Musselburgh and he just didn’t handle it but he didn’t put a foot wrong today.

“Everyone comes here and loves to ride winners at Ascot, never mind Royal Ascot, and this is a dream come true.”

RACE SIX PLACE QUOTES - KING GEORGE V HANDICAP

KING CONQUERS BRIDGE IN BATTLE FOR MINOR HONOURS

Chiberta King was no match for 66/1 winner Cosmic Sun in an exciting finale to the King George V Handicap but dug deep to hold third-placed Barwell Bridge and claim the runner-up spot by a nose.

The Andrew Balding-trained 8/1 shot headed to the mile and a half handicap on the back of two victories that ensured he made it into the 19-runner field despite being 1lb out of the handicap.

The Kingsclere trainer said: “I’m very pleased with the horse, he’s improving all the time and there are no excuses, he was beaten by a better horse.

“We were worried that he might not get in but once he did, we were always going to come here for this race. We’ll look at mile and half and staying handicaps for him - there’s one at Goodwood and something like the Melrose at York would be a possibility.

Sylvester Kirk was thrilled with 12/1 chance Barwell Bridge who made the frame for the seventh consecutive time. The Red Ransom colt was stepping up to 12 furlongs for the first time, having landed a 10-furlong handicap at York in May.

Kirk commented: “He has run a blinder. He was on the gas early but settled back on the bridle, found a rhythm and battled back. He’s a tough, genuine, consistent horse.”





GROUND UPDATE
Ascot’s Clerk of the Course Chris Stickels plans to water the track this evening with a dry night forecast.

“I’m going to put four millimetres of water on everything tonight with a view to holding the ground at good to firm. The forecast is to remain dry over the next couple of days with only the chance of a negligible amount of rain” said Stickels.

CROWD
Today’s attendance was 68,921, compared to 74,228 on the same day 12 months ago.

MOORE AND DURCAN BANNED
Following a stewards’ enquiry into the Listed Hampton Court Stakes, winning rider Ryan Moore picked up a four-day suspension.

The stewards looked into two incidents, in the first Moore was found to have caused accidental interference but received his suspension after being found guilty of careless riding in the second incident. His ban will be on July 2, 3, 5 and 6.

Ted Durcan was suspended for three days for careless riding in the Sandringham Handicap. His suspension is on July 2, 3 and 5.

TOTE FIGURES

Today’s tote on-course cash turnover was £1,612,827, down 1.1 per cent on 12 months ago.

Meanwhile, the layers were left celebrating after a decent day put them back on a level playing field with the punters.

“Whilst the second day of the Royal meeting wasn’t as bad as the first, we badly needed a few results to go our way,” said totesport spokesman George Primarolo.

“Yeats aside, it’s definitely been a day for the layers which meant we could join the rest of the country in raising a glass to the staying superstar.”

Totesport still quote Johnny Murtagh as 4/6 favourite to be top jockey at Royal Ascot despite being banned for the final two days of the meeting.

Royal Ascot Top Jockey – totesport bet: 4/6 Johnny Murtagh, 7/2 Ryan Moore, Richard Hughes, 14 Frankie Dettori.

STANDINGS IN THE LONDON CLUBS INTERNATIONAL CHARITY TROPHY FOR LEADING JOCKEY - AFTER DAY THREE

1st 2nd 3rd
Johnny Murtagh 4 1 -
Richard Hughes 3 - -
Jamie Spencer 2 1 2
John Velazquez 2 - -
Ryan Moore 1 5 1
Frankie Dettori 1 - 2
Richard Hills 1 - 1
Steven Arnold 1 - -
Paul Hanagan 1 - -
Tadgh O’Shea 1 - -
Olivier Peslier 1 - -
Robert Winston - 2 -
William Buick - 1 -
Neil Callan - 1 -
Andrew Elliott - 1 -
Jimmy Fortune - 1 -
Seamus Heffernan - 1 -
Michael Hills - 1 -
Adam Kirby - 1 -
Gerald Mosse - 1 -
Tom Queally - 1 -
Edward Creighton - - 2
David Allan - - 1
Jim Crowley - - 1
Jack Doyle - - 1
Tom Eaves - - 1
Darryll Holland - - 1
Shane Kelly - - 1
Michael Kinane - - 1
Christophe Lemaire - - 1
Alan Munro - - 1
Seb Sanders - - 1


STANDINGS IN THE LONDON CLUBS INTERNATIONAL CHARITY TROPHY FOR LEADING TRAINER - AFTER DAY THREE

1st 2nd 3rd
Richard Hannon 2 - -
Aidan O’Brien IRE 2 - -
Wesley Ward USA 2 - -
Sir Michael Stoute 1 4 1
Brian Meehan 1 1 1
Michael Bell 1 1 -
Barry Hills 1 1 -
Jeremy Noseda 1 1 -
Saeed bin Suroor 1 - 1
Jane Chapple-Hyam 1 - -
Ed Dunlop 1 - -
Richard Fahey 1 - -
James Fanshawe 1 - -
Eric Libaud FR 1 - -
Dan Morton AUS 1 - -
Karl Burke - 1 1
Andrew Balding - 1 -
John Best - 1 -
Clive Brittain - 1 -
Henry Cecil - 1 -
Clive Cox - 1 -
Alain De Royer-Dupre FR - 1 -
James Fanshawe - 1 -
Alan McCabe - 1 -
Willie Mullins IRE - 1 -
Mick Channon - - 4
Peter Chapple-Hyam - - 1
Chris Dwyer - - 1
Tim Easterby - - 1
William Haggas - - 1
Sylvester Kirk - - 1
David Pipe - - 1
Jean-Claude Rouget FR - - 1
Bryan Smart - - 1
William Knight - - 1
Jamie Osborne - - 1


ROYAL ASCOT 2009 - WINNERS

Day 1 - Tuesday, June 16
Race Winner Owner Trainer Jockey SP Ran
Queen Anne Stakes (G1) PACO BOY The Calvera Partnership Richard Hannon Richard Hughes 100/30 9
King’s Stand Stakes (G1) SCENIC BLAST Elio Anthony Galante & Prtnrs Dan Morton AUS Steven Arnold 11/4F 15
St James’s Palace Stakes (G1) MASTERCRAFTSMAN D Smith, S Magnier, M Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE Johnny Murtagh 5/6 Fav 10
Coventry Stakes (G2) CANFORD CLIFFS The Heffer Syndicate Richard Hannon Richard Hughes 7/4 Fav 13
Ascot Stakes (Hcap) JUDGETHEMOMENT Gordon Li Jane Chapple-Hyam Richard Hughes 13/2 20
Windsor Castle Stakes (Lstd) STRIKE THE TIGER Mitch Dutko & Ray Sainz Wesley Ward USA John Velazquez 33/1 22

Day 2 - Tuesday, June 17
Race Winner Owner Trainer Jockey SP Ran
Jersey Stakes (G3) OUQBA Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills Tadgh O’Shea 12/1 16
Windsor Forest Stakes (G2) SPACIOUS Cheveley Park Stud James Fanshawe Johnny Murtagh 10/1 9
Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (G1) VISION D’ETAT Jacques Detre Eric Libaud FR Olivier Peslier 4/1 8
Royal Hunt Cup (Hcap) FORGOTTEN VOICE Susan Roy Jeremy Noseda Johnny Murtagh 4/1 Fav 25
Queen Mary Stakes (G2) JEALOUS AGAIN R Abrams, R Brewer, M Dutko, W Ward Wesley Ward USA John Velazquez 13/2 13
Sandringham Hcp (Lstd) MONEYCANTBUYMELOVE Wright, Stanley, Marsh, Lascelles & Harris Michael Bell Jamie Spencer 9/2 Fav 19

Day 3 - Wednesday, June 18
Race Winner Owner Trainer Jockey SP Ran
Norfolk Stakes (G2) RADIOHEAD Carmen Burrell & Jonathan Harvey Brian Meehan Jamie Spencer 10/1 11
Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) FLYING CLOUD Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 5/1 10
Gold Cup (G1) YEATS Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle Aidan O’Brien IRE Johnny Murtagh 6/4 Fav 9
Britannia Stakes (Hcap) FAREER Hamdan Al Maktoum Ed Dunlop Richard Hills 20/1 30
Hampton Court Stks (Lstd) GLASS HARMONIUM Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute Ryan Moore 8/1 12
King George V Sks (Hcp) COSMIC SUN The Cosmic Cases Richard Fahey Paul Hanagan 66/1 19




The going remains Good to Firm

The GoingStick readings at 8am were Overall 10.1 Straight 10.9, Round 9.6.

Clerk of the Course Chris Stickels did not water overnight. He will probably water tonight.

There does not seem to be any difference in the ground across the straight course.

There was no rain overnight despite some being forecast.

The forecast is for a slight chance of a shower today but it will be mainly dry and breezy.

Stalls Position
Straight Course: Centre
Round Course: Inside

The round course rail will be positioned three metres out from the inside line from approximately the 10-furlong start to where the round course joins the straight. Tomorrow and Saturday the rail will revert to its original position.


ROYAL ASCOT - CARRIAGE LIST - THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009

1st Carriage Motor
THE QUEEN No. 1
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum No. 1A
The Duke of York

2nd Carriage
The Princess Royal No. 2
Princess Haya bint Al Hussein
The Earl of Huntingdon
Mr John Warren

3rd Carriage
Prince Michael of Kent No. 3
Princess Michael of Kent
Princess Eugenie
The Honourable Philip Astor

4th Carriage
The Lord Richard Wellesley No. 4
The Lady Richard Wellesley
Sir Jackie Stewart
Lady Stewart

DETACHED MOTOR CARS

Princess Beatrice No. 5
Major Simon Robinson
The Honourable Mrs Whitehead

The Honourable Peter Stanley No. 6
The Honourable Mrs Stanley
The Lady Carolyn Warren

Air Vice Marshal David Walker No. 7
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Richards
Mr Edward Young

Cars Nos 5, 6 and 7 will leave Windsor Castle at 1.30 p.m.

Cars for the Carriage Procession will leave Windsor Castle at 1.35 p.m.


INTERNATIONAL STARS JET IN FOR THE GOLDEN JUBILEE STAKES

J J The Jet Plane has proven himself to be a bona fide flying machine in his South African homeland and Dubai and now Mike de Kock’s speedster is ready for take-off in the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes over six furlongs at Royal Ascot on Saturday.

The Jet Master gelding, one of 15 declared for the £400,000 second British leg of the Global Sprint Challenge, impressed on his sole start in Britain when dismissing five smart rivals for an easy victory in the Listed Up Up And Away Stakes at Windsor on June 1.

Ryan Moore was in the plate that day but Kevin Shea, successful aboard the five-year-old in a Group Three at Nada Al Sheba, Dubai, in February, is reunited with the South African sprinter.

As has become the norm in recent times, the Golden Jubilee has a truly international feel to it with raiders from Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland and the US lining up, as well as a former Greek champion.

Among those is the popular Aussie 10-year-old Takeover Target who makes his fourth start in the race. Successful in the 2006 King’s Stand Stakes, Joe Janiak’s charge finished fourth in the Golden Jubilee Stakes last year, having finished third in 2006 and runner-up two years ago.

Wesley Ward has taken the Royal Meeting by storm with a brace of victories on the first two days and the American is hoping Cannonball can hit the target on Saturday. The four-year-old Catienus gelding ran on late to clinch sixth in the Group One King’s Stand Stakes over five furlongs on Tuesday.

Ward revealed: “We’re all set for Saturday and are making enquiries about a jockey. I couldn’t commit to running the horse on Saturday so consequently John Velazquez has commitments back in the US.”

Hong Kong champion Sacred Kingdom is in fine form for his European debut having defeated the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Diabolical (3rd) and Takeover Target (8th) on his most recent outing in the lucrative Krisflyer International Sprint at Kranji, Singapore.

Irish raider Duff, trained by Edward Lynam, warmed up for this Group One test with success in the Group Three Ballycorus Stakes over a furlong further at Leopardstown on June 11.

Bushranger took high rank among last season’s juveniles following Group One victories in the Darley Prix Morny and Shadwell Middle Park Stakes. The David Wachman-trained colt is one of two three-year-olds bidding to make the grade against some of the best sprinters in the world, the other being the Michael Bell-trained Art Connoisseur.

Leading the home defence against such an array of international talent is last year’s victor, Kingsgate Native. The four-year-old, successful for trainer John Best 12 months ago, retired to stud at the end of last season but fertility issues mean that he has returned to training and has his first outing for Sir Michael Stoute, sporting the Cheveley Park Stud silks.

Greek star Ialysos made a winning debut for Newmarket handler Luca Cumani when defeating King’s Stand Stakes third Anglezarke in a Listed contest at Haydock on May 30.

