LADBROKES ST LEGER FESTIVAL 2005
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
DONCASTER, FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
CROWD UP
A crowd of 9,000 was seen today, the first day of the Ladbrokes St Leger Festival, at Doncaster.
This is 500 up on the attendance last year and Steven Clarke, Doncaster’s general manager, said “we are very pleased as this is a good crowd for the first day and we are looking forward to the rest of the week.”
BETTING NEWS
Opinions are bound to take a wide range in a race as open as the totesport Portland Handicap (2.25), with bookmakers going as long as 7-1 the field, but two horses in particular have caught punters’ fancies.
These are Merlin’s Dancer, one of four runners in the race for Dandy Nicholls, and top-weight Baltic King. Merlin’s Dancer has been backed from 10-1 to 7-1 with totesport and from 8-1 from 9-1 with Coral, who have brought in Baltic King from 9-1 to 7-1 and have cut outsider Cafe Royal from 20-1 to 16-1.
totesport have taken the same move (9-1 to 7-1) with Baltic King and have cut Indian Trail, who beat today’s top-weight into second place when he won at Newmarket in April and is now 4lb worse off for a neck, from 7-1 to 6-1.
The opening EBF Carrie Red Nursery (1.15) is another very open affair, but Dasheena, who has a 7lb penalty for her win at Carlisle last time, has had support from 50-1 to 40-1 with Coral, and totesport have done business over Zafantage, whom they have cut from 14-1 to 10-1.
In the most important race of the day, the Group Two Park Hill Stakes (2.55), the likely favourite Kastoria, who represents owner the Aga Khan and trainer John Oxx, has been popular with totesport where she is in from 100-30 to 11-4, while Coral have trimmed the Yorkshire Oaks winner Punctilious from 5-1 to 9-2.
McKEOWN INJURED
Dean McKeown, who had a heavy fall when Alchemist Dancer came down in the seven furlong handicap at Catterick yesterday, will not ride today.
He had just the one booked ride, on Tom Tun in the totesport Portland Handicap (2.25), and will now be replaced by Jason Edmunds, who claims 3lb.
“Dean has no serious injuries but is just a bit bruised and battered,” said his agent Simon Dodds. “I expect we shall play it safe and make sure that he is 100% for Saturday when he has at least two very good rides -- on Tabaret in the Polypipe Flying Childers Stakes and Ouninpohja in the Trilogy Nightclub Doncaster Handicap.”
GOING NEWS AT 10AM
The going for the first day of the Ladbrokes St Leger Festival is
GOOD TO FIRM, GOOD IN PLACES.
“We watered the course yesterday, putting 7 millIimetres on the entire track,” said clerk of the course Jon Pullin.
“Most of the good ground is on the round course and I anticipate that it may become good to firm there by the end of the day.
“We shall monitor things through the afternoon and make a decision at the end of the day about whether we should water overnight.
“The forecast today is for a dry day with temperatures in the low 20s, but there will probably be rain around on Friday, though it depends on which forecast you believe as to how much there will be.”
WINNING QUOTES RACE ONE
EBF CARRIE RED FILLIES’ NURSERY
VIOLETTE’S LATE SWOOP
Violette, owned and bred by Graham Rowles Nicholson at his Limestone Stud in Lincolnshire, produced a storming late dash to take the opening EBF Carrie Red Fillies’ Nursery by a length and a half from the always prominent Gallery Girl.
“I told Seb (Sanders) to be as brave as he dared to be and work his way over from stall 8 and wait for the gaps to come,” said the winning filly’s trainer Sir Mark Prescott.
“I worked her with some decent fillies over six and a half furlongs the other day and she went really well, so when I saw this race I thought it was well worth an shot,” the trainer went on.
“I know that when I ran her in a Group race (the Princess Margaret) I was well and truly put in my place, but I think that she has improved so much since then that she deserves another try, but at the moment I don’t know where that might be. If she were a colt I wouldn’t do it but because she is a home-bred filly it doesn’t matter if she is beaten again.
