Saturday, September 24, 2005

ASCOT FESTIVAL AT NEWMARKET
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FIRST DAY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2005

He is one of two unbeaten colts in the race, the other being City of Troy, whose trainer Sir Michael Stoute has won the race twice in the past with Desert Secret and Mujaazif. City of Troy, who is held in very high regard at Freemason Lodge, won his maiden at Newbury in good style and pleased connections with his attitude when just getting the better of Art Deco at Doncaster.

The Godolphin team, who won the Royal Lodge last year, are represented this time by True Cause, who has won his last two starts, most recently beating Leo by a neck in a Listed heat at Goodwood. Leo’s team clearly think that they can reverse that form here as they are going to take his conqueror on again.

It has taken Kilworth a while to justify his big home reputation, which he did at Chepstow last time and a line through Araafa puts him not far behind Palace Episode, though he has a bit of ground to make up.

Charlie Cool followed his pleasing debut here by winning a smart maiden at the Ebor meeting, beating Amwaal by two and a half lengths, and another last time out winner is Doctor Dash, who showed marked improvement when accounting for Jeu de Mot in a Listed race at Salisbury.

The field is completed by two maidens, Areyoutalkingtome and Well Armed. Both have shown respectable form, but it is asking a lot to lose your maiden in Group 2 company.

WINNING QUOTES RACE FIVE
QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES

STARCRAFT STRIKES FOR AUSTRALIA

The giant Australian horse Starcraft, who stands 17 hands high, headed a real international outcome to the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes as, trained by an Italian, Luca Cumani, and ridden by a Frenchman, Christophe Lemaire, he outran the 6/4 favourite Dubawi to win by three-quarters of a length.

“I am over the moon after that,” said Cumani. “It was so good that I want to do it all over again,and again. We want to prove him to be the champion miler in the world and I think we are three-quarters of the way to doing that.

“Once we had done all we could with his training, the big thing was to keep him calm, and after that to keep the trainer calm which was much more difficult.

“But he is a very good horse, as he showed there and I was not at all worried about putting up a jockey who had never ridden on this course before. He is a very good jockey and he did a very good job.

“I don’t know what the plans are for him and we shall have to talk about the Breeders’ Cup with Paul Makin, who heads the Australian Syndicate who own him. I think it will cost about $300,000 to enter him and that is a lot of money.”

Christophe Lemaire described how he was determined not to panic when the field of six split into two groups and he just let Starcraft gallop along.

“At the three-furlong marker I wanted to give him a blow, and then when I gave him a crack with the whip he responded very well.

“All the time I was looking for Frankie on Dubawi as I knew he had to come at some time. My horse had not been doing a lot when he was first in front, but when Dubawi came to him he picked up again. Dubawi got to him and that just gave him the incentive to go on again and he ran on very well.”

Paul Makin, Starcraft’s owner, said after the victory: “That was enormous - coming all this way to get the money.

“It looks like he is the best in the world at the distance. I don’t mind the Ashes now - I am really pleased that you guys won them!

“I only really wanted to win this race - we might go to America but I always ask the plane to fly faster when I go over it!”


STARCRAFT (NZ) FACTFILE
5 ch h Soviet Star (USA) - Flying Floozie (NZ) (Pompei Court (USA))
Owner: The Australian Syndicate Breeder: G J Chittick
Form: 3204111/1211111233-3611 Trainer: Luca Cumani Jockey: Christophe Lemaire

Starcraft
The New Zealand-bred Starcraft was purchased by agent Rob Dawe and began his career in Australia, where he developed into a high-class performer. He won three times in 2003 before really coming into his own last year, when his six successes included the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes over a mile at Warwick Farm, the Group One Australian Derby over a mile and a half at Randwick and the Group One Mudgway Partsworld Stakes at Hastings in New Zealand. Last season ended with a very decent effort in one of Australia’s greatest races, the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, when he finished third behind Savabeel. For all of his starts in Australia, Starcraft was trained by Gary Newham but at the start of the year his owner Paul Makin, inspired by the success of Choisir in 2003, decided that he would like his star performer to challenge for Europe’s top races and he was transferred to Luca Cumani. His first start for Cumani came in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot at York in June, when he ran a fine race to finish third behind Valixir and Rakti. He then headed to Sandown for the Coral-Eclipse, but ran a disappointing race in only finishing sixth to Oratorio. He bounced back to form in no uncertain style last time when taking the mile Group One Prix du Moulin at Longchamp on September 4, when he had the likes of Whipper and Valixir in arrears and confirmed that form by winning today’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes from Dubawi.

Race Record: Starts: 21; 1st: 11; 2nd: 3; 3rd: 4; Win & Place Prize Money: £1,288,061

The Australian Syndicate
The Australian Syndicate is headed by Paul Makin. Based on Queensland’s Gold Coast, Makin made his fortune by gambling on both Australian and Asian racetracks although he has also quipped that he has also lost a couple of fortunes as well as his wife. He has now stopped betting professionally and has dedicated his attention to owning racehorses.
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes win: 2005 STARCRAFT

Luca Cumani
Luca Cumani was born in Milan on April 7, 1949. His father, Sergio Cumani, was a highly successful trainer in Italy until his death in 1980. A well-known amateur rider in his home country, Luca Cumani rode 85 winners throughout his career including the 1972 Moet and Chandon Silver Magnum (the amateurs’ Derby) at Epsom on Meissen. Cumani took out a licence to train in 1976 after assisting Henry Cecil for two years. He bought Bedford House Stables in Newmarket for £75,000 and sent out his first winner from the yard when Three Legs obliged in the Duke Of York Stakes at York on May 13, 1976. Ten-times champion trainer Cecil taught Cumani well as he has lifted big-race prizes including the 1984 St Leger (Commanche Run), 1991 Irish 1,000 Guineas (Ensconse), the 1983 Arlington Million (Tolomeo), the Irish 2,000 Guineas and Breeders’ Cup Mile in 1994 with Barathea and the 2002 Irish 1,000 Guineas with Gossamer. But Cumani believes that the best horse he trained was the 2003 BHB Horse of The Year Falbrav, winner of the Prix d’Ispahan, Coral-Eclipse, Juddmonte International, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and Hong Kong Cup. His partnership with the Aga Khan brought Derby success in 1988 with Kahyasi, who also went on to capture the Irish version at the Curragh. However, the association with the French-based owner was terminated in 1990 when the Aga Khan decided to withdraw 78 horses from Britain following the disqualification of 1989 Oaks ‘winner’ Aliysa, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, due to the alleged presence of a banned substance in a post-race sample. The move hit Cumani hard and it took several years for the stable to recover from the blow and, although the Aga Khan sent yearlings again in 1997, another positive test saw the owner leave Bedford House again in January, 2000. Among those Aga Khan horses was Daliapour, who Cumani trained to finish second in both the English and Irish Derbys in 1999. Cumani saddled High-Rise to win the previous year’s Vodafone Derby. With his wife Sara, Cumani runs Fittocks Stud near Newmarket and bred the 2001 St Leger winner Milan.
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Wins: 2005 STARCRAFT, 2003 FALBRAV, 1990 MARKOFDISTINCTION

Christophe Lemaire
Christophe-Patrice Lemaire rode 14 winners as an amateur before going against his father’s wishes and turning professional, when he became attached to Andre Fabre’s powerful stable. He is now one of France’s leading Flat jockeys and his major successes include the 2003 Group 1 Prix Jean Prat and Grand Prix de Paris with Vespone although the best horse he has partnered is the brilliant filly Divine Proportions, whose Group 1 victories include this year’s French 1,000 Guineas and French Oaks, and last season’s Prix Morny and Prix Marcel Boussac. He had his first British success at York in June when winning the Group 2 King’s Stand Stakes on Chineur at the transferred Royal Ascot meeting. Starcraft’s victory today was his first Group One victory in Britain.