Karl Burke’s Middleham stable is in fine form at present and he will be hoping Lesson In Humility can maintain her unbeaten start to the season that incorporated a Group Three triumph at Leopardstown on June 4.

King’s Apostle, trained by William Haggas, won the Group Two Diadem Stakes over the course and distance in September, a race in which Diabolical was second and the Jeremy Noseda-trained Strike The Deal a length back in fifth.

The Hughie Morrison-trained Intrepid Jack faces a stiff task after chasing home J J The Jet Plane at Windsor last time, while Regal Parade landed a seven-furlong York conditions race last month.


CANNONBALL (USA) FACTFILE
4 b g Catienus (USA) - No Deadline (USA) (Skywalker (USA)) Form: (6)(4)113/33(6)7183-4226 Owner: Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey
Trainer: Wesley Ward USA Breeder: Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey Jockey: Corey Nakatani

Cannonball
Home-bred at Ramsey Farm in Kentucky, Cannonball warmed up for the Golden Jubilee Stakes with a staying-on sixth, five and a half lengths behind Scenic Blast in the five-furlong Group One King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The gelding made an inauspicious career debut at Belmont Park in May, 2007, when he failed to beat a horse in a five-furlong dirt maiden. He returned to the New York track in September for his third start, recording a four-length victory in a six-furlong turf maiden before following up with another success at the course in a non-graded turf contest over a mile in October. He continued to show improvement on his final juvenile appearance just five days later, keeping on to take third in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Monmouth Park. Stepped up to Pattern company for his three-year-old debut, Cannonball acquitted himself well by coming third in the nine-furlong turf Grade Three Tropical Park Derby at Calder on New Year’s Day, 2008, and he followed up with another third place over the same trip in a non-graded race on turf at Gulfstream Park in mid-February. Cannonball switched to Polytrack for the Grade Two Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park a month later, but could only finish sixth in the nine-furlong contest, and he once again failed to show his true form when seventh on his turf return in the Grade Three Crown Royal American Turf Stakes on May 2 at Churchill Downs. Dropping down in class and trip, Cannonball returned to the winner’s enclosure in a six-furlong turf race at Belmont Park at the end of May but he failed to build on that effort when coming eighth in another minor turf event over a mile at Del Mar in mid-July. Cannonball ended his season with another below-par effort in a non-graded turf contest, when he could only finish third over an extended mile at Saratoga at the start of August. Cannonball began this season with a fourth in a five-furlong allowance race on turf at Gulfstream Park on February 5, and he stepped up on that effort in the Shakertown Stakes at Keeneland on April 11, when he was edged out by a head in the in the extended five-furlong Grade Three turf sprint, with Chamberlain Bridge a further head in arrears. Both the second and third home re-opposed in the Grade Three Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes over five furlongs at Churchill Downs on May 1, when Chamberlain Bridge reversed the form with Cannonball, repelling the late challenge of the Wesley Ward-trained gelding to win by a neck.

Race Record: Starts: 15; 1st: 3; 2nd: 2; 3rd: 4; Win & Place Prize Money: £169,977

Wesley Ward
Born on March 3, 1968, in Saleh, Washington State, Wesley Ward is the grandson of long-serving New York outrider Jim Dailey and the son of former apprentice and trainer Dennis Ward. Ward jnr left school at 14 and moved to New York to ride when he was just 15 and enjoyed a sensational first season, partnering 335 winners and becoming leading jockey at both the Belmont, Aqueduct and Meadowlands fall meetings. Such a meteoric rise to fame was rewarded with Ward receiving the Eclipse Award for leading apprentice when he was just 16. Further spells in Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, Illinois and Canada followed and Ward was in the plate when subsequent Kentucky Derby hero Ferdinand lost his maiden tag in 1985. But a growth spurt and weight problems forced Ward to quit riding in 1989 and he assisted his father for four years prior to starting out on his own in 1993. He celebrated his first Stakes victory as a trainer when Unfinished Symph landed the Grade Three Cinema Handicap at Hollywood Park in June, 1994, and the horse went on to be third in the Grade One Breeders’ Cup Mile that November before going on to further Graded success in the San Francisco Mile and the Shoemaker Breeders’ Cup Mile the following year. Other notable horses to have been trained by Ward include Men’s Exclusive, who earned more than $.104 million in his career and raced in the Sprinter’s Stakes in Japan as well as the Dubai Golden Shaheen (in which he was second in 2001), and Bear Fan, who landed Grade Two victories in the Genuine Risk Handicap and the Vagrancy Handicap in 2004. Ward also trained Pesci, who was third in the Grade One Milady Breeders’ Cup Handicap in June, 2004, for her co-owner and Hollywood actor Joe Pesci, while the trainer was also responsible for One Hot Wish, who set a new world record of 48.87 seconds for 4.5 furlongs on her debut at Keeneland in April, 2007. Based in Glendora, California, Ward also trains at Gulfstream Park, Florida throughout the winter months. Ward brought five two-year-olds to Royal Ascot - Aegean (Albany Stakes), Honor In Peace (Chesham Stakes), Jealous Again (Queen Mary Stakes), Strike The Tiger (Windsor Castle Stakes) and Yogaroo (Norfolk Stakes). He also sent out Cannonball to finish sixth in the King’s Stand Stakes. Ward made history on June 16, 2009,whe he saddled Strike The Tiger to become the first US-trained winner at Royal Ascot. The gelding’s success in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes was merely the prelude to greater glory however, as the following day, Ward sent out Jealous Again to blitz her rivals in the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes.

Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey
Both Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey grew up in Artemus, Kentucky. After graduating from the University Of Kentucky, Kenneth worked for several trucking firms before trying his hand as an estate agent. Disillusioned with selling houses, he started setting up his own franchises specialising in mobile phones in the late 1980s and soon had a string of stores throughout north-eastern Georgia and south-eastern Kentucky. He sold the business for around $38 million in 1994 and decided to return to his hobby of horseracing. Kenneth had previously had a limited interest in racing, having claimed a horse called Red Redeemer at Louisville in 1969 and briefly held a trainer’s licence before deciding to concentrate on his business interests. In 1994, Kenneth and Sarah purchased the historic Almahurst Farm, birthplace of 1918 Kentucky Derby winner Exterminator, and renamed it Ramsey Farm. The couple have since gone on to enormous success as owners and breeders, headed by the home-bred pair of Kitten’s Joy and Roses In May. In 2004, Kitten’s Joy enjoyed Grade One success in the Secretariat Stakes and the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap before going on to be second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Lone Star Park, earning him the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse. Roses In May also ran at the same Breeders’ Cup meeting, coming second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and went on to victory in the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race, the following March. More recently, the Ramseys have enjoyed further Grade One success as breeders with Precious Kitten, whose three wins at the highest level included victory in the Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park in November, 2007. The Ramseys currently have over 60 horses in training with Bobby Frankel, Mike Maker, Mark Shuman, Ronny Werner, Charlton Baker, Richard Schosberg, Tom Voss and Wesley Ward, while their breeding operation now covers more than 1,200 acres and is home to 161 broodmares as well as the stallions Catienus and Kitten’s Joy.

Corey Nakatani
Born: October 21, 1970, Covina, California Background: One of 10 children, Nakatani’s father Roy, a Japanese American, was born in a World War II internment camp in Colorado and spent time at Santa Anita racecourse when it was an internment camp. A champion high school wrestler, Nakatani actually got his first glimpse of racing after a wrestling tournament. On the way home, he and his father stopped at Santa Anita to watch a couple of races. He learned how to ride on the stud of agent Tony Matos, then broke and galloped horses for Johnny Longden and Longden’s son Eric. After graduating from jockey school in Castaic, California, Nakatani began race-riding at Caliente in Mexico in the fall of 1988. Won his first race there on Blue King in a dead heat. Moved his tack to Southern California in April 1989 and rode 218 winners in his first year there. Has won meet titles at Santa Anita, Hollywood, Del Mar and Oak Tree. Tragedy hit Nakatani hard over a two-year period beginning with the death of a nephew from leukemia in the spring of 1995. His sister, Dawn, died of asphyxiation in an apparent murder in October of 1996, and his father Roy died of a heart attack in the spring of 1997. An avid golfer, Nakatani carries a three handicap. He has won over the course and distance of the Golden Jubilee Stakes, hvaing won the Diadem Stakes on Cool Jazz on September 24, 1995. His big race wins include: Hollywood Derby (1990 Itsallgreektome, 1993 Explosive Red, 1996 Marlin), Coaching Club American Oaks (1991 Lite Light), Kentucky Oaks (1991 Lite Light, 1996 Pike Place Dancer), Yellow Ribbon Stakes (1993 Possibly Perfect), Beverly D Stakes (1995 Possibly Perfect, 2001 England’s Legend), John C Mabee Handicap (1995 Possibly Perfect, 1996 Matiara, 1998 See You Soon, 2006 Dancing Edie), Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (1997 Yashmak), Beldame Stakes (1998 Sharp Cat), Champagne Stakes (1998 The Groom Is Red), Garden City Breeders' Cup Handicap (1998 Pharatta, 2001 Voodoo Dancer), Santa Anita Handicap (2000General Challenge, 2006 Lava Man, 2007 Lava Man), Frizette Stakes (2004 Balletto), Hollywood Gold Cup (2006 Lava Man, 2007 Lava Man), Sunshine Millions Classic (2006 Lava Man), First Lady Stakes (2007 Vacare), Sunshine Millions Turf (2007 Lava Man), Santa Anita Derby (2008 Colonel John), Princess Rooney Handicap (2008 Mistical Plan), Molson Export Million (1994 Dramatic Gold), Dubai Golden Shaheen (2001 Caller One), Canadian International Stakes (2005 Relaxed Gesture), Breeders' Cup Distaff (1996 Jewel Princess), Breeders' Cup Sprint (1996 Lit De Justice, 1997 Elmhurst, 1998 Reraise, 2006 Thor’s Echo), Breeders' Cup Mile (1999 Silic), Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2004 Sweet Catomine) First Winner in Britain: Cool Jazz, Diadem Stakes, Ascot, September 24, 1995.



J J THE JET PLANE (SAF) FACTFILE
5 b g Jet Master (SAF) - Majestic Guest (SAF) (Northern Guest (USA)
Form: (1)15/3011111-(6)11 Owners: Hennie Du Preez, Coenie Strydom, Thea Boyens & “Lucky” Houdalakis
Trainer: Mike De Kock SAF Breeder: Pat and Henry Devine Jockey: Kevin Shea

J J The Jet Plane
Named after an American cartoon character, J J The Jet Plane was all the rage for the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot following an impressive four-length victory in the Listed Leisure Stakes at Windsor on June 1. That Thames-side romp over six furlongs was the gelding’s first start in Britain. The South African speedster notched seven victories from 10 starts in his homeland, including three at Grade One level, before competing with mixed success at the Dubai International Racing Carnival earlier this year. A 70,000 rand purchase as an under-sized, knock-kneed yearling, J J The Jet Plane entered training under the care of rookie trainer and joint-owner “Lucky” Houdalakis. The gelding landed a debut triumph over six furlongs on sand at Vaal racecourse in October, 2007, winning by six lengths. Houdalakis successfully stepped his charge up to Grade Three company for the seven-furlong Graham Beck Stakes at Turffontein on November 3, but defeat followed at the same course in the Grade Two Dingaans on November 24. Sent over nine furlongs in the Listed Sea Cottage Stakes on January 6, 2008, J J The Jet Plane was well-beaten in third behind odds-on favourite Eddington and he suffered another heavy loss at Turffontein in the Grade Two Gauteng Guineas on March 1, when he could only finish 10th in the mile contest. Returned to six furlongs on March 24, the three-year-old (southern hemisphere) impressed with victory in the Grade Two Senor Santa Handicap on turf at Vaal. Another Grade Three triumph followed in the Man O’War Stakes at Turffontein on April 12. J J The Jet Plane proceeded to rattle off a Grade One hat-trick in three of South Africa’s most prestigious sprints. After clinching the five-furlong Computaform Sprint at Turffontein on May 3, the little bay took steps towards greatness in the Golden Horse Casino Sprint at Scottsville on May 31. Carrying top-weight of 80kg, J J The Jet Plane was eased close home as he saw off older rivals by two and a quarter lengths. Following that success, reports suggested the horse would be sold, however, in June, 2008, it was revealed that Mike de Kock was to take over the training of J J The Jet Plane, who would continue under the same ownership. J J The Jet Plane clinched his latest South African victory in awesome fashion as he smashed the track record and slammed his rivals by four lengths in Clairwood’s sprinting showcase, the Mercury Sprint, on July 20. After being denied a run in the Hong Kong Sprint due to quarantine restrictions, the gelding’s first start for de Kock came in a conditions race at Nad Al Sheba, Dubai on February 12. A disappointing sixth-place behind inferior rivals ended that particular experiment on dirt and J J The Jet Plane reverted to turf for an impressive victory in the Group Three Al Quoz Sprint at the course. Bred by Pat and Henry Devine, J J The Jet Plane is by South African stallion sensation Jet Master out of the Listed winner Majestic Guest.

