Sunday, September 30, 2001

LAST DAY OF THE BETDAQ FESTIVAL OF RACING
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2001

TODAY’S CROWD

GOING NEWS AT 10.30 AM

SOFT,

“We had 16 1/2 millimetres of rain from overnight on Friday until lunchtime yesterday, but since then it has been dry apart from a little drizzle this morning,” said Clerk of the Course Nick Cheyne.

“The forecast suggests, though, that conditions may deteriorate through this afternoon.”

NASHAAB BIDS FOR
£1/4 MILLION PAYOUT

The £250,000 bonus is payable to a horse who wins two of the nine qualifiers and the Final.

Nashaab finished first in the Doncaster qualifier on July 1, lost the race in the stewards’ room and was then re-awarded first place after an appeal to the Jockey Club. He went on to win the Chester qualifier on August 5.

Any horse that wins a qualifier and is placed in another will earn a £150,000 bonus if successful in the Final. Scottish Spice, trained by Ian Balding, is eligible for this prize having won the Sandown heat on August 19 and finished second at Windsor on June 3.

There are two horses chasing the bonus of £100,000 on offer to the Final winner if he or she has previously been placed in two qualifiers.

Tony Tie, trained in Lanarkshire by Jim Goldie, filled the runner-up spot in the Chester and Sandown qualifiers, while the John Spearing-trained Thihn came third at Windsor on June 3 and filled the same position at Kempton on July 22.

Although several horses have come close in recent years, a bonus has not yet been won in the Mail On Sunday Mile Final.

There would have been a maximum field of 32, the most allowed over the straight mile at Ascot, for today’s race had not Muyassir been withdrawn on account of the softened ground.

The winning owner will receive 50% of the bonus, the trainer 40% and the remaining 10% will be divided among the staff at the winning stable.

MAIL ON SUNDAY MILE FINAL
Year Winner Trainer Jockey Owner Age/Wt SP
2000 Tornado Prince Eric Alston Paul Quinn Lynda Ramsden 5-7-07 16/1
1999 Indium Willie Musson Pat Eddery Magnificent Seven 5-8-05 14/1
1998 Silken Dalliance Lord Huntingdon Adrian Nicholls C H F Partnership 3-7-07 10/1
1997 Gulf Shaadi Eric Alston Seb Sanders Bibby Halliday Partnership 5-8-06 20/1
1996 Amrak Ajeeb Ben Hanbury Mark Rimmer Aziz Merza 4-10-00 33/1
1995 Mo-Addab Alec Stewart Michael Roberts Swales Hammond 5-8-13 25/1

WINNING QUOTES RACE ONE
ROYAL COURT THEATRE CUMBERLAND LODGE STAKES

NAYEF TO STAY IN TRAINING NEXT YEAR BUT NO DECISION YET ON DUBAI CHAMPION STAKES

After Nayef had justified his odds of 8/13 by beating Sagittarius by one-and-a-quarter lengths, Tregoning commented: “It’s coming together with him now. He’ll stay in training as a four-year-old, but whether he runs in the Champion Stakes [at Newmarket on Saturday, October 20] we’ll leave it quite late on to decide.

“Everything gets a hard race today as they did yesterday. However, he’s a fresh horse who I gave a break to and he’s come back really well.”

Asked if he was surprised that Nayef stays a trip so well, the trainer added: “He’s leaning towards his mother [Height Of Fashion] who stayed well and it doesn’t surprise me that he stays.

“He’s quite lazy and he had to take it up when he did. You’ll definitely see him next year.”

PLACED QUOTES RACE ONE
ROYAL COURT THEATRE CUMBERLAND LODGE STAKES
HAUGEN DELIGHTED WITH RUNNER-UP

“That is only the seventh race of his career and last year he was almost put down because he fractured his joint and the vets had despaired of him.

“But I asked the owner to give me another three months with him after the screws had been taken out after the operation and he has recovered completely.

“This year he won first time out in Germany and he has been improving all the time since then. He is a big, strong horse by Sadler’s Wells who loves soft ground and I think he is much better suited to the stiffer English tracks than the sharp courses we have in Scandinavia.

“I am sure that I shall bring him back here again and I am sure he can go on to win more races for us. I don’t know if he will run again this season, but it is possible that I shall find another race for him in England this year in a month’s time. I am really delighted with him and the whole day has been unbelievable.

“We will how he is tomorrow. This was a dream come true for us from Norway. He trains up hills and is a very strong horse by Sadler’s Wells. He is a green horse still, only having run seven times.