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Win: 2005 STARCRAFT


MORE QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUOTES


FRANKIE DETTORI BLAMES HIMSELF FOR DUBAWI’S DEFEAT

Frankie Dettori feels he should have won the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Dubawi who was beaten three quarters of a length by Starcraft.

Godolphin’s retained jockey said: “ I was on the best horse and I got beat - it is as simple as that.

“I was meant to come on the stands’ side but unfortunately Rakti and the other one - Mullins Bay - took me too far across and I stayed put in the middle and got beat - it was a costly mistake.

“It did make the difference as I went 20 yards further than the rest, because when they died in the middle I had to come across to the stands’ side.

“I was drawn six and I was told to come on the stands’ side by Sheikh Mohammed. Accidents happen but it is so frustrating.

“If I had been drawn better, it would have been easier for me to do what I had wanted. I wish I could ride the race again.”


FIFTH RACE QUOTES
QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (GROUP 1)

TACTICS DON’T PAN OUT FOR GODOLPHIN

A tactical renewal of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes failed to work in Dubawi’s favour when the field split into two groups.

Godolphin had planned for their three-year-old to race on the stands’ rail, along with pacemaker Blatant, but Frankie Dettori’s mount was carried out to the centre of the course by Rakti and then switched back to the stands’ side in the closing stages, going down by three-quarters of a length to Starcraft.

“It was very unfortunate,” said Godolphin’s racing manager Simon Crisford. “The plan was not to be in the middle of the course but Frankie said he got carried out there but we wanted him on the stands’ rail. We had to switch back over to the stands and lost a lot of ground as a result so it was unfortunate.

“The last thing we said before the horse left the paddock was that if Rakti stays in the middle to go down the stands’ side, we had an idea they might do that. Frankie’s pretty upset about the whole thing and in the heat of the battle after the race he said it was a complete cock up.

“Blatant set a French style pace, similar to how they would go in the Prix Jacques Le Marois, which was just what we wanted.

“All credit to the winner, and it’s great to have an international success like that, but we’d like to take him on again. If he’s at the Breeders’ Cup we’ll look forward to meeting him again there. We gave him a good fight today.”


EVEN MORE QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUOTES


Philip Robinson, Rakti’s jockey, said: “I wanted to stay away from the Godolphin pacemaker in case we ended up going too fast behind him.

"But it was the ground that beat him in the end - he just can’t act when there is some cut."



EXCELLENT FIVE-DAY CONFIRMATIONS FOR THE SKY BET CHEVELEY PARK STAKES & SHADWELL STUD MIDDLE PARK STAKES NEXT WEEK

Thursday’s Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes has 14 top-class two-year-old fillies going forward after today’s confirmation stage for the Group One race.

The Mick Channon-trained Flashy Wings, who surprisingly lost her unbeaten record when second in the Watership Down Stud Sales Race at Newbury a week ago, could run in the Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes. The sponsors make her the 5/2 favourite for the six-furlong contest, with Wake Up Maggie at 3/1 and Nidaal a 100/30 chance.

Wake Up Maggie, trained by Chris Wall, won the valuable Tattersalls Ireland Sale Stakes at the Curragh last month from Cool Creek who has since boosted the form by taking the Group Two Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury. Ed Dunlop, who sent out Ouija Board to an impressive success in today’s opener, has Nidhaal, winner of two of her three starts, including when successful in the Listed Dick Poole Fillies Stakes at Salisbury on the first of this month.

Fellow Newmarket trainer James Fanshawe has supplemented recent Redcar maiden winner Riotous Applause. Ireland’s champion trainer Aidan O'Brien has recent Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Rumplestiltskin engaged as well as Lowther Stakes third Beauty Bright and Oh How Lovely.

Friday’s Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes has three of Aidan O’Brien’s top colts in it - the unbeaten pair of Horatio Nelson and Art Museum are joined by Ivan Denisovich - while Prince Of Light, winner of his last three races, heads the home challenge.

WINNING QUOTES RACE ONE
PRINCESS ROYAL JOHN DOYLE STAKES


OUIJA BOARD RETURNS IN TRIUMPH

Ouija Board, last year’s horse of the year but this season restricted to just one disappointing effort at Royal Ascot at York in June, came storming back with a two and a half lengths defeat of Briolette in the Group Three Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes.

“That was fantastic,” said the filly’s trainer Ed Dunlop. “Though everything has gone very smoothly in the last couple of weeks with her, it has been a very long time to get her back and there have been plenty of problems.

“Paris remains a possibility and you should remember that she is in two races there as she has been entered for the Prix de l’Opera as well as the Arc. We will see how she is in the morning and, if we are not happy with her, we shall not hesitate to decide against Paris. Belmont (for the Breeders’ Cup on Saturday, October 29) is very much the big part of the plan.”

Ouija Board is a 16-1 shot for the Arc with Paddy Power, who also quote her at 5-2 for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare, the race she won at Lone Star Park in Texas last year. Cashmans put her in at 9-4 for Belmont.

“It is a very tough call for the Arc, which is only a week away,” said the winning filly’s owner-breeder Lord Derby. “It has been a very long time to get her back and Royal Ascot at York was a disappointment, but everyone who has been riding her work recently has been adamant that she is back to her best. The Horse of the Year is back!

“Watching her today was probably the least stressful of all the times we have watched her in the last couple of years. Either it was a case of last season’s horse of the year being back to what she was, or else she just hasn’t made it and this will be her final appearance.

“My wife Cazzie and I and my brother Peter (Stanley) made sure that we sat in the same seats that we were in when she won the Pretty Polly last year and Frankie had her on the wide outside all the way through the race so it was nice and easy to see her!”.

MORE FIRST RACE QUOTES
THE PRINCESS ROYAL JOHN DOYLE STAKES

DETTORI IMPRESSED WITH OUIJA BOARD

Frankie Dettori, riding Ouija Board for the first time in a race, was most impressed with the four-year-old filly on her return to action

He said: “I was very taken with her. She went down to the post brilliantly. All credit to Ed (Dunlop - the trainer), he had to sit and wait all year. He brought her up here like a superstar and she gave me a fantastic feel.

“I was pleased to answer the call here (to take the ride) and we will have to see what happens in the future - job done.

“The ground is really, really good. There are no excuses for anybody.”


EVACUATION OF THE MILLENNIUM STAND

The Millennium Grandstand at Newmarket was briefly evacuated just before the first race because a heat alarm went off.

On investigation, it was found that a BBC arc light in commentator Jim McGrath’s working area set off the heat sensor.