Race Record: Starts: 13; Wins: 9; 2nd: -; 3rd: 1 Win & Place Prize Money: £173,702

Mike de Kock
Raised within a stone’s throw of Newmarket racecourse in South Africa, Mike de Kock, who was born on February 13, 1964, has been watching horseracing since his youth. In 1981, he was drafted into the Equestrian Unit of the South African defence force and became a riding instructor. After starting out in racing as assistant trainer to Ormond Ferraris, he moved on to Robbie Sage and finally Ricky Howard-Ginsberg. He took over Howard-Ginsberg’s stable upon the trainer’s death in 1989. De Kock was only 25 at the time but within months he had saddled the filly Evening Mist to win the Grade One Administrator’s Champion Stakes. He gained wider fame as the trainer of South African Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut, widely considered the greatest South African champion. With his main base at Randtjiesfontein near Johannesburg and a satellite yard near Durban, de Kock has been champion trainer in his homeland three times, the first of those titles coming in the 1998/99 season. He has won a host of his country’s top prizes, including the Durban July, J & B Met, Summer Cup, South African Derby, Cape Argus Guineas, South African Filllies Guineas and South African Fillies Classic. He first made a splash internationally on Dubai World Cup night in 2003 as Ipi Tombe landed the Dubai Duty Free and Victory Moon took the UAE Derby. He has been the leading international trainer at the Dubai Racing Carnival every year since its inception in 2004. Major victories at Nad Al Sheba have come thick and fast thanks to the exploits of stable stars Grand Emporium, Right Approach, Sun Classique, Asiatic Boy and Archipenko. In 2008, De Kock trained the last-named to win the Group One Audemars Piguet QEII Cup in Hong Kong, the Group Two Summer Mile at Ascot and to finish second in the Grade One Arlington Million in the US, while Eagle Mountain took the Group One Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup. In recent seasons, he has based a select string of horses in Newmarket, England, for a northern hemisphere summer campaign. He has 15 this year at Abingdon Place Stables. He is married to Diane and has two children.

Hennie du Preez, Coenie Strydom, Thea Boyens, Nicholas Michael “Lucky” Houdalakis
Hennie du Preez is a resident of Elsburg, a town on the south east outskirts of Johannesburg. He made his money in the building industry. Du Preez went to the 2006 Emperors Palace National Two-Year-Old Sale determined to buy a horse by Jet Master. He bought J J The Jet Plane for 70,000 rand and roped in his friend Coenie Strydom, a property man, Thea Boyens, the female proprietor of the Elsburg Hotel, and trainer Lucky Houdalakis. Born on June 27, 1963, Houdalakis is a popular South African former jockey who was forced to retire in the wake of an injury sustained in 2003. He began training six horses at James Maree’s private establishment in April, 2006 and moved to the Vaal racecourse in December, 2007. The yard now numbers in excess of 60 inmates. He resides with his wife Natalie in the town of Three Rivers, not far from his training base, which is about 30 miles south of Johannesburg. He got hooked watching horseracing as a boy and became apprenticed to Dave Bullock upon leaving school at 14. As a jockey, Houdalakis enjoyed success in his homeland. He also spent three seasons in Macau, during which time he was never out of the top eight. His highlights in the saddle include victory aboard Legality in the Grade One Empress Club Stakes (15/02/2003). He sent out his first winner, Mans Mood, on July 31, 2006. As well as training J J The Jet Plane to three Grade One triumphs, he prepared Supper Club to win the Grade Two Debutante Stakes in June, 2007.

Kevin Shea
South African Kevin Shea began riding out when he was 13, and joined the Summerveld stable of David Payne after completing his apprenticeship in 1982. He enjoyed a highly successful 18 years with the trainer but it wasn’t until he linked up with Mike de Kock in 2000 that he shot to international prominence. The pair linked up with Ingleside, who landed the Summer Cup in 2001, and also took the 2002 Vodacom July Handicap with Ipi Tombe, who was the first filly in 50 years to triumph in the Grade One feature, helping Shea to his first jockeys’ championship. Ipi Tombe went on to give Shea and de Kock further glory in the 2003 Dubai Duty Free as the trainer began to dominate the Dubai International Racing Carnival. Shea’s other major Nad Al Sheba successes include four winners of the Dubai City Of Gold Stakes, victory in the Dubai Sheema Classic with Sun Classique in 2008. Further international success has followed with several other Mike de Kock-trained horses, headed by Coolmore cast-offs Eagle Mountain, who landed the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile in 2008, and Archipenko, who triumphed in the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup in the same year. The latter went on to give Shea a first major success in the UK when taking the Group Two Plymouth Gin Summer Mile at Ascot in July, 2008, and was second in the Grade One Arlington Million the following month. Shea is married to Kim and counts himself as a fanatical Manchester United supporter, with a tattoo declaring his love for the Red Devils.

SACRED KINGDOM (AUS) FACTFILE
6 b g Encosta De Lago (AUS) - Courtroom Sweetie (AUS) (Zeditave (AUS))
Form: 11/1114111/2121-43611 Owner: Sin Kang Yuk
Trainer: Ricky Yiu HK Breeder: Andy & Julia Calvert Jockey: Brett Prebble

Sacred Kingdom
An AUS$200,000 purchase at the 2005 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, Sacred Kingdom began life as Jumbo Star and was bred by Andy and Julia Calvert at their Kornong stud farm in Streatham, Western Victoria. He was bought by trainer Clarry Connors on behalf of owner Sin Kang Yuk and was gelded soon afterwards. After impressing in a barrier trial, Jumbo Star was sent to the Hong Kong stable of Ricky Yiu in March, 2006, and renamed Sacred Kingdom. He made his racecourse debut over five furlongs at Sha Tin racecourse that December when he eased to an impressive two and three-quarter-length victory, despite missing the break, and followed up the eye-catching debut with three further handicap victories over the same course and distance. After a successful step up to six furlongs in another Sha Tin handicap, Sacred Kingdom ended the 2006/07 campaign with his first defeat when he could only finish fourth in a six-furlong Group Three handicap in May. He returned to five furlongs for his seasonal return in October, 2007, and duly recorded a facile success in another Group Three handicap before stepping back up in trip the following month to take the six-furlong Group Two Cathay Pacific International Sprint Trial in scintillating fashion, beating Absolute Champion by two and three-quarter lengths. The pair re-opposed over the same course and distance in the Group One Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint in December, when Sacred Kingdom once again stormed to a facile success, although Absolute Champion did turn the tables with a short-head verdict in the five-furlong Group One Centenary Sprint Cup at the end of January, 2008. Sacred Kingdom gained his revenge three weeks later when showing a blistering turn of foot in the six-furlong Group One Chairman’s Sprint, defeating his old rival by a length and a half. On his first attempt at seven furlongs in the Group One Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup in March, Sacred Kingdom met trouble in running on several occasions before staying on to take second. He ended his season with another comfortable success over his favourite six-furlong trip in the Group Two Gome Sprint in May. Following a nine-month absence due to a hairline fracture of the sesamoid bone, Sacred Kingdom’s current term began with two solid, if unspectacular, displays in Group One company as he came fourth in the Centenary Sprint Cup at the start of February and followed up with a close third in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize later the same month. Sacred Kingdom once again failed to see out seven furlongs when coming sixth in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup in mid-March but recorded his first victory for exactly a year on May 1, when taking the six-furlong Group Two Sprint Cup by a nose under new jockey Brett Prebble. Sacred Kingdom made his first appearance away from Sha Tin in the six-furlong domestic Group One KrisFlyer International Sprint at Kranji racecourse in Singapore on May 17, when he held on well to repel the challenge of local superstar Rocket Man, winning by a neck and breaking the course record. Sacred Kingdom was not originally entered for any race at Royal Ascot, but has been supplemented for the Golden Jubilee Stakes on Monday, June 15, at a cost of £45,000. He has been staying at Manton in the build-up.

Race Record: Starts: 18; 1st: 12; 2nd: 2; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £1,807,679

Ricky Yiu
Born on July 12, 1957, Ricky Yiu Poon-fie enjoyed limited success as a jockey, riding 15 winners between 1974 and 1981. He first took out a training licence for the 1995/96 season. Yiu has since enjoyed over 300 winners as a trainer and became the first Chinese trainer to win a Hong Kong International race when Fairy King Prawn landed the inaugural Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint in December, 1999. More recently, Yiu has returned to international prominence through the exploits of the outstanding sprinter Sacred Kingdom, who gave the trainer a second success in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint in 2007 and went on to glory in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize and the KrisFlyer International Sprint in Singapore. Yiu currently lies 12th in the Hong Kong trainers’ table with 24 victories and HK$24,542,338 to his name (up to June 7).

Sin Kang Yuk
Businessman Sin Kang Yuk, 58, is the director of a garment company in Hong Kong. Prior to Sacred Kingdom, he had enjoyed moderate success as an owner with Just Too Good, who was also trained by Ricky Yiu and won at both Sha Tin in May, 2005, and Happy Valley in March, 2004. His only other previous runner was Everbright Sky, who failed to win any of his six starts between 1997 and 1999 for trainer B K Ng. A keen racegoer, Sin Kang Yuk travelled to Singapore to oversee Sacred Kingdom’s preparation for the KrisFlyer Sprint at Kranji and is expected to be at Royal Ascot to cheer on his sprinter in the Golden Jubilee Stakes.

Brett Prebble
Born on September 23, 1977, in Victoria, Australia, Brett Prebble recorded his first success with Wait On Me at Edenhope on March 6, 1993. He joined the yard of John Meagher as an apprentice the following year and the pair went on to great success, including Prebble’s first Grade One victory on Daacha in the 1995 Syndey Cup. Under Meagher’s guidance, Prebble became champion apprentice for three consecutive seasons between 1996 and 1998. He switched to the powerful stable of David Hall and rode a record nine winners at the prestigious four-day Flemington Carnival in both 1999 and 2000 and was Melbourne’s champion jockey in both 1999/2000 and 2000/2001. In December, 2002, Prebble notched his 1,000th career victory at the tender age of 25. Eager to seek new challenges, Prebble moved to Hong Kong for the second half of the 2002/03 season and the decision paid immediate dividends as he partnered Precision to victory in the Champions & Chater Cup in June, 2003. He enjoyed further big-race success on board the David Oughton-trained Cape Of Good Hope in the Australia Stakes at Melbourne in February, 2005, and the seven-year-old went on to become the inaugural winner of the Global Sprint Challenge with victory in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot at York. A fruitful 2005/06 campaign included the victory of Bullish Luck in the Group One Champions Mile in May, 2006. The Tony Cruz-trained gelding went on to be Hong Kong Horse of the Year and was also victorious under Prebble in the Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo in June of the same year. In the 2006/07 season, Prebble enjoyed a brace of Group One wins on Absolute Champion, including a four and a half length demolition of Silent Witness in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint, as well as a first success in the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby with Vital King. He also partnered Bullish Luck to be third behind Invasor in the Dubai World Cup and ended the season second in the Hong Kong jockeys’ table behind Doug Whyte, a position he filled once more last term with a personal best of 83 wins to his name. He looks certain to be second once again this season, having notched 70 successes so far. His biggest wins this campaign have come courtesy of Sacred Kingdom, on whom he scored in the Group Two Sprint Cup and the KrisFlyer International Sprint at Singapore.

