Racenews Newslink Archive - Sunday, July 20, 2003

Sunday, July 20, 2003

PUNTER CONFIDENCE UNSHAKABLE IN WILLIAM HILL MILE

The support for Unshakable may have just missed the target when third at Newbury on Saturday, but the colt certainly showed his well being for a tilt at the William Hill Mile at Goodwood in less than a fortnights time and is now 10-1 from 20-1 with the sponsors.

WILLIAM HILL MILE: 7-1 Adekshan (from 16), 10-1 Funfair, Unshakable (from 20), 12-1 Grand Passion (from 20), Mine, 14-1 Everest (from 20), Inverness, Lafi, Putra Pekan, 16-1 Desert Opal, New Seeker, Tough Love, Wizard of Noz, 20-1 Atlantic Ace, Audience, Camp Commander, Chinkara, Green Line, Heretic, Highland Shot, Island Light, Moharib, Norton, Smirk, Wannabe Around, With Reason, 25-1 BAR (25-1 Nuit Sombre (from 20-1)

VODAFONE STEWARDS, CUP: 11-2 Patavellian, 8-1 Fire Up The Band (from 10), 10-1 Mutawaqed, 14-1 Dazzling Bay, Ratio, Torosay Spring, 16-1 Capricho, Fayr Jag, Halmahera, 20-1 Bond Becks, Bond Boy, By Far, Endless Summer, Frizzante, Lochridge (from 33), Royal Millenium, Vanderlin, 25-1 BAR (33-1 Good Girl (from 40)

2004 2000 GUINEAS: 8-1 Three Valleys, 10-1 One Cool Cat (from 14), 20-1 Grand Reward, 25-1 Antonious Pius, (Others Upon Application)

THE PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE: 9-2 Dalakhani, 11-2 Alamshar, Kris Kin, 6-1 High Chapparal, Sulamani, 10-1 Ange Gabriel, 12-1 Falbrav, Nayef, 14-1 Bright Sky, Islington, 16-1 Nebraska Tornado, 20-1 BAR

KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND STAKES: 11-4 Alamshar, 4-1 Kris
Kin, 9-2 Nayef, 6-1 Falbrav, 7-1 Sulamani, 10-1 Islington, 12-1 Bollin Eric, Victory Moon, Yesterday, 14-1 Millenary, Warrsan, 16-1 Indian Creek, Leadership, Mamool, 20-1 Black Sam Bellamy, Next Desert, 25-1 Brian Boru, Gamut, Grandera.

BETDAQ (GLORIOUS GOODWOOD) LEADING RIDER: 13-8 K Fallon, 5-2 L Dettori, 7-2 M Kinane, 10-1 R Hughes, J Murtagh, 12-1 D Holland, 14-1 K Darley, 16-1 BAR

NEWMARKET SEEKS NEW GUINEAS FESTIVAL SPONSOR

Newmarket is seeking a new sponsor for the Guineas Festival, which includes the first two Classics of the British season, the 2000 and 1000 Guineas. Next year’s meeting takes place over the weekend of Saturday 1st May and Sunday 2nd May.

Lisa Hancock, Managing Director of Newmarket Racecourses, commented: “The Guineas Festival is on a marked upwards curve, with record crowds for the modern era of over 40,000 flocking here this year and top class, highly competitive fields for the big races.

“RUSSIAN RHYTHM’s defeat of SIX PERFECTIONS, two fillies of the highest quality, stole the limelight in the 1000 Guineas this May, while last year it was the 2000 Guineas that proved to be truly exceptional, with ROCK OF GIBRALTAR meeting his stable companion HAWK WING for the one and only time in their illustrious careers in a race that will long live in the memory.

“With all the coverage over the autumn and winter as the ante-post market on the first two British Classics takes shape, followed by the intense build-up in the spring and the constant back references throughout the rest of the season, this prestigious sponsorship is a tremendously valuable property. We are very optimistic of lining up a new sponsor within the next few months.”

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