“I made an even slower start to the season than usual; for many weeks it was like watching paint dry during the day and then all peel off in the evening, so that I had to start all over again.”
“But then the two-year-olds came good in June and the older horses in July and since then they have all been going well,” he said.
Prescott also referred to the case at Newcastle on Monday over the running and riding of Secret Liaison when he was fined £2,000 and Jean-Pierre Guillambert suspended for 14 days.
“I am not going to appeal on my own, but if Jean-Pierre does then I shall certainly support him. I think he has been very harshly treated,” he said.
GOING AFTER THE FIRST RACE
Seb Sanders, rider of the winner Violette in the EBF Carrie Red Fillies Nursery, reported that it was “good fast ground”
Alan Munro said that it was “virtually good, just a touch slow”
David Allan described it as “slowish but with no jar”
While Richard Hughes thought the going “beautiful”
Hayley Turner said that it was “not bad, they are getting their toes in, good ground really”
But Kieren Fallon thought the going “soft”
WINNING QUOTES RACE TWO
£300,000 ST LEGER YEARLING STAKES
THE FISH SWIMS HOME
Johnny The Fish, named after his part-owner Johnny Ferrand, who put together the syndicate from The Pheasant Inn (between the M4 and Lambourn in Berkshire) who now own the horse, sprang a 20-1 surprise when he took the £300,000 St Leger Yearling Stakes by a neck and three-quarters of a length from Mr Sandicliffe (now five times second from five starts) and the German-trained Swing The Ring.
And never mind about there being some heavy heads at the Berkshire pub, there will be plenty of those in Yorkshire to judge by the post-race reactions of the syndicate members who made it to Town Moor.
“When Brian (Meehan, the winner’s trainer) and agent Johnny McKeever bought the horse for 26,000gns as a yearling, Brian told us to be patient and keep our nerve and he would win this race for us,” related Ferrand.
Johnny The Fish had taken a small step towards repaying his owners’ outlay when he won at Warwick in July, but this prize of £134,528 eclipsed that by a mile.
“We gelded him soon after we bought him,” related Meehan. “There was nothing to make him a stallion in his pedigree and it is often the best thing to do is to cut them.
“He used to wander about a bit in his races, but I am sure that was down to greenness and there is no vice in him. Jimmy (Fortune), who has ridden him all the time says that he has always been a very easy horse to ride.
“It is very bad luck on Jimmy that he could not ride the horse today, but he is not back from suspension until Friday. I managed to get a pretty decent replacement, though,” he added as he and Frankie Dettori congratulated each other in enthusiastic fashion.
MORE QUOTES
DETTORI WINS
Frankie Dettori partnered 20/1 shot Johnny The Fish to a neck victory in the £300,000 St Leger Yearling Stakes at Doncaster, Europe's richest juvenile contest.
The jockey was winning the race for the second time, having ridden Acclamation to success in 2001, while it was also a second victory for trainer Brian Meehan, who sent out Cape Fear to win in 2003.
Dettori commented: "It's a lottery race and I think I was lucky that the gaps came for me.
"Once I got the gaps, he was very brave. The pace really suited him - they went really fast early on and he likes to see horses coming back to him so it worked out very well."
The rider has just been booked to ride Scorpion, the ante-post favourite in Saturdays’s Ladbrokes St Leger.
Johnny Ferrand heads the winning syndicate of owners, the Second Pheasant Inn Partnership, which is named after a pub near Lambourn. Johnny The Fish is his nickname.
Ferrand commented: "Actually, I had a worse nickname than Johhny The Fish when I was younger but I can't say what it was!
"There are nine of us in the syndicate. We benefited from a very professional trainer and very professional jockey today."
"We may have some difficulty getting back to the Pheasant Inn tonight!"
WINNING QUOTES RACE THREE
totesport PORTLAND HANDICAP
OUT AFTER DARK MAY GO TO AYR
Following the success of one team of enhusiastic topers when Johnny The Fish and his team from the Pheasant Inn in Berkshire won the big sales race, there were more victory celebrations for owners who appear not to have taken the pledge when The Night Owls’ Out After Dark landed the totesport Portland Handicap, finishing too well for Peter Brueghel and Continent.
