That was the year in which this prestigious race was promoted to Group One status, and it resulted in a clean sweep for the fairer sex, with Milligram beating the mighty Miesque, and Sonic Lady taking third.

James Fanshawe reports Soviet Song as being none the worse for her exertions at Leopardstown a fortnight ago, when she confirmed her Group One Falmouth Stakes (Newmarket) superiority over dual Guineas heroine Attraction in the Group One Matron Stakes.

Attraction has opted out of a third clash, connections fearing rain, but Johnny Murtagh, who has found the key to getting the best out of Soviet Song, has no worries about the going.

He said: “Good horses go on any ground, and Soviet Song has proved she is just that by winning on all types of surfaces. She picked up really well in the Matron and seems to have retained her form, and the break that James gave her after the Sussex Stakes (Group One, Goodwood) seems to have done her good.”

Soviet Song is the only filly in the 14-strong field, and she looks to be guaranteed the fast gallop that suits her so well as Godolphin have declared Blatant to make the pace for their Eclipse winner Refuse To Bend, though punters will need no reminding that Summoner, undertaking similar responsibilities for the boys in blue in this race three years ago, kept up the relentless gallop to spring a 33-1 surprise.

However, Frankie Dettori, who landed his first Group One in this race on Markofdistinction 14 years ago and has since followed up on Mark of Esteem (1996) and Dubai Millennium (1999), is hopeful that the stiff uphill finish will bring the best out of Refuse To Bend, who never ran his race in the Sussex Stakes.

The French have not triumphed since Bigstone in 1993, but Andre Fabre is uncharacteristically bullish about the chances of Diamond Green, who will relish the likely fast ground and has been a model of consistency at the top level this summer.

Norse Dancer looked like gaining a long-overdue big-race success when he struck the front at the furlong-pole in the Irish Champion Stakes and, while Azamour came from last to first to cut him down close home, David Elsworth has no qualms about coming back in distance with Norse Dancer, pointing to the great race that his luckless colt ran in last year’s Two Thousand Guineas.

Rakti, a big disappointment in the Leopardstown feature, runs over a mile for the first time and, though the shorter trip is a worry, it certainly won’t be a problem for 2,000 Guineas winner Haafhd who, like so many of Barry Hills’s horses, lost his way midsummer, nor Aidan O’Brien’s unbeaten and relatively unexposed colt Ace, whom stable jockey Jamie Spencer prefers to the enigmatic Antonius Pius.



GROUND NOW GOOD TO FIRM ALL OVER


Clerk of the course Nick Cheyne has amended the official going to


GOOD TO FIRM


all over for the second day of Ascot’s Finale tomorrow, which features four Group races, headed by the £250,000 Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Speaking after racing on Friday, Cheyne said: “The wind has dried up the ground and so I have changed it to Good to Firm all round.

“The forecast has changed and they are now talking about rain arriving with us about 2pm, with predictions that we might get anything between three and six millimetres during racing.”

CHEYNE LOOKS BACK

Nick Cheyne is officiating at the Ascot Finale meeting for the final time in his role as clerk of the course as he is about to leave Ascot to take up the newly-created position of client relations manager at Weatherbys.

“I am very much looking forward to my new job which will involve being Weatherbys’ representative on all racecourse matters, in particular their sponsorship which runs to more than 80 races on 55 tracks, representing the firm at Newmarket and Doncaster sales and helping to organise open days for owners and trainers.

“And there will be a second role of recruiting business for their commercial ventures like banking, insurance and printing with clients inside and outside racing.

“I have worked at Ascot for 11 years and officiated at 10 Royal meetings and I have had a wonderful time. It is the top job in racing as far as clerks of the course are concerned and I was able to come here after six or seven years at Sandown.

“When I came to Ascot, Nicky Beaumont had been here for 30 years and I was expecting that I might do the same, but things change in racing and at my age offers of new jobs do not come along that often!

“I am sorry to be leaving Ascot at the time of the big new redevelopment plan, which is all very exciting, but that is just the way things have worked out. I shall be watching it with great interest.

“I shall leave Ascot with many great memories, especially of Frankie’s “Magnificent Seven”. That was an unbelievable day with the atmosphere building up all the time and the hype getting greater and greater. To do what he did on such a high profile day as that was quite remarkable.

“Part of my remit in the last three years has been to try to attract runners from overseas and it was really exciting when Choisir, the first horse from Australia to run here, won the King’s Stand Stakes on the first day of Royal Ascot last year and then followed up with the Golden Jubilee on the Saturday.

“I have also been trying to get the Americans to send over their middle distance horses - they had run some sprinters and milers in the past - and I was delighted when Hard Buck came and ran so well in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes this summer.

“I think we may have turned the corner with that; his connections are very keen to come back and run in the race again when it is at Newbury next year, and I would like to think that others from there will follow.

“And there have been some great days with the jumpers. I have seen some wonderful Victor Chandler Chases and I was delighted to be able to launch the new Grade One two and a half mile Ascot Chase when Martha’s Son won the first running.

“I have been very fortunate to have been at Ascot for 11 tremendous years and shall leave with many happy memories when the course is embarking on its very exciting new development.”

FRANKIE TO GET THE FIRST POSITION POST

ASCOT MEMORABILIA WILL BE ON SALE

ASCOT TURF FOR COLLECTION


Frankie Dettori will be presented with Ascot’s first position post (from the winner’s enclosure) after the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes tomorrow.

The course is closing for the £185-million redevelopment after racing on Sunday, September 26, and will be racing again at Royal Ascot in June, 2006.

Nick Cheyne, Ascot’s clerk of the course and director of racing, will hand the post over to Dettori, who has enjoyed so many big-race victories at Ascot and achieved the record-breaking magnificent seven in 1996, as well as the first winner today after which he went over and kissed the first position post.

The jockey will lend the post back to Ascot for the rest of Saturday and Sunday, receiving it by courier on Monday.

Before the demolition of the grandstands starts, Ascot is employing 600 people on Monday to take out all items that could be re-used or are of interest.

These will be logged and re-used if appropriate, with the rest auctioned off in the spring, with equine and racing charities benefiting.

The turf in the winner’s enclosure will be removed and divided into pieces and made available, free of charge though donations to charity will be accepted, to people who want an Ascot memento between 10am on Tuesday, September 28 until 4pm on Wednesday, September 29 in Car Park One.

BETTING NEWS

Paddy Power clients are rowing in with a “home” win for today’s feature race, the Group 3 Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes, with Michael Grassick’s Cork victor My Renee, the winner of a Listed 12-furlong race here 12 months ago, all the rage.