The all-clear to go back into the stand was quickly given and the racing was not delayed.




FIRST RACE PLACED QUOTES
JOHN DOYLE PRINCESS ROYAL STAKES (GROUP 3)

BRIOLETTE NO MATCH FOR OUIJA

The progressive Sadler’s Wells filly Briolette, carrying the colours of breeders Diane Nagle and Sue Magnier, delighted trainer Aidan O’Brien when finishing two and a half lengths second to brilliant winner Ouija Board in the Group 3 John Doyle Princess Royal Stakes.

“I think we’ve come up against a great filly today,” said O’Brien. “But our’s is progressing all the time and has run a great race.”


GOING AFTER THE FIRST RACE

Phillip Robinson reproted that the going was “good to soft”.

Kieren Fallon said that it was “on the slow side of good”.

Richard Hills thought it was “good”.

Alan Munro said of the ground that it was “perfect racing ground though a touch slow”.

Declan McDonogh said that it was on “the dead side of good”.

Jamie Spencer said that it was “slow”.

SECOND RACE WINNING QUOTES
toteexacta FENWOLF STAKES (LISTED)

LAND SPRINGS 50/1 SHOCK

The Jamie Poulton-trained Land ‘n Stars was promoted to 8/1 joint favouritism with the sponsor for next months totesport Cesarewitch after springing a 50/1 surprise in the toteexacta Fenwolf Stakes.

“I liked him when he was at Charles Cyzer’s and that’s why I bought him when he went to the sales,” said Poulton. “He was always going to come good in a race like this and I thought his price didn’t reflect his chance, we had a bit on this morning! Wherever Tungsten Strike finished, he wasn’t going to be far away.

“I thought this two miles on a galloping track was going to play into his hands and he’ll come back here for the Cesarewitch unless it came up soft. He was certainly the value this morning at 25/1 for the Cesarewitch - I’m happy enough with the weight he’s got.

“John Egan is my first jockey, he has the call on mine when he wants to ride them, but I think he might struggle to get Paul Doe off.

“Then next year all being well we’ll think about the Melbourne Cup. I’ve always thought you need a horse for that which not only stays but has tactical speed as well.”


PLACED QUOTES RACE TWO
toteexacta FENWOLF STAKES

SENDINTANK “MAY NEVER RACE AGAIN”

Sendintank, who had been a leading fancy for next month’s totesport Cesarewitch, finished third to 50-1 winner Land ‘n Stars in the toteexacta Fenwolf Stakes, but also finished very lame and his trainer Stuart Williams fears that “he will never be able to race again.

“It looks very much as if he has broken down on his near fore and it looks very unlikely that he will be able to run again,” said Williams.

“I shan’t really be much the wiser in the morning, either, so I shall probably leave him comfortable until the middle of next week and then get the vets to have a look at him, but my first reaction is that it is highly unlikely that he will ever be able to see a racecourse again. There is no chance of him running in the Cesarewitch, as far as I can see.”



Meanwhile plans remain “fluid” for runner-up Larkwing, as far as trainer Geoff Wragg is concerned. “As he has been beaten by a 50-1 shot he surely should not go up much for that. He will stay in training next year and I hope we can keep him on a reasonable handicap mark,” he said.

THIRD RACE WINNING QUOTES
MEON VALLEY STUD FILLIES’ MILE (GROUP 1)

NANNINA ON TOP

Nannina provided a Group 1 victory for locally-based owner-breeders Cheveley Park Stud when holding off Alexandrova by a short-head to take the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile.

“I thought beforehand that the Cliveden Stud filly (Cross Channel) would make the running and she did, setting a proper pace,” said winning trainer John Gosden. “Kieren (Fallon) had Jimmy boxed in, they were perfectly legitimate tactics, and he decided to go round the outside rather than trying to nip up Kieren’s inner.

“She got up to beat a nice Sadler’s Wells filly with the May Hill winner in third - it was a good race. I see her as a Guineas filly next year and then she’d go up to a mile and quarter for something like the Prix Diane.

“She won in sweltering heat in Pontefract then we rode her wrongly in a Group 2 at the July Course - I danced one dance I shouldn’t have done. She was then a bit unlucky when third in the Princess Margaret, she probably should have been second.”

Both the winner’s sire, Medicean, and dam, Hill Hopper, raced for Cheveley Park Stud and the farm’s managing director, Chris Richardson, added: “It’s so important for the stud that we have a stallion like Medicean, who has produced winners of this calibre from his first crop. John’s been mentioning the 1000 Guineas all along and it’s a nice thing to think about over the winter.”

Nannina is now a 16/1(from 33/1) chance for the 1000 Guineas here next year with William Hill. Alexandrova remains at 25/1 \with the same bookmakers.

FOURTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
totetrifecta HANDICAP STAKES

IVORY IMPRESSES HUGHES

Richard Hughes partnered the Roger Charlton-trained All Ivory to a comfortable three-quarters of a length success in the totetrifecta Handicap to the delight of Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Prince Khalid Abdulla.

“He’s very honest and straightforward and a thoroughly consistent horse,” said Grimthorpe. “They went a good pace, travelled well and my only real worry was that we’d end up drawn on the wrong side but the ground seemed very even, they’ve done a fantastic job.

“There could well be another handicap for him here at the Cesarewitch meeting and we’d consider keeping him in training next year, his sire Halling was a better four-year-old.”

Hughes added: “He had a huge horse on his outside and he’s only a three-year-old so it intimidated him a bit. I thought he wouldn’t do anything at halfway but he really got going when I got him off the rail and picked up my stick.”


PLACED QUOTES RACE FOUR
totetrifecta HANDICAP


MOAYED MAY BE OUT AGAIN ON FRIDAY

Moayed, the subject of a major gamble in the morning when he was supported from 25-1, narrowly failed to land the touch and the spoils when he was beaten by All Ivory in the totetrifecta Handicap, after going off at 9-1.

“He has run a cracking race, all the more so as he lost ground at the start, but that is him,” said his trainer Nick Littmoden. “But he does that all the time nowadays and it suits him to be ridden from behind, and in any case he is too old for us to try to do anything about changing him now.

“That means that he has now been second in two big handicaps which have been switched from Ascot as he was also second to Ifraaj in the Victoria Cup when that was switched to Lingfield in the spring.

“I knew there was a punt on him in the morning, but I did not get involved as I own a quarter share in him and that is enough for me. But we all knew he was in good form and some of the lads had a go.

“He is in such form that he may well be out again here on Friday. There is another seven-furlong handicap here then and I entered him for it this morning.”


SIXTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
ROSEMARY STAKES (LISTED HANDICAP)

SALAMANCA GAINS DESERVED SUCCESS

Salamanca got her head in front for the first time this season, gaining black type in the process, when capturing the Listed Rosemary Handicap for trainer Sylvester Kirk.

“She really deserved this,” said Kirk. “She turned out to have been a bit short for her first run this season and it put the wrong ideas in our head about ground and trip. But this mile is what she wanted and she deserved to get that black type.

“We’re keeping her for next year and I’ll think about giving her another run this season, if there’s soft ground coming up she’d enjoy that.”


