Saturday, September 25, 2004

ASCOT FINALE SECOND DAY
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2004

Until then almost all major stands were relics, if not of the previous century, then certainly of the early years of the 20th, with antiquated facilities and no question of anything like lifts to make visitors’ progress any easier.

Either you stayed at ground level or you clambered up steep steps and stairs to reach a vantage point.

The construction of the members’ stand followed on the heels of the new Queen Elizabeth II Stand in Tattersalls, which had been opened on June 13,1961, set the first standard.

The £1 million Tattersalls stand was obviously modern. No more vast columns holding up the roof so that viewing was obscured, private boxes with their own dining rooms, reservable seats, escalators and a capacity for 13,000 spectators. British racing had not really seen anything like it 43 years ago.

There were errors with the new stand, for all that, not least that viewing was not entirely satisfactory because, in part, the stand had been built at a difficult angle to the track, and these were lessons which were taken on board for the new members’ stand which opened next door to it three years later.

The old stands, including the Iron Stand, looked their age and were incorporated into the brand new members building which was erected in the period between the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes meeting and the following year’s Royal Meeting.

The members’ stand, which cost £1,250,000, incorporated all sorts of almost revolutionary ideas. It was almost double the size of its predecessor with room for 7,500 spectators, and had lifts and escalators to make for comfortable access to all five floors, plus there was a new weighing room.

The Sporting Life called it “a great step forward and a model of stand design,” but now, 40 years later, its days are over and a sparkling replacement will be in use for 2006.


THE NEW ASCOT

The Duke Of Devonshire, Her Majesty’s Representative at Ascot, welcomed the 500-plus people to last night’s Ascot Finale dinner.

He said: “We are celebrating several things tonight - the 50th anniversary of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, sponsored by NetJets, the launch of Frankie Dettori’s autobiography and, of course, marking the final weekend of racing at Ascot for 20 months, whilst we close for our £185 million redevelopment.

“It is wonderful to see so many supporters of Ascot here.....a particular welcome to Frankie Dettori: the author.

“Frankie rode his very first Group One winner on Markofdistinction in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes here in 1990. He did a little bit better in 1996.

“You will all have seen the designs for the new Ascot, which are soon to become reality. I hope you agree that they are exciting and dramatic. But some people have asked me - why the upheaval?

“My answer is that Ascot has a reputation within the racing industry for innovation and leadership, earned over generations, and we, the current Ascot board, have that responsibility to live up to.

“We are in a very privileged position. The efforts of our predecessors have made Ascot what it is today. Historically, Ascot redevelops every 50 years or so. It always has done.

“Quite simply it has to maintain its pre-eminence in world racing. In 1955 the straight mile was realigned. In 1961 Her Majesty opened the then ground-breaking Queen Elizabeth II grandstand,

“It included over 250 private boxes, a brilliant blueprint for corporate hospitality at the time. But now we have to accept that the current facilities are best described as barely adequate.

“They are increasingly difficult to maintain to an acceptable level and, all in all, they just don’t stand up to scrutiny in this country, let alone on the world stage.

“We conducted our first feasibility studies back in 1998 and it quickly became clear that a patch-up operation was simply not an option. It became obvious that a total redevelopment was essential.

“We are now in a position to undertake this project in one major 20-month phase, minimising disruption locally and to the racing calendar, and financed from within our own resources: not a penny of government money

“So we are now about to embark on the next stage of Ascot’s history, taking advantage of the very best that modern technology has to offer, both in the grandstand and on the track itself.

“The team assembled to deliver the redevelopment reads like a who’s who of the construction industry - not my words, those of industry publication New Civil Engineer.

“From “creators” HOK Sport, designers of the new Wembley Stadium, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and Stadium Australia, right through to demolition experts “McGee,” Ascot has the very best on board.

“The aesthetic focus of the project is, naturally, the grandstand, but this is very much a racecourse redevelopment where the horses and jockeys and, thus the racing surface, comes first.

“At last, we are addressing the unacceptable problem of all the road crossings on the course by building two permanent tunnels.

“This will be a huge improvement to the track, especially to the straight mile which will run uninterrupted, level and fair. And I have to say about time too.

“We have too been very aware of the necessity to retain the intangible sense of what makes Ascot unique. With that in mind, the paddock lawns will remain almost exactly as they are now.

“The parade ring is moving to the heart of affairs to enable many more visitors to enjoy this key element of any raceday. I am confident that you will agree that this is the right thing to do, if not tonight, but certainly when you see it in 2006.

“The pre-parade ring and saddling boxes will return to their original pre-1930’s location under the berry bars on the paddock lawns,.

“There will, of course, be a Royal Enclosure lawn. Car parks one and two will hardly change at all.

“The grandstand is modern, yes, it is a stunning structure of which everyone involved, and that includes everyone in this room, will be very proud - without your input, enthusiasm and advice, these designs would not have been possible.

“I have no doubt that we will confront many difficulties over the next 20 months. But the support and assistance we have had from all those with an interest in our plans from so many of you here tonight has been overwhelming

“With that support and our Ascot team, I am confident that we will succeed. I very much look forward to seeing you all at Royal Ascot at York next year and then back here for the 2006 Royal Meeting.

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 today.

The course is closing for the £185-million redevelopment after racing tomorrow (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 yesterday after which he went over and kissed the first position post.

The jockey will lend the post back to Ascot for the rest of today and tomorrow, 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.

BARNARDO’S CUMBERLAND LODGE STAKES

Three-year-olds have won seven of the last eight runnings of the Group Three Cumberland Lodge Stakes, but the younger generation are not represented in tomorrow’s Barnardo’s-sponsored renewal, in which High Accolade will be attempting to follow up his victory of 12 months ago.

Marcus Tregoning, who also took this prize three years ago with Nayef, believes that a fast-run mile and a half suits High Accolade best - he was only beaten three parts of a length by Albanova over this trip in a Group One in Cologne last month - and the consistent if somewhat quirky four-year-old will certainly appreciate coming back in distance, having looked to run out of stamina when finishing fourth in the GNER Doncaster Cup on his most recent appearance.

Bandari, who finished just ahead of High Accolade when both ran disappointingly in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes here in July, is better judged on his earlier victory over Sulamani in the Princess of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket, where he not only again had the measure of High Accolade but also Persian Majesty.

Compton Bolter ran a solid race when third to Sights of Gold in the Dubai Arc Trial at Newbury, but, like Persian Majesty, who wears blinkers for the first time, seems better suited to Listed company than when dipping his toes in Group race waters.

A bold run here from Bandari will enhance next week’s Arc prospects of Mamool, who had Mark Johnston’s horse back in third when winning the September Stakes at Kempton three weeks ago.

John Dunlop, who won this race in 1987 with Moon Madness, confesses that he is becoming frustrated with Muqbil, who was a disappointing favourite in the Select Stakes at Goodwood last time, but if the colt could reproduce his earlier form at Haydock, where he failed by only a length and a half to give 10lb to the younger and fast-improving Mister Monet, he would not be without a chance.

The field is completed by a brace of Norwegian challengers, Alpino Chileno and The Khamsin - both need to produce a career best performance to finish in the money -, Franklin’s Gardens, still trying to recapture his smart three-year-old form, and Self Defense, who, despite running a brave race to finish fifth behind Mephisto in the Ebor Handicap at York, looks up against it at this level - even with Kieren Fallon aboard.

BETTING NEWS

Punters have seized on Sir Mark Prescott’s Cesarewitch entry Tempsford for today’s concluding Caplan Gordon Carter Handicap, and Corals, Paddy Power, Skybet and Cashmans all report a run in the finale for the four-year-old, who has already been slashed from 25-1 to 16-1 for the second leg of the autumn double.

Corals report money from 8-1 to 13-2, Paddy Power from 8-1 to 7-1 and Skybet from 8-1 to 6-1, while one bet of £21,000-£3,000 saw Cashmans run for cover and the Cork firm chopped his price to 11-2.

Dave Stevens of Corals admitted that the Barking layers took a chance in offering Ratio at 11-2 for the GNER Diadem Stakes, and his breakfast was somewhat spoilt when he opened his Racing Post to discover that John Hammond’s French challenger was the selection of the Pricewise column.

Stevens said; “We have caught a cold from Pricewise a few times this year, but we were top offer about Ratio, and, despite the alarm bells ringing at Canary Wharf, we are happy to take him on.”

Sir Michael Stoute’s Echelon is the filly punters want to be on for the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile.

Tony Coleman of Paddy Power said: “We offered 16-1 about Echelon for next year’s 1,000 Guineas at the start of the week, but sustained support has reduced offers to
12-1, and her supporters are obviously anticipating success today as she has been tightened up to 13-8 (from 7-4).”

Skybet, who stuck their neck out this morning when offering 11-4 Soviet Song for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, remain happy to lay James Fanshawe’s filly at that price, and spokesman Dale Tempest reports opposition to the favourite, with Rakti, another Pricewise selection, cut to 13-2 from 8-1 and Lucky Story reduced to 14-1 from 20-1.

Paddy Power yesterday quoted Frankie Dettori at 3-1 to ride two winners on QE II day, but they have been forced on the retreat, with the Italian’s followers piling on overnight, and they now offer 9-4 a brace, one winner being favourite at 6-5, with the prospect of a whitewash receding from 7-4 to 3-1.