Tony Coleman, spokesman for Paddy Power, said: “My Renee is far and away the best backed horse of the day with us and, even allowing for the fact that we had to tighten up the prices following the withdrawal of Bowstring this morning, she has been a hefty order and is now 5-2 favourite from 100-30.”

Corals also report good money for My Renee (5-2 from 3-1), but the most significant mover with the Barking firm has been for The Queen’s Border Castle in the Sodexho European Breeders Fund Classified Stakes and he has hardened as favourite to 7-4 (from 2-1).

Oasis Star has been the early mover with Skybet for the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Handicap and has been cut to 9-2 (from 6-1), while Peter Harris’s filly has also been clipped a point to 5-1 with Corals, though Paddy Power have seen money in this race for both Bentley’s Ball (12-1 from 14-1) and Brave Maestro (14-1 from 20-1).

Kodiac, the mount of Frankie Dettori in the West End & Metropolitan Ltd Handicap, is the buzz colt for the finale, being reduced to 4-1 (from 9-2) with Paddy Power and to 7-2 (from 9-2) with Corals.

Simon Clare of Corals reported on tomorrow’s the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. He said: “The money all week has come for Soviet Song and, despite the fact that this looks the hottest QEII since Maroof hammered eight Group One winners in 1994, she is the one everyone wants to be on and she is now a firm 5-2 favourite (from 3-1).”

Paddy Power, who have had interest for both Refuse to Bend (11-2 from 6-1) and Rakti (9-1 from 10-1) for tomorrow’s showpiece, report a significant ante-post move for Free Trip (8-1 from 9-1) in the totejackpot On Saturday Handicap.

Race One: Sodexho EBF Classified Stakes

NO STOPPING FRANKIE

Destination Dubai has, by Saeed bin Suroor’s own admission, been disappointing since he gave Aussie ace Kerrin McEvoy his first British winner at Haydock in May, but Frankie Dettori rekindled the flame and rewarded his followers with a 9-1 winner in the opening Sodexho EBF Classified Stakes.

The 10lb concession proved just too much for topweight Courageous Duke, and Destination Dubai, enterprisingly ridden by Dettori, held him at bay by half a length, with Impeller a highly creditable third.

Dettori, increasing his lead over Fallon at the top of the jockeys’ table to three, kissed the number one marker on dismounting, and bin Suroor praised the Italian for a fine ride.

Bin Suroor said: “Destination Dubai started to sweat and worry and get very upset after that first win at Haydock, so we decided to get him relaxed up the front end and Frankie gave him a super ride.

“We will look for something better at the back-end, and he will stay in training next season.”

Bin Suroor revealed that Juddmonte International winner Sulamani will work on the Limekilns at Newmarket tomorrow morning, after which a decision will be made on his participation in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday week.

He added: “I am very happy with Sulamani and, while we will see how he shapes in the gallop, we definitely plan to run Mamool in Paris.

“Frankie rode him at exercise on Wednesday on the round gallop and they went very well over the mile. Mamool won two Group Ones in Germany last year and he has added a Group Three this year, so he must have a good chance in the Arc.”

PLACED QUOTES RACE ONE
SODEXHO EBF CLASSIFIED STAKES

ONE WILL AND ONE WON’T

Courageous Duke and Impeller, who filled the places behind Dubai Destination in the opening Sodexho EBF Classified Stakes, are both in the Cambridgeshire next weekend, but while Impeller is going to take his chance, Courageous Duke will not be in the line-up.

“No, I don’t think he will,” said Jeremy Noseda after Courageous Duke had gone down by half a length. “He has run another solid race and you can’t be disappointed, but he is just 4lb or 5lb too high in the handicap.

“The handicapper has got him on 93 and he wants to be on 86 or 87. If he ran in the Cambridgeshire he would run another good race, but he wouldn’t win and would finish about fifth or sixth. We’ll look at something which he can win.”

In contrast William Muir was very keen about Impeller at Newmarket and Paddy Power cut his five-year-old’s odds from 28-1 to 25-1. “The Cambridgeshire has been the idea for a while; we wanted to run him last year but he just got a bit fresh,” he said.

“Steve (Drowne), who will ride him again at Newmarket, said that he would probably do better over a mile and a furlong than a mile and a quarter (the distance of today’s race). He said that Impeller just didn’t pick up as quickly as he had hoped when he pulled him out, but that the horse was finishing better than anything.”

Frankie Dettori described the ground as “good to firm with a lush covering of grass,”while Richard Hughes said it was “quick, but safe” and Steve Drowne said it was “nice, fast ground.”


Race Two: PriceWaterhouseCoopers Handicap
Win Quotes

KHABFAIR LANDS THE TOUCH

Khabfair, backed from 8-1 into favouritism at 9-2, duly landed the touch in the Price Waterhouse Handicap, but it was only at the death that Johnny Murtagh forced him up to snatch the prize from long time leader Compton’s Eleven by a head.

He gave some the impression that he had been in two minds about going about his task but, after considerable thought, his trainer Amanda Perrett explained what she thought happened.

“The ground is pretty quick and I think he was just feeling it when Johnny let him down. As a result he was caught a bit flat footed, but then when he picked up he ran on well,” she said.

“He was a bit unlucky at York last time when the ground was rough and loose on top and he just couldn’t get a grip on it,” the trainer went on before saying that “when a three-year-old is rated up in the 90s he either has to carry big weights or else take on the older handicap sprinters who are very tough and have been doing the job for years.”



Race Two: PriceWaterhouseCoopers Handicap
Place Quotes



COMPTON PIPPED AGAIN

For the third successive time, Compton’s Eleven was beaten in a photo-finish, (this was his fourth successive second) being pipped a head by the fast-finishing Khabfair in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Handicap.

Thwarted by a head at Haydock and a short head at Chester, Compton’s Eleven had a duel up front with Bentley’s Ball but, having shaken off that rival at the furlong-pole, Mick Channon’s luckless grey was caught on the line.

“He did nothing wrong - he travelled beautifully and we got mugged on the line,” reported jockey Sam Hitchcott on dismounting.

Part-owner Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie said: “To look at his form figures - 222 - you would think he was a twicer but, though not very big, you could not find a more genuine sort.

“The handicapper has already put him up 7lb for those three seconds, and I suppose Compton’s Eleven will go up again now. It seems unfair to penalise consistency.”

Ingleby-Mackenzie shares Compton’s Eleven with Channon and the estate of Paul Getty, the former millionaire, whose widow Victoria “was cheering her head off in Damascus”.