And in so doing they rather blew the theory that it is imperative to have a high draw to win on the straight course, as three of the first four had single figure draws and Out After Dark came out of stall 5.
“I could not understand why the runners in the sales race who were drawn low came over to the stands’ side, and I told Adam (Kirby, who rode the winner) that he was not to do that,” said the winner’s trainer Clive Cox.
Now the plan for the winner could well take in next week’s Ayr Gold Cup, for which Out After Dark picks up a 5lb penalty and for which VC Bet cut his odds from 20-1 to 12-1 and totesport reduced him from the same price to 10-1. Ladbrokes aso cut him to 10-1, in their case from 25-1.
“That is not a definite plan at the moment, but it is certainly a possibility and we shall go home and talk about it,” said the trainer.
Cox was full of praise not only for the horse, whom he called “a real superstar”, but also for Kirby, who has impressed many with his riding this season.
“He is a horseman as well as a jockey and for a lad who has only just turned 17 he is a wonderful rider. And he has a 5lb claim as well,” Cox enthused.
“He is still apprenticed to Michael Wigham, but I would absolutely love it if he could join me and I think that there is a very good chance that he will.”
WINNING QUOTES RACE FOUR
PARK HILL STAKES
MELBOURNE BECKONS
The Melbourne Cup, the race which brings Australia to a standstill every first Tuesday in November, is the big target for Sweet Stream after her defeat of Kastoria and Songerie in the Park Hill Stakes.
Mark Sulkes, who describes himself as “a very small part of the winning syndicate, Team Valor” explained that the mare ran here to assess her prospects of staying the two miles at Flemington. “This seemed an ideal race to test her stamina and she stayed the distance well,” he said.
Thierry Gillet, who rode Sweet Stream, said that there would be “no problem” about the mare staying two miles.
Whether Sweet Stream will race again between now and November is very much up in the air, but she has been entered for the Arc and there is a race in Italy which could come under consideration.
Another matter up in the air is whether Sweet Stream will get a penalty for Melbourne, for which she is quoted at 25-1 by Cashmans. Aussie commentator and journalist Jim (JA) McGrath reported that the rules have been changed this year so that the home handicapper can give discretionary penalties but he (McGrath) felt it unlikely that the winner would get anything to add to her 8st 4lb after winning a GroupTwo race confined to mares and fillies.
Sweet Stream, who has won at trips up to a mile and a half with her best win coming in the Prix Vermeille, and on ground varying from heavy to good to firm, was off the track for eight months between her run in Hong Kong when she was fourth to Phoenix Reach and her win at Deauville last month.
Georgina Hammond, whose husband John trains the mare and who rode winners here as an apprentice under her maiden name of Frost, explained that the mare had a very small fracture in a hock and they just wanted to give her plenty of time to recover from her Far Eastern exertions in view of her busy autumn campaign.
WINNING QUOTES RACE FIVE
PACK IT IN STAKES
TWO FROM TWO FOR THE CITY
City of Troy, who won on his debut at Newbury seven weeks ago, followed that up by taking The Pack It In Stakes, but only after quite a sharp battle with Art Deco.
In the process he impressed the layers with Ladbrokes putting him at 14-1 for the Guineas and 20-1 for the Derby. totesport offer 16-1 and 25-1 respectively for those two classics.
“The jockeys think that it rode like a good race,” said Jimmy Scott, travelling head lad to the winner’s trainer Sir Michael Stoute.
“We have always liked him and I have never known a colt with a temperament like his. All he wants to do is to eat and sleep and yawn, and just occasionally he wakes up.
“He got into all sorts of trouble before he won at Newbury and he did not have the best of runs there, though he won well. Kieren (Fallon) likes him very much.”
