Wednesday, June 16, 2010

ROYAL ASCOT 2010
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16


ASCOT WATERING TONIGHT

“I will water tonight and intend to put six millimetres on the straight course and four millimetres on the round course.”


TODAY’S CROWD & TOTE

The crowd today, on the second day of Royal Ascot 2010, came to 36,481. This is down 1,830 (-4.7 per cent) on the corresponding day last year when 38,311 attended.

The racecourse is still expecting the total attendance for Royal Ascot this year to be up between 2 per cent and 3 per cent, with people migrating towards Friday and Saturday.

On-course totepool betting turnover today was up 1.6 per cent at £1,108,000 as against £1,090,000 last year.

FIRST RACE WIN QUOTES

Jersey Stakes (Group Three)

RECORD FOR RAINFALL

Rainfall overcame front-runner Red Jazz in a thrilling finish to the Jersey Stakes, to become the first filly in 19 years to land the seven-furlong prize.

Champion jockey Ryan Moore gave the Mark Johnston-trained filly a power-packed ride to score by a head in a new track record of 1m 24.94s.

The Oasis Dream three-year-old was having only her third start as she emulated the Sheikh Mohammed-owned Satin Flower, the last filly to score back in 1991.

Johnston, who trains Rainfall for that owner’s son, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, revealed: “Sheikh Mohammed said to me that it’s a good race for fillies and he himself has won it a few times.

“I looked at the race over the last five years and thought it was a bit of a tall order - I wasn’t confident that we could beat the favourite, Shakespearean.

“She came to us from Darley pre-training so I didn’t have her as a two-year-old. This has come pretty quick from a maiden win at Thirsk in May but she’s made good progress and is a straightforward filly.

“She had shown a bit at home and everyone thought quite a bit of her. She’s very laid back and saves her best for race day. If you look at her she has not quite come in her coat so hopefully there’s more to come.

“She has a few entries, mostly foreign entries that have been made in the past few weeks, but there are no long-term plans because she has burst onto the scene very quickly. We’ll have to sit down and talk to the owner.”

The success was a rare big-race victory for the Johnston/Moore combination but the champion was in fine form aboard the 8/1 shot.

Johnston continued: “Ryan is not available for big races usually - it’s just the way it fell. The champion jockey was available, Frankie (Dettori) was on Shakespearean and we didn’t have a jockey with a connection to the horse.

“Ryan was full of confidence before the race and he did his homework thoroughly as always. He gave her a great ride.

“It’s a relief to get off the mark. I said one of the worries was that we had no bankers for the Group races so it was wonderful to get off the mark in a Group race.

“It’s always surprising when you break track records but obviously on new tracks like Ascot, records will fall.”


FIRST RACE PLACED QUOTES
JERSEY STAKES (GROUP 3)

HILLS HAPPY WITH JAZZ

Red Jazz lost out by a head to Rainfall in the opening Jersey Stakes and trainer Barry Hills hopes to land a big prize this year before the Johannesburg colt heads out to Hong Kong.

“He drifted a bit to the right and the winner is an improving filly. It was a good performance and he’ll have his day,” said Hills. “Two months ago I didn’t see him as a mile horse but I wouldn’t be frightened of stepping up to that trip. I’ll run him in what I think is the best race for him.

“He’ll be going over to Hong Kong to race as a four-year-old when he is a year older as that is where his owner (Ronnie Arculli) is from.”

Third-placed Rock Jock also has an overseas target are running an excellent race at odds of 28/1.

“I’m delighted, his owner Mr (James) Long deserves the credit because I thought he was a six-furlong horse but he insisted we give her a go over seven. He travelled over very well and in good form but I don’t know where he will go now,” said trainer Tracey Collins.

Owner James Long, who races as Thistle Bloodstock, added: “His long-term target is the Golden Shaheen on Tapeta in Dubai next March. I live there so it makes sense and we’ll take him out for the winter and Tracey will keep training him.”

Frankie Dettori, rider of 3/1 favourite Shakespearean, who finished sixth, said: “He ran flat. I think it’s come too soon after his Epsom win.”


FIRST RACE QUOTES
JERSEY STAKES


PRAISE FOR GROUND FROM FIRST-RACE JOCKEYS

Jockeys who rode in the opening race on day two of Royal Ascot praised the ground while confirming it was riding slightly quicker than on Tuesday.

Ryan Moore, who rode the winner Rainfall, breaking the seven-furlong track record in the process, said: “It’s fast ground, but with a tail wind.”

Frankie Dettori said: “Yes, it’s slightly quicker, but it’s lovely ground.”

Johnny Murtagh: “It’s a tad quicker.”

Jimmy Fortune said: “It’s a little bit quicker, but there’s no jar in it.”

Kevin Manning said: “It’s fast, absolutely lovely racing ground.”

Richard Hughes said: “It’s lovely ground.”

Steve Drowne said: “It’s fast, but there’s a nice cushion.”

Jean-Pierre Guillambert said: “It’s quick enough - I wouldn’t say there’s any jar in it, but it is fast.”

Michael Hills said: “It’s a bit quicker than yesterday, but the cover’s gorgeous and it’s as good a ground as you could ever ride on.”

Richard Hills said: “It’s fractionally quicker than yesterday, but not a lot.”

Tom Queally: “It’s slightly faster than yesterday.”


SECOND RACE QUOTES
WINDSOR FOREST STAKES

STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI IS A FRUIT IN THE FOREST

Pulling hard and making all, Strawberrydaiquiri held Spacious by a short head in the Windsor Forest Stakes.

The winner was ridden by Ryan Moore and trained by Sir Michael Stoute for Renata Jacobs, whose late husband Klaus was a leading owner and founder of the Newsells Park Stud in Hertfordshire.

Mrs Jacobs said her husband was with her in spirit at Royal Ascot, adding: “I’m very happy, for while it is two years since my husband passed away today he is here, he is happy, he is smiling and he is watching. For me it is a fantastic moment.”

Trainer Sir Michael Stoute said: “I’m thrilled for the Jacobs family, but it’s so sad Klaus Jacobs is not here to see this business bear fruit for him - his family bought into Equiano [last week] who won the King’s Stand Stakes yesterday. He invested a hell of a lot in racing and Newsells Park Stud.”

Sir Michael praised his jockey, saying: “Ryan was very clever to do what he did, because we would have loved a lead - that’s how we’ve always ridden her - but he had to grab the initiative, especially with a tailwind. She’s a tough filly and we feared there wouldn’t be any pace and that she would be vulnerable over a mile. The next step is to go 10 furlongs.

Moore, who was completing a 48.5-1 double initiated on Rainfall in the Jersey Stakes, said: “She tries very hard and was very game at Newmarket [on her seasonal debut]. When I asked her she gave a little bit more, and she’ll be really nice when she goes up in distance.”


SECOND RACE PLACE QUOTES

Windsor Forest Stakes (Group Two)

GALLANT SPACIOUS DENIED IN THRILLER

Spacious was narrowly foiled in her bid for back-to-back wins in the Windsor Forest Stakes, going down by a short-head to Strawberrydaiquiri following a pulsating duel through the final furlong and a half of the mile contest.

The five-year-old Nayef mare, owned by Cheveley Park Stud, was a 13/2 chance under Johnny Murtagh.

Spacious’ trainer, James Fanshawe, was also responsible for fourth-placed Alsace Lorraine, a 10/1 shot ridden by Jamie Spencer.

Chris Richardson, managing director of Cheveley Park Stud, said: “Spacious ran very well. Johnny (Murtagh) gave her a great ride, he just wonders if he might have come there too soon. But she has got this wonderful stride that just keeps lengthening.

“Full marks to James (Fanshawe) and his team. It’s nice to keep this filly in training and come back here with her. She has shown that she has trained on and will go on to the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket again.”

Fanshawe commented: “I was a bit emotional five minutes ago but they have both run really well. Spacious is a credit to the yard and I thought that we might be getting the upper hand with half a furlong to go but Strawberrydaiquiri just got the upper hand in the last little bit.

“Alsace Lorraine ran a very good race. It was a big step in class and ideally she would have liked a bit more give in the ground, but she ran very well.”

The Saeed bin Suroor-trained Antara, sent off the 7/2 favourite, was three lengths third under Frankie.

Suroor reported: “She ran a big race, she ran really well. She was just beaten by better fillies on the day. I think she’s absolutely fine with this distance and we will give her a break now as she’s a really nice filly for the future.”

BUICK BANNED

The stewards enquired into possible interference in the Windsor Forest Stakes and found William Buick, rider of Golden Stream, guilty of careless riding and suspended him for one day on July 2.

THIRD RACE WINNING QUOTES
PRINCE OF WALES’S STAKES (GROUP 1)

GUYON STARS ON BYWORD

The 21-year-old French riding sensation Maxime Guyon starred on day two of Royal Ascot when - having his first ever ride in Britain - produced 5/2 favourite Byword to come with a perfectly-timed run to win the Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.

The four-year-old beat Twice Over, who was also owned by Prince Khalid Abdulla, to score by half a length to the delight of trainer Andre Fabre.

“The horse had the ability to win the race but I was a bit worried about the inexperienced jockey.
He had a perfect ride - clear without any bumps, “ said Fabre. “The horse has matured this season and we always thought he was really good. He got a bit sick as a three-year-old and had a virus so we gave him time. He has strengthened and now is really coming into himself.

“He is a horse who could go for the big mile races and he won’t go further than a mile and a quarter. We will look at something like the Prix Jacques le Marois for him. We will discuss the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with the Prince but I think that is only a remote possibility. There is a question mark with his stamina and he needs good ground as well. We have to run in Group Ones and I think it’s likely that he will go back to a mile.

“Maxime has nerves and he is young, which is always an advantage. He has been in fantastic form - he knows the horses well and he knows what they want. He also doesn’t use the whip a lot, which I enjoy as well.