“He is the best in Norway at the moment. He was unlucky last time but he has down everything right, four wins and three seconds in Group Threes this year.“

WINNING QUOTES RACE TWO
SINGAPORE TURF CLUB CONDITIONS STAKES
LEGAL APPROACHES ITALY

“He is still very green, he got a bit excited in his stall, he jumped the path and really he was very green throughout the race,” said Johnston. “He is like that at home and was very much so like that when he won first time out at Ayr, where he missed the break and lobbed round at the back before he produced a whirlwind finish to win.

“I would not say that I have six better at home as I think he is right up there with the best of my seven furlong/mile two-year-olds, like Leo’s Luckyman and Love Regardless.

“Joe Mercer (racing manager to the winner’s owner-breeder Sheikh Maktoum al Maktoum) is in Canada for Zindabad at Woodbine tonight, and as the Gran Criterium di Milano (Group One - Milan, Sunday, October 21) closes tomorrow I shall enter Legal Approach in that and we shall talk about it when Joe gets back from Canada.

“But this was a very encouraging effort, especially in view of the fact that he is still so green.”

ANOTHER NON-RUNNER

PLACED QUOTES RACE TWO
SINGAPORE TURF CLUB CONDITIONS STAKES
YASEY JUST PIPPED IN JUVENILE THRILLER

Ricky Bowman, Loder’s assistant trainer, said: “We feel that it was a typical soft ground race. They went very slow and then it turned into a two-furlong sprint.

“Yasey came there to win his race but then pulled up in front.”

Responding to whether he thought Yasey would have won on a faster surface, Bowman added: “I’m certain - we think he’s a nice horse. Under these conditions you’ve got to go through the ground and the other one went through it better.”


Third-placed Jonny Ebeneezer, trained by Ian Wood in Lambourn, was a further six lengths in adrift, but owner John Purcell was also content as it was only the second run of the gelding’s career.

He commented: “I’m very pleased. He’s a young horse who stands at 16.1/16.2 hands but he’s got potential. His sire Hurricane Sky is doing well at stud in Australia.”

Purcell was keen to praise the ride that his horse was given by Richard Hughes. He enthused: “I’m really pleased with the ride that Richard gave him. He looked after him well.”

WINNING QUOTES RACE THREE
RIGGS BANK RATED HANDICAP
JESSICA’S DREAM
VICTORY FOR GIVEN

He said: “I’m very pleased. There was some doubt about the ground as all her runnings have been on firm ground. However, at the furlong pole she was the only one travelling.

“We had it in our heads that she was better on firm but she loved this ground. She’s rated 94 today and if she continues to improve we’ll have to think about stakes races - that will just increase her value as a filly.”

Given went on to reveal that there had been some talk of the Desert Style filly going to the sales. However, he explained: “She stays in training with me next year. She’s more wound up about her racing now and was on her back legs today.

“We’ll be in for a fun season next year although handicapping will be difficult. She started the season on a mark of 75 and she’ll be nearer the 100 mark now.”

“She can’t keep running as well as this in handicaps and we’ll have to go in search of black type. She’s so laid back at home and is so honest - I think she’s only been ridden twice since her last run in the Ayr Gold Cup,” the handler added.

Reporting on I Cried For You, Given commented: “He’s an old favourite of mine and he met a horse [Downland] who chose one day to put in a cracker. This race makes up for any disappointment and I Cried For You is in the Cambridgeshire [next Saturday at Newmarket].”

PLACED QUOTES RACE THREE
RIGGS BANK RATED STAKES
DANCING MYSTERY SECOND AGAIN

“I thought for a moment that we were going to get there, but in fairness to the winner she has won well,” said Stephen Carson to the runner-up’s connections afterwards.

Dancing Mystery’s trainer Eric Wheeler feels that the seven-year-old may not be quite at his peak yet this year.

“He really likes the soft ground, though, and he was well handicapped for this race,” he said.

“I am sure we shall bring him back for the Bovis Handicap at the next meeting, he really loves it here.”

Wheeler also explained why David Kinsella, who was initially declared to ride the runner-up, was replaced by Carson, his fellow apprentice at Coombe Park.

“Steve is really the horse’s regular jockey, but he was going to Brighton to ride Flint Park,” he said. “But when that horse became a non-runner Steve switched back here and took the ride. David understands the situation.”