2PM PRINCESS ROYAL JOHN DOYLE STAKES
Group 3, Class 1, £40,000 guaranteed, 1m 4f, For 3yo+ fillies and mares, Weights: 3yo 8st 6lb; 4yo+ 9st; Penalties: in 2005, 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. Penalties: 1st: £23,200; 2nd: £8,800; 3rd: £4,400; 4th: £2,000; 5th: £1,000; 6th: £600

1 OUIJA BOARD (Lord Derby) Ed Dunlop 4- 9-00 Frankie Dettori [4] 11-8fav
2 BRIOLETTE (Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE 3- 8-06 Kieren Fallon [14] 8-1
3 ASAWER (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Sir Michael Stoute 3- 8-06 Richard Hills [12] 16-1
4 ART EYES (Matthew Green) David Elsworth 3- 8-06 Philip Robinson [13]
5 AUTUMN WEALTH (D Burke) Amanda Perrett 4- 9-00 Shane Kelly [1]
6 POLAR JEM (Norcroft Park Stud) George Margarson 5- 9-00 Adrian McCarthy [11]
7 MANGO MISCHIEF (Antoniades Family) John Dunlop 4- 9-03 Jamie Spencer [6]
8 MISS PROVVIDENCE (The Double V Partnership) Walter Swinburn 3- 8-06 Eddie Ahern [7]
9 ALUMNI (Khalid Abdulla) Barry Hills 3- 8-06 Richard Hughes [5]
10 PLAY ME (Bloomsbury Stud) Peter Chapple-Hyam 3- 8-06 Alan Munro [9]
11 RAVE REVIEWS (Prince A Faisal) John Dunlop 4- 9-00 Ted Durcan [15]
12 RIGHT KEY (Lady O’Reilly) Kevin Prendergast IRE 3- 8-09 Declan McDonogh [10]
13 HIGHER LOVE (Dgh Partnership) Michael Bell 3- 8-06 Joe Fanning [2]

13 ran Non-Runners: No 3 Idealistic (witdrawn not under starter’s orders) and No 15 Red Peony (Vet’s certificate)
Time: 2min 32.45sec Distances: 2 1/2, 1, sh, 1 1/2, 5, 1 3/4, 7, 3/4, 1/2, 2 1/2, 3 1/2, 10
Breeder: Stanley Estate & Stud Co
Breeding: b f Cape Cross - Selection Board (Welsh Pageant)
Tote Win: £1.80 Places: £1.10; £2.50; £4.60 Exacta: £13.00

Winning trainer:-Name: Dunlop, Edward Alexander Leeper Date of birth:20/10/68.Date of first licence:October 1994, taking over from the late Alex Scott. First winner: Lynton Lad (Yarmouth 19/10/1994) First British Classic winner: Vodafone Oaks (2004 Ouija Board) Wins in a season (1994 (Part season only)-2004:1:17:22:27:35:67:53:74:32:50:49 Horses in training (1995-2005):69:63:84:108:105:131:128:154:141:115:123 Major wins include: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2004 Ouija Board), French 1,000 Guineas (1996 Ta Rib), Topkapi Kosusu (1996 Cadeaux Tryst), Beeswing Stakes (1996 Iktamal), Ladbroke Bunbury Cup (1995 Cadeaux Tryst), Irish Oaks (2001 Lailani, 2004 Ouija Board), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2001 Lailani), Flower Bowl Invitational (2001 Lailani), Tote International (2004 Court Masterpiece); Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes (2004 Ouija Board) Wins This Year: 36

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: (10) Vodafone Oaks (1994 Balanchine, 1995 Moonshell, 2002 Kazzia); St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche, 1996 Shantou, 2005 Scorpion), 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia) Other major wins include: Ascot Gold Cup (1992, 1993 Drum Taps, 1998 Kayf Tara), Breeders’ Cup Mile (1994 Barathea), Breeders’ Cup Turf (1999 Daylami), Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq), Cheveley Park Stakes (2000 Regal Rose, 2003 Carry On Katie), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2004 Refuse To Bend), Deutsches Derby (1991 Temporal), Dubai World Cup (1999 Almutawakel, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2002 Street Cry, 2003 Moon Ballad), Fillies’ Mile (1990 Shamshir, 1999 Teggiano, 2000 Crystal Music), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2005 Alkaased), Grosser Preis Von Baden (2002 Marienbard), Prix Vermeille (2003 Mezzo Soprano), Haydock Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat); Irish Champion Stakes (1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera); Irish Oaks (2001 Lailani, 2003 Vintage Tipple), Irish Derby (1994 Balanchine), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir, 2004 Dubawi), Irish St Leger (1999 Kayf Tara); Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel); Juddmonte International (1996 Halling, 1997 Singspiel, 2001 Sakhee), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra, 1998 Swain,1999 Daylami, 2004 Doyen), Lockinge Stakes (2000 Aljabr), Middle Park Stakes (1996 Bahamian Bounty), Nunthorpe Stakes (1993 Lochsong, 1995 So Factual, 1998 Lochangel), Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir, 2001 Noverre), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr); Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat); Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix du Jockey-Club (1992 Polytain), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction; 1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium), St James’s Palace Stakes (1997 Starborough), Sussex Stakes (1991 Second Set, 1999 Aljabr, 2001 Noverre); Vodafone Coronation Cup (1996 Swain, 1997 Singspiel, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq), Yorkshire Oaks (1994 Only Royale) Wins 1987-2004: 8,22,75^,141,94,101,149,233*,216*,123,176,132,132,47,94,69,101, 195* ^Champion apprentice *Champion jockey Wins This Season: 66

2.35PM TOTEEXACTA FENWOLF STAKES
Listed, Class 1, £30,000 guaranteed, 2m, For 3yo+, Weights: 3yo colts and geldings 8st 5lb; fillies 8st; 4yo+ colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 8st 12lb; Penalties: in 2005, a winner of a Listed race 3lb; of a Group 3 race 5lb; of a Group 1 or 2 race 7lb. Penalties: 1st: £17,400; 2nd: £6,600; 3rd: £3,300; 4th: £1,500; 5th: £750; 6th: £450

1 LAND 'N STARS (Paul Blows) Jamie Poulton 5- 9-03 Paul Doe [6] 50-1
2 LARKWING (Mollers Racing) Geoff Wragg 4- 9-03 Ted Durcan [2] 10-1
3 SENDINTANK (Steve Jones & Phil McGovern) Stuart Williams 5- 9-03 Jamie Spencer [7] 4-1
4 VINANDO (Evelyn Hankinson) Charles Egerton 4- 9-03 Steve Drowne [9]
5 DUBAI SU CESS (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Barry Hills 5- 9-03 Michael Hills [8]
6 JAGGER (C McFadden) Gerard Butler 5- 9-06 Darryll Holland [10]
7 HIGH ACTION (C Barnes) Ian Williams 5- 9-03 Richard Hughes [4]
8 ASTROCHARM (Mystic Meg Ltd) Mark Tompkins 6- 8-12 Frankie Dettori [5]
9 TUNGSTEN STRIKE (John Connolly) Amanda Perrett 4- 9-03 Shane Kelly [1] 3-1fav
10 LOST SOLDIER THREE (Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum) Luca Cumani 4- 9-06 Kieren Fallon [3]