TAKEOVER TARGET (AUS) FACTFILE
10 b g Celtic Swing - Shady Stream (AUS) (Archregent (CAN))
Form: 1111111/43024011/13113021/5214211/2312411-110 Owner: Joe & Ben Janiak
Trainer: Joe Janiak AUS Jockey: Jay Ford Breeder: Meringo Stud Farm
Takeover Target
Joe Janiak bought the broken down and unraced Takeover Target for a mere AUS$1,200. The gelding made a resounding early impression on his trainer/owner, leaving Janiak with 30 stitches to a head wound after flooring him before a barrier trial. He was put out to grass for six months after that incident but went on to secure seven straight victories when finally making it to the track. The first of those came in a maiden over six furlongs at Queanbeyan, Australia, on April 23, 2004, and the last in the sequence was the Group One Seppelt Salinger Stakes at Flemington on October 30 of that year. He continued to run respectably in top events without winning until securing the Group Three Summer Stakes at Doomben on December 10, 2005. He proceeded to rattle off a hat-trick, adding a Listed contest 14 days later and then taking his second Group One prize, the five-furlong Lightning Stakes at Flemington in February, 2006. Two further starts, including victory in the Group One Newmarket Stakes at Flemington the following month, preceded a trip to Britain. Takeover Target made a stunning British debut when taking the then Group Two King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot by a short-head from Benbaun and finished a creditable third to Les Arcs in the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes four days later. The gelding failed to fire when two lengths seventh to Les Arcs in the Group One Darley July Cup at Newmarket in July. He left for Japan and ran second in the Grade Two Centaur Stakes in September before landing the Group One Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama. He was controversially prevented from competing in Hong Kong that December after medication was found in his system. His return to Australia brought a fifth to Bentley Biscuit in the Group One All-Aged Stakes at Randwick in April, 2007, and that was followed by a close second to the same rival over six furlongs at Doomben in the BTC Cup. He returned to top form in the seven-furlong Group One Carlton Draught Doomben 10,000 in May, when he swept aside star filly Gold Edition for a half-length verdict. Coming back to Royal Ascot for a second time, Takeover Target once again showed his liking for the Berkshire course, finishing a good fourth in his supposed “prep” race, the King's Stand Stakes, before finishing a head second in the Golden Jubilee Stakes four days later. Connections bypassed the Darley July Cup at Newmarket, but Takeover Target suffered a mild bout of colic in July and injured himself in a paddock accident, forcing him out of action for several months. Having made a winning reappearance at Randwick at the start of December, Takeover Target returned to the Sydney racecourse three weeks later to take the six-furlong Listed Star City Razor Sharp Quality Stakes by a nose. Controversy followed on his next appearance at Randwick, when he was demoted to second in the seven-furlong Group Two Villiers Stakes on January 5, 2008, following an objection by the runner-up Honor In War. Returning to Group One company, Takeover Target finished a creditable third behind Apache Cat on heavy ground in the Sydney City Lexus T J Smith Stakes, run over six furlongs at Randwick on April 26. Sent to Singapore to contest the KrisFlyer International Sprint, Takeover Target showed that he still retained all of his ability as a nine-year-old with a scintillating victory in the six-furlong contest at Kranji, beating Magnus by half a length and setting a new course record in the process, in spite of trainer Joe Janiak insisting that the horse was only 90 per cent wound up for the race. A third visit to Royal Ascot then beckoned and again Takeover Target performed with great distinction, going down by half a length to Equiano in the Group One King’s Stand Stakes and then finishing fourth to Kingsgate Native in the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes. After the Royal Meeting, he was put away and returned in the form of his life at the end of 2008 and start of 2009 with victories in the Group Two Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot, Australia, in November and at the same course in the Group Three A J Scahill Stakes in December. Two Group One victories then followed, in the T J Smith Stakes at Randwick on April 18 and in the Goodwood Handicap at Morphettville on May 2. The 10-year-old disappointed on his latest start in the Group One KrisFlyer International Sprint at Kranji, Singapore, on May 17, with trainer Joe Janiak feeling that the gelding perhaps did not handle the track.

Race Record: Starts: 40; Wins: 21; 2nd: 6; 3rd: 4; Win & Place Prize Money: £2,980,556 (AUS$6,028,311)

Joe & Ben Janiak
Joe Janiak is based at Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, after moving his 10-strong string there following Takeover Target's Royal Ascot win in 2006. Born to Polish parents on a boat travelling to Australia, the 61-year-old is a former baker and taxi driver who shovelled manure at stables as a child to pay for school. He trained a couple of racehorses in a part-time capacity and lived in a caravan for over 12 years at Queanbeyan, a country racetrack outside Canberra. He bought the broken down and unraced Takeover Target for a mere AUS$1,200 and had 30 stitches to a head wound when the gelding floored him before a barrier trial. He owns Takeover Target in partnership with his sons Ben and Scott. Ben, who trained horses under his father's name at Coffs Harbour, took out his own licence in May, 2008, and trains in Canberra. Joe Janiak is set to publish a book entitled “Against All Odds” later this year while there are rumours that the remarkable achievements of Takeover Target could be made into a film with Russell Crowe playing the role of Janiak.

Jay Ford
Based in Sydney, New South Wales, Jay Ford began riding Takeover Target as a 20-year-old apprentice in 2004 and has partnered the gelding to seven of his eight Group One victories. The star sprinter's trainer Joe Janiak gave Ford his first career win aboard Chumbolly. He was New South Wales Champion Apprentice in 2003/04 and, on July 10, 2004, became the first junior in over 25 years to ride five winners in a day at a Sydney Metropolitan meeting. He began riding in 2001as apprentice to Canberra trainer Keith Dryden, and spent the latter part of his apprenticeship with Rosehill trainer Kim Waugh. Takeover Target provided him with his first Group One win when taking the Seppelt Salinger Stakes at Flemington on October 30, 2004.

As well as his global exploits on Takeover Target, Ford's big-race wins also include the 2005 Spring Champion Stakes and the 2006 Randwick Guineas aboard Hotel Grand. Ford lost the mount on Takeover Target when the gelding won at Randwick this April - Janiak didn’t make public why this happened - but has been reunited with his old partner for the latest two outings.

LADIES’ DAY WILL BECOME YEATS’ DAY IF GOLD CUP FAVOURITE OBLIGES


The Thursday of the Royal Meeting is unofficially known as Ladies’ Day and while the colour of the Queen’s hat may be of interest to some, the only thing on the minds of racing fans today is whether or not Yeats can gallop his way into the history books by winning his fourth consecutive Gold Cup, the third race on today’s card at 3.45pm.

“Yeats has been really strong this morning,” reports George Primarolo, spokesman for totesport, who have held his price at 2/1 while the eight-year-old has been trimmed in the betting to 2/1 (from 9/4) by Paddy Power with Cashmans going shorter still at 7/4 from 2/1.

The opening contest, the Norfolk Stakes, features the third of Wesley Ward’s juveniles, Yogaroo. With Strike The Tiger and Jealous Again both having won already this week, Yogaroo has now been slashed to 9/4 from 100/30 with Cashmans and is 15/8 from 9/4 with totesport. Here Now And Why has come in for some support, being halved to 20/1 from 40s by Cashmans. Paddy Power have also cut outsider Diamond Johnny G from 60/1 to 40/1.

July Jasmine and Totally Devoted have found some favour in the betting for the Ribblesdale Stakes (3.05pm) with July Jasmine cut from 6/1 to 13/2 with Paddy Power and 11/2 from 8/1 with Cashmans while Boylesports have Totally Devoted at 20/1, in from 28/1.
In the Britannia Stakes (4.20pm), Brief Encounter is now challenging Desert Creek for favouritism having been shortened to 6/1 from 10/1 with Cashmans and to 6/1 from 7/1 with Paddy Power, who have also pruned River Captain to 12/1 from 14/1, a price matched by totesport, who have cut him from 16/1.

The Queen was narrowly denied a winner yesterday when Golden Stream was beaten by Moneycantbuymelove and Her Majesty’s challenger in today’s Hampton Court Stakes (4.55pm), Four Winds, has been shortened to 7/1 from 8/1 with totesport while Boylesports have seen some interest in Monitor Closely, who is now 6/1, in from 7/1.

The Aga Khan’s Zarinski looks set to start favourite in the last, the King George V Stakes (5.30pm), and the son of Dalakhani continues to receive support this morning with Paddy Power and totesport quoting him at 13/2 from 15/2. Currently second-favourite, Chiberta King has been shortened by Paddy Power to 7/1 from 9/1 while Boylesports have cut Brunston two points to 9/1 and totesport also report support for London Bridge, who is now 12/1 from 16/1.

WEDNESDAY’S LATE STEWARDS’ ENQUIRIES

Both John Gosden and Jeremy Noseda incurred fines for horses under their care arriving late in the parade ring on the second day of the Royal Meeting.

Royal Hunt Cup runners Cadre and eventual winner Forgotten Voice entered the parade ring after the signal to mount had been given and, after being questioned by the stewards, Gosden and Noseda each received fines of £140. Gosden was later penalised again for the same offence when Wajaha was late into the parade ring for the Sandringham Handicap, receiving a total penalty for the two incidents of £280.

Trainer Mark Johnston incurred a third criteria failure owing to the behaviour of Lovelace at the start for the Royal Hunt Cup. This being the second occasion that Lovelace has been reported by the starter, the five-year-old is now required to pass a stalls test before he can race again.

Jamie Spencer also came before the stewards following his winning ride on Moneycantbuymelove in the Sandringham Handicap and was found guilty of improper riding after allowing insufficient time for his mount to respond to his use of the whip. Spencer received a two-day ban and will thus be suspended on Wednesday, 1 and Thursday, 2 July, 2009.

FIRST RACE RESULT
2.30pm THE NORFOLK STAKES
Group 2, Class 1, £90,000 Guaranteed. For 2yo, 5f. Weights: colts & geldings 9st 1lb; fillies 8st 12lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £51,093; 2nd: £19,368; 3rd: £9,693; 4th: £4,833; 5th: £2,421; 6th: £1,215

1) RADIOHEAD (Carmen Burrell & Jonathan Harvey) Brian Meehan t1 2-9-01 Jamie Spencer [6] 10/1
2) REIGNIER (Philip Richards) Karl Burke 2-9-01 Andrew Elliott [5] 50/1
3) TAWAABB (Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum) Mick Channon 2-9-01 Frankie Dettori [11] 7/1
4) NOSEDIVE (Duke/Roberts/Netherthorpe/Goddard) William Haggas 2-9-01 Ryan Moore [10]
5) MONSIEUR CHEVALIER (IRE) (Valerie Hubbard & Ian Higginson) Richard Hannon 2-9-01 Richard Hughes [2] 6/4 Fav
6) DIAMOND JOHNNY G (USA) (John Griffin & Owen Mullen) John Best 2-9-01 Steve Drowne [4]
7) STAR ROVER (IRE) (Christy Leo, David Evans) David Evans 2-9-01 John Egan [12]
8) RUNNING MATE (IRE) (H R H Princess Haya Of Jordan) John Gosden v1 2-9-01 Jimmy Fortune [7]
9) YOGAROO (USA) (Ron Brewer) Wesley Ward USA b1 t1 2-9-01 John Velazquez [3]
10) KINGDOM OF LIGHT (Transcend Bloodstock LLP) Howard Johnson 2-9-01 Paul Mulrennan [1]
11) HERE NOW AND WHY (IRE) (Sandra McCarthy & C O’Keeffe) Kevin Ryan 2-9-01 Neil Callan [9]

11 ran Non-Runner: Moran Gra (Self Cert, Sore Shins)
Time: 1m 02.07s Distances: 2, ½, 2½, ¾, 2, 1½, 2¼, 1¼, 3½, 4
Breeder: Redmyre Bloodstock & S Hillen
Breeding: ch c Johannesburg (USA) - Security Interest (USA) (Belong To Me (USA))
Tote Win: £10.00 Place: £2.30; £9.10; £2.30 Exacta: £299.00

Winning trainer:-Name: Meehan, Brian Joseph Date of birth:16/6/67 Date of first licence: 1/12/92; Background: Born in Limerick, Brian spent two seasons working for the Irish National Stud prior to moving to Wiltshire and becoming Richard Hannon’s assistant trainer. Set up on his own at the end of 1992, moving into a yard in Lambourn, Berks. After 13 years of success, Brian moved to the famous Manton Stables in Wiltshire at the end of the 2005 flat season. Major wins include: Ballycorus Stakes (1998 & 1999 Tumbleweed Ridge), Breeders’ Cup Turf (2006 Red Rocks), Bunbury Cup (1997 Tumbleweed Ridge), Champion Stakes (2005 David Junior), Cherry Hinton Stakes (2005 Donna Blini), Cheveley Park Stakes (2004 Magical Romance, 2005 Donna Blini), Dahlia Stakes (2006 Violet Park), Dubai Duty Free (2006 David Junior), Duke Of York Stakes (2003 Twilight Blues), Eclipse Stakes (2006 David Junior), Golden Jubilee Stakes (1998 Tomba), Gordon Richards Stakes (2007 Red Rocks), Horris Hill Stakes (1995 Tumbleweed Ridge), Prix de la Foret (1998 Tomba), Prix Morny (2000 Bad As I Wanna Be), Prix de Lutece (2002 Savannah Bay), Schweppes Golden Mile Handicap (1995 Khayrapour), Sirenia Stakes (2006 Dhanyata) Tattersalls October Yearling Stakes (2007 Exclamation) Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (2007 City Leader) First Royal Ascot win: Tomba (June 18, 1998 - Cork and Orrery Stakes) Royal Ascot wins (4): Golden Jubilee Stakes (1998 Tomba), Windsor Castle Stakes (2000 Autumnal), Queen Mary (2002 Romantic Liason), Norfolk Stakes (2009 Radiohead) Wins this season: 13