And to show that backing a loser is not always the kiss of death, Cashmans offer “money back” if your selection for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes finishes second to Soviet Song, or, likewise, your investment in the totejackpot on Saturday Handicap is the runner-up to Ettrick Water.

RAKTI (GB) FACTFILE (before today’s win)

5 b h Polish Precedent (USA) - Ragera (IRE) (Rainbow Quest (USA))
Form: 211/1111630/1212-185 Owner: Gary Tanaka Jockey: Philip Robinson
Trainer: Michael Jarvis Breeder: Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti

Rakti
Born in Britain although bred by Italian breeders, Rakti began his racing career with Bruno Grizetti in Italy and soon developed a formidable record in his home country, with a string of successes before beating Ballingarry by a length and a half to take the 2002 Italian Derby in Rome and secured another Listed success at the Capanelle in September. He travelled to Britain for the 2002 Champion Stakes but refused to enter the stalls. Bought by owner Gary Tanaka, he took the Group 1 Premio Presidente della Republicca back at Rome in May, 2003, and - transferred to Michael Jarvis - finished second to Nayef in the Group 1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot before returning from a lay-off to win the Group 1 Champion Stakes at Newmarket in October, beating Carnival Dancer by two lengths. He rounded the year off by finishing two lengths second to Falbrav in the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin in December. He made an outstanding seasonal comeback when winning the Group 1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot by two lengths although was only eighth to Refuse To Bend in the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse. He was only beaten two lengths when fifth to Azamour in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes last time out.

Race Record: Starts: 18; 1st: 9; 2nd: 3; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £1,513,550

Gary Tanaka
Born June 23, 1943 in Hunt, Idaho, Gary Tanaka came to Britain to do post-graduate work at the University of London in the late 1960s and developed his interest in racing through the likes of Sir Ivor, Nijinsky, Brigadier Gerard and Mill Reef. Having been a long-term resident of San Francisco, he moved back to live in Britain permanently in the 1980s and is now based near Kingston on Thames. He owns Amerindo Investment Advisors Inc, a technology investment management company with offices in London, New York and San Francisco and donated £27 million to Imperial College at London University in November 2000.

Tanaka’s policy is to buy outright, or shares in, proven horses rather than untried yearlings. He once explained: “I am willing to forego the 100,000/1 chance of having the Epsom or Kentucky Derby winner in favour of buying proven stock.” He first put this policy into practice in 1993, buying the Group Three-placed Party Cited and a half-share in the Vodafone Oaks and St Leger winner User Friendly. Other horses to have carried his green, white and yellow colours include Docksider, who won the Hong King Mile, Blues Traveller, American Derby winner Gold And Steel, Dernier Empereur, Bluegrass Prince, Millkom, Celtic Arms, Donna Viola, Hightori, Squeak, Golden Apples, Caitano, Keltos, Sarafan and Corrupt. His interests are managed by London-based bloodstock agent Andy Smith.

No previous Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Wins

Michael Jarvis
Born August 14, 1938, Michael Jarvis is one of Newmarket’s longest-serving trainers, having held a licence since 1968. Jarvis rode three winners as a jump jockey, served as head lad to Towser Gosden for six years, had a further two years in the same role with Gordon Smyth, during which time he led up the 1966 Derby winner Charlottown, before becoming private trainer to owner David Robinson, a post he held for eight years.

Based at Kremlin House Stables in Newmarket, where he has a three-figure team in training this year, he has enjoyed several notable big-race victories. These include the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with Carroll House in 1989, the 2000 French Derby with Holding Court and lin 2001 he had a first British classic triumph when Ameerat took the Sagitta 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Jarvis saw further big-race success with Rakti in the Group 1 Champion Stakes last year and this season’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. His Newmarket stable also houses Suez, one of the best juvenile fillies of the year.

No previous Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Wins

Philip Robinson
Born January 10, 1961, Philip Robinson is married to Gillian, and the couple have three children - Lisa-Marie, Amy-Michelle, and Daniel. Robinson served his apprenticeship with his father, Peter, himself a former jockey, and Frankie Durr. He rode his first winner on Busting at Yarmouth on June 14, 1978, and was champion apprentice in 1979 and 1980. Robinson enjoyed a memorable season in 2000, partnering the Clive Brittain-trained Crimplene to win the German and Irish 1,000 Guineas, and storming to a six-length victory on Holding Court, trained by Michael Jarvis, in the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) at Chantilly. He began the 2001 season on a high note when taking the 1000 Guineas aboard Ameerat and has previously enjoyed classic success in the 1984 1000 Guineas (Pebbles), 1984 Irish 1,000 Guineas (Katies), and 1993 St Leger (Bob’s Return). Robinson rode in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1991, where he was leading jockey in 1989 and 1990, and resumed riding there in 1997 although he is now based in Britain. He has enjoyed further Group 1 success aboard Rakti in last year’s Group 1 Champion Stakes and this season’s Group 1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.
No previous Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Wins



MEMORIES OF THE STARS

Many outstanding horses have been watched and admired from the main Ascot grandstand during its 40-odd year history, and many will claim that Brigadier Gerard was top of them all.

The Brigadier, rated by a number of experts the best horse to race in Britain through the 20th century, had his greatest triumph when he won the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1972), and he captured five other races at Ascot including the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes twice, setting a track record on the first occasion, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes and the St James’s Palace Stakes.

Brigadier Gerard’s great contemporary Mill Reef also won the King George (1971) and, as a two-year-old, he took the Coventry Stakes, which has also been won by the likes of Chief Singer and Solinus.

Apart from Brigadier Gerard and Mill Reef, the best winners of the King George have included Shergar, Troy, Nijinsky, Park Top, Nashwan, Dancing Brave, Lammtarra, Daylami and Swain.

There have also been top-class winners of the Gold Cup like Sagaro, the hat-trick hero of the 70s, and other high level stayers like Ardross, Le Moss and Kayf Tara, all of whom won the race twice.

Winners of the Queen Anne Stakes have included Barathea and Markofdistinction and the long list of other top horses to have triumphed in the St. James’s Palace Stakes includes Reform, Petingo, Right Tack and in recent years Giant’s Causeway and Rock of Gibraltar.

The first winner of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes when it was re-introduced to the programme was Royal Palace and he has been followed by Connaught, Mtoto and Dubai Millennium among others.

Turning to the fillies, winners of the Coronation Stakes include Fleet and Roussalka, while Marling and Lyric Fantasy have been among the best to have taken the Queen Mary Stakes.

Then, of course, there has been the Australian horse Choisir, who brought off the King’s Stand/Golden Jubilee double, Stanerra, who won the Prince of Wales’s Stakes and the Hardwicke in the same season and the redoubtable stayer Trelawny

Nor should we forget the jumpers as Desert Orchid, One Man, Killiney, Baracouda and The Mighty Mac are among those whose talents have been enjoyed by an ever appreciative audience. Very many good horses have raced at Ascot since the early 60s and the above are only some of them.

GOING CHANGE FOR TOMORROW

Following the rain this afternoon the going for tomorrow, the last day of the Ascot Finale, has been changed to

GOOD TO FIRM, GOOD IN PLACES.

GOING CHANGE


As the ground has continued to dry out the going has been changed (at 12.30) to



GOOD TO FIRM, FIRM IN PLACES.

GOING NEWS AT 10.30 AM

Following another dry night the going for the second day of Ascot’s Finale meeting is

GOOD TO FIRM.

“There is a forecast for some rain coming in at about 2pm this afternoon, but it is not supposed to amount to much, maybe two or three millimetres,” said clerk of the course Nick Cheyne.

The rail which dolled off part of the track yesterday has been taken down, so that the runners will have the entire width of the course on which to race.

FIRST RACE WINNING QUOTES
HACKNEY EMPIRE ROYAL LODGE STAKES (GROUP 2)


PERFECT START FOR DETTORI

Frankie Dettori made the best possible start to Queen Elizabeth II Stakes day when winning the opening Group 2 Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes aboard Godolphin’s Perfectperformance, a half-brother to last year’s 1000 Guineas heroine Russian Rhythm.

And bookmakers believe Perfectperformance has classic aspirations with Ladbrokes and Cashmans quoting him at 33/1 for the 2005 Derby and Paddy Power offering 25/1. Cashmans also quote him at 33/1 for next year’s 2000 Guineas.

But winning trainer Saeed bin Suroor said that thoughts of Epsom were a long way off. “The horse is improving all the time so we decided to run him here,” said bin Suroor.

“There were some nice horses in the race but he had the class and speed to finish today and the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster is the next step.

“I think a mile is the best trip for him this year but next year it’s likely that he’ll race at a mile and a half. But it is too early to talk about the Derby, Sheikh Mohammed will decide nearer the time.”

The stewards held an enquiry into interference in the final two furlongs but ruled that no riding offence was committed by Frankie Dettori or Jamie Spencer.

Race One: Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes
Place quotes


WILKO CARVED UP - TWICE!


Wilko, who suffered in some scrimmaging before finishing fourth to Etlaala in the SGB Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, was again the victim of traffic problems, being beaten two and three-quarter lengths into third place behind Perfectperformance and Scandinavia in the Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes.

Hampered first by Perfectperformance when Frankie Dettori’s mount edged right and again by Scandinavia when the Irish challenger also deviated in the closing stages, Wilko was eating up the ground on the climb to the post, but the race was lost.