10 ran
Time: 3min 24.26sec Distances: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, 1 1/2, 3 1/2, 2, 8, 3/4, 28, 10
Breeder: Charles Cyzer
Breeding: b g Mtoto - Uncharted Waters (Celestial Storm)
Tote Win: £48.10 Places: £7.60; £3.10; £2.00 Exacta: £199.10

Winning trainer:-Name: Jamie Poulton Born: November 17, 1965 Based: White Cottage, Stud Farm, Telescombe, Lewes, East Sussex First Licence: July 1995 Background: former gold miner in Sierra Leone and diving tender on marine salvage boat, as well as vendor of pop records. Former pupil assistant to Nicky Henderson and brother to fellow trainer Julian. Horses In Training (2004-2005): 23; 22 First Winner: Oozlem (Woodford Apprentice Handicap, Salisbury, August 17, 1995) Big Race Wins Include: Queen Alexandra Stakes (2004 Corrib Eclipse); toteexacta Fenwolf Stakes (2005 Land ‘N Stars)

Winnng jockey:- Name: Doe, Paul Nelson Michael Date of birth: 15/10/77 First winner: Aitch N’ Bee, Warwick, May 8, 1995 Wins (1995-2004): 1,6,12,21,54,49, 37,40,14, 25 Wins This Year: 12
Retainer: Lady Herries Big Race Wins Include: Pavillion Stakes (2002 Lady Dominatrix); toteexacta Fenwolf Stakes (2005 Land ‘N Stars)


3.05PM MEON VALLEY STUD FILLIES’ MILE
Group 1, Class 1, £175,000 guaranteed, 1m, For 2yo, Weights: 8st 10lb. Penalties: 1st: £101,500; 2nd: £38,500; 3rd: £19,250; 4th: £8,750; 5th: £4,375; 6th: £2,625

1 NANNINA (Cheveley Park Stud) John Gosden 2- 8-10 Jimmy Fortune [2] 5-1
2 ALEXANDROVA (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith) Aidan O'Brien IRE 2- 8-10 Kieren Fallon [3] 11-4
3 NASHEEJ (Malih Al Basti) Richard Hannon 2- 8-10 Richard Hughes [1] 5-2fav
4 HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS (Mr & Mrs Chris Wright & Paul Cole) Paul Cole 2- 8-10 Jamie Spencer [5]
5 CROSS CHANNEL (Cliveden Stud) Ed Dunlop 2- 8-10 Steve Drowne [4]
6 SALUT D'AMOUR (Michael Tabor) Jeremy Noseda 2- 8-10 Frankie Dettori [6]

6 ran
Time: 1min 38.52sec Distances: sh, 3, 1 1/4, 3, 5
Breeder: Cheveley Park Stud Ltd
Breeding: b f Medicean - Hill Hopper (Danehill)
Tote Win: £5.80 Places: £2.70; £1.60 Exacta: £18.40

Winning Trainer:-Name: Gosden, John Harry Martin Born:Hove, 30/3/51 Classic Winners: (3) Sagitta 1000 Guineas (2000 Lahan), Vodafone Derby (1997 Benny The Dip), St Leger (1996 Shantou), Wins in a season (1989-2004):28:87:86:113:110:93:86:75:91:77:74:82:55:85:72:66 First winner in Europe: Intimidate, Kempton, March 27, 1989 Other major wins include: Challenge Stakes (1993 Catrail), Cheveley Park Stakes (1993 Prophecy), Falmouth Stakes (1997 Ryafan), Fillies’ Mile (2000 Crystal Music, 2004 Playful Act, 2005 Nannina), French 1,000 Guineas (1999 Valentine Waltz, 2002 Zenda), Geoffrey Freer Stakes (1995 Presenting), Gran Premio di Milano (1997 Shantou), Grosser Preis Von Baden (1992 Mashaallah), Haydock Sprint Cup (1993 Wolfhound), Hungerford Stakes (1994 Pollen Count - dh with Young Ern), Irish St Leger (1992 Mashaallah), Irish Champion Stakes (1993 Muhtarram), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream), Lingfield Derby Trial (2004 Percussionist), Middle Park Stakes (2002 Oasis Dream), Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream), Ormonde Stakes (2005 Day Flight), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1994 & 1995 Muhtarram, 1997 Shantou), Prix de l’Abbaye (1991Keen Hunter), Prix Marcel Boussac (1996 Ryafan), Prix Jean Prat (1995 Torrential), Prix de la Salamandre (1995 Lord Of Men), Prix Lupin (1995 Flemensfirth), Prix Maurice de Gheest (2002 May Ball), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2000 Observatory), Royal Lodge Stakes (1996 Benny The Dip, 2002 Al Jadeed), Santa Anita Handicap (1983 Bates Motel), Sun Chariot Stakes (1991 Ristna), Lennox Stakes (2000 Observatory), European Free Handicap (2001 Clearing) Trains at Manton, Marlborough Wiltshire. Previously at Newmarket Wins this Year:72

Winning jockey:-Name: Fortune, James Joseph. Date of birth: 14/6/72 Apprenticeship: With Mike O'Neill. Big wins Include: Ayr Gold Cup (1989 Joveworth, 1996 Coastal Bluff), July Stakes (2004 Captain Hurricane), Lincoln Handicap (2000 John Ferneley, 2001 Nimello), Middle Park Stakes (2002 Oasis Dream); Racing Post Trophy (1998 Commander Collins); Royal Hunt Cup (2002 Norton), Sun Chariot Stakes (1999 Lady In Waiting), Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (1994 For The Present,1996 Coastal Bluff); Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile (2004 Playful Act; 2005 Nannina) Wins (1988-2004): 8,29,46,32,26,25,56,46,83,78,108,94,93,71,92,46,72 Wins This Season: 73

3.40PM TOTETRIFECTA HANDICAP
£25,000 added, For 3yo+ rated 86-100 (also open to such horses rated 85 and below), 7f, Weights: highest weight 9st 4lb; minimum weight 8st 4lb; 3yo 8st 1lb; Penalties: after September 17, a winner 6lb; Wfa: 3 from 4yo+ 3lb. Penalties: 1st: £15,329.40; 2nd: £5,814.60; 3rd: £2,907.30; 4th: £1,321.50; 5th: £660.75; 6th: £396.45