SADDLE SLIPPED

WINNING QUOTES RACE FOUR
MAIL ON SUNDAY HANDICAP (FINAL)
NO KICKBACK FOR THE CHIEF

And his son Richard junior explained the reason behind what was to most people a shock success by the horse, who made quite a name for himself on the all weather through last winter.

“He hates any form of kickback whether he is running on the turf or the all weather,” he said. “When he ran at Epsom last time he just turned in a performance about 30lb below his best for that reason.

“But today with his high draw Richard (Smith) was able to get him out in the front and he hardly saw another horse through the race. He got a nice lead from the one on his outside and in the end he has won a bit comfortably.”

Hannon was also very pleased for the winner’s rider Richard Smith, who is in the last year of his apprenticeship before he has to take on the big boys on level terms.

“This was far and away his biggest winner and I hope it will be a kick start for him, with nine months to go before he comes out of his time. We have some good apprentices in the yard and he is as good as any of them.

“It was also very good of the owners (a partnership fronted by Peter Crane) to stick by Richard, who won four races on the horse on the all-weather.”

Hail The Chief was the subject of some big offers to go and race in the USA during his winning days in the winter, but Hannon reported that connections were not keen on selling the horse at that stage.

Richard Smith said: “We knew he was a good horse but we wondered about the ground - last time he ran, at Epsom, he didn’t run too well on the ground. So it seemed like the ground was against him today.

“But he proved that he goes on any ground today. My horse has plenty of speed - I just wanted to get him in front and settle him there. I do ride him out quite a bit. He won nicely.

“I have had 41 winners and I have two rides at Bath tomorrow. My big ambition is to keep riding. I’m 24, 25 in July, and hopefully, it will come right. We will see how things go. It has been a brilliant day. The owners have been very good to me.”

PLACED QUOTES RACE FOUR
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY MILE FINAL HANDICAP
LADY BEAR PROVES SHREWD
INVESTMENT FOR FAHEY

Although trainer Richard Fahey missed out on the £29,000 first prize, he was far from disappointed revealing that he had backed her each-way at 66/1 - an investment which might have gone some way in forcing the Grand Lodge filly’s starting price into 20/1.

Fahey said: “She’s probably running off a handicap mark where she’s got a chance now [she ran off 74 today]. She’s got no chance off the low 80's.

“She likes the soft ground and she might go for a one mile one furlong handicap at York next.”

WINNING QUOTES RACE FIVE
BETDAQ HANDICAP
HANNIBAL LAD WINS AGAIN AT ASCOT

Speaking about the Rock City gelding Brisbourne commented: “At home you wouldn’t say that he’s going as well as he is capable of. However, he’s a course and distance winner who likes heavy going.

“He’s won on all three all-weather tracks, on good to firm and heavy and from one mile one furlong to one mile six furlongs so he’s durable and versatile.”

Hannibal Lad was running off a mark 3lb worse than he would have been entitled to in the future and the handler admitted: “I had my critics when I entered him for this race but it costs a lot of money to enter races and he’s entitled to take his chance.

“I thought that he’d do well to be placed as he’s run against some good three-year-olds - he’s done well.”

Just over two weeks ago Hannibal Lad was well beaten by Ahraar, with whom he reversed the form today, and Brisbourne was unable to explain that run.

“It’s possible that he’s a better horse on slower ground. He won’t be sat on before Wednesday and he may go for a race at York next. George is very good tactically. He’s about 5ft 8in, he does well to ride at 7st 12lb. Where brains are concerned, George lacks nothing.”

“He’ll be entered for definite in the November Handicap [at Doncaster] and that option will be left open. He’s earned his corn.” he added.

Brisbourne went on to report on Scheming, who is a possible for next Saturday’s Tote Cambridgeshire at Newmarket. He said: “He’s only 50/50 for the Cambridgeshire as he pulled a muscle in his back. I’m trying my best to get him there.”

Winning rider George Baker, who claims 3lb, said: “He is very keen normally and I just got him switched off behind a couple. He picked up very well. He’s been up and down in the weights a bit - when he’s in form they hammer him. He’s dropped a little bit now. This is my 22nd winner of the year - it has been a good year but not as good as last year when I was claiming 7lb.”

PLACED QUOTES RACE FIVE
BETDAQ SHOWCASE HANDICAP
DREAM FOR JUMPING

“He was a big weak horse when he came, so we had him cut and I turned him away. I am very pleased with that effort.

“I hope he is not too good on the Flat to prevent him from going jumping. That was the reason why we bought him; I think he will be a top class jumper.”