Jeremy Noseda, who trains Wilko, said: “He is such a solid horse and never runs a bad race, but as everyone saw he had no luck in running out there.

“He won’t run in the Dewhurst and I will talk to the owner before deciding whether we’ll have another race this season.”

Scandinavia, having his first run in Group company, acquitted himself well, and Jamie Spencer said: “My fellow has run well, and there are no complaints from my end.”


OTHER QUOTES RACE ONE
HACKNEY EMPIRE ROYAL LODGE STAKES

GOING COMMENTS

By and large the jockeys who rode in the first race felt that the rain had not made any difference to the going.

“It’s still good to firm, the rain has not got in yet,” said Frankie Dettori.

Eddie Ahern said: “It is a bit loose on top, but basically still nice, good, fast ground.”

“It is still fast,” said Seb Sanders, while Michael Hills called it “quick” and Darryll Holland said that it was still fast.

Race Two: Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile

PLAYFUL ACT IS FAVOURITE FOR OAKS

Playful Act was promoted to favourite for the Oaks after slugging it out for a hard-fought start-to-finish victory in the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile.

Offered at 10-1 for Epsom with Corals but 12-1 with Ladbrokes, Cashmans and Paddy Power, Playful Act, out in front from the start, avoided the argy-bargy going on in behind and maintained a relentless gallop throughout to hold Maids Causeway and Dash To The Top by a length and three parts.

Winning trainer John Gosden, who also took this race in 2000 with Crystal Music, said: “I am not surprised she is favourite for Epsom - she has won the May Hill and the Fillies’ Mile, so she has the form to go along with her stamina-filled pedigree.”

However, though Gosden indicated after Doncaster that Playful Act would miss the Guineas and be prepared for the Oaks, the Manton trainer has changed his plans.

He explained: “Playful Act’s Group 1 penalty would now make it foolish to go for the Musidora Stakes, so she will head straight to Newmarket.” She is a top-priced 16-1 for HQ with Corals.

Gosden, never one to leave anything to chance, had clearly done his homework beforehand.

He added:”I looked at the race and found that there was no obvious pacemaker, so, being drawn two, I told Jimmy (Fortune) to jump out and allow the filly to use her stride and make it a proper test.

“She stays so well and this is a stiff uphill mile, so the one thing I didn’t want was a four furlong sprint.

“My only worry was the fact that the May Hill was only 15 days ago and that this might come a bit quick, but she is very tough and has a great pedigree, being a sister to Percussionist and Echoes In Eternity.”

Gosden had news of Percussionist, who has taken time to find his form after his brave run in the Derby but is back on song and scheduled to run in the Group 2 Prix de Chaudenay at Longchamp next Saturday.”


PLACED QUOTES RACE TWO
MEON VALLEY STUD FILLIES’ MILE

PLACED CONNECTIONS PLEASED

Both Barry Hills and Luca Cumani were very satisfied with the way in which their fillies, Maids Causeway and Dash To The Top, filled the places behind Playful Act in the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile.

“She has run very well and I am pleased with her,” said Hills. “She was beaten by the winner last time and had a 3lb pull, so she has run very much to the form of the May Hill.

“There was a moment about 100 yards out when I thought she might pick the winner up, but the other filly kept going well.

“I don’t know if she will run again this year, but the horses are running well and that is very important in this game; you need to strike when the iron is hot. The Rockfel is a possibility, but there is not a lot apart from that.

“I hope her American owner, who bought her before her last run and whom I have never met, lets her stay in England and then I can train her for the Guineas. He has allowed her to stay here for this season, so I hope he will do the same for next year.”

Luca Cumani was equally happy with Dash To The Top. “She has run very well, but she is still very green and was wandering about a lot. She has always been very slow to learn and I think that if she had run in a straight line she would have been a bit closer.

“She won’t run again this year and I think she will be a good filly over a mile and a half next season. With her pedigree she does not look like a miler and she seems to me to be very much an Oaks filly.”

Kieren Fallon said of the 15/8 favourite Echelon, who finished seventh: “It was just a rough sort of race from the start.”

WINNING QUOTES RACE THREE
GNER DIADEM STAKES

PIVOTAL MAKES HIS POINT

Pivotal Point, whose sparkling surge of improvement came to a temporary halt at Newbury last weekend, bounced back to his best when he romped home in the GNER Diadem Stakes, beating Airwave by three decisive lengths.

But his trainer Peter Makin remains dubious about running the horse in the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp next weekend. “If he runs there it will be three very quick races and I am always worried about soft ground in Paris. I know that it is quite firm there at the moment and the forecast is not for any rain, but even so I have doubts about it, he is still only a young horse.

“It is my life’s ambition to win the Abbaye -- (Makin has gone close with Elbio and Imperial Beauty), but I think it is unlikely that he will run.

“We’ll settle for a Group 11 at Ascot; it is very much a case of a bird in the hand being worth two in the bush and you can bet that if we had missed this race and waited for the Abbaye it would have poured down in Paris.”

The trainer also explained his theory that it was the soft, loose ground at Newbury which caused Pivotal Point to disappoint behind The Tatling, whom he beat into third place here.

“He just couldn’t pick up in it,” he said. “Although he is by Pivotal, whose stock like a bit of cut though they basically seem to go on anything, his bottom line is full of horses who wanted firm ground, and we tend to forget that two horses go into a mating.”

It seems unlikely, pace the Abbaye, that Pivotal Point will race again this year but he will definitely stay in training at five. “I hope he stays in training as long as I have a licence,” said Makin.

The trainer reported Seb Sanders as saying that Pivotal Point was happier over six furlongs than five, but he has no plans to send him any further than that. “I think that six furlongs will be his limit and there are lots of good races to be run over five and six,” he said.

Race Three Places: GNER Diadem Stakes


THE TATLING STILL L’ABBAYE FAVOURITE


Milton Bradley remains confident about The Tatling’s chance of winning the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp tomorrow week (he was third last year in the five-furlong French race), despite the seven-year-old finishing only third behind Pivotal Point and Airwave in the GNER Diadem Stakes over six furlongs.

Bradley, observing that Cashmans still have The Tatling heading their market for the big Paris sprint at 5-1, said: ”He is still the one they all have to beat. They were never going quick enough for him over this six furlongs, and he was travelling too well, too early.

“He needs them to be flying up front, but six-furlong races are totally different to those over five. The Tatling is a speed horse and he should get the race he wants in France.”

The Tatling, who won at Newbury last week, is as tough as teak, and Bradley added: “I would have preferred to have gone straight to France, but the owners were keen to come here first and as the old horse was as bright as a button I thought ‘why not’. Ryan (Moore) looked after him when he saw he was beat, and he’ll be fine for Longchamp.”


Second-placed Airwave could have run her last race after finishing three lengths behind Pivotal Point under Jamie Spencer.

“Jamie said that she just didn’t handle the bend at all - I think it surprised her more than anything. But she’s run another great race,” said Ginny Candy, whose husband Henry trains the filly.

“It’s virtually certain that she will now go to the December Sales in Newmarket and we are going to miss her terribly. She has the size and shape to make somebody a lovely broodmare.”


FOURTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
totejackpot ON SATURDAY STAKES (HERITAGE STAKES)

KEHAAR JUSTIFIES MAGNUSSON’S CONFIDENCE

Trainer Mikael Magnusson predicted a big future for Kehaar after the three-year-old took the £70,000 totejackpot On Saturday Stakes by a length and three-quarters.

“I always regarded him as the best I’ve trained, even before he ran,” said Magnusson. “He had a horrible draw last time at Goodwood and couldn’t handle the track at all. But that was only half the story as three days after the race he had a temperature.

“We’ve taken our time and he’s been to Lingfield for a couple of racecourse gallops and went very well. I was very nervous today.

“He is a late-developing horse and next year will be his year. He’s green and still immature so to go out and do what he did today against older horses on only his fourth run was impressive.

“He was on the same mark today as at Goodwood and he beat Mister Monet at Newmarket earlier in the year so the form is very good.”


Race Four: totejackpot On Handicap
Place quotes


MINE OFF TO DUBAI

James Bethell was justifiably proud of Royal Hunt Cup winner Mine, who ran a magnificent race with top-weight of 9st 10lb to finish third on what is fast becoming the horse’s favourite track.

Bethell said: “Mine has run a super race, but it didn’t help being drawn five, which meant that we had to come round the wide outside.

“He’ll have a holiday now, and then the plan is to fly him to Dubai for their Carnival at Nad Al Sheba. The first race that he could run in is on February 11, and we have pencilled in two other races. If he comes through those, we might then stay on for the World Cup meeting.”


Paul Cole, who trained runner-up Kool, also felt that his low draw (six) proved a disadvantage.

He said: “Kool has not won for more than two years, but he has been such an unlucky horse. Either he is badly drawn or the blindfold comes off too late, and surely he must win a decent prize one day.”


Nicky Mackay, who rode 4-1 favourite Ettrick Water (sixth), said: “It was a pretty rough race and I was being leaned on all the time.”


Race Five: Queen Elizabeth 11 Stakes (sponsored by Netjets) Win quotes

EXPLOSIVE RAKTI BLOWS QE11 FIELD AWAY

Rakti, described by trainer Michael Jarvis as “one of the best horses in the world”, produced an awesome display of pace and power to win the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and is now rated as Britain’s best hope of a victory at the Breeders’ Cup in Texas on October 30, William Hill making him 4-1 favourite for the Mile, though Corals go 7-1.