Race Three: Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes
Winning Quotes

ANOTHER SURPRISE PACKET FOR BRITTAIN

Mazuna showed her fine Doncaster second was no fluke when, under a brilliant ride from young Ryan Moore, she sprang a 14-1 surprise in the Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes, holding on by a short-head in a bobbing finish with fancied Irish raider My Renee.

Clive Brittain, no stranger to producing a surprise-packet, said with a smile: “The punters are obviously starting to believe in me. Mazuna started at 100-1 when we launched a typical Carlburg flyer in the Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster (she was only beaten a length by Echoes In Eternity), but she went off only 14-1 here, so they are beginning to follow me.

“Mazuna took a long time to come to hand, but I managed to persuade Saeed Manana, her owner, to take her out of the July Sales as I was convinced that we had not seen the filly that I have watched burn up the gallops in the mornings.

“It was Ryan’s suggestion to step her up in distance at Doncaster, and his judgement has proved spot on.

“She was twice beaten in handicaps because they went no pace, but she has never stopped improving and now we might have a look at a Group 1 in Italy at the back-end.”

Warrsan will carry the same red and white colours in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday week, and Brittain is predicting another big run from his globe-trotting stable-star.

He added: “Warrsan worked in the dark at 5.45 the other morning, and Kerrin McEvoy, who has been confirmed as the rider in Paris, was delighted. The horse is four kilos above his racing weight, but one more workout next week and he will be spot on.”

Brittain revealed a busy schedule for his stars in Paris, with last week’s Dubai Sprint Trophy runner-up Var (Frankie Dettori) being supplemented for the Prix de l’Abbaye, Gimcrack winner Tony James running in the Grand Criterium, and Menhoubah taking her chance in the Prix de l’Opera.

PLACED QUOTES RACE THREE
PRINCESS ROYAL JOHN DOYLE STAKES


MAYBE AMERICA FOR THE RUNNER-UP

My Renee, who won at this meeting last year, was just touched off when trying for a second course and distance victory in the Princess Royal Stakes, going down by a short head to Mazuna after the pair had gone hammer and tongs through the final furlong.

“Maybe she was in front a bit too soon, but I must have thought she had won about four times coming up the straight,” said the filly’s trainer Michael Grassick.

“And she also missed about four days last week when she had stone bruise, so that just might have made the difference.

“It has been a wretched summer for us, we have had all sorts of things wrong with the horses with viruses and coughing, and it is only in the last couple of weeks that we have shaken it off and started to have a few winners.

“My Renee loves fast ground -- she cannot go in the soft -- and I would like to try her in America through the winter. She would love the fast ground in California and it would be good to try and get a couple of races into her there.

“The trouble is that her owner (Miss Pat O’Kelly of the Kilcarn Stud) is not as keen on that idea as I am, so I shall have to work on her about it.”


WINNING QUOTES RACE FOUR
BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE AMATEUR RIDERS’ HANDICAP

KITTOW STRIKES AT FIRST ATTEMPT

Stuart Kittow, who trains a small mixed string near Cullompton in Devonshire, struck at the very first attempt at Ascot when Skylarker won the final of the Bollinger Champagne Amateur Riders’ Handicap at 20-1 in the hands of Leslie Jefford.

“Not just my first winner here, my very first runner,” said Kittow after Skylarker had beaten Genghis by three lengths.

“We have had this race in mind for him since he won at Warwick and planned the two races he has had since then, including the race at Epsom where we had to have a rider we did not know because of the way in which the race is organised.

“In the end we had a rider from Spain, who did not do a bad job, but he does not know the horse in the way that Les does, which makes a big difference when they are racing.

“Les rides out for my father-in-law Gerald Cottrell and he rode out this horse when I was away on holiday. I am the only one who rides him at home because with my big weight I can steady him.

“He deserves a nice win like that as he has been on the go for a long time -- he was running on the all weather in the winter, and unless the ground stays firm I expect that he will now have a break.”

Though Leslie Jefford won this race and is also a past winner (I999) of the Bollinger Trophy for amateur riders, he had to settle for second place in this year’s competition as Simon Walker, who was fifth here on Jacaranda, had the prize sewn up before the day began.

Bollinger Champagne Challenge Gentleman Amateur Riders Final Placed Quotes

NO LUCK FOR TENDER FALCON

Tender Falcon, trying for a hat-trick in the Bollinger Champagne Challenge Gentleman Amateur Riders Final, was arguably unlucky to finish only third.

Ivor Hodge, whose brother Ron trains Tender Falcon, said: “He has run a blinder with 11st 10lb, but he just couldn’t get out. If he had done so he might have finished second, though we wouldn’t have beaten the winner.”

Tender Falcon had been involved with a barging match up the straight with Jacaranda, and his rider James White was found to have purposely pushed his way out and was banned for seven days for careless riding.

However, there was still a champagne celebration for Simon Walker, who, though eventually finishing fifth on Jacaranda, had already clinched the Bollinger amateur championship, and he collected six magnums of the sponsor’s product.

Hughie Morrison, who trained runner-up Genghis, said: “We have been beaten three lengths so I have no complaints. John (Best) said that he just kept galloping and that he could not quicken.

Race Five: Allied Irish Bank Maiden Stakes


EXPERIENCE PAYS OFF FOR
DAVID JUNIOR


David Junior, named after the son of owner David Sullivan of joint owner Roldvale Ltd, was the only one of the five runners in the Allied Irish Bank Maiden Stakes with previous experience, and the even money favourite put that to good use when outrunning Godolphin’s newcomer Macabre by three parts of a length.

Brian Meehan, who also trained Bunny Rabbit to win for the same owner at Kempton on Wednesday, said: “That’s two winners in three days for David - I have redeemed myself!

“David Junior is a real nice two-year-old, but he is still very green and was pricking his ears up the straight.

“It was a big help that Frankie (Dettori) came with him on Macabre, but we always had him covered, and I like him a lot.

“We’ll talk with David before deciding whether to have another run this season.”

Saeed bin Suroor, who trained runner-up Macabre, said: “He has run well and will improve for that. The idea now is to run him in a maiden over the same distance in a couple of weeks time.”

BACHELOR DUKE MISSES THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES

Bachelor Duke will not line up for tomorrow's feature, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, at Ascot because he is slightly lame.

Trainer James Toller told the PA: “He's just slightly lame on one of his hind legs and he's got a vet's certificate. It doesn't seem to be much but just enough to stop him running. It's disappointing to put it mildly.”


WINNING QUOTES RACE SIX
WEST END & METROPOLITAN HANDICAP

GRANSTON REWARDS THE TRIP

The father and son team of Tom and Richard Vickers came down from Wakefield this morning with a total of six members of their families with the hope of cheering home their Granston in the closing West End & Metropolitan Handicap.