GROUND NOW HEAVY

WINNING QUOTES RACE SIX
SODEXHO NURSERY
SMITH AMAZED BY SUCCESS

And the winner’s trainer James Eustace said: “I definitely thought we were second but we are very pleasantly surprised. It is a question of taking the money and running! Jason (Tate) was also convinced that we had been beaten.”

Smith had hopes earlier in the day of Scottish Spice in the final of the Mail on Sunday series but he explained that she “had probably peaked two weeks ago, you can’t really blame the ground for her. This colt is one for the future.”

Eustace said that he was not at all confident before the race in view of the heavy ground. He explained: “He is still a weak leggy two-year-old and to be honest we nearly put him away after he had won his maiden; he does live on his nerves a bit. He still has a lot of maturing to do.”

PLACED QUOTES RACE SIX
SODEXHO NURSERY
GREAT FINALE FOR BETDAQ FESTIVAL OF RACING

Mick Channon, the trainer of the runner-up, was not present today but the owners, Kevin Hudson and Richard Hill, who make up the Buy And Sell Partnership did see their filly defeated gallantly.

Hill said: “She went off too early - no-one was making it and she had to go. I thought it was very tight. That would not have been the best of ground for her. She’s a lovely animal and we might put her away for the year now.”

His partner Hudson added: “I couldn’t believe she got beat. We thought she was verging on Listed class judging by her second at Folkestone to Prince Cyrano, who has franked that form in no uncertain terms.

“We thought that she was in here with a very good weight and she went ahead at the two-furlong mark but got tired. She’s a good filly who will win races.”

“Mick thought that she was a nice filly and she has a lovely attitude to racing. I bred her and for a filly she has a wonderful attitude,” the co-owner continued.

BETTING NEWS

The same firm also report good business over Ahraar in the BETDAQ Handicap (4.20pm) and he is in from 9-2 to 7-2.

Stablemate Nayef has been in demand with Ladbrokes for the opening Royal Court Theatre Cumberland Lodge Stakes (2pm), and, with punters having taken the 4-6 about him, he is now trading at 4-7.

There has been money for two of the runners in the Riggs Bank Rated Stakes (3.10pm) where Kyllachy has been supported from 11-4 to 9-4 and Dancing Mystery, runner-up in the race last year, from 16-1 to 12-1. Prince Atraf is popular in the closing Sodexho Nursery (4.55pm), for which he has come in from 8-1 to 6-1.

Chandlers is another firm to have accommodated supporters of Dancing Mystery, whose price has been trimmed from 14-1 to 10-1, and in the Mail on Sunday Handicap they too have laid Lady Bear (33-1 to 20-1), as well as shortening Silk St John from 16-1 to 12-1 and Shush from 33-1 to 16-1.

They have also had money for Mana d’Argent, who has come in from 25-1 to
14-1 in the BETDAQ Handicap.

JOCKEY CHANGE

WHO’S HOT AT THE BETDAQ
FESTIVAL OF RACING?

Spencer’s 30/1 double on Saturday came in the first two races on the card. First he steered the Aidan O’Brien-trained Mutinyonthebounty home in the Group Two Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes by one and a half lengths from Tholjanah.

Just over half an hour later Spencer completed a marvellous day’s work, taking the Group One Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile on Gossamer, trained by Luca Cumani, by two and a half lengths from Maryinsky.

The Saeed bin Suroor-trained Summoner provided Richard Hills with a sensational victory in the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes yesterday.

The Inchinor colt was acting as a pacemaker for stablemate Noverre, who was sent off the heavily-backed 2/1 favourite. Hills rode such an enterprising race that three furlongs from home it looked highly-dubious if any of his seven rivals were going to catch him and so it proved. Summoner held on well to defeat Noverre by one-and-a-half lengths.

Godolphin’s one-two in Saturday’s big-race continued their recent run of success although the Maktoum family’s racing entity would probably have preferred their more fancied runner to win.

Hills completed a magnificent 152-1 double in the next race on Saturday’s programme when the Alec Stewart-trained Mowaadah completed a treble by winning the Summit At Lloyd’s Rosemary Rated Stakes Listed Handicap, proving a head too good for Fallen Star.

Unfortunately for punters here at Ascot today, both Spencer and Hills are missing from the action.