WINNING QUOTES RACE SIX
THWAITES SMOOTH BEER EBF MAIDEN STAKES
CRIMINAL ACT MAKES IT THIRD TIME LUCKY
Criminal Act, who had been placed in his two previous starts, opened his account when landing the odds in the Thwaites Smooth Beer EBF Maiden Stakes, but he had to work hard to get the better of long time leader Annabelle Ja and he did not wear her down until well inside the final furlong.
“He kept getting shuffled back but I always thought that he was going to get there,” said Barry Hills, who trains the winner for the Sangster family, also the breeders of the colt.
“I think the second is probably quite good and it may turn out to have been quite a decent race,”added Hills as he tried to persuade himself and others that this was a convincing display.
“He will probably have one more run and then be put away for the winter,” Hills went on. “He is not in any of the big autumn races and the Horris Hill could be the right one for him.”
WINNING QUOTES RACE SEVEN
THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION CLASSIFIED STAKES
BACK FROM DEATH’S DOOR
Miss Provvidence, who nearly died on the operating table last year, rewarded the patience of her owners, the Double V Partnership, when she got up on the line to snatch the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Classified Stakes from The Queen’s The Coires.
“She was one of our best two-year-olds last year,” related her trainer Walter Swinburn, now on 33 of an excellent first season, “but then she developed an abcess in her throat and nearly died on the operating table.
“It was very much touch and go for a few days, and what made it all the worse was that most of the syndicate were involved for the first time. Luckily my father-in-law (former trainer Peter Harris), who is very good at these things, had talked to them all when they joined the syndicate and explained about the highs and lows that racing involves.
“The filly has improved each time she has run this year and she will not only race again this season, but also stay in training as a four-year-old.
“She is thriving on her racing and we fancied her a lot today. She would have been a very unlucky loser and she kept getting stopped so often that I stopped looking at the race.
“I think that she will stay a mile and a half if we decide to go that far with her, but I am very happy with what she is doing over a mile and a quarter.”
THE 2005 LADBROKES ST LEGER
Class 1, Group One, Total Prize fund £450,000. Doncaster, Saturday, September 10, 2005, 1m 6f 132yds. For three-year-olds only, entire colts and fillies. Weights: colts 9st; fillies 8st 11lb. Entries closed Wednesday, July 6, entries revealed Tuesday, July 12 (39 entries). Forfeit stage Tuesday, August 23 (10 remained), £25,000 supplementary entry stage Monday, September 5 (0 extra entries recevied). Five-day confirmation stage Monday, September 5 (7 remain). Final 48-hour declaration stage 10.00am, Thursday, September 8. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and include the racing of Wednesday, September 7, 2005.
Form Horse Owner Trainer/Jockey
13 AVALON Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE/ Jamie Spencer
5-11 HARD TOP (IRE) Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute/Ryan Moore
43-2104 KONG (IRE) Neil Jones John Dunlop/Richard Hughes
12021 SCORPION (IRE) Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE/Frankie Dettori
01-41531 TAWQEET (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum John Dunlop/Richard Hills