The long trip proved well worthwhile and the cheers ran out with gusto as Richard Quinn got the grey bottom weight home by a neck from Evaluator at the top of the handicap.

“This is the first winner we have had at Ascot, though we were third in the Hunt Cup with Tough Love when we had horses with Peter Easterby,” said Vickers senior.

“But we have been with Granston’s trainer James Bethell for some years now and we were lucky enough to win the July Stakes at Newmarket with Rich Gold at 50-1 a few years ago.”

There are no immediate plans for Granston, who his connections feel would have won more than his three races now if he had had better luck on running on innumerable occasions.

One of those was at Doncaster last time after which Richard Quinn told connections that a stiff mile would suit Granston well. That is precisely what the grey had here and it certainly suited him.

Terry Mills was justifiably proud of top weight Evaluator who finished second. He said: “The low draw did not help us but Granston should have won at Doncaster last time and if he had done he would have had a penalty, which would have swung things our way.”



GOING NEWS AT 10.30 AM


Following a dry night the going for the first day of the Ascot Finale is

GOOD TO FIRM, GOOD IN PLACES,

but the track will be drying out all the time in the sun and breeze.

“It will be getter drier during racing today, though there is a chance of some rain tomorrow afternoon; the forecasters say that there may be three or four millimetres of rain coming in at about 2pm,” said clerk of the course Nick Cheyne.

“We put on six millimetres of water all round the track on Tuesday and we have had no rain since then. The ground may become quite fast if there is no rain tomorrow. We have no plans for further watering.”



FIRST RACE RESULT 2.00pm SODEXHO EUROPEAN BREEDERS FUND CLASSIFIED STAKES

Class C1, £25,000 Added. For 3yo+ Rated 0-90, which are EBF eligible (also open to such horses rated 91-95 - see below). Weights: 3yo colts & geldings 8st 10lb; fillies 8st 7lb; 4yo+ colts & geldings 9st 2lb; fillies 8st 13lb. For horses rated 91 or higher, the excess in any rating above 90 shall be added to the weights stated. Penalties: after September 11, a winner 6lb. Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+ 6lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £15,167; 2nd: £5,753; 3rd: £2,876.50; 4th: £1,307.50; 5th: £653.75; 6th: £392.25

1 DESTINATION DUBAI (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-8-10 Frankie Dettori [2] 9-1
2 COURAGEOUS DUKE (Lucayan Stud) Jeremy Noseda 5-9-06 Eddie Ahern [7] 8-1
3 IMPELLER (D Clarke & C Edginton) William Muir 5-9-04 Steve Drowne [8] 9-1
4 BOULE D'OR (Friend & Family) Roger Ingram 3-8-10 Nigel Day [11]
5 MUHAREB (Saeed Manana) Clive Brittain 5-9-02 Tom Queally [3]
6 MOCCA (Mocca Partnership) Dennis Coakley 3-8-07 Martin Dwyer [6]
7 BORDER CASTLE (The Queen) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-10 Kieren Fallon [1] 7-4fav
8 GOLD HISTORY (Abdulla Buhaleeba) Mark Johnston 3-9-00 Darryll Holland [12]
9 TOP SPEC (The Hill Top Partnership) Richard Hannon 3-8-10 Ryan Moore [13]
10 MANGO MISCHIEF (Antoniades Family) John Dunlop 3-8-07 Richard Hughes [4]
11 SHARMY (B Vaughan, S Vaughan, D Allwood) Ian Williams 8-9-06 Ted Durcan [9]
12 FOODBROKER FOUNDER (Food Brokers Ltd) David Elsworth 4-9-02 Jimmy Fortune [10]
13 SAILING THROUGH (Red Star Racing) Robin Dickin 4-9-04 Robert Miles [5]

13 ran Distances: 1/2, 3/4, nk, hd, 3/4, 1/2, nk, 3/4, 1, nk, 3, 3/4 Time: 2 m 7.70 s Breeder: Calumet Farm

Breeding: Kingmambo - Mysterial (Alleged)

Totes Win: £7.50 Places: £2.20; £2.80; £2.90 Exacta: £96.20

Winning trainer:-Name: bin Suroor, Saeed Trains at Newmarket for Godolphin, the racing entity of Sheikh Mohammed, whose horses winter in Dubai and race worldwide. British Classic wins: (11) 2,000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), 1,000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia), Vodafone Oaks (1995 Moonshell; 2002 Kazzia); Vodafone Derby (1995 Lammtarra); betfair.com St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche; 1998 Nedawi; 1999 Mutafaweq, 2004 Rule Of Law) Other major wins include: Irish Derby (1994 Balanchine), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir), Irish Champion Stakes (1994 Cezanne; 1998 Swain, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Irish St Leger (1998 & 1999 Kayf Tara), French 2000 Guineas (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir; 2001 Noverre); Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard); Breeders Cup Turf (2001 Fantastic Light), Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling, 2002 Best Of The Bests), Eclipse (1995,1996 Halling; 1998 Daylami; 2004 Refuse To Bend); Juddmonte International Stakes (1995 & 1996 Halling, 2001 Sakhee, 2004 Sulamani), Ascot Gold Cup (1996 Classic Cliche; 1998 Kayf Tara, 2000 Kayf Tara), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra; 1997 & 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2004 Doyen), Nunthorpe Stakes (1995 So Factual), Derby Italiano (1998 Central Park), Lockinge Stakes (1998 Cape Cross; 2000 Aljabr), Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr), Man O’ War Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2000 Fantastic Light), Lockinge Stakes (1998 Cape Cross, 1999 Fly To The Stars, 2000 Aljabr), Great Voltigeur Stakes (1998 Sea Wave), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq), Sussex Stakes (1999 Aljabr, 2001 Noverre) Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1996 Mark Of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Summoner), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Faithful Son, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Hong Kong Cup (2000 Fantastic Light), Man O'War Stakes (2000 Fantastic Light), Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq), JP Morgan Private Bank Goodwood Cup (1999 Kayf Tara), Gran Premio Del Jockey Club (2001 Kutub), Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2001 Slickly), Grosser Dallmayr Preis (2001 Kutub), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2001 Fantastic Light), Premio Vittorio Di Capua (2001 and 2002 Slickly), Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (2002 Kazzia), Gazelle Handicap (2002 Imperial Gesture), Beldame Stakes (2002 Imperial Gesture), Deutschlandpreis (2000 Mutafaweq, 2002 Marienbard), American Oaks (2002 Jilbab), Stephen Foster Handicap (2002 Street Cry), Singapore Airlines International Cup (2002 Grandera), Grosser Bugatti Preis (2002 Marienbard, 2003 Mamool), Dubai World Cup (2000 Dubai Millennium, 2002 Street Cry, 2003 Moon Ballad), Dubai Sheema Classic (2003 Sulamani), Queen Anne Stakes (2003 Dubai Destination), Gran Premio di Milano (2003 Leadership), Arlington Million (2003 Sulamani), Prix Vermeille (2003 Mezzo Soprano), Turf Classic Invitational (2003 Sulamani), Preis Von Europa (2001 Kutub, 2003 Mamool), National Stakes (2004 Dubawi) Wins in a season (1995-2003) 14:48:41:38:41:17:24:21:23 Wins this year: 93 First Winner In England: Classic Cliche (Dante Stakes, May 17, 1995, York)