Instead they may care to latch on to riders David Kinsella or Dane O’Neill. The former, who is attached to Eric Wheeler’s Pangbourne-based yard, did himself no harm at all in winning yesterday’s showcase handicap, the Tote Trifecta Stakes, at the odds of 40/1 (£130.10 on the Tote) to give the 21-year-old his 19th success of the season in Britain.

Today Kinsella has four rides - Dancing Mystery (3.10pm), Martin’s Sunset (3.45pm), Bawsian (4.20pm) and Vintage Style (4.55pm).

Of this quartet Dancing Mystery and Bawsian would appear to have the best claims, but after yesterday’s shock winner perhaps racegoers would be wise not to discount any of the four.

Dane O’Neill posted his half-century of wins on Friday when partnering Madame Boulangere, trained by Richard Hannon, to another long-priced success at 16/1 (£33.20 on the Tote) in the Watership Down Stud Sales Race.

This victory, which O’Neill described as ‘his best win of the season,’ was especially pleasing for the rider as he returned to England at the beginning of 2001 after a relatively-disappointing time in Hong Kong.

O’Neill makes the journey to Ascot today for just one ride on Hannon’s Forest Dancer in the Mail On Sunday Mile Final Handicap (3.45pm). The three-year-old scored at Newbury in July and is racing off a mark just 3lb higher today.

With no trainer having more than one winner on the first two days of the BETDAQ Festival of Racing, it might be a good idea to concentrate on the handlers responsible for saddling yesterday’s two Group One winners.

Saeed bin Suroor, who had the one-two in yesterday’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, has no runners at Ascot today but Luca Cumani, whose juvenile filly Gossamer remained unbeaten in three starts in the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile, sends out two representatives.

Boreas runs in the opening Group Three Royal Court Theatre Cumberland Lodge Stakes (2.00pm), while Jumaireyah participates in the BETDAQ Handicap (4.20pm), which Cumani is attempting to win for the fifth time.

The former has not been able to get his head in front so far this season, but he was successful when running away with a Listed race at the back-end of last year on heavy ground.

Jumaireyah is an interesting contender as she won her last start at Doncaster earlier this month under a fine ride from Jamie Spencer, who is substituted today by up-and-coming apprentice Fran Ferris, who takes an all-important 7lb off her back.

The trainer has won four of the last 15 runnings - Casey (1988), Tidemark (1991), Ridaiyma (1997) and Vicious Circle two seasons ago.

FIRST RACE RESULT
2pm THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE CUMBERLAND LODGE STAKES

1 NAYEF (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Marcus Tregoning 3-8-09 Willie Supple [6] 8/13 Fav
2 SAGITTARIUS (Stall Nor) Rune Haugen NOR 5-9-00 Fernando Diaz [3] 12/1
3 BOREAS (Aston House Stud) Luca Cumani 6-9-00 Frankie Dettori [1]
4 LOVE EVERLASTING (Gary and Lesley Middlebrook) Mark Johnston 3-8-03 Royston Ffrench [5]
5 FLOSSY (Guy Reed) Chris Thornton 5-8-11 Robert Winston [4]
6 COMPTON BOLTER (Erik Penser) Gerard Butler 4-9-00 Darryll Holland [8]
7 HERODOTUS (Tony Richards) Clive Brittain 3-8-06 Philip Robinson [7]

7 ran, Non Runner No. 7 Snowstorm (Ground)
Distances: 1 1/4, 1, 7, 6, 11, dist Time: 2m 39.70s
Breeder: Shadwell Farm Inc Breeding: Gulch (USA) - Height Of Fashion (FR) (Bustino)
Totes: Win: £1.60; Places: £1.40 ; £2.30; Exacta: £10.30

Winning trainer:-Name: Tregoning, Marcus Born: July 31, 1959 Based: Kingwood House Stables, Lambourn, Berkshire Riding Career: Point-to-Points Date of First Trainer’s Licence: 1997. Previously assistant trainer to Major Dick Hern for 14 years. Winners Last Four Seasons: 0; 13; 26; 21 Big Race Wins: Princess Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Sheppard’s Watch), Flutter.com Select Stakes (2000 Ekraar), Autumn Stakes (2000 Nayef), Champagne Lanson Vintage Stakes (1999 Ekraar), Rose of Lancaster Stakes (2001 Nayef), Cumberland Lodge Stakes (2001 Nayef), Rockfel Stakes (2000 Sayedah) Horses in Training 2001: 88; Wins this season: 44