11203112 THE GEEZER Jeff Smith David Elsworth/Richard Quinn
7 entries remain after five-day confirmation stage
2 Irish-trained
FIRST RACE RESULT
1.15pm EUROPEAN BREEDERS FUND CARRIE RED FILLIES’ NURSERY
total prize fund £40,000, for 2-y-o fillies which are EBF eligible. 6f 110yds. Minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after August 27, a winner 7lb; Penalty values: 1st: £26,000; 2nd: £8,000; 3rd: £4,000; 4th: £2,000
1) VIOLETTE (C G Rowles Nicholson) Sir Mark Prescot 2-9-03 Seb Sanders [8] 11/2
2) GALLERY GIRL (Peter Bourke) Tim Easterby 2-8-12 David Allan [7] 22/1
3) NANTYGLO (Usk Valley Stud) Michael Bell 2-8-13 Johnny Murtagh [13] 4/1 Fav
4) MACVEL (Hertford Offset Limited) Michael Blanshard 2-8-13 Fergus Sweeney [14] 7/1
5) ZAFANTAGE (Vernon Matalon) Sylvester Kirk 2-7-12 Jimmy Quinn [10]
6) TIBER TILLY (Mark Harniman) Nick Littmoden 2-8-06 Chris Catlin [6]
7) LADY CREE (Bogie, White & Haim) William Muir 2-8-08 Richard Hughes [17]
8) DASHEENA (Paul Dixon) Mark Polglase 2-7-07 Natalia Gemelova (5) [16]
9) BEST DOUBLE (M Berger) Gerard Butler 2-8-02 Paul Hanagan [4]
10) CATHERINES CAFE (Nerys Dutfield) Nerys Dutfield 2-8-07 Robert Havlin [1]
11) STORMY MONDAY (Christopher & Mrs J A Wright) John Hills 2-8-05 Eddie Ahern [12]
12) LAVENHAM (Mrs J Wood) Richard Hannon 2-8-05 (1lbow) Ryan Moore [9]
13) SUNDAY SMILE (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 2-8-10 Joe Fanning [15]
14) FAIR ROSAMOND (H E Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed) Mark Wallace 2-8-07 Kieren Fallon [2]
15) CASABLANCA MINX (P Sweeting) Mrs Heidi Sweeting 2-7-09 Hayley Turner (3) [3]
16) COLOURPOINT (Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum) Clive Brittain b1 2-8-13 Alan Munro [11]
17) OOH AAH CAMARA (Willie McKay) Richard Guest b2-9-07 John Egan [5]
Winning Trainer:-Name: Prescott, Sir Mark Date of birth: 3/3/48 Previous Occupation: assistant to Jack Waugh First trainers licence:1971 Major wins include: Kings Stand Stakes (1996 Pivotal), Nunthorpe Stakes (1996 Pivotal), Crowson Prestige Stakes (1996 Red Camellia), Sun Chariot Stakes (1996 Last Second), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (1996 Last Second, 1998 Alborada), Cambridgeshire Handicap (1988 Quinlan Terry, 1998 Pasternak, 2003 Chivalry), Champion Stakes (1998 & 1999 Alborada), Flying Five (2002 Danehurst) Number of horses in training (1985-2005):60:62: 55: 63: 64:66:60:62:65:62:61:60:67:73:70:72:77:77:82:?:76 Trains at Heath House, Newmarket, Suffolk
Wins in a season: (1985-2004):17:39:26:34:40:48:48:50:53:57:41:58:52:61:77:60:52:57:67:66. Wins This Year: 40
Winning jockey:-Name: Sanders, Sebastian Date of birth: 25/9/71 First winner: Band On The Run (Pontefract, Whitelane Apprentice Series Stakes, June 12, 1990) Major wins include: Chester Vase (2005 Hattan), Dahlia Stakes (2004 Beneventa), Irish 2,000 Guineas (2004 Bachelor Duke), July Cup (Compton Place 1997), Mill Reef Stakes (1998 Golden Silca), Oak Tree Stakes (2002 Desert Alchemy), Palace House Stakes (2003 Needwood Blade), Royal Lodge Stakes (1997 Teapot Row), Vodafone Stewards’ Cup (2004 Pivotal Point) Wins (1991-2004): 2,10,7,23,61*,97,105,82,90,80,83,123,101,165 *champion apprentice Wins this season: 116. Background: appointed stable jockey to Sir Mark Prescott at beginning of 2004 campaign
SECOND RACE RESULT
1.50pm £300,000 ST LEGER YEARLING STAKES