“I was impressed with his ride, he rode a beautiful race. It’s a double celebration for me, not only because of the jockey but because the winner is by Peintre Celebre as well.

“It was a big worry about the jockey but he walked the course, saw some films and I gave him some phone calls but he’s very laid back and rode an ideal race.”

Guyon added: “It’s a great honour to be given the opportunity to ride here today for Mr Fabre. I never thought that I would get the chance to ride at Royal Ascot this afternoon and I cannot thank my trainer enough for trusting me.

“Everything went perfectly in the race and I had a great ride throughout the race - I am delighted.

“I was not too nervous before the race but I was obviously a little apprehensive riding here for the first time. I wasn’t given precise orders but was just told to get him in a good position which I managed and we had a good run.

“Monsieur Fabre did ring me and told me to walk the course and see a few other races because this is not a track like any other.”

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Abdulla, said: “It’s especially exciting because the first two were home-breds whose families go back several generations.

“Ascot is such an important venue for world racing and Prince Khalid likes to run his best horses in the best races. As for the future it might be difficult to split the first and second but we will look at the programme book.”


THIRD RACE QUOTES
PRINCE OF WALES’S STAKES


HENRY UNHAPPY AS TWICE OVER MISSES OUT

This year’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes was won by Byword, but the first two places might be reversed if the race was run twice over.

Five-year-old Twice Over was nearer last than first after two furlongs, took a while to quicken off the final bend and then made up ground without quite managing to haul in the winner. He was beaten half a length, and like the winner carried the colours of Prince Khalid Abdulla.

Trainer Henry Cecil looked understandably disappointed at the way the race unfolded for Twice Over, although he attached no blame to jockey Tom Queally. Cecil said of his horse: “He ran very well, but he couldn’t get out. He got locked in and too far back - he made a lot of ground up and ran super, but he didn’t get there.

“We wanted to be handier and it was such a mess-up because he couldn’t get the position he wanted and was taken back [when the runners bunched after a couple of furlongs]. I hope he’ll go back to the Champion Stakes, but it is up to the Prince.”

Teddy Grimthorpe, Prince Khalid’s racing manager, later said: “He didn’t get out when he wanted to and finished really well. He’s back on track. Henry’s done a great job given it was the horse’s first run since Dubai. He went for the Eclipse Stakes [at Sandown] last year and didn’t run that well behind Sea The Stars so although it’s different circumstances we’d have to take that into consideration.”

In contrast, John Gosden had no complaints about the result for third-placed Tazeez, a 40/1 outsider who made the running and was passed by just two horses. Gosden said: “He ran very well the other day at Sandown [when second in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes], and he’s probably improved 5lb on that. He’s run a blinder. He’s gone a good even gallop and only two horses have gone by him, and they were entitled to being the first and second favourite.”

Gosden is considering the Group Two Skybet Stakes at York next month, although he might step him up in trip to 12 furlongs, and said: “I put him in the Princess of Wales’s Stakes [at Newmarket’s July meeting] only yesterday.”


THIRD RACE QUOTES

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (Group One)

WALZER PLEASES DE VRIES

Wiener Walzer was unable to stamp his mark on history and become the first German-trained horse to win at Royal Ascot but Jens Hirschberger’s charge took credit in finishing fifth, two and three quarter lengths behind Byword.

Last year’s Deutsches Derby victor raced prominently under Adrie de Vries in the slipstream of the pace-setting Tazeez.

The Dynaformer colt, owned by Gestut Schlenderhan, kept on well at the end of the 10-furlong contest without being able to match the finishing speed of the principals.

Belgian-born jockey Adrie de Vries, having his first Royal Ascot ride, said: “The race was fine for me, it all went well in that I was in a good position in second. When the pace increased he just kept going - he didn’t quicken.

“I think maybe he could do with an extra furlong or two but the ground was perfect - this is what he wants.”


FOURTH RACE WIN QUOTES

Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap)

INVISIBLE STRIKES FOR GODOLPHIN

Invisible Man proved a revelation in first time blinkers as he gave Godolphin its first success in the Royal Hunt Cup and broke the track with a scorching time of 1m 37.16s for the straight mile.

The four-year-old benefited from a cool Frankie Dettori ride to take the spoils by half a length from Riggins at odds of 28/1.

Dettori revealed: “I took a chance. I dropped him out, got him relaxed and, when I looked up with two furlongs to go, I had half of the field to pass. But he has whizzed his way through and got there in the end. He didn’t even realise that he had got there but you have to ride him that way and we got lucky that all of the gaps appeared when we needed them.

“It’s nice to have a winner at Royal Ascot - it takes the pressure off. We still have three days to go and hopefully we will have another couple of successes.

“We have only had 10 races but you want to get on the board as quickly as you can. I felt a lot of pressure but it’s great that I am on the board now.”

Sheikh Mohammed, Godolphin’s founder and driving force, said: “It’s very good to have a winner here. It’s a beautiful day and Ascot always has great racing.

“There was always a chance that he would win because we put the blinkers on and that just dropped him into the race.”

Trainer Saeed bin Suroor stated: “What I like about this horse is that he is a big strong horse who handles his races well and we can look at bigger races now.”

Simon Crisford, Godolphin’s racing manager, commented: “He’s been disappointing in his last two starts and we felt he wasn’t doing all he could so the decision was taken to fit the blinkers today.

“He was fancied for the Cambridgeshire so the ability was there, it was just a question of finding it. It was a combination of the blinkers and a fantastic ride from Frankie. He was on an outsider and so nobody was under any pressure. Frankie blocked him in, dropped him out, gave him every chance, let the horse enjoy himself and came home well.

“It’s nice for Godolphin to be in the winner’s enclosure and winning the Royal Hunt Cup for the first time is fantastic. This is an important race with a long history.”



FOURTH RACE QUOTES
ROYAL HUNT CUP

RIGGINS RUN BRINGS A SMILE TO HAPPY OWNERS

A group of owners known as Dubai Thoroughbred Racing went shopping in October and came back with a Royal Hunt Cup runner-up.

Bidding through bloodstock agent Alastair Donald at Tattersalls’ Horses-in-Training Sal, they paid 18,000gns for Riggins and then sent him to trainer Andrew Balding. A gelding operation was carried out, and today Riggins more or less won his purchase price back in one dash along Ascot’s straight mile.

Balding said: “I’m very pleased with that, and while I didn’t train him last year so couldn’t be sure, gelding hasn’t done him any harm.

“He likes to be held up in his races and did everything right today, but he was beaten by a better handicapped horse. It’s great for this group of owners, and we might take them all to [Glorious] Goodwood and run him in the totesport Mile.”

Mark Johnston, trainer of third-placed St Moritz, said: “It’s a great effort considering he was up there all the way. He [jockey Joe Fanning] said he would have been happier if he hadn’t been taken on so much early on. He was racing from a long way out, and while I thought for a moment he would take it when he began to pull away from the pack, two caught him.

“He’s had so many problems in his life that it’s a challenge just to be here. You couldn’t say he didn’t get the mile on this evidence, and while you wonder whether seven or seven and a half furlongs are best, when you’re placed in the Royal Hunt Cup you can’t be disappointed.”


FIFTH RACE QUOTES
QUEEN MARY STAKES


MAQAASID BREAKS TRACK RECORD ON BREEZY DAY

A third track record was broken on day two of Royal Ascot when Maqaasid won the Queen Mary Stakes for juvenile fillies.

Her time of 59.17 seconds impressed trainer John Gosden, who said: “People who follow times will know that’s extremely fast - we have got a bit of a tail wind, but that’s quick.

“The plan is to go for six furlongs later in the year, but we don’t want to over-race her in the hope she might get a mile next year.

“She’s very relaxed, but as soon as she daylight she goes. She didn’t have to be taught that, she does it on auto-pilot. I’d hate to see her breaking head and head for the lead because she’d get four and a half furlongs and not the final eighth.

“She’s naturally athletic, so given that she’s by Green Desert out of a Storm Cat mare my job was to keep her mentally settled. My assistant, Danny Harrop, rides her at home and he’s pretty good at getting them settled. You go with her, you don’t tell her what to do.

“The Cheveley Park Stakes would be a good aim. This is a stiff five furlongs and she’s done that well, but six furlongs will suit. She’s got scope about her.”

Asked how today’s race fitted into his big-race record, Gosden said: “Yesterday’s Coventry Stakes is the race you want to win with a two-year-old colt, and this is the race for a fast filly. If you have one the Queen Mary is all you talk about through the winter. I’ve been second in this race and it’s great to win it - it’s amazing what you can achieve if you live long enough.”


FIFTH RACE PLACED QUOTES
QUEEN MARY STAKES (GROUP 2)

MEOW BEATEN BY A WHISKER

The blue-blooded Meow, a daughter of the great sprinter Airwave from Storm Cat’s last crop, was beaten by a neck in the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes.

“She’d win the Queen Mary in most years but unfortunately not this one,” said the filly’s trainer David Wachman. “She ran very well and we’ve no excuses. She’ll probably try and win a Listed race and then step up to good company again. She’s a five-furlong filly.”

Trainer Geoff Oldroyd was delighted with Ladies Are Forever’s third place. “I thought she was going to win but she ran a fabulous race because she wanted more give in the ground,” said the Malton handler. “Tom (Eaves) thought she was going to win but she just started to hang.

“I think she’s going to make up into a really nice filly and the plan is still to go for the Lowther Stakes at York. She was a late foal (born on May 8) so she was only really two last month and has to catch up with some of these other fillies.

“She’s still quite unfurnished so I’d like to give her a bit of a break and then go straight to the Lowther.