Winning jockey:- Name: Supple, William
Born: June 8, 1968
Major wins include: Lockinge Stakes (1999 Fly To The Stars), Coventry Stakes (1996 Verglas)
Wins (1999-2000): 41; 49
Other details: Has ridden in Dubai since 1994, where he was champion in 1997/8, 1998/9, rode as stable jockey to Eric Alston in 1999, second rider to owner Hamdan Al Maktoum since 2000 Royal Ascot wins: (1) Coventry Stakes (1996 Verglas)
Wins this season: 68

SECOND RACE RESULT
2.35pm THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB CONDITIONS STAKES

1 LEGAL APPROACH (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 2-9-00 Darryll Holland [1] 15/8
2 YASEY (Sheikh Mohammed) David Loder 2-8-11 Frankie Dettori [4] 7/4 Fav
3 JONNY EBENEEZER (John Purcell) Ian Wood 2-8-11 Richard Hughes [5]
4 INISHOWEN (John C Grant) Barry Hills 2-9-00 Michael Hills [2]
5 SIMON THE POACHER (Postlip Racing) Liam Grassick 2-8-11 Willie Supple [3]

All 5 ran
Distances: nk, 6, 1/2, dist Time: 1m 34.75s
Breeder: Gainsborough Stud Management Breeding: Zafonic (USA) - Legaya (Shirley Heights)
Totes: Win: £2.70; Places: £1.60; £1.40; Exacta: £5.50

Winning Trainer:-Name: Johnston, Mark Steven
Born:Glasgow, 10/9/59 Date of first licence: January 1987 First winner: Hinari Video (Carlisle, July 1, 1987) Previous Occupation: Qualified as veterinary surgeon at Glasgow University; practiced as vet in Cleveland, Essex and Northern Ireland, spent brief spells with John Winter, Tommy Craig, Charlie Millbank in France and John Russell in USA Classic win: (1) Sagitta 2,000 Guineas (1994 Mister Baileys) Other major wins include: Ascot Gold Cup (1995 Double Trigger, 2001 Royal Rebel), St James’s Palace Stakes (1996 Bijou D'Inde), Sagaro Stakes (1995 & 1996 Double Trigger), Doncaster Cup (1995,1996 & 1998 Double Trigger), Futurity Stakes (1994 Jural), Cornwallis Stakes (1994 Millstream), Goodwood Cup (1995, 1997 & 1998 Double Trigger), Princess Margaret Stakes (1992 Marina Park), Champagne Lanson Vintage Stakes (1993 Mister Baileys), Royal Lodge Stakes (1993 Mister Baileys), Princess Of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Fruits Of Love), Dubai Turf Classic (1999 Fruits Of Love), Hardwicke Stakes (1999 and 2000 Fruits of Love) Wins in a season (1987-2000): 1: 5: 15: 28: 31: 53: 77: 117: 114: 116: 123: 100:113:130 Number of horses in training (1987-2001): n/a: 17: 18: 35: 35: 39: 49: 72: 120: 117: 120:130: 147:152:159: Trains at Kingsley House Racing Stables Middleham, N Yorks Wins this season: 94 Royal Ascot wins: (10) Gold Cup (1995 Double Trigger, 2001 Royal Rebel), King George V Handicap (1995 Diaghilef), St James’s Palace Stakes (1996 Bijou D’Inde), Britannia Handicap (1997 Fly To The Stars), Hardwicke Stakes (1999 and 2000 Fruits Of Love), Chesham Stakes (2000 Celtic Silence), Queen’s Vase (2001 And Beyond), Duke of Edinburgh Handicap (2001 Takamaka Bay) First Royal Ascot win: Double Trigger (June 22, 1995 - Gold Cup)

Winning jockey:-Name: Holland, Darryll Paul. Date of birth: 14/6/72 Apprenticeship: With Barry Hills. First winner: Sinclair Boy (Warwick 7/5/90) Major wins include: Eclipse (1999 Compton Admiral), Yorkshire Oaks (1997 My Emma), Rockfel Stakes (1992 Yawl), Select Stakes (1992 Knifebox), Cheshire Oaks (1998 High And Low, 2001 Rockerlong), Goodwood Cup (1998 Double Trigger), Doncaster Cup (1998 Double Trigger), Gordon Richards Stakes (2001 Island House), Ormonde Stakes (2001 St Expedit) Wins(1990-2000):30,79,68,68,55,71,30,104,74,78 Wins this season: 81 Royal Ascot wins: (3) King George V Handicap (1995 Diaghilef), Jersey Stakes (1998 Diktat), Duke of Edinburgh Handicap (2001 Takamaka Bay)

THIRD RACE RESULT
3.10pm THE RIGGS BANK RATED STAKES

Date of birth: 18/1/72
Apprenticeship: With Michael Bell.