£348,700 guaranteed. 6f. For 2yo which were catalogued in the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales Ltd St Leger Yearling Sales of September 7-10, 2004, and which have been declared as eligible to be entered and run in accordance with the relevant conditions in the DBS Sales Catalogue. Weights: colts & geldings 8st 11lb; fillies 8st 6lb. Penalties: a winner of a Class 3 race 3lb; of a Listed race or Class 2 race 5lb; of any Pattern race 7lb (nursery handicaps excluded for the purposes of penalties). Penalty values: 1st: £174,350; 2nd: £69,740; 3rd: £34,870; 4th: £17,435; 5th: £8,717; 6th: £8,717.50
1) JOHNNY THE FISH (The Second Pheasant Inn Partnership) Brian Meehan 2-8-11 Frankie Dettori [10] 20/1
2) MR SANDICLIFFE (Henry Barton) Barry Hills 2-8-11 Paul Hanagan [18] 33/1
3) SWING THE RING (Ian Cormack) Bruce Hellier GER 2-8-11 Steve Drowne [15] 66/1
4) COBURN (The Calvera Partnership) Brian Meehan 2-8-11 John Egan [8] 50/1
5) GODFREY STREET (J A Leek & Partners) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Ryan Moore [14]
6) CALYPSO KING (Norman Brunskill) John Hills 2-8-11 Eddie Ahern [22]
7) ENVISION (Mrs J Wood) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Dane O'Neill [7]
8) PICKETT (John Fretwell) Eoghan O'Neill 2-8-11 Graham Gibbons [19]
9) HOT (Mrs J Wood) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Seb Sanders [9]
10) MASTA PLASTA (Transcend Bloodstock Llp) Howard Johnson 2-9-04 Johnny Murtagh [21]
11) PACIFIC PRIDE (Andrea & Graham Wylie) Howard Johnson 2-8-11 Darryll Holland [12]
12) SLEEPING STORM (Miss J Semple) Brian Meehan 2-8-06 Alan Munro [6]
13) SONNY SANTINO (M Sines) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Kieren Fallon [16]
14) LAYAZAAL (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Dunlop 2-8-11 Richard Hills [11]
15) THE SNATCHER (Mrs R Ablett) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Frannie Norton [13]
16) MEMPHIS MAN (John Fretwell) Eoghan O'Neill 2-8-11 Robbie Fitzpatrick [4]
17) MOORHOUSE LAD (Ron Hull) Gary Woodward 2-8-11 Fergus Sweeney [2]
18) GRAMM (Jenny Powell) Richard Hannon 2-8-11 Richard Hughes [3]
19) RIVER KINTYRE (Ronnie Arculli) Barry Hills 2-8-11 Michael Hills [20]
20) FISOLA (The Beechdown Flyers) Clive Cox 2-8-06 Philip Robinson [17]
21) MORE TIME (Liam Mulryan) Mick Quinlan b2-8-11 Tom Queally [1]
22) CAVEWARRIOR (Arashan Ali) Jeremy Noseda 2-8-11 Shane Kelly [5]
22 ran
Breeder: Usk Valley Stud Breeding: b g Most Welcome - Ewenny
Distances: nk, .75, hd, nk, 1.25, hd, nk, 1, nk, nk, hd, nk, nk, hd, .5, 1.25, 1.5, nk, 1.75, 3, .5
Time: 1m 13.08s
Totes: Win: £13.40 Places: £3.10, £9, £14.20 Exacta: £637.60
Winning trainer:-Name: Meehan, Brian Joseph Date of birth:16/6/67; Date of first licence: 1/12/92; Other occupation: Thoroughbred breeding;20 months with the Irish National Stud: Wins in a season (1992-2004): 0:14:29:47:43:57:53:58:42:71:47:55:60 Horses in training (1993-2005):17:38 :60: 72:81:89:106:100:109:118:108:121:115 Major wins include: Horris Hill Stakes (1995 Tumbleweed Ridge), Schweppes Golden Mile Handicap (1995 Khayrapour), Bunbury Cup (1997 Tumbleweed Ridge), Golden Jubilee Stakes (1998 Tomba), Ballycorus Stakes (1998 & 1999 Tumbleweed Ridge), Prix de la Foret (1998 Tomba), Prix Morny (2000 Bad As I Wanna Be), Prix de Lutece (2002 Savannah Bay), Duke Of York Stakes (2003 Twilight Blues), Chevely Park Stakes (2004 Magical Romance), Cherry Hinton Stakes (2005 Donna Blini) Trains at Tumbleweed Cottage, Upper Lambourn, Berks Wins This Year: 28.