“I think she also gets into the Redcar Two-Year-Old Trophy on about 7st 12lb and that could be a good target as it’s worth a lot of money and it’s in October so it gives her a good break between races.

“Her owner-breeder (Reg Bond) is trying to promote the stallion Monsieur Bond this year and he has really taken off.”


SIXTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
SANDRINGHAM HANDICAP (LISTED)

TIMEPIECE IS POPULAR FINALE WINNER

Royal Ascot’s most-successful trainer Henry Cecil added to his already outstanding record at the meeting when Timepiece bounced back from a couple of disappointing run when winning the concluding Sandringham Handicap under Tom Queally.

It was Cecil’s 72nd winner at the Royal Meeting since his first success in 1970 and the trainer was thrilled to get on the scoresheet this year.

“We were coming back from a mile and a half to a mile and she doesn’t seem to have a distance. She works very well and always look like she stays and we decided to try a stiff mile to tell us what to do in the future. I think she’ll get a mile and a quarter so we’ll just have to see what we do.

She did hang and he (Queally) had to change hands,” said Cecil.

“The crowd here are lovely and always very good to me. It was always my ambition to get to 100 winners here which I might have done if I hadn’t had 10 years in the doldrums but I don’t think God will let me do that now.

“I’ve got one or two important ones coming up including Manifest in the Gold Cup tomorrow.

“He wouldn’t want any jar in the ground because he got a bit jarred up at York and took a bit of time to get over it. The Prince (Khalid Abdulla) has never won the Gold Cup and maybe this is the horse to change that.

“He has to stay the distance but I feel he will and he would also like a bit of give in the ground.”

Queally added: “She dug deep but she tired and then just started to hang. But I wouldn’t take no for an answer because I know she has loads of ability. I’m delighted she’s finally realised her potential and done in the afternoon what we’d seen in the mornings. It’s very special to win here for Henry Cecil.”


SIXTH RACE QUOTES
SANDRINGHAM HANDICAP

BLUE MAIDEN HEADS FOR THE STATES

Several fillies who have contested this season’s early Classics lined up in the Sandringham Handicap, and while Oaks also-ran Timepiece proved best, Blue Maiden ran a blinder to take second.

Unplaced in both the English and Irish 1,000 Guineas, Blue Maiden rediscovered top form in today’s race, and although beaten one and a quarter lengths by the winner, she was two and three-quarters of a length ahead of third-placed Sarafina.

Newmarket trainer Charlie McBride was delighted with Blue Maiden, although he said she would now leave his care and head to the United States to continue racing in the colours of Earle Mack, a former US ambassador to Finland.

McBride said: “We’re delighted with the run. Her owner bought her to race in America and she’ll go there now. He paid good money for her so she has to go, but I’m pleased he bought her and she’s given us all a good run today.

“She’s been unlucky this season - in the Irish Guineas her saddle slipped and she was virtually pulled up, and at Newmarket she was drawn on the far side and had no chance. Other than that she’s been extremely easy and a joy to have. I wish her all the best and hope she wins loads of races in the United States.”

Fiona Shaw, racing manager to Mack, said: “She’ll be competing in all the big fillies’ and mares’ races over there, but no trainer has been announced yet. I think she’ll do well there because she’s tough.”



ROYAL ASCOT 2010
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16

ARORA HOTELS LEADING JOCKEY AWARD

SECOND DAY STANDINGS
Jockey 1st 2nd 3rd
Ryan Moore 2 1 1
Richard Hughes 2 1 -
Michael Hills 1 1 -
Richard Hills 1 1 -
Tom Queally 1 1 -
Frankie Dettori 1 - 3
Maxime Guyon 1 - -
Paul Hanagan 1 - -
Olivier Peslier 1 - -
Seb Sanders 1 - -
Johnny Murtagh - 3 -
Jimmy Fortune - 1 2
Fran Berry - 1 -
Pat Cosgrave - 1 -
Kieren Fallon - 1 -
Neil Callan - - 1
Tom Eaves - - 1
Joe Fanning - - 1
Ian Mongan - - 1
Tadhg O’Shea - - 1
Pat Shanahan - - 1

ARORA HOTELS LEADING TRAINER AWARD

SECOND DAY STANDINGS
Trainer 1st 2nd 3rd
Richard Hannon 2 2 -
Henry Cecil 1 1 -
Barry Hills 1 1 -
Saeed bin Suroor 1 - 2
John Gosden 1 - 1
Mark Johnston 1 - 1
Sir Michael Stoute 1 - 1
Andre Fabre FR 1 - -
Richard Fahey 1 - -
Freddie Head FR 1 - -
David Pipe 1 - -
Andrew Balding - 1 1
Henry Candy - 1 -
James Fanshawe - 1 -
Michael Jarvis - 1 -
Charlie McBride - 1 -
Aidan O’Brien IRE - 1 -
John Queally IRE - 1 -
David Wachman IRE - 1 -
Robin Bastiman - - 1
Tracey Collins IRE - - 1
Pat Eddery - - 1
Brian Meehan - - 1
Geoff Oldroyd - - 1
Malcolm Saunders - - 1


FIRST DAY WINNERS

2.30pm Queen Anne Stakes (Group One)
GOLDIKOVA (IRE) (Wertheimer et Frere) Freddie Head FR 5-8-11 Olivier Peslier [1] 11/8F

3.05pm King's Stand Stakes (Group One)
EQUIANO (FR) (James Acheson) Barry Hills 5-9-4 Michael Hills [2] 9/2

3.50pm St James's Palace Stakes (Group One)
CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) (Heffer Syndicate, Susan Roy & Mrs Instance) Richard Hannon 3-9-0 Richard Hughes [6] 11/4JF

4.25pm Coventry Stakes (Group Two)
STRONG SUIT (USA) (Julie Wood) Richard Hannon 2-9-1 Richard Hughes [8] 15/8f

5.00pm Ascot Stakes (Handicap)
JUNIOR (Middleham Park Racing LI) David Pipe 7-9-0b Seb Sanders [16] 17/2

5.35pm Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)
MARINE COMMANDO (Mike Wynne) Richard Fahey 2-9-3 Paul Hanagan [2] 9/2


SECOND DAY WINNERS

2.30pm Jersey Stakes (Group Three)
RAINFALL (IRE) (Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-8-12 Ryan Moore [10] 8/1

3.05pm Windsor Forest Stakes (Group Two)
STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI (Renata Jacobs) Sir Michael Stoute 4-8-12 Ryan Moore [1] 9/2

3.50pm Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Group One)
BYWORD (Khalid Abdulla) Andre Fabre FR 4-9-00 Maxime Guyon [8] 5/2 Fav

4.25pm Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap)
INVISIBLE MAN (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor b1 4-8-09 Frankie Dettori [23] 28/1

5.00pm Queen Mary Stakes (Group Two)
MAQAASID (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Gosden 2-8-12 Richard Hills [18] 9/4 Fav

5.35pm Sandringham Handicap (Listed)
TIMEPIECE (Khalid Abdulla) Henry Cecil 3-9-05 Tom Queally [17] 5/1





FIRST RACE RESULT

2.30pm THE JERSEY STAKES
Class 1, Group 3, £80,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo, 7f. Weights: colts & geldings 9st 1lb; fillies 8st 12lb. Penalties: a winner of a Group 3 race 3lb; of a Group 1 or Group 2 race 5lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £45,416; 2nd: £17,216; 3rd: £8,616; 4th: £4,296; 5th: £2,152; 6th: £1,080

1) RAINFALL (IRE) (Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-8-12 Ryan Moore [10] 8/1
2) RED JAZZ (USA) (Ronnie Arculli) Barry Hills 3-9-01 Michael Hills [6] 13/2
3) ROCK JOCK (IRE) (Thistle Bloodstock Limited) Tracey Collins IRE 3-9-01 Pat Shanahan [12] 28/1
4) FREEFORADAY (USA) (Inside Track Racing Club) John Best 3-9-01 Steve Drowne [2]
5) FIELD OF DREAM (Exors of the late Liam Cashman) Luca Cumani 3-9-01 Jean-Pierre Guillambert [13]
6) SHAKESPEAREAN (IRE) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-9-04t Frankie Dettori [7] 3/1 Fav
7) FREE JUDGEMENT (USA) (June Judd/Jackie Bolger/Ennistown Stud) Jim Bolger IRE 3-9-04 Kevin Manning [3]
8) MEEZAAN (IRE) (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Gosden 3-9-01 Richard Hills [5]
9) RODRIGO DE TORRES (Mogeely Stud & Maura Gittins) Henry Cecil 3-9-01 Tom Queally [8]
10) KAPTAIN KIRKUP (IRE) (Kevin Kirkup) Michael Dods 3-9-01 Philip Makin [11]
11) LUCKY GENERAL (IRE) (Julie Wood) Richard Hannon 3-9-01 Richard Hughes [1]
12) MON CADEAUX (Mick & Janice Mariscotti) Andrew Balding 3-9-01 Jimmy Fortune [9]
13) QUARREL (USA) (St Albans Bloodstock LLP) William Haggas 3-9-01 Johnny Murtagh [4]

13 ran
Time: 1m 24.94s NEW RECORD TIME (previous record 1m 25.89s)
Distances: hd, 3¾, 1½, 2½, 1¼, nk, sh, 3½, 1, nose, 11, 5
Breeder: Barouche Stud Ireland Ltd Breeding: b f Oasis Dream - Molomo (Barathea (IRE))
Tote Win: £11.30 Place: £3.10; £2.50; £14.80 Exacta: £52.00