1 ALL IVORY (Khalid Abdulla) Roger Charlton 3- 8-08 Richard Hughes [1] 13-2fav
2 MOAYED (Nigel Shields) Nick Littmoden 6- 8-10 Seb Sanders [4] 9-1
3 PANGO (Pangfield Partners) Hughie Morrison 6- 8-05 Travis Block (7) [12] 11-1
4 PAPER TALK (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Barry Hills 3- 8-11 Michael Hills [18] 12-1
5 VISIONIST (Pat Eddery Racing (Alvaro)) Jamie Osborne 3- 8-10 Darryll Holland [6]
6 PSYCHIATRIST (Raymond Tooth) Richard Hannon 4- 8-10 Jimmy Fortune [14]
7 SEA HUNTER (Sheikh Mohammed) Mick Channon 3- 8-13 Chris Catlin [2]
8 KING HARSON (C Burley) James Bethell 6- 8-04 Kerrin McEvoy [3]
9 KING MARJU (Bryan Fry) Peter Chapple-Hyam 3- 9-02 Alan Munro [17]
10 HARVEST WARRIOR (Mr & Mrs W Williams) Tim Easterby 3- 8-08 Ted Durcan [5]
11 LES ARCS (Willie McKay) Richard Guest 5- 8-13 Christophe Lemaire [9]
12 PARTNERS IN JAZZ (Sporting Occasions Racing No 2) David Barron 4- 9-04 Jamie Spencer [10]
13 NOTNOWCATO (Anthony & David De Rothschild) Sir Michael Stoute 3- 8-09 Kieren Fallon [8]
14 KENMORE (John Grant) Barry Hills 3- 8-07 Richard Hills [16]
15 MATERIAL WITNESS (Mike Caddy) William Muir 8- 8-11 Frankie Dettori [15]
16 LEO'S LUCKY STAR (Sandra Brookhouse) Mark Johnston 3- 8-05 Joe Fanning [11]
17 HAUNTING MEMORIES (Lawrence Wosskow) Michael Jarvis 3- 8-11 Philip Robinson [13]
18 SECRET PLACE (Khalifa Sultan) Ed Dunlop 4- 8-11 Eddie Ahern [7]

18 ran Time: 1min 25.26sec Distances: 3/4, 1/2, 3/4, hd, 1/2, nk, 1/2, sh, 3/4, 1/2, 1/2, 1, 2 1/2, 1 1/4, 7, 1 1/2, 2 1/2 Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Breeding: ch c Halling -Ivorine (Blushing Groom)
Tote Win: £7.70 Places: £2.30; £2.70; £2.70; £3.10 Exacta: £91.20

Winning trainer:-Name Charlton, Roger John Born: Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, 18/1/50First winner: Deploy (Haydock, April 14, 1990) Date of first licence:1990 Previous Occupation: Amateur rider (three wins including 1969 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase on Pride Of Kentucky), worked for Colin Davies, stockbroker, 1975-77 ran equine swimming pool in Lambourn, 1978-89 assistant to Jeremy Tree Classic win: (1) Vodafone Derby (1990 Quest For Fame) Other major wins include: Criterion Stakes (1993 Inchinor), Dante Stakes (1990 Sanglamore), French Derby (1990 Sanglamore), Greenham Stakes (1993 Inchinor), Hungerford Stakes (1993 Inchinor), John Porter Stakes (1996 Spout), Lancashire Oaks (1996 Spout), Lingfield Derby Trial (1996 Mystic Knight), Palace House Stakes (2005 Avonbridge), Prix de l’Opera (1994 Andromaque), Prix d’Ispahan (1991 Sanglamore), Prix de l’Abbaye (2003 Patavellian), Rockfel Stakes (2002 Luvah Girl), Sandown Mile (1997 Wixim), Scottish Classic (1995 Baron Ferdinand), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1998 Tamarisk), Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (1999 Harmonic Way, 2003 Patavellian) Wins in a season (1990-2004):37:26:43:47:48:42:52:40:22:30:34:33:56:57:36 Number of horses in training (1990-2005):73:73:70: 79:93:109:104:110:96:70:75:84:76:91:105:97 Wins This Year: 39

Winning jockey:-Name: Hughes, Richard David. Date of birth: 11/1/73 Apprenticeship: With father, Dessie Hughes, in Ireland. First winner: Viking Melody (Roscommon maiden, August 2, 1988) Wins in Britain (1994-2004):19,68,62,33,55,95,102, 90, 126, 122, 73 Major wins include: Albany Stakes (2004 Jewel In The Sand), Balmoral Handicap (2003 Deportivo), Blue Square Ormonde Stakes (2005 Day Flight)Buckingham Palace Stakes (2002, Demonstrate), Celebration Mile (2002 Tillerman), Cherry Hinton Stakes (2004 Jewel In The Sand), Coventry Stakes (2003 Three Valleys), Craven Stakes (2000 Umistim, 2001 King’s Ironbridge), Derby Italiano (1996 Bahamian Knight), Duke Of Edinburgh H’cap (2002, Thundering Surf), Duke Of York Stakes (1999 Sampower Star), French Oaks (2003 Nebraska Tornado), French 1,000 Guineas (2002 Zenda), Gran Premio d’Italia (1995 Posidonas), Jersey Stakes (1995 Sergeyev, 1996 Lucayan Prince), Jersey Stakes (1995, Sergeyev, 1996 Lucayan Prince), Jockey Club Cup (2000 Persian Punch), July Cup (2003 Oasis Dream), King's Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Lingfield Derby Trial (2001 Perfect Sunday), Middle Park Stakes (2003 Three Valleys), Norfolk Stakes (2002, Baron’s Pit), Nunthorpe Stakes (2003 Oasis Dream), Prix D’Ispahan (2001 Observatory), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (2003 American Post), Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2003 Nebraska Tornado), Ribblesdale Stakes (2003 Spanish Sun), Wokingham Stakes (2000 Harmonic Way), Wolferton Rated H’Cap (2002, Ulundi), Yorkshire Cup (1999 Churlish Charm) Other details: Retained jockey to Khalid Abdulla Wins this season: 103 Sa16

4.20PM QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES SPONSORED BY BARCLAYS PLC
Group 1, Class 1, £200,000 guaranteed, For 3yo+, 1m, Weights: 3yo colts and geldings 8st 11lb; fillies 8st 8lb; 4yo+ colts and geldings 9st lb; fillies 8st 12lb; Wfa: 3 from 4yo+ 4lb. Penalties: 1st: £116,000; 2nd: £44,000; 3rd: £22,000; 4th: £10,000; 5th: £5,000; 6th: £3,000

1 STARCRAFT (The Australian Syndicate) Luca Cumani 5- 9-01 Christophe Lemaire [2] 7-2
2 DUBAWI (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3- 8-11 Frankie Dettori [6] 6-4fav
3 BLATANT (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 6- 9-01 Kerrin McEvoy [1] 100-1
4 RAKTI (Gary Tanaka) Michael Jarvis 6- 9-01 Philip Robinson [5] 9-4
5 SLEEPING INDIAN (George Strawbridge) John Gosden 4- 9-01 Jimmy Fortune [3] 11-1
6 MULLINS BAY (Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor) Aidan O'Brien IRE 4- 9-01 Kieren Fallon [4] 9-1

6 ran
Time: 1min 37.87sec Distances: 3/4, 1 1/2, 1 1/2, 1 1/2, 3/4
Breeder: G Chittick
Breeding: ch h Soviet Star - Flying Floozie (Pompeii Court)
Tote Win: £4.80 Places: £2.40; £1.50 Exacta: £11.40