This was Rakti’s 19th race and, while it was his first over a mile, Philip Robinson always maintained that he had the speed to live with the best - and so it proved.

Enjoying the luxury of a lead from Godolphin’s pacemaker Blatant, which helped him settle that much better than he had done in recent races, Rakti, who had been so impressive when winning the Prince of Wales’s Stakes over 10 furlongs at the Royal meeting, went for home coming off the final bend and held off the persistent challenge of Lucky Story by half a length.

Robinson said: “When I first sat on this horse he gave me the feel of a champion miler and I could not believe that he had actually won over a mile and a half in Italy.

“Racing over a mile they go that much faster and it helps him relax, whereas 10-furlong races can often be messy tactical affairs.”

Jarvis said: “Rakti loves Ascot, but he is a horse of moods and i was delighted to get here today and find that he was in one of his better moods.

“He is fine at home, but he can get very wound up at the races and he is like an elastic band, You know that he is going to snap, and it is just a matter of waiting and praying, so it was such a relief when everything went smoothly.

“It helped not having the long, drawn-out parade. That would not have suited him and he could have ended up in Windsor, but he went down nice and quiet at the back and, having gone into the stalls sweetly enough, he jumped better than he had done in recent races.

“My worry was that he would again miss the break, and if you do that in a top-class mile race it is very hard to get involved, but he broke well and Philip got a lovely position.

“You had to be impressed with the way in which he put daylight between himself and the others when he kicked off the bend.

“I never felt that he ran that badly at Leopardstown last time. He was beaten by two very good three-year-olds in Azamour and Grey Swallow, and Norse Dancer was at the top of his game.

“But I always thought that he had the speed to win a championship race over a mile and this victory increases his value as a stallion enormously. We know he is very good at 10 furlongs, and we had nothing to lose by trying him over the mile.

“Now we will have to consider the Breeders’ Cup Mile in Texas. I know nothing about Dallas or the track out there but, though he is a big horse, he is very athletic and I don’t think the bends will be a problem.”

Cashmans post-race offer of 8-1 about Rakti for the Lone Star Park showpiece was quickly snapped up, and, following one bet of £24,000-£3,000, his odds were quickly cut to 6-1.”

However, Jarvis stressed that no decision on America will be made until he has spoken to owner Gary Tanaka who is in New York.

He added: “Alternatively, we could go for the Champion Stakes at Newmarket, but the JRA representative reminded me beforehand that there is a valuable mile race in Tokyo in November, and that would be the perfect stepping-stone for Hong Kong.

“It is certainly our intention to finish up in Hong Kong again. He ran so well against Falbrav there last year.”


PLACED QUOTES RACE FIVE
QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES

PLACED HORSES GO FOR CHAMPION

Connections of runner-up Lucky Story were delighted that the horse did so much to retrieve his reputation, which had rather slumped in France last time. “We are delighted with that, that puts him up to the top of the three-year-olds and on a rating of about 118, which is where he was last year, or maybe even higher,” said Joe Mercer, racing manager to the colt’s owner Abdulla BuHaleeba.

“At one time when he ran in France it looked as if he was going to be swamped, but when you added up the distances he was beaten only about two lengths by the winner,” Mercer went on.

“He has just shown the French form to be all wrong, but he is still a very lazy, green horse and the way the French race was run was totally unsuitable for him,” said the colt’s trainer Mark Johnston.

“His next run will be the Champion Stakes and we have not looked beyond that at the moment. Immediately after the race in France we had thought of going straight there and had doubts about dropping back to a mile, but when we looked at this race again we decided that it would be a proper race run at a decent gallop and that is how it has turned out.”

Simon Crisford of Godolphin was very happy with Refuse To Bend who was finishing very strongly in third place, and he is also likely to take his chance in the Champion Stakes in three weeks’ time.

“He did not have the best of the draw, which Frankie felt did not help, though it didn’t make that much difference, but we are delighted with the way he has run,” he said. “That has very much laid the ghost of the Sussex Stakes in what was a properly run race; they did not take any prisoners out there and went a really powerful gallop. He is now right back to form.”

This enthusiasm was endorsed by Frankie Dettori who said: “He ran a very good race after settling well. The draw cost me a length or two but take nothing away from the first two -- I got to them and they kept going.”

Gerard Butler, who trains fourth home Nayyir, reckoned that “this was as good a mile race as there has been for some time and he has run really well in it. He did not have the best of the draw and missed the break a bit, which meant that he had a lot to do. The winner won like a really good horse.

“Now we shall look at the Prix de la Foret in two weeks time and he is also in the Champion Stakes.”

Jimmy Fortune said that Nayyir “ran a blinder.”

FIFTH RACE QUOTES
QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (GROUP 1)

A RACE TOO MANY FOR SOVIET SONG
Trainer James Fanshawe believes that Soviet Song, sent off the 5/2 favourite for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, had been asked to go to the well once too often after finishing sixth in the Group 1 event.

“It may have been a harder race than we first thought when she won in Ireland last time,” said Fanshawe. “And today was probably just one race too many - it was her eighth start of the season, so she’s had a lot of runs.

“After the season we have had it’s sad not to end up on a winning note but that will be it for this year.”

Johnny Murtagh, rider of Soviet Song, added: “She felt a bit tired during the last furlong - she travelled well during the race - I thought I had a chance two out.

“She was not as good as she usually is at the finish. She felt good in the race.”

Asked if her sixth was because of the filly’s hard season, Murtagh replied: “I thought she had had a hard season after Royal Ascot and she has won two Group Ones since then!”



FIFTH RACE RESULT
4.10pm THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES
(Sponsored by NetJets)

Class A1, Group One, £250,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo+, 1m. Weights: 3yo colts & geldings 8st 11lb; fillies 8st 8lb; 4yo+ colts & geldings 9st 1 lb; fillies 8st 12lb. Weight for age: 3 from 4yo+ 4lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £145,000; 2nd: £55,000; 3rd: £27,500; 4th: £12,500; 5th: £6,250; 6th: £3,750

1) RAKTI (Gary Tanaka) Michael Jarvis 5-9-01 Philip Robinson [13] 9/2
2) LUCKY STORY (Abdulla BuHaleeba) Mark Johnston 3-8-11 Darryll Holland [6] 16/1
3) REFUSE TO BEND (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 4-9-01 Frankie Dettori [3] 4/1
4) NAYYIR (Abdulla Al Khalifa) Gerard Butler 6-9-01 Jimmy Fortune [5]
5) ACE (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Mrs Harry McCalmont) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-8-11 Jamie Spencer [1]
6) SOVIET SONG (Elite Racing Club) James Fanshawe 4-8-12 Johnny Murtagh [8] 5/2 Fav
7) FONG'S THONG (Joe Allbritton) Brian Meehan 3-8-11 Pat Smullen [4]
8) DIAMOND GREEN (Lagardere Family) Andre Fabre FR 3-8-11 Christophe Soumillon [11]
9) ANTONIUS PIUS (Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-8-11 Kieren Fallon [12]
10) NORSE DANCER (Jeff Smith) David Elsworth 4-9-01 John Egan [14]
11) BLATANT (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor tv-5-9-01 Kerrin McEvoy [7]

11 ran
Non-Runners: Bachelor Duke (Vet’s Certificate), Fantastic View (Vet’s Certificate), Haafhd (Ground)
Time: 1 min 39.82 sec Dist: .5, 2.5, 1.25, 4, 1.25, 1.25, 4, 2.5, 4, 3
Breeder: Azienda Agricola Colarieti
Breeding: b h Polish Precedent (USA) - Ragera (IRE) (Rainbow Quest (USA))
Tote Win: £5.90 Places: £2.50; £3.40; £1.90 Exacta: £83.80

Winning trainer:-Name: Jarvis, Michael Andrew Born: Lewes, 14/8/1938 Date of first licence: 1968 First winner: Knotty Pine, Doncaster, March 26, 1968 Previous Occupation: Son of jump jockey Andrew Jarvis, worked for Bob Turnell and Ryan Price, rode 3 winners as National Hunt jockey, head lad to Towser Gosden for 6 years, head lad to Gordon Smyth for 2 years, private trainer to David Robinson for 8 years Wins in a season (1991-2003): 24:28:21:15:18:20:17:19:35:38:56:55:57 Number of horses in training (1991-2004): 59: 46: 39: 39: 43: 36: 45: 66: 61:73:95:106:103: 94 British Classic Wins: 1,000 Guineas (2001 Ameerat) Major wins include: French Derby (2000 Holding Court), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1989 Carroll House), Italian Derby (1989 Prorutori, 2001 Morshdi), Premio Parioli (1984 Southern Arrow), 1989 Italian St Leger (Sierra Star), July Cup (1968 So Blessed, 1969 Tudor Music), Nunthorpe Stakes (1968 Flying Legs, 1973 Bitty Girl), Haydock Sprint Cup (1969 Tudor Music, 1971 Green God, 1984 Petong), Racing Post Trophy (1980 Beldale Flutter), Juddmonte International (1981 Beldale Flutter), Coronation Cup (1982 Easter Sun), Premio Presidente Della Repubblica (1985 Bob Back, 2003 Rakti); Champion Stakes (2003 Rakti); totesport Chester Cup (2004 Anak Pekan), Cork and Orrery Stakes (1969 Tudor Music), Queen Mary Stakes (1973 Bitty Girl), Jersey Stakes (1973 Pitskelly), Queen’s Vase (1980 Toondra), Wokingham Handicap (1984 Petong), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1985 Bob Back, 2004 Rakti), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2001 Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2003 Attache), Sandringham Rated Stakes (2004 Celtic Heroine), Wolferon Rated Stakes (2004 Red Fort), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2004 Rakti) Wins this season: 56