Winning Trainer:-Name: Johnston, Mark Steven Born: Glasgow, 10/9/59 Trains at Kingsley House Racing Stables Middleham, N Yorks Date of first licence: January 1987 First winner: Hinari Video (Carlisle, July 1, 1987) Previous Occupation: Qualified as veterinary surgeon at Glasgow University; practised as vet in Cleveland, Essex and Northern Ireland, spent brief spells with John Winter, Tommy Craig, Charlie Millbank in France and John Russell in USA Classic wins: (2) 2000 Guineas (1994 Mister Baileys); 1000 Guineas (2004 Attraction) Other major wins include: Shadwell Middle Park Stakes (2009 Awzaan), Ascot Gold Cup (1995 Double Trigger, 2001, 2002 Royal Rebel), Urban-I Champagne Stakes (2003 Lucky Story, 2007 McCartney), Cherry Hinton Stakes (2003 Attraction), Chester Vase (2002 Fight Your Corner), Classic Trial (2002 Simeon), Cornwallis Stakes (1994 Millstream), Credit Suisse Private Banking Pokal (2002 Yavana’s Pace), Dewhurst Stakes (2004 Shamardal), Doncaster Cup (1995,1996 & 1998 Double Trigger), Dubai Turf Classic (1999 Fruits Of Love), UAE Hydra Properties Falmouth Stakes (2008 Nahoodh), Futurity Stakes (1994 Jural), Gordon Stakes (2002 Bandari), Gran Criterium (2006 Kirklees), Great Voltigeur Stakes (2002 Bandari), Hardwicke Stakes (1999 and 2000 Fruits of Love), Harvest Stakes (2002 Love Everlasting), Goodwood Cup (1995, 1997 & 1998 Double Trigger, 2000 Royal Rebel, 2004 Darasim), Lingfield Derby Trial (2002 Bandari), Ormonde Stakes (2004 Systematic), Princess Of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Fruits Of Love, 2004 Bandari, 2006 Soapy Danger), Princess Margaret Stakes (1992 Marina Park), Royal Lodge Stakes (1993 Mister Baileys, 2008 Jukebox Jury), Sagaro Stakes (1995 & 1996 Double Trigger), St James’s Palace Stakes (1996 Bijou D'Inde), Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes (1993 Mister Baileys, 2003 Lucky Story, 2004 Shamardal), ITM Gimcrack Stakes (2008 Shaweel), StanJames.com Jockey Club Stakes (2010 Jukebox Jury), UAE Hydra Properties Falmouth Stakes (2008 Nahoodh) Royal Ascot wins (31): Gold Cup (1995 Double Trigger, 2001 & 2002 Royal Rebel), King George V Handicap (1995 Diaghilef, 2002 Systematic, 2003 Fantastic Love, 2006 Linas Selection), St James’s Palace Stakes (1996 Bijou D’Inde), Britannia Handicap (1997 Fly To The Stars), Hardwicke Stakes (1999 and 2000 Fruits Of Love, 2002 Zindabad, 2005 Bandari), Chesham Stakes (2000 Celtic Silence, 2002 Helm Bank, 2003 Pearl Of Love), Queen’s Vase (2001 And Beyond, 2003 Shanty Star, 2005 Melrose Avenue, 2006 Soapy Danger, 2009 Holberg), Duke of Edinburgh Handicap (2001 Takamaka Bay, 2009 Drill Sergeant), Queen Mary Stakes (2003 Attraction), Norfolk Stakes (2003 Russian Valour), Ascot Stakes (2004 Double Obsession), Coronation Stakes (2004 Attraction), Wolferton Handicap (2006 I’m So Lucky), Hampton Court Stakes (2007 Zaham), King Edward VII Stakes (2007 Boscobel), Jersey Stakes (2010 Rainfall) First Royal Ascot win: Double Trigger (June 22, 1995 - Gold Cup) 1000th winner: Double Honour, Hamilton, September 4, 2000 2000th winner: Leamington, Southwell, February 5, 2008 (passed both landmarks faster than anyone else in history) Wins in a season (1987-2009): 1: 5: 15: 28: 31: 53: 77: 117: 114: 116: 123: 100: 113: 130: 116: 134: 139: 119: 141; 158; 130; 126; 216; Wins in 2010: 87

Winning Jockey: 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. British Classic Wins (2): Investec Oaks (2010 Snow Fairy), Investec Derby (2010 Workforce) Group One Wins: Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes (2009 Beethoven), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes sponsored by Betfair (2009 Conduit), 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), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2009 Spanish Moon), Maurice de Gheest (2009 King’s Apostle) Other Big Race Wins Include: Ladbrokes Bunbury Cup (2009 PlumPudding), Pride Stakes (2008 Crystal Capella), Princess Of Wales’s Blue Square Stakes (2007 Papal Bull, 2009 Doctor Fremantle), Betfair Gordon Stakes (2009 Harbinger), Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup (2009 Askar Tau), DFS Doncaster Cup (2009 Askar Tau) First Royal Ascot Win: Colony, King George V Stakes, June 2008 Royal Ascot Wins (7): King George V Stakes (2008 Colony), Queen’s Vase (2008 Patkai), Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap (2008 Sugar Ray), Hampton Court Stakes (2009 Glass Harmonium), Wolferton Handicap (2009 Perfect Stride), Wokingham Handicap (2009 High Standing), Jersey Stakes (2010 Rainfall) Number of Wins 2002-2009: 39; 59 (champion apprentice); 132; 120; 180 (champion jockey), 126; 186 (champion jockey); 178 (champion jockey) Wins in 2010: 62



SECOND RACE RESULT
3.05pm THE WINDSOR FOREST STAKES
Class 1, Group 2, £125,000 Total Prize Fund. For 4yo+ fillies and mares, 1m (straight course). Weights: 8st 12lb. Penalties after August 31, 2009, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lb; of a Group 1 race 5lb Penalty Values: 1st £70,962.50; 2nd £26,900; 3rd £13,462.50; 4th £6,712.50; 5th £3,362.50; 6th £1,687.50

1) STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI (Renata Jacobs) Sir Michael Stoute 4-8-12 Ryan Moore [1] 9/2
2) SPACIOUS (Cheveley Park Stud) James Fanshawe 5-8-12 Johnny Murtagh [2] 13/2
3) ANTARA (GER) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 4-8-12 Frankie Dettori [6] 7/2 Fav
4) ALSACE LORRAINE (IRE) (Merry Fox Stud Limited) James Fanshawe 5-8-12 Jamie Spencer [3]
5) GOLDEN STREAM (IRE) (The Queen) Sir Michael Stoute 4-8-12 William Buick [5]
6) SHAMWARI LODGE (IRE) (Andrew Russell) Richard Hannon 4-8-12 Richard Hughes [4]
7) ASPECTOFLOVE (IRE) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 4-8-12 Ted Durcan [10]
8) SAHPRESA (USA) (Douglas McIntyre) Rod Collet FR 5-9-03 Olivier Peslier [9]
9) SUPER SLEUTH (IRE) (Lucinda Freedman) Brian Meehan 4-8-12 Martin Dwyer [7]
10) PYRRHA (Lady Juliet Tadgell) Chris Wall 4-8-12 Alan Munro [8]

10 ran
Time: 1m 38.04s Distances: sh, 3, ¾, 1, 6, 2½, 5, 3½, 8
Breeder: Newsells Park Stud Breeding: gr f Dansili - Strawberry Morn (CAN) (Travelling Victor (CAN))
Tote Win: £4.40 Place: £1.80; £2.40; £1.90 Exacta: £32.50

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 at 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. Has been champion trainer on 10 occasions: 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009 British Classic wins: (15) 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, 2010 Workforce), Investec Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1987 Unite), Ladbrokes St Leger (2008 Conduit) Other big race wins: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Sponsored by Betfair (1981 Shergar; 1993 Opera House, 2002 Golan, 2009 Conduit), 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, 2009 Ask), 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 & 2009 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 (2004 Gamut, 2007 Mountain High, 2009 Spanish Moon), 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), 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), Princess Of Wales’s Blue Square Stakes (1986 Shardari, 1991 Rock Hopper, 1992 Saddlers’ Hall, 2000 Little Rock, 2005 Gamut, 2007 Papal Bull, 2009 Doctor Fremantle) Royal Ascot Wins: 62 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 10 times (1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009) Trains at Freemason Lodge, Newmarket First Goodwood winner: Alphadamus (July 31, 1973 - Stewards’ Cup) Total Goodwood Wins: 141 (66 at July Meeting) Wins (1984-2009): 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; 99; Wins in 2010: 31

Winning Jockey: 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. British Classic Wins (2): Investec Oaks (2010 Snow Fairy), Investec Derby (2010 Workforce) Group One Wins: Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes (2009 Beethoven), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes sponsored by Betfair (2009 Conduit), 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), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2009 Spanish Moon), Maurice de Gheest (2009 King’s Apostle) Other Big Race Wins Include: Ladbrokes Bunbury Cup (2009 PlumPudding), Pride Stakes (2008 Crystal Capella), Princess Of Wales’s Blue Square Stakes (2007 Papal Bull, 2009 Doctor Fremantle), Betfair Gordon Stakes (2009 Harbinger), Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup (2009 Askar Tau), DFS Doncaster Cup (2009 Askar Tau) First Royal Ascot Win: Colony, King George V Stakes, June 2008 Royal Ascot Wins (8): King George V Stakes (2008 Colony), Queen’s Vase (2008 Patkai), Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap (2008 Sugar Ray), Hampton Court Stakes (2009 Glass Harmonium), Wolferton Handicap (2009 Perfect Stride), Wokingham Handicap (2009 High Standing), Jersey Stakes (2010 Rainfall), Windsor Forest Stakes (2010 Strawberrydaiquiri) Number of Wins 2002-08: 39; 59 (champion apprentice); 132; 120; 180 (champion jockey), 126; 186 (champion jockey); 178 (champion jockey) Wins in 2010: 63