Winning jockey:-Name: Spencer, James (Jamie) Peter Date of Birth: 08/06/1980 British Classic Wins: Investec Oaks (2009 Sariska), St Leger (2003 Brian Boru) Achievements: Champion Jockey in 2005 with 162 wins that Turf season. First jockey since 1885 to complete the Autumn Double (2006 Formal Decree and Detroit City) Major wins include: Cambridgeshire (2006 Formal Decree), Cesarewitch (2006 Detroit City), Champion Stakes (2005 David Junior), Dubai Duty Free (2006 David Junior), Eclipse Stakes (2006 David Junior), Falmouth Stakes (2003 Macadamia), Frenchgate First For Fashion May Hill Stakes (2007 Spacious), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1998 Tarascon, 2002 Gossamer), Jockey Club Stakes (2002 Marienbard), Lockinge Stakes (2007 Red Evie), Matron Stakes (2007 Red Evie), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2000 Sequoyah), Nunthorpe Stakes (2002 Kyllachy), Prix de l’Abbaye (2006 Desert Lord), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2004 Powerscourt), Weatherbys Champion Bumper (2002 Pizarro), William Hill Sprint Cup (2005 Goodricke), totesport Cambridgeshire (2006 Formal Decree), Blue Square Stewards’ Cup (2001 Guinea Hunter, 2007 Zidane), Racing Post Trophy (2008 Crowded House) Other details: Champion apprentice in Ireland 1999. Stable jockey to Aidan O’Brien in 2004, now freelance in Britain Royal Ascot wins (16): St James’s Palace Stakes (2007 Excellent Art), Coventry Stakes (2001 Landseer, 2008 Art Connoisseur), Britannia Handicap (2003 New Seeker), Queen Mary Stakes (2004 Damson), Hampton Court Stakes (2004 Moscow Ballet), King Edward VII Stakes (2004 Five Dynasties), Albany Stakes (2005 La Chunga, 2007 Nijoom Dubai), Windsor Forest Stakes (2006 Soviet Song), Royal Hunt Cup (2006 Cesare), Sandringham Handicap (2006 Red Evie, 2009 Moneycantbuymelove), Britannia Handicap (2006 Sir Gerard), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2007 Enjoy The Moment), Norfolk Stakes (2009 Radiohead) First Goodwood win: Rizerie (Celer et Audax Maiden Fillies’ Stakes, June 30, 2000) Goodwood wins: 28 (5 at July Meeting) Wins in Britain (1998-2008): 3, 8, 78, 112, 86, 102, 27, 180 (Champion Jockey), 155, 190 (Shared Champion Jockey with Seb Sanders); 113; Wins this season: 28

SECOND RACE RESULT
3.05pm THE RIBBLESDALE STAKES
Group 2, Class 1, £135,940 Guaranteed. For 3yo fillies, 1m 4f. Weights: 8st 12lb. Penalties: a winner of a Group 1 or Group 2 race over 1m 2f or more 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £77,173.13; 2nd: £29,254.29; 3rd: £14,640; 4th: £7,299.98; 5th: £3,656.79; 6th: £1,835.19

1) FLYING CLOUD (IRE) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-8-12 Frankie Dettori [2] 5/1
2) FLAME OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) (Rosie McKeon, Marie Harris & Tom Gallgher) Henry Cecil 3-8-12 Tom Queally [10] 12/1
3) UVINZA (Alison Ruggles) William Knight 3-8-12 Jamie Spencer [9] 28/1
4) LEOCORNO (IRE) (Ballymacoll Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-12 Ryan Moore [8] 15/8 Fav
5) JULY JASMINE (USA) (Khalid Abdulla) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-12 Michael Kinane [3]
6) TAKE THE HINT (Khalid Abdulla) John Gosden 3-8-12 Jimmy Fortune [7]
7) TOTALLY DEVOTED (USA) (Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-8-12 Johnny Murtagh [1]
8) MOOAKADA (IRE) (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Gosden 3-8-12 Richard Hills [5]
9) IT'S DUBAI DOLLY (Mrs Mervyn Cox) Alastair Lidderdale 3-8-12 Wanderson D'Avila [6]
10) ANICE STELLATO (IRE) (Clipper Logistics) Ralph Beckett b1 3-8-12 Neil Callan [4]

10 ran
Time: 2m 30.67s Distances: 4, 1¼, nk, ½, 2, 1, 25, 13, 23
Breeder: Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd
Breeding: b f Storming Home - Criquette (Shirley Heights)
Tote Win: £4.50 Place: £1.40; £3.50; £8.30 Exacta: £49.90

Winning trainer:-Name: bin Suroor, Saeed Date of Birth: November 16, 1968 Trains at Newmarket for Godolphin, the racing entity of Sheikh Mohammed, whose horses winter in Dubai and race worldwide. First Winner In England: Classic Cliche (Dante Stakes, May 17, 1995, York) British Classic wins: (11) Stan James 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), Stan James 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia), Vodafone Oaks (1995 Moonshell; 2002 Kazzia); Vodafone Derby (1995 Lammtarra); Ladbrokes St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche; 1998 Nedawi; 1999 Mutafaweq; 2004 Rule Of Law) Other major wins include: Eclipse (1995,1996 Halling; 1998 Daylami; 2004 Refuse To Bend), Juddmonte International Stakes (1995 & 1996 Halling, 2001 Sakhee, 2004 Sulamani), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra; 1997 & 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2004 Doyen), Lockinge Stakes (1998 Cape Cross, 1999 Fly To The Stars, 2000 Aljabr, 2008 Creachadoir), Nunthorpe Stakes (1995 So Factual), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Faithful Son, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1996 Mark Of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Summoner, 2207 Ramonti), Queen Anne Stakes (2003 Dubai Destination), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat), Sussex Stakes (1999 Aljabr, 2001 Noverre, 2007 Ramonti), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2001 Fantastic Light), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq) Racing Post Trophy (1996 Medaaly, 2007 Ibn Khaldhun) Canada: Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq, 2004 Sulamani), E P Taylor Stakes (2008 Folk Opera) France: Prix du Jockey Club (2005 Shamardal), Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir; 2001 Noverre, 2005 Shamardal), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard), Prix de la Foret (2006 Caradak); Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2001 Slickly, 2006 Librettist), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (2007 Rio De La Plata), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr), Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat), Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling, 2002 Best Of The Bests), Prix Vermeille (2003 Mezzo Soprano), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir, 2006 Librettist) Germany: Deutschlandpreis (2000 Mutafaweq, 2002 Marienbard), Grosser Bugatti Preis von Baden (2002 Marienbard, 2003 Mamool), Grosser Dallmayr Preis (2001 Kutub), Rheinland-Pokal der Sparkasse Koln Bonn (2006 Cherry Mix), Preis Von Europa (2001 Kutub, 2003 Mamool) Hong Kong: Hong Kong Cup (2000 Fantastic Light, 2007 Ramonti), Hong Kong Mile (2004 Firebreak) Ireland: Irish St Leger (1998 & 1999 Kayf Tara), Irish Champion Stakes (1994 Cezanne; 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir, 2005 Dubawi) Italy: Derby Italiano (1998 Central Park, 1999 Mukhalif, 2009 Mastery), Gran Premio di Milano (2003 Leadership), Gran Premio Del Jockey Club (2001 Kutub, 2005 Cherry Mix), Premio Vittorio Di Capua (2001 and 2002 Slickly, 2004 Ancient World) Japan: Yasuda Kinen (1995 Heart Lake, Keio Hai Spring Cup (1996 Heart Lake), Singapore: Singapore Airlines International Cup (2002 Grandera) UAE: Dubai World Cup (2000 Dubai Millennium, 2002 Street Cry, 2003 Moon Ballad, 2006 Electrocutionist), Dubai Sheema Classic (2003 Sulamani) United States: Coaching Club American Oaks (2002 Jilbab, 2008 Music Note), Arlington Million (2003 Sulamani), Beldame Stakes (2002 Imperial Gesture, 2008 Cocoa Beach), Beverley D Stakes (2004 Crimson Palace), Breeders Cup Turf (1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light), Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (2002 Kazzia), Gazelle Stakes (2002 Imperial Gesture, 2008 ), Man O’ War Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2000 Fantastic Light), Ruffian Handicap (2005 Stellar Jayne), San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap (1995 Red Bishop), Stephen Foster Handicap (2002 Street Cry), Turf Classic Invitational (2003 Sulamani), Mother Goose Stakes (2008 Music Note) Australia: BMW Caulfield Cup (2008 All The Good) First Royal Ascot win: So Factual (June 22, 1995 - Cork and Orrery Stakes) Royal Ascot Wins (30): Golden Jubilee Stakes (1995 So Factual), Queen Anne Stakes (1996 Charnwood Forest, 1997 Allied Forces, 1998 Intikhab, 1999 Cape Cross, 2003 Dubai Destination, 2004 Refuse To Bend, 2007 Ramonti), Gold Cup (1996 Classic Cliche, 1998 Kayf Tara, 2000 Kayf Tara, 2004 Papineau), Chesham Stakes (1996 Shamikh), Hardwicke Stakes (1997 Predappio, 2004 Doyen), Windsor Castle Stakes (1997 Asfurah), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Faithful Son, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Ribblesdale Stakes (1998 Bahr, 1999 Fairy Queen, 2004 Punctilious, 2009 Flying Cloud) King Edward VII Stakes (1999 Mutafaweq, 2008 Campanologist), Queen’s Vase (2002 Mamool, 2004 Duke Of Venice), Jersey Stakes (2004 Kheleyf), St James’s Palace Stakes (2005 Shamardal) Other details: Champion trainer 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004. Completed full set of classic wins following Cape Verdi’s victory in the 1998 1000 Guineas. Wins in a season in Britain (1995-2008): 14: 48: 41: 38: 41: 22: 24: 21: 23: 115: 78; 70; 73; 56; Wins this season: 10

Winning jockey:-Name: Dettori, Lanfranco.Born: 15/12/70 in Milan, Italy Background: Son of dual English 2000 Guineas winning jockey Gianfranco, “Frankie” also came to Britain early in his career to become apprentice for Luca Cumani in July 1985. In 1990, he became the first teenager to ride 100 winners since Lester Piggott. Appointed number one jockey for brand new Godolphin stable in the winter of 1993/94. Champion jockey for the first time in 1994 with 223 winners, retaining his title the following year with 216 victories. Became the first jockey to win all seven races on a card on September 28, 1996, at Ascot. Narrowly escaped death when his plane crashed shortly after take off at Newmarket racecourse in June 2000. He received an honorary MBE on December 29, 2000, and became champion jockey for a third time in 2004 with 195 victories. First winner: Rif (Turin, Italy, November 16, 1986), First British winner: Lizzy Hare (Goodwood June 9, 1987) Other Achievements: Received Bill Shoemaker Award for outstanding performance by a jockey at 2006 Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs British Classic wins; (13) Derby (2007 Authorized), Oaks (1994 Balanchine, 1995 Moonshell, 2002 Kazzia); St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche, 1996 Shantou, 2005 Scorpion, 2006 Sixties Icon, 2008 Conduit), 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia) Irish Classic wins: Irish Oaks (2001 Lailani, 2003 Vintage Tipple), Irish Derby (1994 Balanchine), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir, 2005 Dubawi), Irish St Leger (1999 Kayf Tara) French Classic wins: Prix du Jockey-Club (1992 Polytain, 2005 Shamardal, 2007 Lawman), Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori, 2000 Bachir, 2005 Shamardal), Prix Diane Hermes (2007 West Wind) Other major wins include: Cheveley Park Stakes (2000 Regal Rose, 2003 Carry On Katie), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2004 Refuse To Bend), GNER Doncaster Cup (2006 Sergeant Cecil), UAE Hydra Properties Falmouth Stakes (2008 Nahoodh), Fillies’ Mile (1990 Shamshir, 1999 Teggiano, 2000 Crystal Music), Haydock Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat); Juddmonte International (1996 Halling, 1997 Singspiel, 2001 Sakhee, 2007 Authorized), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra, 1998 Swain,1999 Daylami, 2004 Doyen), Lockinge Stakes (2000 Aljabr, 2008 Literato), Middle Park Stakes (1996 Bahamian Bounty, 1998 Lujain, 2006 Dutch Art), Nunthorpe Stakes (1993 Lochsong, 1995 So Factual, 1998 Lochangel), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction; 1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium), Racing Post Trophy (2006 Authorixed), Sussex Stakes (1991 Second Set, 1999 Aljabr, 2001 Noverre, 2007 Ramonti); Vodafone Coronation Cup (1996 Swain, 1997 Singspiel, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq), Yorkshire Oaks (1994 Only Royale), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2001 Lailani, 2006 Ouija Board) Dubai: Dubai World Cup (2000 Dubai Millennium, 2003 Moon Ballad, 2006 Electrocutionist) France: Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2005 Alkaased), Prix Vermeille (2003 Mezzo Soprano), Prix de l’Abbaye (1993, 1994 Lochsong, 2004 Var), Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling, 2002 Best Of The Bests), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir, 2006 Librettist), Prix de la Foret (2006 Caradak); Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr); Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat); Prix Jean Prat (1995 Torrential, 1997 Starborough, 1998 Almutawakel), Prix du Cadran (2006 Sergeant Cecil), Prix Marcel Boussac (1996 Ryafan, 2001 Sulk), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard), Prix du Moulin (2001 Slickly, 2006 Librettist), Prix Jean Luc Lagardere (2007 Rio De La Plata) Germany: Deutsches Derby (1991 Temporal), Grosser Preis Von Baden (2002 Marienbard) Ireland: Irish Champion Stakes (1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera) Japan: Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel, 2002 Falbrav, 2005 Alkaased) North America: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2006 Ouija Board), Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (2004 Wilko), Breeders’ Cup Mile (1994 Barathea), Breeders’ Cup Turf (1999 Daylami, 2006 Red Rocks), Breeders’ Cup Classic (2008 Raven’s Pass), Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq) Hong Kong: Hong Kong Cup (2000 Fantastic Light, 2003 Falbrav, 2007 Ramonti), Hong Kong Mile (2004 Firebreak), Hong Kong Vase (1996 Luso), Centenary Sprint Cup (2002 Firebolt), Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1996 Overbury) Royal Ascot wins: 41 First Royal Ascot win: Queen Anne Stakes (June 19, 1990 Markofdistinction) Major Royal Ascot wins: Gold Cup (1992 & 93 Drum Taps, 1998 Kayf Tara, 2004 Papineau), St James’s Palace (1997 Starborough), King’s Stand Stakes (1994 Lochsong), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Golden Jubilee Stakes (1995 So Factual), Queen Anne Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction, 1997 Allied Forces, 1998 Inktikhab, 2003 Dubai Destination, 2004 Refuse To Bend, 2007 Ramonti), Leading rider at Royal Ascot: 1997(4 wins); 1998(7 wins); 1999 (4 wins); 2003 (3 wins); 2004 (6 wins) Wins (1987-2008): 8, 22, 75^, 141, 94, 101, 149, 233*, 216*, 123, 176, 132, 132, 47, 94, 69, 101, 195*, 87, 131, 77, 67 ^Champion apprentice *Champion jockey Wins this season: 15