Winning jockey:-Name: Robinson, Philip Peter. Born: 10/1/61 in Newmarket Apprenticeship: With father, Peter Robinson. First winner: Busting (Yarmouth, June 14, 1978) Classic wins: (6) 1,000 Guineas (1984 Pebbles; 2001 Ameerat); St Leger (1993 Bob's Return); German 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), Irish 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), French Derby (2000 Holding Court) Other major wins include: Coronation Stakes (1984 Katies, 2000 Crimplene); Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2000 Crimplene) Great Voltigeur Stakes (1993 Bob’s Return); Premio Presidente della Repubblica (2003 Rakti), Vodafone Coronation Cup (2003 Warrsan); Champion Stakes (2003 Rakti); Queen Alexandra Stakes (2001, Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2003, Attache), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2004 Rakti), Wolferon Rated Stakes (2004 Red Fort), Coronation Stakes (1984, Katies and 2000, Crimplene); Queen Alexandra Stakes (2001, Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2003, Attache), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2004 Rakti), Wolferon Rated Stakes (2004 Red Fort), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2004 Rakti) Wins (1992-2003): 52,52,50,41,31,0,28,53,57,47,55,70 Wins this season: 61 Wins In 2004: 61



WINNING QUOTES RACE SIX
KLEENEX ROSEMARY HANDICAP

SANDERS DOUBLES UP

Seb Sanders went on to a second success when Tarfah held on by a head to take the Kleenex Rosemary Handicap by a head from the fast-finishing Golden Island to bring her record to three wins and a second from just four starts.

It was only two months ago that the filly made a winning debut at the King George meeting here and her rider, who was completing a 31.5-1 double, feels that she can do better if she stays beyond a mile.

“She did it well and battled well, and I think that if she stays she is entitled to go up in class,” he said.

DWYER SUSPENDED

Martin Dwyer was suspended for three days (October 6, 7 and 8) for what was considered careless riding after an incident at the start of the Kleenex Rosemary Handicap.

Dwyer, whose mount Crystal Curling made a lot of the running before finishing last, was found to have crossed to his right soon after the start and impeded Treasure The Lady (ninth) and Porthcawl, who finished tenth.

SIXTH RACE PLACED QUOTES
KLEENEX ROSEMARY STAKES (LISTED HANDICAP)

GOLDEN TAKES SILVER

Trainer John Hills, who has gone more than 1,500 days since he last had a winner at Ascot, was understandably disappointed when 25/1 chance Golden Island failed by a head to take the Listed Kleenex Rosemary Rated Handicap.

“I’m gutted she didn’t win as I would have loved to have had a winner here with my last runner before the place closes down,” said Hills.

“She needs to come off the pace off a strong gallop and has run an absolute cracker. She’s a very high-class filly and might head to Italy for a Group 3 now.

“She’ll keep in training next year and is something to look forward to. A mile is her trip and she goes on fast or soft ground so is very versatile.”


SEVENTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
CAPLAN GORDON CARTER STAKES (HANDICAP)

CESAREWITCH NEXT FOR ESCAYOLA

John Egan brought Escayola home with a perfectly-timed finish to take the concluding Caplan Gordon Carter Stakes and the four-year-old now heads for the totesport Cesarewitch at Newmarket next month, for which he is quoted at 14/1 from 20/1 with Paddy Power.

The winner was bought for 105,000gns by professional punter Harry Findlay for his mother Margaret when offered from Haggas’s stable at last year’s Autumn Horses In Training Sale.

“I think it’s fair to assume the Cesarewitch will be his next race,” said Haggas. “He has to have fast ground - that’s the key to him. He ran very well on a fast surface at Goodwood last time but was no good when it was softer at Newcastle and Ascot.”

Asked if the Cesarewitch had been the target for a while, Haggas said: “He stays very well and there are very few races with nice prize money to go for - really only the Pitman’s Derby and then the Cesarewitch.”


Race Seven: Caplan Gordon Carter Handicap

MAMCAZMA SO CLOSE - AND AT 33-1!

Belying his odds of 33-1, supposed no-hoper Mamcazma came perilously close to ending an 18-race losing run when beaten only half a length by Escayola in the Caplan Gordon Carter Handicap.

Derrick Morris, who trains Mamcazma for Harry Cushing, said: “He has been so frustrating since he won at York two years ago - he had three bad injuries, once just missing breaking a pedal bone and another time splitting a pastern.

“When we ran him on the July Course at Newmarket during the summer I started to think that he might have had enough, but he worked ok when he got him home, so we soldiered on.

“If you don’t keep kicking he will drop himself out and he did that today, but Ted (Durcan) got him back into the race and we almost pulled it off.

“He ought to have won at the Shergar Cup meeting here last year, when Frankie (Dettori) rode him, but the handicapper has given him a bit of a chance.

“He was up to a mark of 98 at one time and, while he is now down to 80, I had my doubts whether the spark was still there.

“This two miles is his absolute maximum, so there was no point in entering him for the Cesarewitch, but today has given us hope that he might yet win another one.”


FIRST RACE RESULT
1.55pm THE HACKNEY EMPIRE ROYAL LODGE STAKES

Class A1, Group Two, £100,000 Guaranteed. For 2yo colts & geldings, 1m. Weights: 8st 11lb. Penalties: a winner of a Group One or Group Two race 5lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £58,000; 2nd: £22,000; 3rd: £11,000; 4th: £5,000; 5th: £2,500; 6th: £1,500

1) PERFECTPERFORMANCE (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 2-8-11 Frankie Dettori [1] 4/6 Fav
2) SCANDINAVIA (Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor) Aidan O'Brien IRE 2-8-11 Jamie Spencer [6] 8/1
3) WILKO (Susan Roy) Jeremy Noseda 2-8-11 Eddie Ahern [8] 7/1
4) ELLIOTS WORLD (Atlantic Racing Limited) Mark Johnston 2-8-11 Kevin Darley [7]
5) FRITH (Bill Gredley) Barry Hills 2-8-11 Michael Hills [5]
6) KANDIDATE (Tony Richards) Clive Brittain 2-8-11 Seb Sanders [3]
7) GRAND MARQUE (Noodles Racing) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Kieren Fallon [4]
8) BERKHAMSTED (Richard Leslie) Jamie Osborne 2-8-11 Darryll Holland [2]

8 ran
Time: 1 min 41.89 sec Dist: 1.5, 1.25, .5, 1.75, .75, 1.75, nk
Breeder: Brushwood Stable Breeding: ch c Rahy (USA) - Balistroika (USA) (Nijinsky (CAN))
Tote Win: £1.60 Places: £1.10; £1.40; £1.90 Exacta: £5.40

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), Royal Lodge Stakes (2004 Perfectperformance) Wins in a season (1995-2003) 14:48:41:38:41:17:24:21:23 Other details: Champion trainer 1996;1999 Completed full set of classic wins following Cape Verdi’s victory in the 1,000 Guineas. Wins This Year: 94

Winning jockey:-Name: Dettori, Lanfranco.Born: 15/12/70 in Milan, ItalyFirst winner: Rif (Turin, Italy, November 16, 1986), First British winner: Lizzy Hare (Goodwood June 9, 1987) First Success: Rif (Turin, Italy, November 16, 1986) 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), Royal Lodge Stakes (1993 Mister Baileys, 2000 Atlantis Prince, 2004 Perfectperformance) 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: 161 Wins In 2004: 178

SECOND RACE RESULT

2.30pm THE MEON VALLEY STUD FILLIES’ MILE
Class A1, Group One, £200,000 Guaranteed. For 2yo fillies, 1m. Weights: 8st 10lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £116,000; 2nd: £44,000; 3rd: £22,000; 4th: £10,000; 5th: £5,000; 6th: £3,000

1) PLAYFUL ACT (Sangster Family) John Gosden 2-8-10 Jimmy Fortune [2] 11/4
2) MAIDS CAUSEWAY (Martin Schwartz) Barry Hills 2-8-10 Michael Hills [8] 7/1
3) DASH TO THE TOP (Helena Springfield Ltd) Luca Cumani 2-8-10 Darryll Holland [6] 16/1
4) MONA LISA (Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE 2-8-10 Jamie Spencer [4]
5) SHOHRAH (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Marcus Tregoning 2-8-10 Richard Hills [1]
6) JOINT ASPIRATION (Ridgeway Downs Racing) Mick Channon 2-8-10 Ted Durcan [7]
7) ECHELON (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 2-8-10 Kieren Fallon [5] 15/8 Fav
8) DUBAI SURPRISE (Dr Ali Ridha) David Loder 2-8-10 Frankie Dettori [3]
9) GHASIBA (Saeed Manana) Clive Brittain 2-8-10 Seb Sanders [9]

9 ran
Time: 1 min 42.22s Dist: 1, .75, sh, 2, sh, 1.75, 3, 7
Breeder: Swettenham Stud
Breeding: b f Sadler’s Wells (USA) - Magnificent Style (USA) (Silver Hawk (USA))
Tote Win: £4.00 Places: £1.60; £2.30; £3.40 Exacta: £21.40