Winning trainer:-Name: Cumani, Luca Matteo Date of birth: 7/4/49; Date of first licence: 1976; First winner: Three Legs, Duke Of York Stakes, York, May 13, 1976 Previous Occupation: Jockey in Italy, France and Britain with 84 winners assistant to Sergio Cumani and Henry Cecil; Classic wins: (3) Vodafone Derby (1988 Kahyasi, 1998 High-Rise), St Leger (1984 Commanche Run) Horses in training (1985-2005):100:112:119:151:165 :187:150:132:121:96:103:124:139:152:135:100:83:84:103: 102:103 Other major wins include:Breeders’ Cup Mile (1994 Barathea), Eclipse-Stakes (2003 Falbrav), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2005 Alkaased), Gran Premio di Milano (2000 Endless Hall), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1990 Ensconse, 2002 Gossamer), Irish Derby (1988 Kahyasi), Irish 2,000 Guineas (1993 Barathea), Italian Oaks (1998 Zomaradah), Japan Cup (2003 Falbrav), Juddmonte International Stakes (1985 Commanche Run, 1998 One So Wonderful, 2003 Falbrav), Lonsdale Stakes (2002 Boreas), Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile (2001 Gossamer), Prix d’Ispahan (2003 Falbrav), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction, 2003 Falbrav, 2005 Starcraft), St James’s Palace Stakes (1985 Bairn, 1987 Half a Year), Sussex Stakes (1991 Second Set), Yorkshire Oaks (1993 & 1994 Only Royale) Wins in a season (1984-2004):50:60:67:83:73:88:109:72:54:39:47:39:62:66:54:34:29:25:24:57:42 Wins this year: 33

Winning jockey:-Name: Lemaire, Christophe Age: 24 Background: attached to Andre Fabre’s stable having become a professional rider against his father’s wishes. Gained 14 winners as an amateur. Big Race Wins: Prix Kergorlay (2002 Cut Quartz), Prix La Force (2003 Vespone), Grand Prix de Paris (2003 Vespone), Prix Marcel Boussac (2003 Denebola), King’s Stand Stakes (2005 Chineur), Prix du Moulin (2005 Starcraft); Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2005 Starcraft) First Group Victory: Prix Kergorlay (2002 Cut Quartz) First Group One Victory: Prix Jean Prat (June 1, 2003, Chantilly, Vespone)


4.50PM ROSEMARY STAKES HANDICAP
Listed, £30,000 guaranteed, For 3yo+ fillies and mares rated 96-110 (also open to such fillies and mares rated 95 and below), 1m, Weights: highest weight 9st 7lb; minimum weight 8st 7lb; 3yo 8st 3lb; Penalties: after September 17, a winner of a Class 1, 2 or 3 race 3lb; Wfa: 3 from 4yo 4lb. Penalties: 1st: £17,400; 2nd: £6,600; 3rd: £3,300; 4th: £1,500; 5th: £750; 6th: £450

1 SALAMANCA (Wood Street Syndicate) Sylvester Kirk 3- 8-11 Jamie Spencer [6] 10-1
2 JOINT ASPIRATION (Ridgeway Downs Racing) Mick Channon 3- 9-06 Ted Durcan [14]
16-1
3 CLINET (Wood Hall Stud Ltd) John Hills 3- 9-01 Eddie Ahern [17] 10-1
4 BRINDISI (Mark Dixon) Barry Hills 4- 9-05 Michael Hills [2] 16-1
5 NUFOOS (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3- 9-07 Richard Hills [16]
6 ROYAL ALCHEMIST (The Ridgeway Partnership) Mark Usher 3- 9-07 Darryll Holland [8]
7 STRAWBERRY DALE (Mike Dawson) James Bethell 3- 8-03 Kerrin McEvoy [3]
8 DISCUSS (Khalid Abdulla) Sir Michael Stoute 3- 9-03 Richard Hughes [10]
9 CAVERAL (A Stalder) Richard Hannon 4-8-11 Kieren Fallon [13]
10 UMNIYA (Kuwait Racing Syndicate) Mick Channon 3- 8-07 Chris Catlin [1]
11 WINDS OF TIME (Bob & Pauline Scott) Amanda Perrett 3- 8-07 Shane Kelly [5]
12 ELEMENT OF TRUTH (Christopher Wright) Luca Cumani 3- 8-08 Frankie Dettori [7]
13 GREEN NOON (Madame Gerles, Mr Edge & Mr Heaton) Roger Charlton 4- 9-05 Steve Drowne [15] 100/30fav
14 DELPHIE QUEEN (Nicholas Hartery) Sylvester Kirk 4-8-13 Michael Fenton [12]
15 FAVOURITA (Wyck Hall Stud) Clive Brittain 3- 8-09 Seb Sanders [11]
16 PARK ROMANCE (Fergus Wilson) Brian Meehan 3- 9-00 Jimmy Fortune [9]
17 LADY GEORGINA (Byerley Turf) James Fanshawe 4- 8-07 Alan Munro [4]

17 ran
Time: 1min 38.57sec Distances: 3/4, 3/4, 1/2, hd, nk, 2, nk, 1 1/2, hd, nk, 3/4, 1 3/4, 1 3/4, 1/2, 1/2, hd
Breeder: D Martin
Breeding: ch f Pivotal - Salanka (Persian Heights)
Tote Win: £13.40 Places: £2.70; £4.10; £2.60; £4.00 Exacta: £142.00


Winning trainer:-Name: Sylvester Kirk Background: Former assistant to East Everleigh-based trainer Richard Hannon Wins In 2002-04: 23; 28; 35 Horses in training (2003-05): 40; 53; 66 Wins This Year: 25 Big Race Wins Include: Rosemary Stakes (2005 Salamanca)

Winning jockey:-Name: Spencer, James (Jamie) Peter Date of Birth: 08/06/1980 British Classic Wins: St Leger (2003 Brian Boru) Major wins include: William Hill Sprint Cup (2005 Goodricke), Falmouth Stakes (2003 Macadamia), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1998 Tarascon, 2002 Gossamer), Jockey Club Stakes (2002 Marienbard), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2000 Sequoyah), Nunthorpe Stakes (2002 Kyllachy), Weatherbys Champion Bumper (2002 Pizarro), Rosemary Stakes (2005 Salamanca) Wins in Britain (1998-2004):3,8,78,112,86,102, 27 Other details: Champion apprentice in Ireland 1999. Stable jockey to Aidan O’Brien in 2004, now freelance in Britain Wins This Season: 141

LEADING JOCKEYS AFTER DAY ONE
Jockey 1sts 2nds 3rds
Richard Hughes 1 - 1
Jamie Spencer 1 - 1
Frankie Dettori 1 - -
Paul Doe 1 - -
Jimmy Fortune 1 - -
Christophe Lemaire 1 - -
Ted Durcan - 2 -
Kieren Fallon - 2 -
Frankie Dettori - 1 -
Seb Sanders - 1 -
Eddie Ahern - - 1
Travis Block - - 1
Richard Hills - - 1
Kerrin McEvoy - - 1


LEADING TRAINERS AFTER DAY ONE
Trainer 1sts 2nds 3rds
Roger Charlton 1 - -
Luca Cumani 1 - -
Ed Dunlop 1 - -
John Gosden 1 - -
Sylvester Kirk 1 - -
Jamie Poulton 1 - -
Aidan O’Brien IRE - 2 -
Saeed bin Suroor - 1 1
Mick Channon - 1 -
Nick Littmoden - 1 -
Geoff Wragg - 1 -
Travis Block - - 1
Richard Hannon - - 1
John Hills - - 1
Sir Michael Stoute - - 1
Stuart Williams - - 1

CROWD NEWS

Today’s crowd was 8,040.