THIRD RACE RESULT
3.45pm THE GOLD CUP
Group 1, Class 1, £250,000 Guaranteed. For 4yo+, 2m 4f. Weights: 4yo colts & geldings 9st; 4yo fillies 8st 11lb; 5yo+ horses & geldings 9st 2lb; 5yo+ mares 8st 13lb (southern hemisphere allowance - 4yo 10lb). Weight for age: 4 from 5yo+ 2lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £141,925; 2nd: £53,800; 3rd: £26,925; 4th: £13,425; 5th: £6,725; 6th: £3,375

1) YEATS (IRE) (Sue Magnier & Diane Nagle) Aidan O'Brien IRE 8-9-02 Johnny Murtagh [6] 6/4 Fav
2) PATKAI (IRE) (Ballymacoll Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 4-9-00 Ryan Moore [8] 9/2
3) GEORDIELAND (FR) (Tony Taylor, K Conlan & D Carberry) Jamie Osborne 8-9-02 Shane Kelly [3] 11/4
4) SAGARA (USA) (Godolphin) Saeed Suroor v5-9-02 Ted Durcan [5]
5) EASTERN ANTHEM (IRE) (Godolphin) Saeed Suroor t5-9-02 Ahmed Ajtebi [1]
6) HINDU KUSH (IRE) (Dr Marwan Koukash) David Nicholls 4-9-00 Jim Crowley [7]
7) CENTENNIAL (IRE) (Michael O’Flynn) John Gosden v1 4-9-00 Jimmy Fortune [9]
PU) WASHINGTON IRVING (IRE) (Andrea & Graham Wylie) Howard Johnson 4-9-00 Paul Mulrennan [2]
PU) VERACITY (Godolphin) Saeed Suroor 5-9-02 Frankie Dettori [4]

9 ran
Time: 4m 20.73s Distances: 3½, 15, 3¼, 1¾, 4, 12
Breeder: Barronstown Stud & Orpendale
Breeding: b h Sadler’s Wells (USA) - Lyndonville (IRE) (Top Ville)
Tote Win: £2.40 Place: £1.30; £1.80; £1.20 Exacta: £9.10

Winning trainer:-Name: Aidan O’Brien Date of birth: 16/10/69 Previous occupation: Assistant trainer to Jim Bolger and Anne-Marie Crowley O’Brien Date of first licence: 1993 British Classic wins: (10) Vodafone Derby (2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral), 2000 Guineas (1998 King Of Kings, 2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2005 Footstepsinthesand, 2006 George Washington, 2008 Henrythenavigator), 1000 Guineas (2005 Virginia Waters),Vodafone Oaks (1998 Shahtoush, 2001 Imagine, 2006 Alexandrova), St Leger (2001 Milan, 2003 Brian Boru, 2005 Scorpion) Irish Classic Wins: (21) Irish 2,000 Guineas (1997 Desert King, 1999 Saffron Walden, 2001 Black Minnaloushe, 2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2008 Henrythenavigator, 2009 Mastercraftsman), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1997 Classic Park, 2001 Imagine, 2003 Yesterday, 2008 Halfway To Heaven), Irish Derby (1997 Desert King, 2001 Galileo, 2002 High Chaparral, 2006 Dylan Thomas, 2007 Soldier Of Fortune, 2008 Frozen Fire), Irish Oaks (2006 Alexandrova, 2007 Peeping Fawn, 2008 Moonstone), Irish St Leger (2007 Yeats, 2008 Septimus) Other major wins include: Criterium de Saint-Cloud (2001 Ballingary, 2002 Alberto Giacometti), Darley Dewhurst Stakes (2001 Rock Of Gibraltar), Eclipse Stakes (2000 Giant’s Causeway, 2002 Hawk Wing, 2008 Mount Nelson), French 2,000 Guineas (2002 Landseer, 2006 Aussie Rules, 2007 Astronomer Royal), French 1,000 Guineas (2001 Rose Gypsy), Futurity Stakes (2002 Van Nistelrooy), Irish Champion Stakes (2000 Giant’s Causeway, 2003 High Chaparral, 2007 Dylan Thomas), Juddmonte International Stakes (2000 Giant’s Causeway, 2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes (2003 Hawk Wing), July Cup (1999 Stravinsky, 2001 Mozart), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Galileo, 2007 Dylan Thomas, 2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Middle Park Stakes (2000 Minardi, 2001 Johannesburg), National Stakes (1996 Desert King, 1997 King Of Kings, 2000 Beckett, 2001 Hawk Wing; 2003 One Cool Cat, 2005 George Washington, 2008 Mastercraftsman), Nunthorpe Stakes (1999 Stravinsky, 2001 Mozart), Phoenix Stakes (1998 Lavery, 1999 Fasiliyev, 2000 Minardi, 2001 Johannesburg, 2002 Spartacus, 2003 One Cool Cat, 2005 George Washington, 2006 Holy Roman Emperor, 2008 Mastercraftsman), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere/Grand Criterium (1997 Second Empire, 1999 Ciro, 2001 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2002 Hold That Tiger, 2004 Oratorio, 2005 Horatio Nelson, 2006 Holy Roman Emperor), Prix Morny (1998 Orpen, 1999 Fasiliyev, 2001 Johanesburg), Prix du Moulin (2002 Rock Of Gibraltar), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2007 Dylan Thomas), Prix Ganay (2007 Dylan Thomas, 2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2006 George Washington), Racing Post Trophy (1997 Saratoga Springs, 1999 Aristotle, 2001 High Chaparral, 2002 Brian Boru), BGC Sussex Stakes (2000 Giant’s Causeway, 2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2007 Henrythenavigator), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2003 Black Sam Bellamy, 2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Yorkshire Oaks (2006 Alexandrova, 2007 Peeping Fawn), Blue Square Nassau Stakes (2007 Peeping Fawn, 2008 Halfway To Heaven), Audi Pretty Polly Stakes (2007 Peeping Fawn), Coronation Cup (2005 Yeats, 2007 Scorpion, 2008 Soldier Of Fortune) Royal Ascot wins (28): Coventry Stakes (1997 Harbour Master, 1999 Fasliyev, 2001 Landseer, 2002 Statue Of Liberty, 2007 Henrythenavigator), Chesham Stakes (1999 Bach), St James’s Palace Stakes (2000 Giant’s Causeway, 2001 Black Minnaloushe, 2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2007 Excellent Art, 2008 Henrythenavigator, 2009 Mastercraftsman), Norfolk Stakes (2001 Johannesburg), Jersey Stakes (2001 Mozart), Coronation Stakes (2002 Sophisticat), Hampton Court Stakes (2004 Moscow Ballet, 2005 Indigo Cat), King Edward VII Stakes (2004 Five Dynasties), Queen Anne Stakes (2006 Ad Valorem, 2008 Haradasun), Gold Cup (2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Yeats), Queen’s Vase (2007 Mahler) Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Hardwicke Stakes (2008 Macarthur), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2008 Honolulu) Wins in Britain 2000-2008: 10; 20*; 10*; 6; 4; 20; 11; 18*; 20* *champion trainer for win and place prize money; Wins in Britain this season: 6

Winning jockey:-Name: Murtagh, John Patrick Born: May 14, 1970 Background: Attended the Apprentice Jockeys School at Kildare while serving as an apprentice for John Oxx, with whom he stayed with until 2004. Apprentice champion in 1989, winning the senior version in 1995 and 1998, despite lingering weight problems. Used regularly by Sir Michael Stoute in 2000 when Kieren Fallon was injured, and won 12 Group One contests in that season alone. Spent some of 2006 riding over hurdles, but returned to flat racing later that year, and spent 2007 as Ballydoyle’s main jockey in Britain, following the suspension of Kieren Fallon on suspicion of race-fixing, before being given the job full-time because of Fallon’s 18 month ban for failing a drugs test. First Winner: Chicago Style, Limerick, July 6, 1987 British Classic Wins (5): Investec Derby (2000 Sinndar, 2002 High Chaparral, 2005 Motivator), 2000 Guineas (2002 Rock Of Gibraltar, 2008 Henrythenavigator) Group One Wins: National Stakes (1993 Manntari), Opera (1995 Timarida), Moulin de Longchamp (1995 Ridgewood Pearl), Matron Stakes (1995 Timarida), Coronation Stakes (1995 Ridgewood Pearl), Breeders’ Cup Mile (1995 Ridgewood Pearl), Yorkshire Oaks (1996 Key Change), Irish Champion Stakes (1996 Timarida), Beverly D Stakes (1996 Timarida), Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (1996 Timarida), Irish Oaks (1997 Ebaditla), Moyglare Stus Stakes (1998 Ebadilya), Irish Oaks (1998 Winona), National Stakes (1999 Sinndar), Gold Cup (1999 Enzeli), Yorkshire Oaks (2000 Petrushka), Racing Post Trophy (2000 Dilshaan), Oper (2000 Petrushka), Irish Oaks (2000 Petrushka), Irish Derby (2000 Sinndar), Hong Kong Vase (2000 Daliapour), Epsom Derby (2000 Sinndar), Champion Stakes (2000 Kalanisi), Breeders’ Cup Turf (2000 Kalanisi), Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (2000 Greek Dance), Arc de Triomphe (2000 Sinndar), Abbaye (2000 Namid), St James’s Palace Stakes (2001 Black Minnaloushe), Irish 2000 Guineas (2001 Black Minnaloushe), Gold Cup (2001 Royal Rebel), E P Taylor Stakes (2001 Choc Ice), Gold Cup (2002 Royal Rebel), Epsom Derby (2002 High Chaparral), Cadran (2002 Give Notice), 2000 Guineas (2002 Rock Of Gibraltar), King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2003 Alamshar), Irish Derby (2003 Alamshar), Golden Jubilee (2003 Choisir), BGC Sussex Stakes (2004 Soviet Song, 2008 Henrythenavigator), Matron Stakes (2004 Soviet Song), July Cup (2004 Frizzante), Falmouth Stakes (2004 Soviet Song), Falmouth Stakes (2005 Soviet Song), Epsom Derby (2005 Motivator), Yorkshire Oaks (2007 Peeping Fawn), Vermeille (2007 Mrs Lindsay), Nassau Stakes (2007 Peeping Fawn), King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2007 Dylan Thomas), Irish Oaks (2007 Peeping Fawn), Irish Gold Cup (2007 Notnowcato), Golden Jubilee (2007 Soldier’s Tale), Falmouth Stakes (2007 Simply Perfect), Fillies Mile (2007 Listen), Prix Ganay (2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2008 Henrythenavigator), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Coronation Cup (2008 Soldier Of Fortune), Coral-Eclipse (2008 Mount Nelson), Irish Oaks (2008 Moonstone), King George & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Blue Square Nassau Stakes (2008 Halfway To Heaven), Phoenix Stakes (2008 Mastercraftsman), Juddmonte International Stakes (2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Darley Prix Morny (2008 Bushranger), National Stakes (2008 Mastercraftsman), Shadwell Middle Park Stakes (2008 Bushranger), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2009 Mastercraftsman), Irish 1,000 Guineas (2009 Again) Royal Ascot Wins (32): Coronation Stakes (1995 Ridgewood Pearl); Gold Cup (1999 Enzeli, 2001 Royal Rebel, 2002, Royal Rebel, 2008 & 2009 Yeats), St James’s Palace Stakes (2001 Black Minnaloushe, 2008 Henrythenavigator, 2009 Mastercraftsman), Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (2000, Katiykha), Ascot Handicap Stakes (2000 Barba Papa), Golden Jubilee (2000 Superior Premium, 2003 Choisir, 2007 Soldier’s Tale), King George V Handicap (2001 Beekeeper), Ribblesdale Stakes (2001 Sahara Slew), Wokingham Handicap (2001 Nice One Clare), Queen Anne Stakes (2002 No Excuse Needed, 2008 Haradasun), King Edward VII Stakes (2002 Balakheri), Windsor Castle Stakes (2002 Revenue), King’s Stand Stakes (2003 Choisir), Hampton Court Stakes (2003 Persian Majesty), Jersey Stakes (2005 Proclamation), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2005 Cruzspiel, 2008 Honolulu), Queen Mary Stakes (2007 Elletelle), Britannia Handicap (2007 Eddie Jock), Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2008 Duke Of Marmalade), Hardwicke Stakes (2008 Macarthur), Windsor Forest Stakes (2009 Spacious), Royal Leading Rider at Royal Ascot: 2001 (5 wins); 2002 (4 wins), 2008 (6 wins)) Wins in Britain 1999-2008: 9; 17; 10; 15; 12; 77; 48; 0; 21; 28; Wins in Britain this season: 8