Winning Trainer:-Name: Gosden, John Harry Martin Born:Hove, 30/3/51 Classic Winners: (3) 1000 Guineas (2000 Lahan), Vodafone Derby (1997 Benny The Dip), St Leger (1996 Shantou), Wins in a season (1989-2003):28:87:86:113:110:93:86:75:91:77:74:82:55:85:72 First winner in Europe: Intimidate, Kempton, March 27, 1989 Other major wins include: French 1,000 Guineas (1999 Valentine Waltz, 2002 Zenda), 2000 Irish St Leger (1992 Mashaallah), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1994 & 1995 Muhtarram, 1997 Shantou), Irish Champion Stakes (1993 Muhtarram), Cheveley Park Stakes (1993 Prophecy), Challenge Stakes (1993 Catrail), Haydock Sprint Cup (1993 Wolfhound), Hungerford Stakes (1994 Pollen Count - dh with Young Ern), Geoffrey Freer Stakes (1995 Presenting), Prix de l’Abbaye (1991Keen Hunter), Grosser Preis Von Baden (1992 Mashaallah), Sun Chariot Stakes (1991 Ristna), Santa Anita Handicap (1983 Bates Motel), Gran Premio di Milano (1997 Shantou), Prix Lupin (1995 Flemensfirth), Prix Jean Prat (1995 Torrential), Prix de la Salamandre (1995 Lord Of Men), Prix Marcel Boussac (1996 Ryafan), Lennox Stakes (2000 Observatory), Fillies’ Mile (2000 Crystal Music, 2004 Playful Act), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2000 Observatory), Victor Chandler European Free Handicap (2001 Clearing), Prix Maurice de Gheest (2002 May Ball), Royal Lodge Stakes (1996 Benny The Dip, 2002 Al Jadeed), Middle Park Stakes (2002 Oasis Dream), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream), Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream), Lingfiled Derby Trial (2004 Percussionist) Trains at Manton, Marlborough Wiltshire. Previously at Newmarket Wins this season: 53

Winning jockey:-Name: Fortune, James Joseph. Date of birth: 14/6/72 Apprenticeship: With Mike O'Neill. Big wins Include: Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (1994 For The Present,1996 Coastal Bluff), Ayr Gold Cup (1989 Joveworth, 1996 Coastal Bluff), Racing Post Trophy (1998 Commander Collins); Sun Chariot Stakes (1999 Lady In Waiting), Lincoln Handicap (2000 John Ferneley, 2001 Nimello), Royal Hunt Cup (2002 Norton), Middle Park Stakes (2002 Oasis Dream); July Stakes (2004 Captain Hurricane), Meon Valley Stud Fillies Mile (2004 Playful Act) Wins (1988-2003): 8,29,46,32,26,25,56,46,83,78,108,94,93,71,92,46 Other details: Champion apprentice 1990; Stable jockey to Lynda Ramsden 1997; 1999 retained rider to Robert Sangster Wins this season: 53


THIRD RACE RESULT

3.00pm THE GNER DIADEM STAKES
Class A1, Group Two, £100,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo+, 6f. Highest weight not less than 9st 10lb; minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after August 28, a winner 5lb.Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+ 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £40,600; 2nd: £15,400; 3rd: £7,700; 4th: £3,500; 5th: £1,750; 6th: £1,050

1) PIVOTAL POINT (R A Bernard, E John Perry) Peter Makin 4-9-00 Seb Sanders [6] 11/2
2) AIRWAVE (Henry Candy & Partners) Henry Candy 4-8-11 Jamie Spencer [4] 4/1 Fav
3) THE TATLING (Dab Hand Racing) Milton Bradley 7-9-04 Ryan Moore [12] 6/1
4) CELTIC MILL (Peter Asquith) David Barker p6-9-00 Darryll Holland [2]
5) COUNTRY REEL (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor t4-9-00 Frankie Dettori [10]
6) CAPRICHO (Canisbay Bloodstock) John Akehurst 7-9-00 Richard Hughes [7]
7) RINGMOOR DOWN (Prof C D Green) David Arbuthnot 5-8-11 Richard Quinn [1]
8) SIMIANNA (T G & Mrs M E Holdcroft) Alan Berry p5-8-11 Ted Durcan [3]
9) MAC LOVE (Vimal Kholsa) John Akehurst - 3-8-12 Gary Carter [11]
10) GOLDEN NUN (T G & Mrs M E Holdcroft) Tim Easterby b4-8-11 Robert Winston [9]
11) RATIO (Mrs John Davall, Robert Armstrong) John Hammond FR t6-9-00 Philip Robinson [8]
12) STEENBERG (Kenneth Macpherson, Mark Tompkins) Mark Tompkins 5-9-00 Neil Callan [5]

12 ran
Time: 1 min 13.55s Dist: 3, 1.25, hd, 1.75, 1, .75, .5, nk, 1.75, nk, 3.5
Breeder: T R Lock Breeding: b g Pivotal - True Precision (Presidium)
Tote Win: £6.00 Places: £2.30; £1.90; £2.30 Exacta: £28.00

Winning trainer:-Name: Makin, Peter Born: March 19, 1944 Trains at: Ogbourne Massey, Wilts Date of First Licence: 1967 Wins (1995-2003): 28,29,27,18,22,32,21,20,13 Horses In Training (2000-2004): 51, n/r, 49, 50, 38 Big Race Wins: Queen Mary Stakes (1984 Hi-tech Girl), Windsor Castle Stakes (1984 Sea Falcon), Wokingham Handicap (1988 Powder Blue), King’s Stand Stakes (1991 & 1993, Elbio), Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (2004 Pivotal Point), Diadem Stakes (2004 Pivotal Points) Wins this season: 13

Winning jockey:-Name: Sanders, Sebastian Date of birth: 25/9/72 First winner: Band On The Run (Pontefract, Whitelane Apprentice Series Stakes, June 12, 1990) Major wins include: July Cup (Compton Place 1997), Royal Lodge Stakes (1997 Teapot Row), Mill Reef Stakes (1998 Golden Silca), Oak Tree Stakes (2002 Desert Alchemy), Victor Chandler Palace House Stakes (2003 Needwood Blade), Dahlia Stakes (2004 Beneventa), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2004 Bachelor Duke), Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (2004 Pivotal Point),. Gimcrack Stakes (2004 Tony James), Flying Childers Stakes (2004 Chateau Istana), Wokingham Handicap (1995 Astrac), Duke Of Endinburgh Stakes (2004 Wunderwood) Diadem Stakes (2004 Pivotal Point) Wins (1991-2003): 2,10,4,23,61,97,105,82,90,80,83,123,101 Background: appointed stable jockey to Sir Mark Prescott at beginning of 2004 campaign Wins this season: 148 Wins In 2004: 148


FOURTH RACE RESULT

3.35pm THE totejackpot ON SATURDAY STAKES
Class B1, Heritage Handicap, £70,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo+, 7f. Weights: 3yo colts & geldings 8st 12lb; fillies 8st 9lb; 4yo+ colts & geldings 9st; fillies 8st 11lb. Penalties: in 2004, a winner of a Group Two race 4lb; of a Group One race 6lb. Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+ 2lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £58,000; 2nd: £22,000; 3rd: £11,000; 4th: £5,000; 5th: £2,500; 6th: £1,500

1) KEHAAR (East Wind Racing Ltd) Mikael Magnusson 3-8-06 Eddie Ahern [12] 13/2
2) KOOL (Richard Green (Fine Paintings)) Paul Cole 5-8-05 Ryan Moore [6] 12/1
3) MINE (Mike Dawson) James Bethell v6-9-10 Richard Quinn [5] 9/1
4) TRAYTONIC (Clipper Group Holdings) James Fanshawe 3-9-00 Johnny Murtagh [7]
5) NAAHY (Kuwait Racing Syndicate) Mick Channon 4-9-09 Sam Hitchcott [15]
6) ETTRICK WATER (Mr & Mrs E H Vestey) Luca Cumani v5-8-12 Nicky Mackay (3) [9] 4/1 Fav
7) FREE TRIP (Khalid Abdulla) John Gosden 3-8-07 Richard Hughes [8]
8) BAHIANO (Clive Brittain) Clive Brittain 3-9-03 Darryll Holland [3]
9) MILLENNIUM FORCE (Aziz Merza, Mick Channon) Mick Channon 6-9-08 Ted Durcan [14]
10) GREENSLADES (Four Seasons Racing Ltd) Peter Makin 5-8-09 Seb Sanders [10]
11) BOSTON LODGE (Fawzi Abdulla Nass) Gerard Butler v4-8-12 Jimmy Fortune [2]
12) UHOOMAGOO (J Duddy & T Fawcett) Kevin Ryan b6-8-10 Neil Callan [4]
13) GRIZEDALE (Canisbay Bloodstock) John Akehurst t5-8-06 John Egan [16]
14) ROYAL STORM (The Cloran Family) Amanda Perrett 5-9-06 Michael Kinane [13]
15) MATERIAL WITNESS (M J Caddy) William Muir 7-9-07 Martin Dwyer [11]