Winning jockey:-Name: Dettori, Lanfranco First winner: Rif (Turin, Italy, November 16, 1986), First British winner: Lizzy Hare (Goodwood June 9, 1987) Classic wins; (9) Vodafone Oaks (1994 Balanchine, 1995 Moonshell, 2002 Kazzia); St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche, 1996 Shantou), 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia) Other major wins include: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra, 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2004 Doyen), Ascot Gold Cup (1992, 1993 Drum Taps, 1998 Kayf Tara), St James’s Palace Stakes (1997 Starborough), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1996 Swain, 1997 Singspiel, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard), Breeders’ Cup Mile (1994 Barathea), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction; 1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium), Juddmonte International (1996 Halling, 1997 Singspiel, 2001 Sakhee), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2004 Refuse To Bend),Yorkshire Oaks (1994 Only Royale), Middle Park Stakes (1996 Bahamian Bounty), Fillies’ Mile (1990 Shamshir, 1999 Teggiano, 2000 Crystal Music), Nunthorpe Stakes (1993 Lochsong, 1995 So Factual, 1998 Lochangel), Sussex Stakes (1991 Second Set, 1999 Aljabr); Haydock Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat); Breeders’ Cup Turf (1999 Daylami), Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel); Dubai World Cup (1999 Almutawakel, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2002 Street Cry, 2003 Moon Ballad),); Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir, 2001 Noverre), Irish Derby (1994 Balanchine), Irish Oaks (2001 Lailani, 2003 Vintage Tipple), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir), Prix du Jockey-Club (1992 Polytain), Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr); Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat); Irish Champion Stakes (1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera); Irish St Leger (1999 Kayf Tara); Deutsches Derby (1991 Temporal), Lockinge Stakes (2000 Aljabr), Cheveley Park Stakes (2000 Regal Rose, 2003 Carry On Katie), Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Grosser Preis Von Baden (2002 Marienbard), Prix Vermeille (2003 Mezzo Soprano), National Stakes (2004 Dubawi) Wins 1987-2003: 8,22,75^,141,94,101,149,233*,217*,123,176,132,132,47,94,69,101 ^Champion apprentice *Champion jockey Wins This Season: 160 Wins This Year: 178
SECOND RACE RESULT
2.30pm PRICEWATERHOUSECOPPERS STAKES

Class C1, £25,000 added. For 3yo Rated 86-100 (also open to such horses rated 85 and below), 6.5f. Minimum weight 8st 7lb. Penalties: after September 11, a winner 6lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £15,787.60; 2nd: £5,988.40; 3rd: £2,994.20; 4th: £1,361; 5th: £680.50; 6th: £408.30

1 KHABFAIR (Star Pointe Ltd & Arlington Bloodstock) Amanda Perrett 3-9-02 Johnny Murtagh [10] 9-2fav
2 COMPTON'S ELEVEN (Pcm Racing) Mick Channon 3-9-00 Sam Hitchcott [8] 6-1
3 MAJORS CAST (Susan Roy) Jeremy Noseda 3-8-12 Eddie Ahern [6] 15-2
4 BENTLEY'S BALL (On Trak Partnership) Richard Hannon 3-8-09 Ryan Moore [13]
5 OASIS STAR (R Creese) Peter Harris 3-8-10 Darryll Holland [11]
6 OUT AFTER DARK (The Night Owls) Clive Cox 3-8-07 Richard Smith [3]
7 MR LAMBROS (Winterbeck Manor Stud) Andrew Balding 3-8-07 Martin Dwyer [14]
8 RYDAL (Mr & Mrs G Middlebrook) Gerard Butler 3-8-08 Jimmy Fortune [9]
9 BRAVO MAESTRO (Derrick Broomfield) David Arbuthnot 3-9-00 Richard Quinn [12]
10 APEX (Patrick Milmo & Stuart Tilling) Ed Dunlop 3-8-09 Kieren Fallon [2]
11 DOITNOW (Hi-Tech Racing Club) Richard Fahey 3-8-06 Tony Hamilton (3) [7]
12 TONY THE TAP (K Mercer) Neville Callaghan 3-8-04 Fran Ferris (3) [4]
13 SARISTAR (R Instone) Paul Cole 3-8-04 Nelson De Souza (5) [5]

13 ran Non-runner: No 1 Moonlight Man (ground)

Distances: hd, 1.25, 0.5, nk, hd, hd, 1, 0.5, nk, 1, 1.25, nk Time: 1 m 20.21 s

Breeder: Peter Hodgson Breeding: Intikhab - Ruby Affair (Night Shift)

Totes Win: £5.10 Places: £2.00; £2.30; £3.10 Exacta: £26.10

Winning Trainer:- Name: Perrett, Amanda Born: December 31, 1969 Married: July 2, 1995 Trains at: Coombelands Stables, Pulborough, West Sussex Riding Career: 54 wins under Rules, 40 point-to-point winners First Trainer’s Licence: 1996 First Group 1 Win: Prix du Moulin (2000 Indian Lodge) Other Big Race Wins: Prix de la Foret (2000 Indian Lodge); Oak Tree Stakes (2002 Desert Alchemy); Celebration Mile (2002 Tillerman) Winners 1996-03: 1; 8; 11; 18; 27; 37; 60; 55 Horses in Training 2001-04: 99; 104; 100; 120 Wins This Year: 35