THIRD RACE RESULT

3.50pm THE PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES
Class 1, Group 1, £450,000 Total Prize Fund. For 4yo+, 1m 2f. Weights colts and geldings 9st; fillies 8st 11lb; southern hemisphere allowance: 4yo 3lb.Penalty Values: 1st £255,465; 2nd: £96,840; 3rd: £48,465; 4th: £24,165; 5th £12,105; 6th £6,075

1) BYWORD (Khalid Abdulla) Andre Fabre FR 4-9-00 Maxime Guyon [8] 5/2 Fav
2) TWICE OVER (Khalid Abdulla) Henry Cecil 5-9-00 Tom Queally [7] 11/2
3) TAZEEZ (USA) (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Gosden 6-9-00 Tadhg O'Shea [4] 40/1
4) STIMULATION (IRE) (Michael Kerr-Dineen, R P Tullett) Hughie Morrison 5-9-00 Johnny Murtagh [12]
5) WIENER WALZER (GER) (Gestut Schlenderhan) Jens Hirschberger GER 4-9-00 Adrie De Vries [2]
6) GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE) (Ballymacoll Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 4-9-00 Ryan Moore [9]
7) DEBUSSY (IRE) (HRH Princess Haya of Jordan) John Gosden 4-9-00 William Buick [11]
8) SHALANAYA (IRE) (H H Aga Khan) Mikel Delzangles FR 4-8-11 Christophe Lemaire [6]
9) PRESVIS (Leonidas Marinopoulos) Luca Cumani 6-9-00 Kieren Fallon [10]
10) MAWATHEEQ (USA) (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Marcus Tregoning 5-9-00 Richard Hills [5]
11) ALLYBAR (IRE) (Godolphin) Mahmood Al Zarooni 4-9-00 Ahmed Ajtebi [1]
12) CAVALRYMAN (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 4-9-00 Frankie Dettori [3]

12 ran
Time: 2m 05.35s Distances: ½, ¾, 1½, nose, 1½, hd, nk, 1¾, nose, 6, 12
Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd Breeding: ch c Peintre Celebre (USA) - Binche (USA) (Woodman (USA))
Tote Win: £2.80 Places: £1.40; £2.50; £11.60 Exacta: £12.30

Winning trainer:-Name: Fabre, Andre (FR) Date of Birth December 9, 1945. Trains at Chantilly, France Background: The son of a diplomat, Fabre spent much of his youth in Germany, where his father worked in the French-occupied zone. He dropped out of a career in law to work for jump trainer Andre Adele, first as a groom and schooling rider, and then as an amateur rider. He went on to become the leading jump jockey in France of his day, winning over 250 races, including the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris in 1977 with Corps A Corps. He made a successful start to his training career, landing the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris for four consecutive years (1980-1983) before switching his attentions to the Flat at the end of 1983. Fabre finished the 1987 season as champion Flat trainer in France and won the title for 21 consecutive occasions until Alan de Royer-Dupre became champion trainer in 2008. Married to: Elisabeth, the first woman to ride in a jumps race in France, and has three children British Classic wins: (4) Oaks (1993 Intrepidity), 2000 Guineas (1993 Zafonic, 1995 Pennekamp), St Leger (1991Toulon) French Classic Wins: Prix du Jockey Club (1997 Peintre Celebre, 2010 Loup de Vega); Prix de Diane (1985 Lypharita, 1992 Jolypha, 2003 Nebraska Tornado); Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1984 Siberian Express, 1987 Soviet Star; 2001 Vahorimix; 2003 Clodovil, 2010 Loup de Vega), Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (1990 Houseproud; 2003 Musical Chimes) Irish Classic Wins: Irish Derby (1995 Winged Love, 2005 Hurricane Run), Irish Oaks (1993 Wemyss Bight) Other Major wins include: Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1987,Trempolino,1992 Subotica,1994 Carnegie, 1997 Peintre Celebre, 1998 Sagamix, 2005 Hurricane Run, 2006 Rail Link), Arlington Million (1988 Mill Native), Breeders’ Cup Turf (1990 In the Wings, 2005 Shirocco), Breeders’ Cup Classic (1993 Arcangues), Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (2001 Banks Hill), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1986 St Estephe,1990 In the Wings, 1994 Apple Tree, 1995 Sunshack, 1996 Swain, 2006 Shirocco), Coronation Stakes (1989 Golden Opinion, 2001 Banks Hill), Dewhurst Stakes (1992 Zafonic, 1994 Pennekamp, 1997 Xaar); Grand Prix De Deauville (2002 Polish Summer), Grand Prix De Paris (1989 Dance Hall, 1991 Subotica,1992 Homme De Loi; 1993 Fort Wood; 1996 Grape Tree Road;1997 Peintre Celebre; 1998 Limpid; 1999 Slickly, 2009 Rail Link, 2009 Cavalryman), Grand Prix de Saint-Coud (1988 Village Star, 1990 In The Wings, 1994 Apple Tree, 1995 Carnegie, 1998 Fragrant Mix), Italian Derby (2006 Gentlewave), July Cup (1988 Soviet Star); Prix de Barbeville (2000 Amilynx), Prix de la Foret (1987 Soviet Star, 1995 Poplar Bluff), Prix Ganay (1990 Creator, 1992 Subotica, 2000 Indian Danehill), Prix D’Ispahan (1982 Al Nasr, 1984 Crystal Glitters, 1990 Creator, 1993 Arcangues, 1998 Loup Sauvage, 2005 Valixir, 2007 Manduro); Prix Jacques Le Marois (1989 Polish Precedent, 1995 Miss Satamixa, 2001 Vahormix, 2002 Banks Hill, 2007 Manduro), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere/Grand Criterium (1989 Jade Robbery, 1994 Gold Mark, 1995 Loup Solitaire), Prix Jean Prat (1987 Local Talent, 1992 Kitwood), Prix Lupin (1997 Cloudings; 1999 Gracioso), Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (1988 Soviet Star; 1989 Polish Precedent; 1994 Ski Paradise; 2003 Nebraska Tornado; 2004 Grey Lilas), Prix de l’Opera (1990 Colour Chart, 1997 Clodora), Prix Royal-Oak (1988 Star Lift, 1989 Top Sunrise, 1993 Raintrap, 1995 Sunshack, 1999 and 2000 Amilynx); Prix Saint-Alary (1984 Grise Miro; 1992 Rosefinch; 1993 Intrepidity; 1994 Moonlight Dance; 1995 Muncie; 1996 Luna Wells; 2005 Vadawina), Prix Vermeille (1992 Jolypha, 1993 Intrepidity), Criterium International (2007 Thewayyouare) Sussex Stakes (1987 Soviet Star), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2006 Hurricane Run), Royal Ascot Wins (7): Coronation Stakes (1989 Golden Opinion, 2001 Banks Hill), Queen’s Vase (1993 Infrasonic), Ribblesdale Stakes (1996 Tulipa), Queen Anne Stakes (2005 Valixir), Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2007 Manduro, 2010 Byword) First Royal Ascot win: Golden Opinion (June 21, 1989 - Coronation Stakes)

Winning Jockey:-Name: Guyon, Maxime Age: 21 Background: Born in the town of Laval, Mayenne, North West France, Maxime’s family had little connection with racing, although his mother worked in a PMU bar-tabac. He started out riding on the pony-racing circuit before studying at Le Moulin a Vent jockey school in, Gouvieux, and going on to finish his apprenticeship with legendary French trainer Andre Fabre. Group One Wins: Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (2009 Cavalryman), Prix de l’Opera (2009 Shalanaya), Prix Ganay (2010 Cutlass Bay), Poule d’Essai des Poulains (2010 Lope De Vega), Prix du Jockey Club (2010 Loup de Vega) French Wins in a Season (2006-09): 33, 29, 63, 113, Royal Ascot Wins (1) Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2010 Byword - also his first winner in Britain on his first ride)







FOURTH RACE RESULT - 4.25pm THE ROYAL HUNT CUP
Class 2, Heritage Handicap, £100,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo+, 1m (straight course). Weights: highest weight not less than 9st 10lb (any horse rated above 110 (or 120 if such a horse is 3yo) shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 10lb; subsequently, the excess over 110 (or 120 if such a horse is 3yo) shall be added to the weight alloted; minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties after May 22, a winner 5lb; a winner of 2 races 7lb. Forgotten Voice's Handicap Mark 113. Penalty Values: 1st £62,310 2nd: £18,660 3rd; £9,330 4th: £4,670 5th: £2,330 6th £1,170