15 ran Non-Runners: Funfair (Vet’s Certificate), Red Romeo (Vet’s Certificate)
Time: 1 min 27.15s Dist: 1.75, 1, sh, .5, .5, nk ,nk, nk, .5, 1.75, 1.5, 2, 1.5, 3.5
Breeder: Watership Down Stud Breeding: ch c Cadeaux Genereux - Lighthouse (Warning)
Tote Win: £8.40 Places: £2.70; £4.70; £2.40 Exacta: £161.20

Winning trainer:- Name: Magnusson, Mikael Based: Old Manor Stables, Upper Lambourn, Hungerford, Berkshire Background: Swedish businessman (made his fortune courtesy of orthopaedic mattresses and pillows) who purchased Old Manor Stables from Kim Bailey. A former owner and member of the Swedish Jockey Club, whose horses were trained by Bill Mott in the USA, Jean de Roualle at Lamorlaye in France, David Arbuthnot and Gerard Butler. He was also a permit holder when living near Stockholm, winning 30 races over a couple of seasons including 28 on the Flat. Assistant trainer to David Arbuthnot. His horses run under the banner of East Wind Racing Ltd First Winner In Britain as trainer: Made In Japan (Littlewoods Bet Direct Maiden Stakes, December 14, 2002, Lingfield (aw) (first runner in Britain - he also won with his first runner in Sweden)) Big Race Wins totejackpot On Saturday Handicap (2004 Kehaar) Horses in Training 2003-04: 13; 15 Number of Winners 2002-2003: 1; 4 Wins This Season: 8

Winning jockey:-Name: Ahern, Edward Delacy Weight: 7st 12lb First Winner: Ardlea House (Dundalk, 1994) Major Achievements: Champion Apprentice and Derrinstown Stud Champion Apprentice in 1997 Major Races Won: Ascot Stakes (1998 San Sebastian), Vodafone Diomed Stakes (2002 Nayyir), Lennox Stakes (2002 and 2003 Nayyir), Tote Cambridgeshire (2002 Beauchamp Pilot), Challenge Stakes (2002 Nayyir), Norfolk Stakes (2004 Blue Dakota), Wokingham Stakes (2004 Lafi) Wins in Britain 2000-2003: 2; 3; 83; 108 Wins this season: 64 Wins In 2004: 78





FIFTH RACE RESULT
4.10pm THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES
(Sponsored by NetJets)

Class A1, Group One, £250,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo+, 1m. Weights: 3yo colts & geldings 8st 11lb; fillies 8st 8lb; 4yo+ colts & geldings 9st 1 lb; fillies 8st 12lb. Weight for age: 3 from 4yo+ 4lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £145,000; 2nd: £55,000; 3rd: £27,500; 4th: £12,500; 5th: £6,250; 6th: £3,750

1) RAKTI (Gary Tanaka) Michael Jarvis 5-9-01 Philip Robinson [13] 9/2
2) LUCKY STORY (Abdulla BuHaleeba) Mark Johnston 3-8-11 Darryll Holland [6] 16/1
3) REFUSE TO BEND (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 4-9-01 Frankie Dettori [3] 4/1
4) NAYYIR (Abdulla Al Khalifa) Gerard Butler 6-9-01 Jimmy Fortune [5]
5) ACE (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Mrs Harry McCalmont) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-8-11 Jamie Spencer [1]
6) SOVIET SONG (Elite Racing Club) James Fanshawe 4-8-12 Johnny Murtagh [8] 5/2 Fav
7) FONG'S THONG (Joe Allbritton) Brian Meehan 3-8-11 Pat Smullen [4]
8) DIAMOND GREEN (Lagardere Family) Andre Fabre FR 3-8-11 Christophe Soumillon [11]
9) ANTONIUS PIUS (Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3-8-11 Kieren Fallon [12]
10) NORSE DANCER (Jeff Smith) David Elsworth 4-9-01 John Egan [14]
11) BLATANT (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor tv-5-9-01 Kerrin McEvoy [7]

11 ran
Non-Runners: Bachelor Duke (Vet’s Certificate), Fantastic View (Vet’s Certificate), Haafhd (Ground)
Time: 1 min 39.82 sec Dist: .5, 2.5, 1.25, 4, 1.25, 1.25, 4, 2.5, 4, 3
Breeder: Azienda Agricola Colarieti
Breeding: b h Polish Precedent (USA) - Ragera (IRE) (Rainbow Quest (USA))
Tote Win: £5.90 Places: £2.50; £3.40; £1.90 Exacta: £83.80

Winning trainer:-Name: Jarvis, Michael Andrew Born: Lewes, 14/8/1938 Date of first licence: 1968 First winner: Knotty Pine, Doncaster, March 26, 1968 Previous Occupation: Son of jump jockey Andrew Jarvis, worked for Bob Turnell and Ryan Price, rode 3 winners as National Hunt jockey, head lad to Towser Gosden for 6 years, head lad to Gordon Smyth for 2 years, private trainer to David Robinson for 8 years Wins in a season (1991-2003): 24:28:21:15:18:20:17:19:35:38:56:55:57 Number of horses in training (1991-2004): 59: 46: 39: 39: 43: 36: 45: 66: 61:73:95:106:103: 94 British Classic Wins: 1,000 Guineas (2001 Ameerat) Major wins include: French Derby (2000 Holding Court), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1989 Carroll House), Italian Derby (1989 Prorutori, 2001 Morshdi), Premio Parioli (1984 Southern Arrow), 1989 Italian St Leger (Sierra Star), July Cup (1968 So Blessed, 1969 Tudor Music), Nunthorpe Stakes (1968 Flying Legs, 1973 Bitty Girl), Haydock Sprint Cup (1969 Tudor Music, 1971 Green God, 1984 Petong), Racing Post Trophy (1980 Beldale Flutter), Juddmonte International (1981 Beldale Flutter), Coronation Cup (1982 Easter Sun), Premio Presidente Della Repubblica (1985 Bob Back, 2003 Rakti); Champion Stakes (2003 Rakti); totesport Chester Cup (2004 Anak Pekan), Cork and Orrery Stakes (1969 Tudor Music), Queen Mary Stakes (1973 Bitty Girl), Jersey Stakes (1973 Pitskelly), Queen’s Vase (1980 Toondra), Wokingham Handicap (1984 Petong), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1985 Bob Back, 2004 Rakti), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2001 Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2003 Attache), Sandringham Rated Stakes (2004 Celtic Heroine), Wolferon Rated Stakes (2004 Red Fort), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2004 Rakti) Wins this season: 56

Winning jockey:-Name: Robinson, Philip Peter. Born: 10/1/61 in Newmarket Apprenticeship: With father, Peter Robinson. First winner: Busting (Yarmouth, June 14, 1978) Classic wins: (6) 1,000 Guineas (1984 Pebbles; 2001 Ameerat); St Leger (1993 Bob's Return); German 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), Irish 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), French Derby (2000 Holding Court) Other major wins include: Coronation Stakes (1984 Katies, 2000 Crimplene); Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2000 Crimplene) Great Voltigeur Stakes (1993 Bob’s Return); Premio Presidente della Repubblica (2003 Rakti), Vodafone Coronation Cup (2003 Warrsan); Champion Stakes (2003 Rakti); Queen Alexandra Stakes (2001, Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2003, Attache), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2004 Rakti), Wolferon Rated Stakes (2004 Red Fort), Coronation Stakes (1984, Katies and 2000, Crimplene); Queen Alexandra Stakes (2001, Life Is Life), Buckingham Palace Stakes (2003, Attache), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2004 Rakti), Wolferon Rated Stakes (2004 Red Fort), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2004 Rakti) Wins (1992-2003): 52,52,50,41,31,0,28,53,57,47,55,70 Wins this season: 61 Wins In 2004: 61



SIXTH RACE RESULT

4.45pm THE KLEENEX ROSEMARY STAKES
Class A1, Listed Race, Handicap, £30,000 Guaranteed. For 3yo+ fillies and mares rated 0-110, 1m. Weights: highest weight 9st 7lb; minimum weight 8st 7lb (3yo 8st 3lb). Penalties: after September 18, a winner of a Class A, B or C race 3lb. Weight for age: 3 from 4yo+ 4lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £17,400; 2nd: £6,600; 3rd: £3,300; 4th: £12,500; 5th: £1,500; 6th: £450

1) TARFAH (Abdulla Al Khalifa) Gerard Butler 3-8-06 Seb Sanders [9] 4/1
2) GOLDEN ISLAND (D M Kerr & N Brunskill) John Hills 3-8-03 Ryan Moore [1] 25/1
3) MANSFIELD PARK (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-9-02 Frankie Dettori [10] 13/8 Fav
4) SOLDERA (Wood Hall Stud Limited) James Fanshawe 4-9-07 Johnny Murtagh [4]
5) FLOWERDRUM (J Caplan) William Haggas 4-8-08 Kevin Darley [11]
6) MOON DAZZLE (Wentworth Racing (Pty) Ltd) William Haggas 3-9-06 Darryll Holland [13]
7) BRINDISI (M H Dixon) Barry Hills 3-9-02 Michael Hills [7]
8) CONVENT GIRL (Axminster Carpets Ltd) Nerys Dutfield 4-8-07 Robert Havlin [5]
9) TREASURE THE LADY (Anne Coughlan) John Oxx IRE t3-8-12 Michael Kinane [3]
10) PORTHCAWL (Usk Valley Stud) Amanda Perrett 3-8-03 Philip Robinson [6]
11) THREE SECRETS (Norcroft Park Stud) Peter Chapple-Hyam 3-8-08 Adrian McCarthy [12]
12) COTE QUEST (Rouchalon Racing (UK) Ltd) Stuart Williams 4-8-10 Kieren Fallon [8]
13) CRYSTAL CURLING (Triermore Stud) Barry Hills t3-8-13 Martin Dwyer [2]