Lisa Hancock, managing director of Newmarket Racecourses Trust, said “I am very disappointed with the crowd, especially given that we had fantastic racing staged in glorious autumn weather.

“We were always aware that our intense autumn programme this year, with so much top class racing in such a short period of time, could dilute the attendance.”


NEWMARKET EXPLAINS POSITION REGARDING ANNUAL MEMBERS

The Ascot Festival was not included in the Newmarket Annual Membership package because it was an external fixture, from which Ascot are taking the revenue from television, sponsorship and the Levy Board, with Newmarket’s only source of revenue being from ticket sales and hospitality.

Annual Members were, however, entitled to a £10 discount on Members’ Enclosure admission, plus full use of their reserved facilities once inside. By taking advantage of the 20% Front Runner advance booking discount as well, they were able to purchase a Day Members’ badge for today for £18 (full price £35).

Lisa Hancock, Managing Director of Newmarket Racecourses, said: “We wrote to our Annual Members before the start of the season to explain that we simply could not afford to include the Ascot Festival in the Annual Members’ package this year and I don’t think anyone could complain at that.

“They did, however, benefit from three additional Kempton Park fixtures which were transferred here earlier in the season to which they had free admission as Kempton is part of the RHT group.”

Annual Membership in 2005 cost £275 if booked early and otherwise £300 for 40 racedays (including the three Kempton fixtures) plus several reciprocal racedays at other courses.


GOING NEWS AT 10 AM


The going for the first day of the Ascot Festival at Newmarket is

GOOD

“We had three and a half millimetres of rain between 3pm and 5pm yesterday afternoon, which effectively put us back to where we were on Tuesday,” said clerk of the course Michael Prosser. “Yesterday morning we were just on the quicker side of good.

“The forecast is for a dry day with plenty of sun and a temperature of 17/18 degrees Celcius (65/66 degrees Fahrenheit).

“There may be a few light showers tomorrow morning, with between one and two mills of rain, and there should be a bright afternoon.

“The track has been divided in a similar way to what we did in the spring, except that the dividing rail will be ten metres closer to the stands’ side. That will provide approximately 20 metres of track on the stands’ side where racing today and tomorrow will be run with a maximum field of 20.

“The 30 metres of track on the far side will be used for the Cambridgeshire meeting, which means that the maximum field for the totesport Cambridgeshire will be reduced from 35 to 30.”


BETTING NEWS

The offices have been abuzz with activity all morning, starting with business in the Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes (2.0) at both ends of the market. William Hill report solid support for Ouija Board who is now an 11-10 shot, while the outsider Miss Provvidence has come in from 20-1 to 16-1 with Paddy Power.

Tungsten Strike has taken the public fancy across the board in the toteeexacta Fenwolf Stakes (2.35) with totesport bringing him in from 5-1 to 4-1, Hills shortening him to 3-1 from 5-1 and VC Bet and Paddy Power cutting him by a point from 9-2.

Nasheeb has been popular in the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile (3.05) and she has attracted solid support with Hills, where she remains an 11-4 shot, and with VC Bet where she has been trimmed from 100-30 to 3-1. In the same race Powers report interest in Alexandrova, whom they have brought in from 5-2 to 9-4.

The totetrifecta Handicap (3.40) has been a real hotbed with money for four of the 18 runners including the race’s talking horse, Moayed, who has been backed at very fancy odds. Paddy Power have slashed him from 20-1 to 12-1, Hills from the same price to 10-1, totesport from 25-1 to 10-1 and VC Bet from 16-1 to 12-1. There has been solid support for King Marju, who is at 5-1 from 13-2 with Hills, at 6-1 from 15-2 with Powers and totesport, and at the same price from 8-1 with VC Bet.

Les Arcs has been in demand in the same race, going from 12-1 to 9-1 with Hills, from the same price to 8-1 with VC Bet and at 10-1 from 12-1 with Powers. VC Bet have also had money for Partners In Jazz, whom they have cut by a point to 8-1, but just to show that it is not all one way traffic Powers have pushed Sea Hunter out from 15-2 to 10-1 and Haunting Memories from 22-1 to 33-1.

Dubawi is a firm favourite for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (4.20) and VC Bet have trimmed him from 7-4 to 13-8, but there has been plenty of interest in Sleeping Indian, who has come in to 14-1 from 16-1 with Hills, from the same price to 12-1 with Powers and VC Bet, and to 14-1 from 18-1 with totesport.

Things have quietened down a bit by the time of the Rosemary Handicap (4.50), but Paddy Power report interest in a couple of outsiders and have brought in Strawberry Dale from 20-1 to 16-1 and Lady Georgina from 33-1 to 28-1.

THE VALUE BETTING COLUMN EVERY SATURDAY

NEWMARKET, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2005

3.05pm £175,000 MEON VALLEY STUD FILLIES’ MILE, Group One, 1m

Big step up in distance. BP= 9/1

SUMMARY
The value looks to be with Nannina.

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£200,000 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by Barclays Bank), (Group One), One Mile

4.20pm NEWMARKET, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2005

However, there have shocks in recent years with 66/1 chance Maroof successful in 1994 and the 33/1 shot Summoner, thought to be acting as a pacemaker, victorious for Godolphin four years ago.

Even in more ‘normal’ years, the most obvious horses do not always win. Since 1986, only six favourites have won.

Since its inception in 1955, every winner has been aged three or four, bar the five-year-olds Hill Rise in 1966, Falbrav in 2003 and Rakti last year.

This means we must concentrate on the three and four-year-olds, so we first eliminate the six-year-old Blatant. At this stage, it seems wise not to exclude Rakti as he bucked the trend last year and Starcraft, trained by Falbrav’s handler Luca Cumani, is also retained as he was bred in the southern hemisphere and is only four by European standards.

Not surprisingly for a Group One race, good recent form is an absolute prerequisite with 18 of the last 19 victors all having won at least once previously that season.

The only exception was Maroof in 1994 who had managed no better than second place.

Interesting as this trend is, all of the remaining contenders have won at least once this season.

Looking at the last run before the QEII, 17 of the last 19 winners finished in the first four - the exception was Air Express in 1997. Again, all of our contenders achieved this feat.

Fillies have a poor record in this contest but, as all of our remaining horses are colts, this is of little use.

Only Summoner came into the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes having raced less than three times previously during the season, so Rakti, with just two runs to his name this season, is passed over this time round.

Group One winning form seems important, with 11 of the last 19 victors having been previously successful at the very highest level. Neither Mullins Bay or Sleeping Indian is a Group One winner, so they are passed over.

We are now down to two possible winners, Starcraft and Dubawi.

Turning to the issue of age, three-year-olds have the upper hand, accounting for 29 winners compared to 20 victories for older horses. So that means that Dubawi is favoured on that score.

On the other hand, Dubawi just heads the market at present and favourites have a relatively poor record with just six wins since 1986.

The final decision is very difficult, Both Godolphin and Luca Cumani have won the race, with three winners for the Maktoum family’s operation and two for Cumani.

DUBAWI just gets the nod as he is not certain to start favourite and Godolphin’s marginally superior record.

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