1) INVISIBLE MAN (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor b1 4-8-09 Frankie Dettori [23] 28/1
2) RIGGINS (IRE) (Dubai Thoroughbred Racing) Andrew Balding 6-9-00 Jimmy Fortune [22] 12/1
3) ST MORITZ (IRE) (Renata Jacobs) Mark Johnston 4-8-07 Joe Fanning [32] 12/1
4) TRYST (Ms L A Morgan) John Hammond FR 5-8-05 Hayley Turner [29] 12/1
5) PROPONENT (IRE) (Bjorn Nielsen) Roger Charlton 6-8-11 Richard Mullen [17]
6) NOBLE CITIZEN (USA) (Khalifa Dasmal) David Simcock b e/s 5-8-06 William Buick [14]
7) FORGOTTEN VOICE (IRE) (Susan Roy) Jeremy Noseda v1 5-9-13 Johnny Murtagh [20]
8) ACROSTIC (Leonidas Marinopoulos) Luca Cumani 5-9-03 Kieren Fallon [25]
9) DECEMBER DRAW (IRE) (Richard Pegum, G & M Towzell & Brook House) William Knight 4-8-13 Shane Kelly [27]
10) LOVELACE (Dab Hand Racing) David Nicholls 6-9-06 Adrian Nicholls [24]
11) FAREER (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Ed Dunlop 4-9-07 Richard Hills [16]
12) AL MUHEER (IRE) (Saeed bin Suroor) Clive Brittain b5-9-03 Seb Sanders [21]
13) MIA'S BOY (Iraj Parvizi) Chris Dwyer 6-9-05 Eddie Ahern [28]
14) STOIC (IRE) (Highclere Thoroughbred Racing) Jeremy Noseda 4-9-04 Ryan Moore [10]
15) MANASSAS (IRE) (Rebecca Philipps) Brian Meehan 5-8-12 Martin Dwyer [15]
16) MOYNAHAN (USA) (D S Lee) Paul Cole 5-8-05 Tadhg O'Shea [30]
17) DOCOFTHEBAY (IRE) (Paul Dixon) Jeremy Glover b6-8-06 Robert Winston [7]
18) BALCARCE NOV (ARG) (Fitri Hay) Tom Tate 5-9-03 Jamie Spencer [33]
19) SPECTAIT (J P McManus) Jonjo O'Neill 8-8-08 Jim Crowley [26]
20) PLEASE SING (Ann Black) Mick Channon 4-8-06 Alan Munro [31]
21) DANDY BOY (ITY) (Malih Al Basti) David Marnane IRE 4-9-00 Colm O'Donoghue [5] 8/1 Fav
22) SMOKEY OAKEY (IRE) (Judi Dench & Bryan Agar) Mark Tompkins 6-8-11 Michael Hills [18]
23) KING JOCK (USA) (Thistle Bloodstock) Tracey Collins IRE 9-9-07 Paul Shanahan [19]
24) MARAJAA (IRE) (John Jacques) Willie Musson 8-8-09 Tom Queally [8]
25) SHAVANSKY (John Southway & Andrew Hughes) Rod Millman 6-8-06 Chris Catlin [6]
26) MULL OF KILLOUGH (IRE) (Noel Lawless) John Spearing 4-8-10 Steve Drowne [11]
27) TIGER REIGNS (Joe Buzzeo, Michael Dods) Michael Dods 4-8-12 Philip Makin [2]
28) AXIOM (Samanda Racing) Luca Cumani 6-9-04 Christophe Lemaire [4]
29) SUPASEUS (Ben & Sir Martyn Arbib) Hughie Morrison 7-9-08 Travis Block [13]

29 ran Non-Runner: Harald Bluetooth (Going)
Time: 1m 37.16s NEW RECORD TIME - previous best time 1m 37.21s
Distances: ½, 1, 1, hd, ½, 1½, 1¾, hd, 4½, ¾, 1, 1¼, nk, ¾, hd, 1, ½, nk, ½, ½, 7, 2, 2½, ½, hd, 2, ½, 25
Breeder: Darley Breeding: ch c Elusive Quality (USA) - Eternal Reve (USA) (Diesis) Tote Win: £35.80 Place: £7.00; £4.00; £3.20; £4.00 Exacta: £895.00

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: (12) Stan James 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), Stan James 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia), Investec Oaks (1995 Moonshell; 2002 Kazzia); Ivestec Derby (1995 Lammtarra); Ladbrokes St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche; 1998 Nedawi; 1999 Mutafaweq; 2004 Rule Of Law, 2009 Mastery) 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), Coronation Cup (1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq) Racing Post Trophy (1996 Medaaly, 2007 Ibn Khaldhun) Royal Ascot Wins (31): 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), Royal Hunt Cup (2010 Invisible Man) 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 (1995-2009): 14: 48: 41: 38: 41: 22: 24: 21: 23: 115: 78; 70; 73; 56; 148; Wins in 2010 (in Britain): 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) Royal Ascot wins: 42 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 (1987-2009): 8, 22, 75^, 141, 94, 101, 149, 233*, 216*, 123, 176, 132, 132, 47, 94, 69, 101, 195*, 87, 131, 77, 67; 103; ^Champion apprentice *Champion jockey Wins in 2010: 45


FIFTH RACE RESULT

5.00pm THE QUEEN MARY STAKES
Class 1, Group 2, £90,000 Total Prize Fund. For 2yo fillies, 5f. Weights 8st 12lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £51,093; 2nd: £19,368; 3rd £9,693; 4th: £4,833; 5th: £2,421; 6th £1,215

1) MAQAASID (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Gosden 2-8-12 Richard Hills [18] 9/4 Fav
2) MEOW (IRE) (Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier) David Wachman IRE t1 2-8-12 Johnny Murtagh [17] 7/2
3) LADIES ARE FOREVER (Reg Bond) Geoff Oldroyd 2-8-12 Tom Eaves [16] 10/1
4) SERENA'S PRIDE (Baydoun & Harake Partnership) Alan Jarvis 2-8-12 Kieren Fallon [15]
5) CATALINAS DIAMOND (IRE) (Briton International) Brendan Duke 2-8-12 Tadhg O'Shea [12]
6) PURPLE GLOW (IRE) (Jackie Bolger) Jim Bolger IRE 2-8-12 Kevin Manning [14]
7) MOONLIT GARDEN (IRE) (Dr Ronan Lambe) Dermot Weld IRE 2-8-12 Pat Smullen [1]
8) DRESS UP (IRE) (Ciara Murphy) Sylvester Kirk 2-8-12 Jimmy Fortune [13]
9) PRIMO LADY (K Jarvis, G Hodson, P Moule) Gay Kelleway v2-8-12 David Probert [3]
10) SWISS DREAM (Lordship Stud) David Elsworth 2-8-12 Ryan Moore [10]
11) SASKIA'S DREAM (Peter Bottomley & Jane Chapple-Hyam) Jane Chapple-Hyam 2-8-12 Shane Kelly [4]
12) THE SYDNEY ARMS (IRE) (Richard Morecombe, J Reus & D Anderson) Richard Hannon 2-8-12 Richard Hughes [7]
13) PENNY'S PEARL (IRE) (Malcolm & Penny Brown) Richard Hannon 2-8-12 Frankie Dettori [2]
14) MARLINKA (Elite Racing Club) Roger Charlton 2-8-12 Steve Drowne [6]
15) OVERWHELM (Andrew Reid) Andrew Reid 2-8-12 Tom Queally [11]
16) MASAYA (Saeed Manana) Clive Brittain 2-8-12 Chris Catlin [9]
17) YAROOH (USA) (Mohammed Al Shafar) Clive Brittain 2-8-12 Neil Callan [8]
18) CEREJEIRA (IRE) (Derrick Mossop) Eric Alston 2-8-12 Silvestre De Sousa [5]

18 ran
Time: 59.17s NEW RECORD TIME FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS - previous fastest time 59.77s
Distances: nk, nk, 5, nk, 1, 1¼, ½, 1¾, 1, hd, 2, ¾, 1¼, 3¾, 1¼, ¾, 3
Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited Breeding: b f Green Desert (USA) - Eshaadeh (USA) (Storm Cat (USA))
Tote Win: £3.80 Place: £1.80; £1.70; £3.70 Exacta: £12.10

Winning Trainer:-Name: Gosden, John Harry Martin Born: Hove, 30/3/51 Date of first trainer’s licence (Britain): 1988 (previously a leading trainer in USA, 1980-1988) English Classic Winners: (4) Sagitta 1000 Guineas (2000 Lahan), Vodafone Derby (1997 Benny The Dip), St Leger (1996 Shantou, 2007 Lucarno) First winner in Europe: Intimidate, Kempton, March 27, 1989 Other major wins include: Challenge Stakes (1993 Catrail, 2006 Sleeping Indian), Cheveley Park Stakes (1993 Prophecy), Falmouth Stakes (1997 Ryafan), Fillies’ Mile (2000 Crystal Music, 2004 Playful Act, 2005 Nannina, 2008 Rainbow View), French 1,000 Guineas (1999 Valentine Waltz, 2002 Zenda), Geoffrey Freer Stakes (1995 Presenting), Gran Premio di Milano (1997 Shantou), Grosser Preis Von Baden (1992 Mashaallah), Haydock Sprint Cup (1993 Wolfhound), Hungerford Stakes (1994 Pollen Count - dh with Young Ern), Irish St Leger (1992 Mashaallah), Irish Champion Stakes (1993 Muhtarram), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream), Middle Park Stakes (2002 Oasis Dream), Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1994 & 1995 Muhtarram, 1997 Shantou), Prix de l’Abbaye (1991Keen Hunter), Prix de la Foret (1992 Wolfhound, 2001 Mount Abu), Prix Marcel Boussac (1996 Ryafan, 2001 Sulk), Prix Jean Prat (1995 Torrential), Prix de la Salamandre (1995 Lord Of Men), Prix Lupin (1995 Flemensfirth), Prix Maurice de Gheest (2002 May Ball), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2000 Observatory, 2008 Raven’s Pass), Royal Lodge Stakes (1996 Benny The Dip, 2002 Al Jadeed, 2005 Leo), Santa Anita Handicap (1983 Bates Motel), Sun Chariot Stakes (1991 Ristna), Lennox Stakes (2000 Observatory), totesport.com Cambridgeshire (1994 Halling, 2007 Pipedreamer, 2008 Tazeez) Iveco Solario Stakes (2007 Raven’s Pass), Sky Bet York Stakes (2008 Pipedreamer), totesport.com Celebration Mile (2008 Raven’s Pass), Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes (2008 Centennial), Tattersalls Timeform Million (2008 Donativum), Breeders’ Cup Classic (2008 Raven’s Pass), Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Tirf (2008 Donativum), Jockey Club Stakes (2009 Bronze Cannon), Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes (2009 Virtual), Darley Yorkshire Oaks (2009 Dar Re Mi) Trains at Clarehaven Stables, Bury Road, Newmarket, Suffolk (previously at Manton and Newmarket) Royal Ascot Wins (25): Chesham Stakes (1990 Chicarica, 1998 Rhapsodist), Jersey Stakes (1991 Satin Flower, 2000 Observatory), Queen’s Vase (1992 Landowner), King George V Handicap (1993 Learmont, 1997 Heritage), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1994 & 95 Muhtarram), Britannia Handicap (1996 North Song, 1998 Plan-B), Ascot Stakes (1999 High And Mighty), Norfolk Stakes (1999 Warm Heart), Britannia Stakes (2000 El Gran Papa, 2001 Analyser), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2002 Demonstrate), Golden Jubilee Stakes (2002 Malhub), Coventry Stakes (2004 Iceman), King Edward VII Stakes (2005 Plea Bargain), Coronation Stakes (2006 Nannina), Windsor Forest Stakes (2007 Nannina), Royal Hunt Cup (2007 Royal Oath), Ribblesdale Stakes (2008 Michta), Hardwicke Stakes (2009 Bronze Cannon), Queen Mary Stakes (2010 Maqaasid) First Royal Ascot Win: Chicarica (June 21, 1990 - Chesham Stakes) Horses in Training (2008-2010): 146; 161; 172; Wins in a season (1989-2009): 28; 87; 86; 113; 110; 93; 86; 75; 91; 77; 74; 82; 55; 85; 72; 66; 92; 56; 66; 93; 88; Wins in 2010: 30