13 ran
Time: 1 min 42.12 sec Dist: hd, 1, hd, 3, 3 .5, 1, 2 .5, .5, 1.25, sh, 5, 7
Breeder: Sheikh A bin l Alkahalifa Breeding: b f Kingmambo (USA) - Fickle (Danehill (USA))
Tote Win: £4.90 Places: £1.80; £6.00; £1.60 Exacta: £173.60

Winning trainer:-Name: Butler, Gerard Anthony Born: April 26, 1966 Horses in Training 1998 -2004: 18; 33; 62; 82; 94; 86; 83 Previous Experience: Worked for Wayne Lukas and John Dunlop Date of First Licence: January 7, 1998 Trains at: Churn Stables, Blewbury, Oxfordshire Wins (1998-2003): 5:22:28:51:59:63 Major Wins Include: Craven Stakes (1999 Compton Admiral), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1999 Compton Admiral), Gordon Stakes (1999 Compton Ace), Dee Stakes (2001 Dr Greenfield), Vodafone Diomed Stakes (2002 Nayyir), Gerrard Investment Management Richmond Stakes (2002 Elusive City), Lennox Stakes (2002 and 2003 Nayyir), Prix Morny (2002 Elusive City), Tote Cambridgeshire (2002 Beauchamp Pilot) , Challenge Stakes (2002 Nayyir) Wins This Year: 21

Winning jockey:-Name: Sanders, Sebastian Date of birth: 25/9/72 First winner: Band On The Run (Pontefract, Whitelane Apprentice Series Stakes, June 12, 1990) Major wins include: July Cup (Compton Place 1997), Royal Lodge Stakes (1997 Teapot Row), Mill Reef Stakes (1998 Golden Silca), Oak Tree Stakes (2002 Desert Alchemy), Victor Chandler Palace House Stakes (2003 Needwood Blade), Dahlia Stakes (2004 Beneventa), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2004 Bachelor Duke), Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (2004 Pivotal Point),. Gimcrack Stakes (2004 Tony James), Flying Childers Stakes (2004 Chateau Istana), Wokingham Handicap (1995 Astrac), Duke Of Endinburgh Stakes (2004 Wunderwood) Diadem Stakes (2004 Pivotal Point) Wins (1991-2003): 2,10,4,23,61,97,105,82,90,80,83,123,101 Background: appointed stable jockey to Sir Mark Prescott at beginning of 2004 campaign Wins this season: 149 Wins In 2004: 149


SEVENTH RACE RESULT

5.20pm THE CAPLAN GORDON STAKES
Class C1, Handicap, £20,000 Added. For 3yo+ rated 0-100, 2m. Weights: highest weight 9st 12lb; minimum weight 8st 12lb (3yo 8st). Penalties: after September 18, a winner of a Class A, B or C race 3lb. Weight for age: 3 from 4yo+ 4lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £13,650; 2nd: £4,200; 3rd: £2,100; 4th: £1,050

1) ESCAYOLA (Mrs M Findlay) William Haggas v4-9-07 John Egan [14] 7/1
2) MAMCAZMA (H A Cushing) David Morris 6-8-13 Ted Durcan [8] 33/1
3) MIDAS WAY (Alexandra Chandris) Patrick Chamings 4-9-12 Frankie Dettori [2] 16/1
4) IT'S THE LIMIT (John Bodie) Amanda Perrett 5-9-10 Michael Kinane [5] 16/1
5) TEMPSFORD (Syndicate 2001) Sir Mark Prescott 4-9-05 Seb Sanders [13]
6) CORTON (Belinda Harvey) Paul Cole 5-9-01 Jimmy Fortune [12]
7) MANA D'ARGENT (Daniel Couper) Mark Johnston 7-9-07 Darryll Holland [3]
8) PEAK OF PERFECTION (H R H Sultan Ahmad Shah) Michael Jarvis 3-8-11 Philip Robinson [10] 7/2 Fav
9) ALMAH (Peter Deal & Tweenhills Racing) Venetia Williams b6-9-04 Martin Dwyer [4]
10) LODGER (Fieldspring Racing) Jeremy Noseda 4-9-07 Eddie Ahern [1]
11) THEWHIRLINGDERVISH (Major Ivan Straker) Tim Easterby 6-8-13 Richard Quinn [16]
12) THEATRE (Lone Star Racing Partnership) Jamie Poulton 5-8-12 Adrian McCarthy [9]
13) VALANCE (M Haynes & J Allison, Johnny Weatherby) Charles Egerton 4-9-00 Johnny Murtagh [7]
14) STANCE (N J Jones) Gary Moore p5-8-12 Ryan Moore [15]
15) MAC (Sarah Lady Allendale) Marcus Tregoning b1 4-9-09 Kerrin McEvoy [11]
PU) HIGHLAND GAMES (K Bailey, P Booth, D Boorer) James Given 4-9-08 Kevin Darley [6]

13 ran
Time: 3 min 34.03 sec Dist: .5, 3, hd, .75, nk, 1.25, 1.25, nk, 1.5, .75, 2.5, 5, 5, 2.5
Breeder: Rozelle Bloodstock Breeding: b g Revoque (IRE) - First Fling (IRE) (Last Tycoon)
Tote Win: £9.30 Places: £2.40; £6.10; £2.90; £4.60 Exacta: £232.80

Winning Trainer: Name Haggas, William John Date of Birth: 23/8/60 Date of first trainer's licence: 20/11/86 First winner: Tricky Note, Newmarket, April 15, 1987, EBF Bartlow Stakes Previous Occupation: Assistant trainer to Sir Mark Prescott and John Winter Wins in a season (1991-2004): 27:13:13:22:19:28:12: 47:45:39:43:44; 75 Number of horses in training (1993-2003): 47:37:37:42:45:49:53:58:72:63:70 British Classic wins: (1) Shaamit (1996 Vodafone Derby) Major wins include: Italian 2000 Guineas (2002 Dupont), German 2000 Guineas (2002 Dupont), Royal Hunt Cup (1996 Yeast), Champagne Stakes (1990 Bog Trotter), Joel Stakes (1996 Yeast), Crocker Bulteel Handicap (1996 Yeast), Royal Hunt Cup (1996 Yeast), Insulpak Victoria Cup Handicap (1996 Yeast), Norfolk Stakes (2000 Superstar Leo) , Watership Down Stud Sales Race (2002 Sharplaw Venture), Molecomb Stakes (2003 Majestic Missile) Trains at Somerville Lodge, Newmarket Suffolk Wins This Season: 39

Winning jockey: John Egan Date Of birth: 24/5/68 Date & Place of first winner: Celtic Match, Mallow, August 1984 Big Race Wins Include: Ayr Gold Cup (1998 Always Alight), Tote International (2002 Crystal Castle), Irish 2000 Guineas (2003 Indian Haven) Royal Ascot Wins (2): Ascot Stakes (2004 Double Obsession), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2004 Corrib Eclipse) Wins (1995-2003): 9, 36, 63, 46, 70, 43, 27, 31, 61 Wins this season: 47 Wins In 2004: 49







LEADING TRAINERS AFTER SECOND DAY

Trainer 1st 2nd 3rd
Saeed bin Suroor 2 1 2
James Bethell 1 - 1
Gerard Butler 1 - 1
Clive Brittain 1 - -
John Gosden 1 - -
William Haggas 1 - -
Michael Jarvis 1 - -
Stuart Kittow 1 - -
Mikael Magnusson 1 - -
Peter Makin 1 - -
Brian Meehan 1 - -
Amanda Perrett 1 - -
Jeremy Noseda - 1 2
Henry Candy - 1 -
Paul Cole - 1 -
Michael Grassick IRE - 1 -
Barry Hills - 1 -
John Hills - 1 -
Mark Johnston - 1 -
Terry Mills - 1 -
David Morris - 1 -
Hughie Morrison - 1 -
Aidan O’Brien IRE - 1 -
Mick Channon - 1 -
Milton Bradley - - 1
Patrick Chamings - - 1
Luca Cumani - - 1
Richard Hannon - - 1
Ron Hodges - - 1
William Muir - - 1
Geoff Wragg - - 1



LEADING JOCKEYS AFTER SECOND DAY

Jockey 1st 2nd 3rd
Frankie Dettori 2 1 3
Seb Sanders 2 - -
Ryan Moore 1 2 1
Eddie Ahern 1 1 2
Jimmy Fortune 1 - 1
Richard Quinn 1 - 1
John Egan 1 - -
Richard Hills 1 - -
Mr Les Jefford 1 - -
Johnny Murtagh 1 - -
Philip Robinson 1 - -
Jamie Spencer - 2 -
Ted Durcan - 1 1
Darryll Holland - 1 1
Mr John Best - 1 -
Kieren Fallon - 1 -
Michael Hills - 1 -
Sam Hitchcott - 1 -
Niall McCullagh - 1 -
Pat Dobbs - - 1
Steve Drowne - - 1
Mr James White - - 1

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ASCOT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2004

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