FOURTH RACE RESULT
4.20pm THE BRITANNIA STAKES
Heritage Handicap, Class 2, £100,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo colts & geldings rated 0-105, 1m. Weights: highest weight not less than 9st 7lb; minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after June 6, a winner 5lb; a winner of 2 races 7lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £62,310; 2nd: £18,660; 3rd: £9,330; 4th: £4,670; 5th: £2,330; 6th: £1,170

1) FAREER (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Ed Dunlop 3-8-10 Richard Hills [15] 20/1
2) SECRET SOCIETY (Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum) Michael Bell 3-8-08 Jamie Spencer [13] 22/1
3) MIRRORED (Khalid Abdulla) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-07 (inc 2lb ow) Michael Kinane [30] 16/1
4) ESPIRITU (FR) (Sir Robert Ogden) Jeremy Noseda v3-8-09 Gerald Mosse [29] 20/1
5) RIVER CAPTAIN (IRE) (S J McCay & Mrs Liam Duddy) Sylvester Kirk 3-8-12 Eddie Ahern [2]
6) HYADES (USA) (Niarchos Family) Henry Cecil 3-8-10 Tom Queally [17]
7) EMIRATES ROADSHOW (USA) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-8-01 Ahmed Ajtebi (3) [8]
8) SATWA LAIRD (The Lamprell Partnership) Ed Dunlop 3-8-04 Martin Dwyer [3]
9) BRIEF ENCOUNTER (IRE) (Thurloe Thoroughbreds) Andrew Balding 3-8-08 William Buick [6] 6/1 Fav
10) CANWINN (IRE) (Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum) Mick Channon 3-8-06 Sam Hitchcott [4]
11) ROMAN REPUBLIC (FR) (Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-8-09 Royston Ffrench [19]
12) TUDOR KEY (IRE) (Coombelands Racing Syndicate) Amanda Perrett 3-8-08 Jim Crowley [27]
13) INVISIBLE MAN (H R H Princess Haya Of Jordan) John Gosden 3-8-03 Nicky Mackay [32]
14) SHAMPAGNE (Sisters Syndicate) Paul Cole 3-9-02 Louis-Philippe Beuzelin (5) [18]
15) UNIQUELY POISED (USA) (Malih Al Basti) John Gosden 3-8-08 Richard Mullen [25]
16) BIG BAY (USA) (Jane Chapple-Hyam & Mrs B J Hurst) Jane Chapple-Hyam 3-7-12 Andrea Atzeni (5) [22]
17) SURUOR (IRE) (Dr Marwan Koukash) David Simcock 3-8-06 Stephen Donohoe [23]
18) CRACKDOWN (IRE) (Sheikh Hamadan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-9-01 Frankie Dettori [16]
19) MUTAMAASHI (Hamdan Al Maktoum) William Haggas 3-8-06 Tadgh O'Shea [12]
20) MISHRIF (USA) (Sheikh Ahmad Yousuf Al Sabah) Peter Chapple-Hyam 3-9-00 Alan Munro [11]
21) DESERT CREEK (IRE) (Saeed Suhail) Sir Michael Stoute 3-9-01 Ryan Moore [26]
22) EASTERN EMPIRE (Wai Kuen Chan) John Hills 3-8-07 Michael Hills [9]
23) VIVA RONALDO (IRE) (Akroyd & Sons Ltd) Richard Fahey 3-8-12 Paul Mulrennan [24]
24) DEADLY SECRET (USA) (John Staunton) Richard Fahey 3-8-10 Paul Hanagan [28]
25) MAGALING (IRE) (Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum) Luca Cumani 3-8-07 Christophe Lemaire [14]
26) TARZAN (IRE) (Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Persimmon)) Mark Johnston 3-8-02 Francis Norton [5]
27) AURORIAN (IRE) (Martin Mitchell) Richard Hannon 3-8-05 Steve Drowne [7]
28) ROCKHAMPTON (IRE) (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-9-05 Johnny Murtagh [20]
29) TARTAN GUNNA (Mrs I Bird) Mark Johnston 3-8-07 Joe Fanning [21]
30) MARKYG (USA) (Mogeely Stud & Maura Gittins) Karl Burke v1 3-8-10 Neil Callan [10]
30 ran
Time: 1m 40.31s
Distances: hd, sh, sh, 1¾, 1½, ¾, 1, 1¼, ½, ¾, 1¼, ¾, 1, hd, nk, nk, sh, ¾, ½, sh, 2½, 1¼, 1¼, 3¼, ½, hd, 11, ¾, 22
Breeder: Bishopswood Bloodstock & Trickledown Stud Breeding: ch c Bahamian Bounty - Songsheet (Dominion)
Tote Win: £37.10 Place: £7.50; £4.30; £3.70; £7.00 Exacta: £813.50
Winning trainer:-Name: Dunlop, Edward Alexander Leeper Date of birth:20/10/68 Date of first licence: October 1994, taking over from the late Alex Scott. First winner: Lynton Lad (Yarmouth 19/10/1994) First British Classic winner: Vodafone Oaks (2004 Ouija Board)Major wins include: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2004 & 2006 Ouija Board), Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase (2005 Ouija Board), French 1,000 Guineas (1996 Ta Rib), Topkapi Kosusu (1996 Cadeaux Tryst), Beeswing Stakes (1996 Iktamal), Ladbroke Bunbury Cup (1995 Cadeaux Tryst), Irish Oaks (2001 Lailani, 2004 Ouija Board), Lennox Stakes (2005 Court Masterpiece), Prix de la Foret (2005 Court Masterpiece), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2001 Lailani, 2006 Ouija Board), Flower Bowl Invitational (2001 Lailani), Tote International (2004 Court Masterpiece); Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes (2004 Ouija Board), Sussex Stakes (2006 Court Masterpiece) Royal Ascot Winners (5): Wokingham Handicap (1999 Deep Space); Royal Hunt Cup (2001 Surprise Encounter); Sandringham Rated Stakes (2003 Hold To Ransom), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2006 Ouija Board, Britannia Stakes (2009 Fareer) First Royal Ascot Winner: Wokingham Handicap (June 18, 1999 Deep Space) Horses in training (1995-2008): 69; 63; 84; 108; 105; 131; 128; 154; 141; 115; 123; 119; 130; 114; Wins in a season (1994-2008): 1; 17; 22; 27; 35; 67; 53; 74; 32; 50; 49; 45; 56; 45; 39; Wins this season: 8

Winning jockey:-Name: Hills, Richard John. Born: Newmarket, 22/1/63 Apprenticeship: With Tom Jones. First winner: Border Dawn (Doncaster 26/10/79) Classic wins: (6) 1000 Guineas (1995 Harayir, 2000 Lahan, 2009 Ghanaati), 2000 Guineas (2004 Haafhd), St Leger (1999 Mutafaweq), Vodafone Oaks (2005 Eswarah) Other major wins: Autumn Stakes (2000 Nayef), totesport.com Cambridgeshire (2008 Tazeez), Champion Stakes (2001 Nayef), Chesham Stakes (1996 Shamikh), Dubai World Cup (1999 Almutawakel), Falmouth Stakes (2000 Alshakr, 2002 Tashawak), Geoffrey Freer Stakes (2002 Mubtaker), German Oaks (2002 Salve Regina), Great Voltigeur Stakes (2002 Bandari), Greenham Stakes (2001 Munir), Hungerford Stakes (1998 Muhtathir), Juddmonte International Stakes (2002 Nayef), July Cup (1998 Elnadim), Betfair Molecomb Stakes (2008 Finjaan), Middle Park Stakes (1997 Hayil), Norfolk Stakes (1986 Sizzling Melody, 1989 Pettilante), Princess Of Wales’s Stakes (1994 Wagon Master; 2001 Mutamam; 2004 Bandari), Queen Mary Stakes (1997 Nadwah), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1994 Maroof, 2001 Summoner); Rockfel Stakes (1999 Lahan); Royal Lodge Stakes (1998 Mutaahab, 2002 Al Jadeed), Select Stakes (2000 Ekraar, 2001 Nayef), September Stakes (2000 Mutamam); Temple Stakes (1999 Tipsy Creek); Watership Down Stud Sales Race (2002 Sharplaw Venture), Yorkshire Cup (1985 Ilium) Other details: Took over as number one jockey to Hamdan Al Maktoum on the retirement of Willie Carson. Royal Ascot wins: 21 First Royal Ascot win: Queen’s Vase (June 19, 1985 Wassl Merbayeh) Major Royal Ascot wins: Jersey Stakes (2008 Aqlaam), Gold Cup (1990 Ashal); Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1987 Mtoto, 2003 Nayef), Hardwicke Stakes (2006 & 2007 Maraahel), Hampton Court Stakes (2007 Zaham) Wins (1990-2008):56, 67, 52, 57, 59, 70, 71, 85, 83, 77, 81, 79, 81, 75, 66, 72, 54, 72, 66 Wins this season: 29


FIFTH RACE RESULT

4.55pm THE HAMPTON COURT STAKES
Listed Race, Class 1, £50,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo which have not won a Pattern Race, 1m 2f. Weights: colts & geldings 9st 2lb; fillies 8st 11lb. Penalties: a winner of a Class 2 race of 7f or more 3lb; of a Listed race of 7f or more 5lb (handicaps excluded for the purpose of penalties). Penalty Values: 1st: £28,385; 2nd: £10,760; 3rd: £5,385; 4th: £2,685; 5th: £1,345; 6th: £675

1) GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE) (Ballymacoll Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 3-9-02 Ryan Moore [11] 8/1
2) CASHELGAR (IRE) (Sir Robert Ogden) Alain de Royer Dupre FR 3-9-05 Gerald Mosse [10] 20/1
3) MONITOR CLOSELY (IRE) (Lawrie Inman) Peter Chapple-Hyam 3-9-02 Alan Munro [7] 15/2
4) TOO MUCH TROUBLE (Jaber Abdullah) Mick Channon 3-9-02 Tony Culhane [5]
5) FREEMANTLE (Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-9-02 Johnny Murtagh [4] Eves Fav
6) FOUR WINDS (The Queen) Michael Bell 3-9-02 Jamie Spencer [13]
7) SPRING OF FAME (USA) (Godolphin) Saeed Suroor 3-9-02 Frankie Dettori [3]
8) PALAVICINI (USA) (Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc) John Dunlop 3-9-07 Eddie Ahern [1]
9) ON OUR WAY (John May) Henry Cecil 3-9-05 Tom Queally [2]
10) KAOLAK (USA) (Simon Kerr) John Ryan 3-9-02 Richard Mullen [6]
11) BIG BOUND (USA) (Lady Rothschild) John Gosden 3-9-02 Jimmy Fortune [9]
12) SATWA RUBY (FR) (Steven & Gillian Lamprell) Jean De Roualle FR 3-8-11 Christophe Lemaire [12]