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: 24 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), First Goodwood win: King Of Comedy (John Kent H’cap, September 14, 1985) Goodwood winners: 73 (17 at July Meeting) Wins (1990-2009):56, 67, 52, 57, 59, 70, 71, 85, 83, 77, 81, 79, 81, 75, 66, 72, 54, 72, 66; 98; Wins in 2010: 22



SIXTH RACE RESULT - 5.35pm THE SANDRINGHAM HANDICAP
Class 1, Listed Race, £50,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo fillies rated 96-110 (also open to such fillies rated 95 and below), 1m (straight course). Weights: highest weight 9st 7lb; minimum weight 8st 7lb. Penalties: after June 5, a winner of a Class 1, 2 or 3 race 3lb. Lolly For Dolly's Handicap Mark 107. Penalty Values: 1st £28,385; 2nd £10,760; 3rd £5,385; 4th £2,685; 5th £1,345; 6th £675

1) TIMEPIECE (Khalid Abdulla) Henry Cecil 3-9-05 Tom Queally [17] 5/1
2) BLUE MAIDEN (The Honourable Earle I Mack) Charlie McBride 3-9-05 Kieren Fallon [12] 8/1
3) SAFINA (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-10 Ryan Moore [6] 100/30 Fav
4) LOLLY FOR DOLLY (IRE) (David Keoghan) Tommy Stack IRE 3-9-07 Wayne Lordan [9] 9/1
5) KINKY AFRO (IRE) (Phil Cunningham, Stan Moore) Stan Moore 3-8-13 Liam Keniry [13]
6) SWEET SONNET (USA) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-9-00 Frankie Dettori [5]
7) MISS ZOOTER (IRE) (Pearl Bloodstock Ltd) Ralph Beckett 3-8-07 Jim Crowley [4]
8) DUBAI MEDIA (CAN) (Ahmad Al Shaikh) David Simcock 3-8-07 Shane Kelly [7]
9) MUDAARAAH (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Dunlop 3-8-13 Richard Hills [11]
10) MARIE DE MEDICI (USA) (Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-9-02 Joe Fanning [15]
11) BERG BAHN (IRE) (Anamoine Ltd) Ger Lyons IRE 3-9-00 Keegan Latham [14]
12) SONG OF MY HEART (IRE) (Sir Robert Ogden) David Wachman IRE 3-9-02 Johnny Murtagh [3]
13) CLAIRVOYANCE (IRE) (H R H Princess Haya Of Jordan) John Gosden 3-8-07 William Buick [10]
14) MISS MITTAGONG (USA) (Richard Pegum) Ralph Beckett v1 3-8-07 Alan Munro [8]
15) ZA ZA ZOOM (IRE) (Simon Brooke & Steve Smith) Barry Hills 3-8-10 Michael Hills [1]
16) SIYAADAH (Godolphin) Mahmood Al Zarooni 3-9-02 Ahmed Ajtebi [16]
17) POLLENATOR (IRE) (The Royal Ascot Racing Club) Richard Hannon 3-9-05 Richard Hughes [2]

17 ran
Time: 1m 38.53s Distances: 1¼, 2¾, 1¼, ¾, sh, 2, ½, hd, ¾, ½, 1½, ¾, 1, 1½, 16, 11
Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd Breeding: b f Zamindar (USA) - Clepsydra (Sadler’s Wells (USA))
Tote Win: £6.20 Place: £1.80; £2.80; £1.60; £2.40 Exacta: £55.50

Winning trainer:-Name: Cecil, Henry Richard Amherst Born: January 11, 1943, Aberdeen Scotland Trains at Warren Place Stables, Newmarket, Suffolk Date of first licence:1969 First winner: Celestial Cloud (Ripon, May 17, 1969) Previous Occupation: Assistant to stepfather, Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort British Classic wins: (24) 1000 Guineas (1979 One In A Million, 1981 Fairy Footsteps, 1985 Oh So Sharp, 1996 Bosra Sham, 1997 Sleepytime, 1999 Wince), 2000 Guineas (1975 Bolkonski, 1976 Wollow), Vodafone Derby (1985 Slip Anchor, 1987 Reference Point, 1993 Commander In Chief, 1999 Oath), Vodafone Oaks (1985 Oh So Sharp, 1988 Diminuendo, 1989 Snow Bride, 1996 Lady Carla, 1997 Reams Of Verse, 1999 Ramruma, 2000 Love Divine, 2007 Light Shift), St Leger (1980 Light Cavalry, 1985 Oh So Sharp, 1987 Reference Point, 1989 Michelozzo) Other major wins include: Ascot Gold Cup (1979 and 1980 Le Moss, 1981 and 1982 Ardross, 1987 Paean), Brigadier Gerard Stakes (2000 Shiva), Canadian International (1998 Royal Anthem), Champion Stakes (1988 Indian Skimmer, 1996 Bosra Sham, 2009 Twice Over), Coral-Eclipse (1969 Wolver Hollow, 1976 Wollow, 1978 Gunner B), Coronation Stakes (1975 Roussalka, 1979 One In A Million, 1982 Chalon, 1990 Chimes Of Freedom, 1994 Kissing Cousin), Dewhurst Stakes (1975 Wollow, 1982 Diesis), Falmouth Stakes (1982 Chalon, 1990 Chimes Of Freedom), Fillies’ Mile (1978 Formulate, 1984 Oh So Sharp, 1987 Diminuendo, 1988 Tessla, 1995 Bosra Sham, 1996 Reams Of Verse), Grand Prix de Paris (2000 Beat Hollow), Irish Oaks (1988 Diminuendo d.h., 1999 Ramruma, 1989 Alydaress), Irish Derby (1989 Old Vic, 1993 Commander In Chief), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1973 Cloonagh), Juddmonte International (1976 Wollow, 1999 Royal Anthem), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1987 Reference Point, 1990 Belmez, 1994 King’s Theatre), Middle Park Stakes (1981 Cajun, 1982 Diesis), Prix Royal-Oak (1981 Ardross, 1986 El Cuite), Prix du Jockey-Club (1989 Old Vic), Prix de Diane (1987 Indian Skimmer, 1990 Rafha), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1979 Kris), Racing Post Trophy (1969 Approval, 1975 Take Your Place, 1979 Hello Gorgeous, 1982 Dunbeath, 1984 Lanfranco, 1986 Reference Point, 1989 Be My Chief, 1990 Peter Davies, 1992 Armiger, 1993 King’s Theatre), St James’s Palace Stakes (1975 Bolkonski, 1979 Kris, 1990 Shavian; 1998 Dr Fong), Sussex Stakes (1975 Bolkonski, 1976 Wollow, 1979 Kris, 1994 Distant View, 1997 Ali-Royal), Tattersalls Gold Cup (1999 Shiva), Yorkshire Oaks (1979 Connaught Bridge, 1988 Diminuendo, 1998 Catchascatchcan, 1999 Ramruna), Blue Square Nassau Stakes (1975 & 1976 Roussalka, 1979 Connaught Bridge, 1987 Nom De Plume, 1993 Lyphard’s Delta, 2009 Midday) Royal Ascot wins: 72 First Royal Ascot winner: Queen Alexandra Stakes (1970 Parthenon). Major Royal Ascot winners: St James’s Palace Stakes (1975 Bolkonski, 1979 Kris, 1990 Shavian, 1998 Dr Fong), Gold Cup (1979 & 1980 Le Moss, 1981 & 1982 Ardross, 1987 Paean), Coronation Stakes (1975 Roussalka, 1979 One In A Million, 1982 Chalon, 1990 Chimes Of Freedom, 1994 Kissing Cousin), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1977 Lucky Wednesday, 1978 Gunner B, 1992 Perpendicular, 1993 Placerville, 1997 Bosra Sham), Queen Anne Stakes (1981 Belmont Bay, 1982 Mr Fluorocarbon, 1983 Valiyar, 1984 Trojan Fen) Other details: Champion trainer 10 times (1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993)Horses in training (1969-2010): 41; 62; 80; 89; 76; 90; 84; 80; 113; 101; 115; 134; 139; 145; 154; 152; 162; 169; 181; 177; 172; 174 ; 163; 165; 164; 208; 176; 186; 188; 191; 169; 157; 122; 83; 73; 56; 55; 78; 108; 115; Wins in a season (1984-2009): 108: 132: 115: 180: 112: 117 : 111: 119: 109: 94: 76: 83: 113: 78: 100: 65: 62: 48: 30: 25: 21: 12; 25; 45; 50; 63; Wins in 2010: 24