Winning jockey:-Name: Murtagh, John Patrick Based: Moattown, Kildalkey, Co Meath and Newmarket Born: May 14, 1970 First Winner: Chicago Style, Limerick, July 6, 1987 British Classic Wins (3): Vodafone Derby (2000 Sinndar, 2002 High Chaparral), UltimateBet.com 2000 Guineas (2002 Rock Of Gibraltar) Big Race Wins include: Breeders’ Cup Mile (1995 Ridgewood Pearl), Coronation Stakes (1995 Ridgewood Pearl), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2000 Sinndar), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (2003 Alamshar), Prix du Moulin (1995 Ridgewood Pearl), Yorkshire Oaks (1996 Key Change, 2000 Petrushka), Beverly D Stakes (1996 Timarida), Irish Champion Stakes (1996 Timarida), Irish Oaks (1997 Ebadiyla, 1998 Winona, 2000 Petrushka), Ascot Gold Cup (1999 Enzeli, 2001 & 2002 Royal Rebel); National Stakes (1993 Manntari, 1999 Sinndar), Moyglare Stud Stakes (1998 Edabiya), Irish Derby (2000 Sinndar, 2003 Alamshar), Grosser Dallmayr-Preis (2000 Greek Dance), Prix Niel (2000 Sinndar), Prix de l’Abbaye (2000 Namid), Prix de l’Opera (2000 Petrushka), Dubai Champion Stakes (2000 Kalanisi), Racing Post Trophy (2000 Dilshaan), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2001 Black Minnaloushe), Falmouth Stakes ( 2004 Soviet Song), Darley July Cup (2004 Frizzante), Sussex Stakes (2004 Soviet Song) Wins in Britain 2001-2003: 10; 15; 12 Wins this year in Britain: 71 Wins this season in Britain: 69


THIRD RACE RESULT
3.05pm PRINCESS ROYAL JOHN DOYLE STAKES

Group Three, Class A1 £50,000 guaranteed. One mile four furlongs. For 3yo and upwards fillies & mares. Weights: 3yo 8st 6lb; 4yo+ 9st. Penalties: in 2004, a winner of a Group 3 race 3lb; of a Group 2 race 5lb; of a Group 1 race 8lb. Wfa: 3 from 4yo+ 8lb. Penalty values: 1st: £29,000; 2nd: £11,000; 3rd: £5,500; 4th: £2,500; 5th: £1,250; 6th: £750

1 MAZUNA (Saeed Manana) Clive Brittain 3-8-06 Ryan Moore [3] 14-1
2 MY RENEE (Pat O’Kelly) Michael Grassick IRE 4-9-00 Niall McCullagh [6] 5-2fav
3 HIDDEN HOPE (Stephen Lussier) Geoff Wragg 3-8-06 Ted Durcan [4] 9-2
4 SUMMITVILLE (Mountain High Partnership) James Given 4-9-00 Darryll Holland [2]
5 ASTROCHARM (Mystic Meg Ltd) Mark Tompkins 5-9-03 Frankie Dettori [8]
6 POLAR JEM (Norcroft Park Stud) George Margarson 4-9-00 Adrian McCarthy [7]
7 BENEVENTA (Mrs J Khan) John Dunlop 4-9-03 Richard Hughes [10]
8 CASTAGNA (Bloomsbury Stud) Henry Cecil 3-8-06 Willie Ryan [9]

8 ran Non-runners: No 6 Bowstring (vet’s certificate) & No 10 Poise (vet’s certificate)

Distances: sh, 1.5, 1.5, 6, 1.5, 2.5, 2 Time: 2 m 30.24 s

Breeder: B Freiha Breeding: Cape Cross - Keswa (Kings Lake)

Totes Win: £15.90 Places: £3.00; £1.40; £1.80 Exacta: £41.20

Winning trainer:-Name: Brittain, Clive Edward
Born: Calne, Wiltshire, 15/12/33 Date of first licence: 1972 First winner: Vedvyas, Doncaster, April 1, 1972 Previous Occupation: Joined Sir Noel Murless as stable lad in 1949 British Classic wins: (6) Sagitta 1000 Guineas (1984 Pebbles,1993 Sayyedati); Sagitta 2000 Guineas (1991 Mystiko); Vodafone Oaks (1992 User Friendly), St Leger (1978 Julio Mariner, 1992 User Friendly) Other major wins include: German 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), Irish 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), Japan Cup (1986 Jupiter Island), Breeders’ Cup Turf (1985 Pebbles), St James’s Palace Stakes (1974 Averof, 1976 Radetzky), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1985 Pebbles), Sussex Stakes (1995 Sayyedati), Nassau Stakes (2000 Crimplene), Juddmonte International (1991 Terimon), Yorkshire Oaks (1992 User Friendly), Cheveley Park Stakes (1992 Sayyedati), Champion Stakes (1985 Pebbles), Prix Jean Prat (1988 Lapierre), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1993 User Friendly), Prix Jacques Le Marois (1993 Sayyedati), Italian Derby (1991 Hailsham, 1995 Luso), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1997 Air Express), Hong Kong International Vase (1997 Luso); Nell Gwyn Stakes(1998 Cloud Castle) Meon Valley Stud Fillies Mile (1999 Teggiano); Vodafone Coronation Cup (2003 and 2004 Warrsan)
Wins in a season (1983-2003):45:33:51:39:38:40:36:42:53:63:37:37:51:35:26: 23:40:27:28:31:41
Horses in training (1972-2004):37;57;71;84;81;108;81;104;104;85;92; 101;102:88:115:125:130:119:145:176:143:118 :124 :111:114:75:104:100:77:94:69:67:83 Wins this year: 24

Winning Jockey :- Name: Moore, Ryan Lee Born: 18th September 1983 Other Details: Apprenticed to Richard Hannon having previously been with his father Gary at Woodingdean in Brighton First winner: Mersey Beat (Land Rover Defender Amateur Riders’ Handicap Hurdle, Towcester, May 15, 2000) Major Wins: Tote Cesarewitch (2002 Miss Fara); Princess Royal Stakes (2004 Mazuna) Wins in 2002-03: 39; 59 (champion apprentice) Wins This Year: 113 Wins This Season: 110


FOURTH RACE RESULT
3.40pm BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE CHALLENGE SERIES FINAL (HANDICAP) GENTLEMAN AMATEUR RIDERS

D2 Handicap, £10,000 Added. For 3yo+ Rated 71-85 (also open to such horses rated 70 and below), 1m 4f. Weights: highest weight not less than 11st 10lb; minimum weight 10st 10lb. Penalties: after September 11, a winner 5lb. Allowances: riders who, prior to September 21, 2004, have not ridden more than 10 winners under any Rules of Racing 3lb; more than 5 such winners 5lb; any such winner 7lb Penalty Values: 1st: £7,033; 2nd: £2,164; 3rd: £1,082; 4th: £541