12 ran Non-Runner: Ra Junior (Vet’s Cert, Lame)
Time: 2m 04.52s Distances: ½, 4½, 2½, sh, ¾, 5, 1, 3¾, 2, 4½, 3¼
Breeder: Ballymacoll Stud
Breeding: gr c Verglas (IRE) - Spring Symphony (IRE) (Darshaan)
Tote Win: £10.30 Place: £2.80; £3.90; £2.60 Exacta: £156.30

Winning trainer:-Name: Stoute, Sir Michael Ronald Date of birth:22/10/45 Date of first licence: 1972 First Winner: Sandal, Newmarket, April 28, 1972, Turn Of The Lands Handicap. Previous Occupation: Served with Pat Rohan, Doug Smith and Tom Jones. Other information: Arrived in Britain from his native Barbados just before his 20th birthday and has won the Champion Hurdle art Cheltenham with Kribensis in 1990. Was the only trainer to win a British Classic in five consecutive seasons. Was awarded a knighthood in 1998 for services to tourism in Barbados. British Classic wins: (14) 1000 Guineas (1989 Musical Bliss, 2003 Russian Rhythm), 2000 Guineas (1985 Shadeed, 1988 Doyoun, 1997 Entrepreneur, 2000 King’s Best, 2001 Golan), Investec Derby (1981 Shergar, 1986 Shahrastani, 2003 Kris Kin, 2004 North Light), Vodafone Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1987 Unite), Ladbrokes St Leger (2008 Conduit) Other big race wins: Irish 2,000 Guineas (1989 Shaadi), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1986 Sonic Lady), Irish Derby (1981 Shergar, 1983 Shareef Dancer, 1986 Shahrastani), Irish Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1986 Colorspin, 1987 Unite, 1988 Melodist, 1995 Pure Grain, 2000 Petrushka), Champion Stakes (2000 Kalanisi), Cheveley Park Stakes (1980 Marwell; 1994 Gay Gallanta; 2000 Regal Rose), Investec Coronation Cup (1992 Saddler’s Hall, 1993 Opera House, 1997 Singspiel, 2000 Daliapour), Coral-Eclipse (1993 Opera House; 1994 Ezzoud;1997 Pilsudski, 2001 Medicean, 2007 Notnowcato), Dubai World Cup (Singspiel 1997), Breeders’ Cup Turf (1996 Pilsudski, 2000 Kalanisi, 2008 Conduit), Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2003 Islington) Falmouth Stakes (1983 Royal Heroine, 1986 and 1987 Sonic Lady, 1998 Lovers Knot), Fillies’ Mile (1985 Untold), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2007 Mountain High), Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel, 1997 Pilsudski), Juddmonte International Stakes (1993 & 1994 Ezzoud; 1997 Singspiel; 2006 Notnowcato), July Cup (1981 Marwell; 1986 Green Desert; 1987 Ajdal), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1981 Shergar; 1993 Opera House, 2002 Golan), Nassau Stakes (1977 Temple First, 1984 Optimistic Lass, 1990 Kartajana, 1994 Hawajiss, 2002 Islington, 2003 Russian Rhythm, 2004 Favourable Terms), Pride Stakes (2008 Crystal Capella), Prix de l’Opera (1983 Royal Heroine, 1985 Bella Colora, 2000 Petrushka, 2003 Zee Zee Top), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1985 Shadeed; 1987 Milligram; 1989 Zilzal), Racing Post Trophy (2000 Dilshaan), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1986 Green Desert; 1987 Ajdal), Sussex Stakes (1986 Sonic Lady; 1989 Zilzal; 1998 Among Men), Yorkshire Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia; 1985 Sally Brown; 1986 Untold; 1990 Hellenic; 1995 Pure Grain, 2000 Petrushka, 2002 and 2003 Islington) Tattersalls Gold Cup (2007 Notnowcato) Prix Royal-Oak (2007 Allegretto) Matron Stakes (2007 Echelon), Audi Pretty Polly Stakes (2008 Promising Lead) Royal Ascot Wins: 60 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), Jersey Stakes (1977 Etienne Gerard, 1980 Hard Fought, 1989 Zilzal, 1997 Among Men, 2006 Jeremy), King Edward VII Stakes (1983 Shareef Dancer, 1991 Saddler’s Hall, 1994 Foyer, 2002 Balakheri, 2006 Papal Bull), Hardwicke Stakes (1986 Dihistan, 1991 & 1992 Rock Hopper, 2006 & 2007 Maraahel) Other details: Champion trainer in Britain 8 times (1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005) Trains at Freemason Lodge, Newmarket Wins (1984-2008): 96: 120: 76: 105: 99: 116: 78: 83: 74: 65: 109: 73: 73: 84: 79: 81: 91: 75: 104: 115: 87: 95; 107; 111; 87; Wins this season: 34

Winning Jockey:-Name: Moore, Ryan Lee Date Of Birth: September 18, 1983 Background: Father Gary is a trainer, and brother Jamie is a successful national hunt jockey. Ryan initially rode over jumps as well, notching his first success on Mersey Beat in an amateur riders’ event at Towcester on May 15, 2000. Switching to the flat, Ryan enjoyed his first success on the level when winning aboard Marwell’s Kris for Belgian trainer E C Chopin in at Lingfield on January 16, 2002. Champion apprentice in 2003 with 59 wins. Broke 100-winner barrier for first time in 2004, and was crowned champion jockey in 2006 with 180 victories. Off track for several months in 2007 with fractured arm, but still finished third in the Jockeys’ Championship with 126 wins. Appointed as stable jockey to Sir Michael Stoute in December 2007. Group One Wins: Investec Coronation Cup (2009 Ask), Juddmonte International (2006 Notnowcato), Eclipse Stakes (2007 Notnowcato), Matron Stakes (2007 Echelon), Gran Criterium (2007 Scintillo), Audi Pretty Polly Stakes (2008 Promising Lead), Breeders’ Cup Turf (2008 Conduit), Audemars Piguet QE II Cup (2009 Presvis) Other Big Race Wins Include: Pride Stakes (2008 Crystal Capella) First Royal Ascot Win: Colony, King George V Stakes, June 2008 Royal Ascot Wins (4): King George V Stakes (2008 Colony), Queen’s Vase (2008 Patkai), Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap (2008 Sugar Ray), Hampton Court Stakes (2009 Glass Harmonium) Number of Wins 2002-08: 39; 59 (champion apprentice); 132; 120; 180 (champion jockey), 126; 186 (champion jockey) Wins this season: 52


SIXTH RACE RESULT

5.30pm THE KING GEORGE V STAKES
Heritage Handicap, Class 2, £50,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo rated 0-105, 1m 4f. Weights: highest weight not less than 9st 7lb; minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after June 6, a winner 4lb; a winner of 2 races 7lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £31,155; 2nd: £9,330; 3rd: £4,665; 4th: £2,335; 5th: £1,165; 6th: £585

1) COSMIC SUN (The Cosmic Sun) Richard Fahey 3-7-12 Paul Hanagan [14] 66/1
2) CHIBERTA KING (The Pink Hat Racing Partnership) Andrew Balding 3-8-01 (inc 3lb ow) William Buick [11] 8/1
3) BARWELL BRIDGE (N Pickett) Sylvester Kirk 3-8-05 Jack Doyle [7] 12/1
4) ZARINSKI (IRE) (H H Aga Khan) John Oxx IRE 3-8-04 Niall McCullagh [5] 9/2 Fav
5) TOPOLSKI (IRE) (Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds V) Mark Johnston 3-8-05 John Egan [18]
6) HIGHLAND GLEN (The Queen) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-07 (inc 2lb ow) Ryan Moore [9]
7) OPINION POLL (IRE) (Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum) Michael Jarvis 3-8-13 Frankie Dettori [3]
8) QUAI D'ORSAY (Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-8-12 Joe Fanning [16]
9) BRUNSTON (Seasons Holidays) Roger Charlton 3-8-05 Alan Munro [13]
10) DUBAI CREST (Alan Spence) Amanda Perrett 3-8-06 (inc 1lb ow) Christophe Lemaire [10]
11) FIN VIN DE LEU (GER) (R M F Curry) Mark Johnston 3-7-12 Andrew Mullen [4]
12) KIMBERLEY DOWNS (USA) (Favourites Racing XIX) Mark Johnston 3-8-01 Royston Ffrench [2]
13) TAKAATUF (IRE) (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-8-06 Richard Hills [12]
14) ABOVE AVERAGE (IRE) (Jack Hanson) Barry Hills 3-9-07 Michael Hills [17]
15) JOHANN ZOFFANY (Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-8-11 Jospeh O'Brien (7) [19]
16) POLLY'S MARK (IRE) (Wickham Stud) Clive Cox 3-8-07 Philip Robinson [1]
17) LASSO THE MOON (Derek & Jean Clee) Mick Channon 3-7-12 Catherine Gannon [6]
18) SKY GATE (USA) (Paul Reddam & Andrew Rosen) Brian Meehan b3-8-03 (inc 2lb ow) Martin Dwyer [15]
19) LONDON BRIDGE (Khalid Abdulla) John Gosden 3-8-00 Nicky Mackay [8]

19 ran
Time: 2m 31.29s Distances: 1¼, nose, 2, sh, 1¼, nk, ¾, nk, 1, hd, 1¾, 1¼, 3¾, ½, 1¼, 1¾, 4½, 10
Breeder: M Wassall Breeding: b g Helissio (FR) - Cosmic Case (Casteddu)
Tote Win: £81.90 Place: £13.30; £2.70; £3.70; £2.00 Exacta: £730.70

Winning trainer:- Name: Fahey, Richard Date of birth: 2/2/66 Based: Manor House Farm, Butterwick, Brawby, Malton Background: Born in Nigeria and raised in County Meath, Ireland, Richard was formerly a jockey who rode 108 winners under both codes and was joint champion conditional rider for the 1988/89 season. He quit the saddle in 1992 to concentrate on his livery yard near Malton before for a dual-purpose licence in 1993. Big Race Wins: totesport Ayr Gold Cup (2006 Fonthill Road); Cork & Orrery Stakes (2000 Superior Premium), Galtres Stakes (2006 Anna Pavlova), Harvest Stakes (2006 Anna Pavlova), John Smith’s Cup (2002 Vintage Premium, 2007 Charlie Tokyo, 2008 Flying Clarets), Sky Bet Dash (2006 Wyatt Earp), Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (1998 Superior Premium), William Hill Mile (2003 Lady Bear), totesport Chester Cup (2007 Greenwich Meantime), Chipchase Stakes (2008 Utmost Respect), bet365 Lancashire Oaks (2008 Anna Pavlova), Duke Of York Blue Square Stakes (2009 Utmost Respect), Greenlands Stakes (2009 Utmost Respect) Royal Ascot Wins (2): Golden Jubilee Stakes (2000 Superior Premium), King George V Handicap (2009 Cosmic Sun) Horses in training (1995-2008): 18; 24; 32; 53; 44; 51; 48; 60; 85; 98; 92; 78; 84; 100; Wins (1993-2008): 1; 2; 7; 11; 25; 20; 26; 38; 26; 46; 50; 77; 79; 87; 72; 107; Wins this season: 53

Winning Jockey:-Name: Hanagan, Paul Geoffrey Born: September 8, 1980 Other Information: Formerly apprenticed to trainer Richard Fahey in Malton for whom he is now stable jockey - the winner of the Racing Schools Apprentice series in 2000, he earned himself a six-week working holiday with Paddy Rudkin in Dubai. Father, Geoff, had brief flirtation with racing in 1960s working for John Waugh in Newmarket for 18 months. Paul began riding out for Warrington-based handler Terry Caldwell before joining Malcolm Jefferson’s yard after coming through British Racing School’s nine-week course. Then teamed up with Fahey Big Race Wins: totesport Ayr Gold Cup (2006 Fonthill Road), Chester Cup (2007 Greenwich Meantime), John Smith’s Cup (2002 Vintage Premium), William Hill Mile (2003 Lady Bear), Northumberland Plate (2004 Mirjan), Firth Of Clyde Stakes (2004 Golden Legacy), Galtres Stakes (2006 Anna Pavlova), Harvest Stakes (2006 Anna Pavlova), Chipchase Stake (2008 Utmost Respect), bet365 Lancashire Oaks (2008 Anna Pavlova), Duke Of York Blue Square Stakes (2009 Utmost Respect) Royal Ascot Wins (1): King George V Handicap (2009 Cosmic Sun) Wins 2000-2008: 23, 29, 84*, 64 ,101, 79, 107 (*champion apprentice), 78, 91 Wins This Season: 37

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