Winning jockey:-Name: Queally, Thomas Peter Born: October 8, 1984 Background: Son of Declan, who trains a small string in County Waterford. A former pony racing champion, who was champion apprentice in Ireland in 2000 with 28 wins - Devon trainer Tony Newcombe helped bring him to Britain while apprenticed in Ireland to Pat Flynn. First Winner: Larifaari (Nenagh Handicap, Clonmel, April 13, 2000 - on 4th racecourse ride) Big Race Wins: Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (2009 Twice Over), Darley July Cup (2009 Fleeting Spirit), Dubai Airport World Trophy (2006 Dixie Belle), Empress Stakes (2005 Dixie Belle), totesport Chartwell Fillies’ Stakes (2004 Illustrious Miss), Rathbarry Stud’s Barathea Finale Stakes (2006 Frank Sonata), Star Stakes (2004 Queen Of Poland), Princess Elizabeth Stakes (2008 Lady Gloria), Blue Square Nassau Stakes (2009 Midday), Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2009 Midday), Emirates Airline Yorkshire Cup (2010 Manifest), totesport Lingfield Derby Trial (2010 Bullet Train) Royal Ascot Wins (3): Windsor Castle Stakes (2004 Chateau Istana), Golden Jubilee Stakes (2009 Art Connoisseur), Sandringham Handicap (2010 Timepiece) Wins 2003-2009: 1; 66*, 43 (*Champion Apprentice), 59; 66; 62; 109; Wins In 2010: 40

ROYAL ASCOT 2010
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16



GOING CHANGE

The going was changed just before 1pm to


GOOD TO FIRM, GOOD IN PLACES


having previously been Good.

GOING

The going on day two of Royal Ascot remains (10am)

GOOD

Chris Stickels, Ascot’s Clerk of the Course, commented: “We have had a dry night and we are forecast a dry day today with a light breeze. I have kept the official going as Good but, with a drying wind, it would not surprise me if we changed the going to Good, Good to Firm in places, at some time today - maybe even before racing.”

The GoingStick readings are

Straight Course - Stands’ Side 9.4, Centre 9.3, Far Side 9.6
Round Course - 9.4


NON-RUNNER

FOURTH RACE
4.25pm ROYAL HUNT CUP

no 22 HARALD BLUETOOTH (IRE) (Going)


BETTING NEWS

As on Tuesday, there has been a steady spread of money this morning for a variety of runners with the Royal Hunt Cup (4.25pm) as ever proving a hugely popular betting heat.

Riggins has been the day’s best backed horse with Coral, shortening from 16/1 to 11/1, while others supported in the mile handicap include Please Sing, who is 33/1 from 40/1 with Paddy Power. Fareer has been trimmed to 11/1 from 14/1 with totesport while Marajaa, who is 20/1 from 25/1 with Coral. Favourite Dandy Boy is 8/1 from 10/1 with William Hill and 7/1 from 8/1 with Boylesports.

Victor Chandler have also shortened Lovelace from 20/1 to 16/1, French raider Tryst from 16/1 to 12/1 and Harald Bluetooth into 22/1 from 40/1.

In the opening Jersey Stakes (2.30pm), Meezaan is 11/2 from 6/1 with both Paddy Power and Victor Chandler and 11/2 from 13/2 with William Hill, while Coral have shortened Rock Jock from 33/1 to 25/1. Quarrel is 12/1 from 14/1 with Victor Chandler while Rainfall is 8/1 from 9/1.

Shamwari Lodge is 11/2 from 13/2 with totesport and 11/2 from 6/1 with Boylesports in the Windsor Forest Stakes (3.05pm) and the latter firm have pruned Spacious from 7/1 to 13/2.

Pricewise’s selection Glass Harmonium is 11/1 from 14/1 with Coral in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (3.50pm) and 12/1 from 14/1 with both William Hill and Paddy Power. Presvis is 8/1 from 10/1 with totesport in the same race.

In the Queen Mary Stakes (5.00pm), Swiss Dream is 10/1 from 11/1 with Paddy Power and 9/1 from 12/1 with both Victor Chandler and William Hill. Favourite Maqaasid has been trimmed from 7/2 to 100/30 with William Hill, who have also cut Ladies Are Forever from 16/1 to 14/1.

Paddy Power have cut Song Of My Heart from 20/1 to 16/1 in the concluding Sandringham Handicap (5.35pm), in which Safina is 7/2 from 9/2 with William Hill and 4/1 from 5/1 with Victor Chandler. The latter company have also seen support for Mudaaraah, who is 11/1 from 14/1, and Miss Mittagong, who is now 28/1 from 40/1.

KELLEWAY REACHES FOR ASCOT LANDMARK AS ENGLAND HOPES FOR HUNT CUP OMEN

Gay Kelleway is hoping to make Royal Ascot history today as she bids to become the first woman to sample victory at the meeting as both a jockey and a trainer.

Kelleway partnered Sprowston Boy to win the Queen Alexandra Stakes in 1987 and the Newmarket handler saddles the aptly-named York Listed winner Primo Lady in today’s Group Two Queen Mary Stakes (5pm).

The day’s feature event, the Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (3.50pm) could see another notable first as last year’s Deutsches Derby hero Wiener Walzer, from Jens Hirschberger’s stable, bids to break the duck for German-trained horses at the Royal Meeting.

In the same contest, Glass Harmonium lines up in the well-known silks of the Weinstock family’s Ballymacoll Stud. It is exactly 30 years since the same colours last triumphed in the Prince Of Wales’ Stakes, when Ela-Mana-Mou prevailed under Willie Carson for the late Lord Weinstock.

In the opener, the Group Three Jersey Stakes, owner Hamdan Al Maktoum is seeking a hat-trick, having savoured his famous blue and white silks being carried to victory in 2008 and 2009 aboard Aqlaam and Ouqba, respectively. The Sheikh relies on the John Gosden-trained Meezaan this time.

England lifted the World Cup not long after Continuation won the 1966 Royal Hunt Cup (4.25pm) and no Irish-trained horse has triumphed since then. It could be a good omen for England fans if either King Jock or Dandy Boy lands the mile handicap for Ireland this afternoon.

France-based Englishman John Hammond has two Royal Ascot wins on his record and is bidding for a third with Tryst, who would become the first French-trained winner of the Royal Hunt Cup.

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s Group One Gold Cup (3.50pm), Sir Michael Stoute is set to saddle Ask in a bid to end a drought dating back to 1978 when Shangamuzo gave him his only success in the race.

Should the Roger Charlton-trained Clowance take her place in the field, she would be attempting to become the first filly or mare to triumph since Indian Queen in 1991.


QUEST FOR COMPENSATION IN CORONATION STAKES

A Classic slipped from her grasp, but a coronation awaits Jacqueline Quest at Royal Ascot on Friday.

The Henry Cecil-trained filly is among 13 declared for the £250,000 Coronation Stakes (3.50), and while her disqualification from the StanJames.com 1000 Guineas dashed the elation briefly held by owner Noel Martin, victory at the Royal meeting would fill the void with gold.

There’s a substantial sum for the winner of Friday’s mile contest, and unknown riches to be gained when she retires from racing and produces her own foals - a Royal Ascot win by mum would make them highly valuable.

Jacqueline Quest’s crime at Newmarket was to lean on rival Special Duty during the sinew-extending drive for the line, but the Coronation Stakes looks no easier.

Gile Na Greine, Sent From Heaven and Music Show, respectively third, fourth and sixth in the Guineas, are set to renew rivalry, and five fillies are heading to Ascot having tackled the Irish 1000 Guineas. Anna Salai (second), Music Show (third), Lillie Langtry (fifth), Famous (13th) and Gile Na Greine (17th) ran at the Curragh, and there are Guineas clues from two other European countries.

French challenger Evading Tempete won Italy’s Guineas, the Premio Regina Elena, while Lady Of The Desert finished a close fifth in the Poule d’Essai Des Pouliches, France’s equivalent contest - all these Classic runners give Friday’s race the hallmark of quality for which it is renowned.

Not that the potential winner is confined to this group, for Tabassum has not been to the track this season after earning an excellent end-of-term report last year. Impressive winner of Newmarket’s Group Three Oh So Sharp Stakes, Tabassum was then third to Music Show in the Group Two Rockfel Stakes. Her place in the line-up adds an additional puzzler, for there is no knowing whether she has retained her dazzle from last year - the fact she is trained by Sir Michael Stoute answers about 95% of the question.

Puff, another smart two-year-old whose victory in Newbury’s Group Three Dubai Duty Free Stakes last month proved she is as good as ever, represents trainer Ralph Beckett, who is based at Whitsbury in Hampshire.

Beckett is one of racing’s smart young trainers whose record needs a Royal Ascot winner to underline his ability. Puff could provide Beckett with his first success at the meeting, while Jacqueline Quest and her stablemate Chachamaidee (a winner at York last month) could become Cecil’s 72nd - such statistics add a dusting of intrigue to a fascinating fillies’ showdown.

ROYAL ASCOT - CARRIAGE LIST
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010

1st Carriage
THE QUEEN
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
The Lord Fellowes
Major General William Cubitt

2nd Carriage
The Duke of Gloucester
The Duchess of Gloucester
The Lord Vestey
The Lady Fellowes

3rd Carriage
Mr. Henry Candy
Mrs. Henry Candy
Mr. Mark Tompkins
Mrs. Mark Tompkins

4th Carriage
Mr. William Cubitt
Mr. Edward Young
Mr. Philip Everett
Mrs. Philip Everett

DETACHED MOTOR CARS

Major Simon Robinson
The Honourable Mary Morrison
Wing Commander Andrew Calame
Major Dan Rex

Air Vice-Marshal David Walker
The Lady Vestey
Mr. Peter Troughton
Mrs. Peter Troughton

The Lord Tollemache
The Lady Tollemache
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Richards

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