1 SKYLARKER (Midd Shire Racing) Stuart Kittow 6-11-02 Mr Les Jefford [4] 20-1
2 GENGHIS (Jenny Powell) Hughie Morrison 5-11-05 Mr John Best (3)[10] 5-1
3 TENDER FALCON (P Axon) Ron Hodges 4-11-07 Mr James White (3) [8] 9-2
4 NIGHT SIGHT (David Fravigar-Alan Mann) Sue Lamyman 7-10-10 Mr Justin Morgan (3) [7]
5 JACARANDA (Touchwood Racing) Annabel King 4-10-13 Mr Simon Walker [5]
6 SCOTTISH RIVER (Mark Usher) Mark Usher 5-11-05 Mr Lee Newnes (3) [9]
7 IBERUS (R Gibney) Steve Gollings 6-10-03 Mr Trevor Woodside (7) [13]
8 BUCKS (M Murphy) Dean Ivory 7-11-07(inc5lbow) Mr Michael Murphy (5) [2]
9 SMART JOHN (Mr & Mrs D Smart) Mark Brisbourne 4-10-09 Mr Craig Davies (5) [14]
10 KYLKENNY (Hughie Morrison) Hughie Morrison 9-10-12 Mr James Rees [1]
11 ROME (G Macdonald, K Fitchie, M Enright ) Gerry Enright 5-10-05 Mr Jay Pemberton (5) [3]
12 POLAR TRYST (Lady Herries & Friends) Lady Herries 5-11-00 Mr Tom Greenall [16]
4-1 fav
13 DANAKIL (The Danakilists) Simon Dow 9-10-11 Mr Don Hutchinson (5) [15]
14 CONSTANTINE (Mrs B Quinn) Gary Moore 4-11-04 Mr Eamonn Dehdashti [12]

14 ran Non-runners: No 4 Seeyaaj (vet’s certificate) & No 15 Aurelia (vet’s certificate)
Distances: 3, 1.75, 1.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.5, nk, 1, 1.25, 4, 8, 1, 5 Time: 2 m 34.54 s
Breeder: P Pritchard Breeding: Sky Classic - O My Darling (Mr Prospector)
Totes Win: £27.30 Places: £5.70; £2.10; £2.20 Exacta: £132.30

Winning trainer:-Name: Stuart Kittow Based: Haynefield Farm, Blackborough, Cullompton, Devon Born: August 2, 1959 Date of First Trainer’s Licence: 2000 Wins This Year: 6

Winning jockey:- Name: Leslie David Battershill Jefford Based: Cullompton, Devon Born: July 5, 1970 Honours: Won Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series in 1999 and former champion point-to-point rider. This win meant Jefford has secured runner-up in this year’s Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series behind Simon Walker, who was winning the championship for the second year running. Wins This Year: 2


FIFTH RACE RESULT
4.15pm ALLIED IRISH BANK (GB) MAIDEN STAKES

Class D2, £10,000 Added. For 2yo, which have not run before August 18, 2004. 7f, Weights: colts & geldings 9st; fillies 8st 9lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £7,475; 2nd: £2,300; 3rd: £1,150; 4th: £575

1 DAVID JUNIOR (Roldvale Ltd) Brian Meehan 2-9-00 Richard Hills [2] Evens fav
2 MACABRE (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 2-9-00 Frankie Dettori [1] 9-4
3 GIANT'S ROCK (James Burley, Terry Warner, Andrew Wyer) Gerard Butler 2-9-00 Jimmy Fortune [3]
4 BONFIRE (Sheikh Mohammed) Mark Johnston 2-9-00 Darryll Holland [4]
5 DART ALONG (James Wigan) Richard Hannon 2-9-00 Richard Hughes [5]

5 ran

Distances: 3/4, 6, nk, 1 1/4 Time: 1 m 29.69 s

Breeder: A Appleton Breeding: Pleasant Tap - Paradise River (Irish River)

Totes Win: £2.00 Places: £1.20; £1.60 Exacta: £3.90

Winning trainer:-Name: Meehan, Brian Joseph
Date of birth:16/6/67; Date of first licence: 1/12/92; Other occupation: Thoroughbred breeding;20 months with the Irish National Stud: Wins in a season (1992-2003): 0:14:29:47:43:57:53:58:42:71:47:55 Horses in training (1993-2004):17:38 :60: 72:81:89:106:100:109:118:108:121 Major wins include: Horris Hill Stakes (1995 Tumbleweed Ridge), Schweppes Golden Mile Handicap (1995 Khayrapour), Bunbury Cup (1997 Tumbleweed Ridge), Golden Jubilee Stakes (1998 Tomba), Ballycorus Stakes (1998 & 1999 Tumbleweed Ridge), Prix de la Foret (1998 Tomba), Prix Morny (2000 Bad As I Wanna Be), Prix de Lutece (2002 Savannah Bay), Duke Of York Stakes (2003 Twilight Blues) Trains at Tumbleweed Cottage, Upper Lambourn, Berks Wins This Year: 49

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: (4) UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas (1995 Harayir, 2000 Lahan), UltimateBet.com 2000 Guineas (2004 Haafhd), St Leger (1999 Mutafaweq) Other major wins: German Oaks (2002 Salve Regina), Middle Park Stakes (1997 Hayil), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1994 Maroof, 2001 Summoner); Yorkshire Cup (1985 Ilium); Norfolk Stakes (1986 Sizzling Melody, 1989 Pettilante), Chesham Stakes (1996 Shamikh), Queen Mary Stakes (1997 Nadwah), July Cup (1998 Elnadim), Hungerford Stakes (1998 Muhtathir), Dubai World Cup (1999 Almutawakel), Temple Stakes (1999 Tipsy Creek); Rockfel Stakes (1999 Lahan); September Stakes (2000 Mutamam); Select Stakes (2000 Ekraar, 2001 Nayef), Autumn Stakes (2000 Nayef), Greenham Stakes (2001 Munir), Dubai Champion Stakes (2001 Nayef), Falmouth Stakes (2000 Alshakr, 2002 Tashawak), Juddmonte International Stakes (2002 Nayef), Geoffrey Freer Stakes (2002 Mubtaker), Great Voltigeur Stakes (2002 Bandari), Watership Down Stud Sales Race (2002 Sharplaw Venture), Royal Lodge Stakes (1998 Mutaahab, 2002 Al Jadeed), Princess Of Wales’s Stakes (1994 Wagon Master; 2001 Mutamam; 2004 Bandari), Champagne Stakes (2004 Etlaala) Wins (1990-2003):56, 67,52,57,59,70,71,85,83,77,81,79,81,75 Wins This Season: 58 Wins This Year: 58


SIXTH RACE RESULT
4.50pm WEST END & METROPOLITAN LTD HANDICAP

Class D2, £10,000 added. For 3yo Rated 71-85 (also open to such horses rated 70 and below), 1m. Minimum weight 8st 7lb. Penalties: after September 11, a winner 5lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £7,181.20; 2nd: £2,209.60; 3rd: £1,104.80; 4th: £552.40