Wins (1993-2000): 56,39,51,42,34,55,50
Big wins: Italian Oaks (2001 Zanzibar), William Hill Cup (1996 Grand Selection)
Wins this season: 55

FOURTH RACE RESULT
3.45pm THE MAIL ON SUNDAY MILE FINAL (HANDICAP)

1 HAIL THE CHIEF (Peter M Crane) Richard Hannon 4-8-07 Richard Smith (5) [30] 33/1
2 NORFOLK REED (The South-Western Partnership) Richard Hannon 4-9-03 Pat Dobbs (3) [29] 33/1
3 LADY BEAR (A & K Lingerie) Richard Fahey 3-8-07 George Baker (3) [11] 20/1
4 COLLEGE ROCK (Gerardine O’Reilly) Roy Brotherton 4-8-09 Gary Carter [32] 40/1
5 THIHN (The Square Milers) John Spearing 6-9-08 Tony Beech (3) [22]
6 JUST NICK (D G Clarke & Danita Winstanly) William Muir 7-9-04 Frankie Dettori [6]
7 MORNINGS UNION (Exors of late D A Shirley) Roger Charlton 4-9-11 Richard Hughes [23]
8 NIGRASINE (Sunpak Potatoes) Les Eyre 7-9-07 Darryll Holland [5]
9 DEN’S-JOY (N T Davis & M Watmore) Denise McHale 5-9-00 Darren Williams (5) [26]
10 DIAMOND MAX (Diamond Racing Ltd) David Evans 3-9-12 Philip Robinson [15]
11 DAKOTA SIOUX (Una Towell) Richard Fahey 4-8-09 Jason Tate [17]
12 DECEITFUL (Waterline Racing Club) David Evans 3-8-08 Pat McCabe [28]
13 TONY TIE (Frank Bardy) Jim Goldie 5-9-10 Richard Quinn [25]
14 FINISHED ARTICLE (The Caledonian Racing Society) David Elsworth 4-9-07 Jimmy Fortune [4]
15 NASHAAB (Mike Lawrence) David Evans 4-9-05 Fran Ferris (7) [10]
16 PETIT MARQUIS (Miss A Church) James Fanshawe 4-10-00 Royston Ffrench [3]
17 SIR FERBET (R J C Upton & International Plywood Plc) Barry Hills 4-9-11 Michael Hills [7]
18 KNOCKTOPHER ABBEY (Seasons Holidays) Rod Millman 4-8-11 Matt Henry [31]
19 MELODIAN (Mel Brittain) Mel Brittain 6-8-07 David Allan (7) [14]
20 SILK ST JOHN (C R S Partners) Mick Ryan 7-8-06 Derek McGaffin (5) [8]
21 MARTIN’S SUNSET (Barbara Jean Martin) William Muir 3-8-05 David Kinsella (5) [1]
22 TORNADO PRINCE (D Morrison) Lynda Ramsden 6-8-09 Robert Winston [9]
23 FOREST DANCER (Nicholas Hodges) Richard Hannon 3-9-06 Dane O’Neill [24]
24 SCOTTISH SPICE (Jeff Smith) Ian Balding 4-9-07 Kieren Fallon [21] 7/1 Fav
25 NOBLE PURSUIT (Stephanie Merrydew) Terry Mills 4-9-08 Lee Carter [18]
26 NAVIASKY (Oakview Racing) David Nicholls 6-8-12 Frannie Norton [20]
27 SHUSH (Maureen Brittain) Clive Brittain 3-8-10 Adrian Nicholls [12]
28 UNSHAKEN (G G Sanderson & A J Picton) Eric Alston 7-8-12 Willie Supple [19]
29 DENNIS EL MENACE (Brian & Helen Moss) William Muir 3-9-00 William Muir [27]
30 SALTY JACK (Salts of the Earth) David Elsworth 7-9-07 Jamie Mackay (3) [13]
31 ADOBE (P R Kirk) Mark Brisbourne 6-8-13 Paul Mulrennan (7) [16]