1 GRANSTON (The Four Players Partnership) James Bethell 3-8-11 Richard Quinn [15] 10/1
2 EVALUATOR (Mrs L Askew) Terry Mills 3-9-07 Kieren Fallon [4] 6/1
3 CELLO (Louis Stalder) Richard Hannon 3-9-00 Pat Dobbs [16] 25/1
4 BORDER MUSIC (Kingsclere Stud) Andrew Balding 3-9-02 Darryll Holland [11] 11/2
5 ALEKHINE (Karol Harris) Peter Harris 3-9-04 Eddie Ahern [12]
6 NEW ORDER (Khalid Abdulla) Barry Hills 3-9-00 Richard Hughes [13]
7 KODIAC (Prince A Faisal) John Dunlop 3-9-04 Frankie Dettori [2] 11/4 fav
8 JATH (Meddler Bloodstock) Julian Poulton 3-9-02 Lisa Jones [6]
9 FORTHRIGHT (Wyck Hall Stud) Clive Brittain 3-9-05 Richard Hills [17]
10 GRAVARDLAX (Gravity Group) Brian Meehan 3-9-04 Jimmy Fortune [9]
11 ZWEIBRUCKEN (Eddie Tynan) Sylvester Kirk 3-9-05 John Egan [8]
12 HERMITAGE COURT (Gallagher Equine Ltd) Brian Meehan 3-9-06 Shane Kelly [18]
13 TAMINOULA (Tandridge Racing (Jdrp)) Amanda Perrett 3-8-13 Johnny Murtagh [5]
14 BARATHEA DREAMS (Fitri Hay) Stan Moore 3-9-03 Martin Dwyer [7]
15 MALIBU (John Robinson & Derek Stubbs) Simon Dow 3-8-12 Paul Doe [1]
16 OVERDRAWN (Paul Dixon) Jamie Osborne 3-9-02 Tom Queally [3]
17 HABANERO (The Waney Racing Group Ltd) Richard Hannon 3-9-00 Ryan Moore [14]

17 ran Non-runner: No 9 Perle D’Or (vet’s certificate)

Distances: nk, 1.5, sh, sh, 0.5, 0.75, nk, hd, 1.75, nk, 1, 2.5, nk, 1.25, 1.25, 8 Time: 1 m 41.28 s

Breeder: Yeomanstown Stud Breeding: Revoque - Gracious Gretclo (Common Grounds)

Totes Win: £14.80 Places: £2.90; £1.90; £4.60; £1.90 Exacta: £101.40

Winning trainer:- Name: Bethell, The Hon James David William
Date of birth: 22/2/52 Date of first licence: 1975. Assistant trainer to Bruce Hobbs & Arthur Budgett (1970-75) Trains at Manor House Stables, Middleham, Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire
Horses in training (1975-2004): 52; 48; 33; 42; 45; 45; 47; 33; 30; 26; 28; 19; 19; 14; 20; 25; 24; 20; 19; 28; 29:28:22: 25: 28: 18:25: 27: 29: 28 Number of wins in a season (1999-2003): 9:8:11:9:11 Major wins: King George V Handicap (1977 Celtic Pleasure), Zetland Gold Cup, Rosebery Handicap, Bahrain Handicap Trophy, July Stakes, Victoria Cup (2004 Mine), Royal Hunt Cup (2004 Mine) Wins This Year: 18

Winning jockey:-Name: Quinn, Thomas Richard. Born: Stirling, Scotland, 2/12/61 Apprenticeship: With Paul Cole, First winner: Bolivar Baby (Kempton, October 21, 1981) Classic wins: (3) St Leger (1990 Snurge, 2000 Millenary), Vodafone Oaks (2000 Love Divine) Other major wins include: Lockinge Stakes (1988 Broken Hearted, 1996 Soviet Line), Fillies Mile’ (1991 Culture Vulture), Irish St Leger (1990 Ibn Bey, 1995 Strategic Choice), Irish Oaks (1990 Knight's Baroness), Yorkshire Oaks (1987 Bint Pasha), Cheveley Park Stakes (1989 Pass The Peace, 1999 Seazun); Dewhurst Stakes (1990 Generous); Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1992 Culture Vulture), Prix Royal Oak (1992 Assessor), Derby Italiano (1987 Zaizoom, 1994 Time Star); Rothmans International (1992 Snurge), Grand Prix de Paris (2000 Beat Hollow), Royal Hunt Cup (1986 Patriach, 2004 Mine) Wins This Season: 47 Wins This Year: 49


LEADING TRAINERS AFTER FIRST DAY

Trainer 1sts 2nds 3rds
Saeed bin Suroor 1 1 -
James Bethell 1 - -
Clive Brittain 1 - -
Stuart Kittow 1 - -
Brian Meehan 1 - -
Amanda Perrett 1 - -
Michael Grassick IRE - 1 -
Terry Mills - 1 -
Hughie Morrison - 1 -
Jeremy Noseda - 1 1
Mick Channon - 1 -
Gerard Butler - - 1
Richard Hannon - - 1
Ron Hodges - - 1
William Muir - - 1
Geoff Wragg - - 1


LEADING JOCKEYS AFTER FIRST DAY

Jockey 1sts 2nds 3rds
Frankie Dettori 1 1 -
Richard Hills 1 - -
Mr Les Jefford 1 - -
Ryan Moore 1 - -
Johnny Murtagh 1 - -
Richard Quinn 1 - -
Eddie Ahern - 1 1
Mr John Best - 1 -
Kieren Fallon - 1 -
Sam Hitchcott - 1 -
Niall McCullagh - 1 -
Pat Dobbs - - 1
Steve Drowne - - 1
Ted Durcan - - 1
Jimmy Fortune - - 1
Mr James White - - 1

BETFAIR AGREES MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE NATIONAL HORSERACING AUTHORITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Betfair has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Horseracing Authority of South Africa (formerly the Jockey Club of Southern Africa).

The agreement is in line with the MOU signed with the UK Jockey Club. It is also the same agreement signed with, among others, the International Cricket Council, the English Football Association, the Association of Tennis Professionals, and Cricket Australia.

Earlier this month, the British Government Minister Responsible for Gambling, Lord McIntosh, urged sporting bodies all round the world to sign an agreement in order to access what he described as 'unrivalled audit trails'. He said he found it 'difficult to understand why a sporting regulator would refuse the free transfer of betting information to protect a sport's integrity and credibility'.

Chief Executive of the Australian Racing Board Andrew Harding describes the MOU as a 'sham'. The Australian Racing industry says it has no interest in signing it.

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