31 ran, Non Runner: 9 MUYASSIR (Ground)
Distances: 1 1/2, 2, 1, 1, 3/4, 1/2, 1, 3/4, 1, 3/4, 3/4, 1, 1 1/4, nk, 3/4, nk, 3/4, 6, 2 1/2, hd, 1/2, nk, 1/2, 1, 1 1 3/4, hd, 5, 6,nk,16
Breeder: Green Meadow Stud and Peter Crane Breeding: b c Be My Chief (USA) - Jade Pet (Petong)
Totes: Win: £68.10; Places: £12.00; £16.40; £4.80; £18.90 Exacta: £3,185.20

Winning Trainer: Name- Hannon, Richard Michael Date of birth: 30/5/45 Date of first licence:1970 Classic wins: Sagitta 2000 Guineas (1973 Mon Fils, 1987 Don't Forget Me, 1990 Tirol) Other major wins: Nunthorpe Stakes (1992 Lyric Fantasy), Moyglare Stud Stakes (1993 Lemon Souffle), Falmouth Stakes (1994 Lemon Souffle), Prix de l’Abbaye (1992 Mr Brooks), July Cup (1992 Mr Brooks), Yorkshire Cup (1993 Assessor), Lockinge Stakes (1993 Swing Low), Brigadier Gerard Stakes (1995 Alriffa), Diomed Stakes (1994 Bluegrass Prince), Queen Mary Stakes (1992 Lyric Fantasy & 1993 Risky), Cork and Orrery Stakes (1992 Shalford), Lowther Stakes (1992 Niche), Prix Maurice de Gheest (2000 Bold Edge) Number of wins in a season (1982-2000): 38: 49: 28: 37: 56: 33: 43: 55: 73: 126:154:182:112:115:109:94:108:123:135 Number of horses in training; (1985-2001): 67:75:74:80:85
:107:131:139:155:178:167:155:149:145:155:162 Wins this season: 95 Trains at Marlborough, Wiltshire Other details: Champion trainer 1992 Royal Ascot wins: 17

Winning Jockey - Name: Richard Smith Apprenticed to: Richard Hannon
Wins This season: 8 Major wins: Mail On Sunday Mile Final (2001 Hail The Chief)

FIFTH RACE RESULT
4.20pm THE BETDAQ STAKES (HANDICAP)

1 Hannibal Lad (John Pugh) Mark Brisbourne 5-8-02 George Baker (3) [1] 20/1
2 Dream With Me (Dr G Madan Mohan) Charles Egerton 4-8-09 Kieren Fallon [5] 10/1
3 Thundering Surf (C N & Mrs J C Wright) John Jenkins 4-8-10 Richard Hughes [3] 12/1
4 Saltrio (Dr Ornella Carlini Cozzi) John Gosden 3-8-03 Philip Robinson [7]
5 Harlequin (Highclere Thoroughbred Racing)Sir Michael Stoute 3-7-13 Matt Henry [8]
6 Mana d'Argent (Daniel A Couper) Mark Johnston 4-8-03 Royston Ffrench [9]
7 Jumaireyah (Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum) Luca Cumani 3-7-03 Fran Ferris (7) [11] 7/2 Fav
8 Royal Minstrel (P A & D G Sakal) Mark Tompkins 4-7-09 Jamie Mackay [6]
9 Thari (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Ben Hanbury 4-9-04 Pat Eddery [15]
10 Ahraar (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Marcus Tregoning 3-8-02 Willie Supple [13]
11 Zibeline (Athole Still and Partners) Rod Millman 4-8-01 Richard Mullen [12]
12 Adelphi Theatre (The Encore Partnership) Richard Rowe 4-8-04 Richard Quinn [16]

14 ran, Non Runners: 1 DRAMATIC QUEST, 12 BAWSIAN, 15 SERENGETI BRIDE, 16 JASMICK
Distances: 2, 1, 1, 1/2, 1 1/2, 1 1/4, 2 1/2, 5, 6, 6, dist Time: 2m 41.47s
Breeder: D J Simpson Breeding: ch g Rock City - Appealing (Star Appeal)
Totes: Win: £22.80; Places: £5.30; £3.00; £2.30; Exacta: £256.00

Winning Trainer - Brisbourne, William Mark
Born: June 22, 1957
Previously: National Hunt jockey, assistant to Roy Edwards
Date of first licence: August 1991
Trains at: Ness Strange Stables, Nesscliffe, Shropshire
Wins this season: 27
Horses in training (2001): 50

Winning jockey:- Baker, George
Wins this season: 22

SIXTH RACE RESULT
4.55pm THE SODEXHO NURSERY HANDICAP STAKES

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