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: 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 (since March 26): 51
THIRD RACE RESULT
2.25pm TOTESPORT PORTLAND HANDICAP
Heritage Handicap. £50,000 For 3yo+ rated 0-110. 5f 140yds. Minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties, after August 27, a winner 7lb, Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+ 2lb. Penalty values: 1st: £29,000; 2nd: £11,000; 3rd: £5,500; 4th: £2,500; 5th £1,250; 6th £750
1) OUT AFTER DARK (The Night Owls) Clive Cox p4-8-12 Adam Kirby (5) [5] 14/1
2) PIETER BRUEGHEL (David Faulkner) David Nicholls 6-8-08 Franny Norton [22] 11/1
3) CONTINENT (Lucayan Stud & GGN Bloodstock) David Nicholls 8-8-10 Paul Hanagan [7] 66/1
4) SUMORA (Sangster Family) Gerard Butler t3-9-01 Darryll Holland [4] 33/1
5) CAPE ROYAL (Eddie Hayward) Milton Bradley t5-8-10 Ryan Moore [15]
6) INDIAN TRAIL (The Trail Blazers) David Elsworth 5-8-13 Richard Quinn [18]
7) CHOOKIE HEITON (Hamilton Park Members Syndicate) Ian Semple 7-9-09 Tom Eaves [19]
8) GREEN MANALISHI (Derek Broomfield) David Arbuthnot 4-8-08 Alan Munro [16]
9) BALTIC KING (Thurloe Thoroughbreds VIII) Hughie Morrison t5-9-07 Travis Block (7) [1]
10) CONNECT (Mrs P R Bowring) Mark Tompkins b8-8-11 Saleem Golam (5) [10]
11) HALMAHERA (J Duudy & Gillian Quinn) Kevin Ryan 10-8-07 (1lbow) Neil Callan [21]
12) FAST HEART (Stephen Dartnell) Brian Meehan t4-9-00 Richard Hughes [14]
13) FANTASY BELIEVER (The Fantasy Fellowship B) John Quinn 7-8-10 Kieren Fallon [8]
14) SMOKIN BEAU (Vanessa Church) Nick Littmoden p8-8-07 Joe Fanning [11]
15) PARADISE ISLE (The Equema Partnership) Chris Wall 4-9-01 Seb Sanders [20]
16) WOODCOTE (Dennis Shaw) Clive Cox 3-8-09 Philip Robinson [17]
17) MR WOLF (Peter Asquith) David Barker p4-8-09 Fergal Lynch [9]
18) FUNFAIR WANE (Jean Keegan & David Nicholls) David Nicholls 6-8-12 Paul Doe [3]
19) MERLIN'S DANCER (Chelfont Foodhalls Ltd) David Nicholls 5-8-09 Adrian Nicholls [12]
20) MIMI MOUSE (Jean Connew) Tim Easterby 3-8-06 David Allan [2]
21) BOND CITY (Reg Bond) Bryan Smart 3-9-00 Chris Catlin [13]
21 ran NR no 11. TOM TUN, withdrawn not under starters’ orders
Breeder: C J Mills Breeding: b g Cadeaux Genereux - Midnight Shift (IRE)
Distances: .75, hd, hd, hd, hd, nk, hd, hd, sh, nk, .5, .5, 1.5, hd, hd, 1, sh, 1.25, 1.25, 2.5
Time: 1m 7.26s
Totes: Win: £14.60 Places: £3, £3.40, £15.80, £7.50 Exacta: £284.30
Winning trainer: Name: Cox, Clive Born: May 14, 1964 Trains at: Beechdown Farm, Sheepdrove, Lambourn, Berks Former Occupation: Professional jump and Flat jockey recording 80 winners in ten years. Rode for Peter Cundell on the Flat and Pliver Sherwood over Jumps. Started dual-purpose training from a farm in Wootton Bassett in 1992, having previously run a livery yard in Lambourn for several years. He was forced to quit a year later, having saddled three winners, due to the recession, joining Mikey Heaton-Ellis’ yard near Swindon as assistant trainer. He worked for him for seven years before taking out a trainer’s licence again in 1999 upon Heaton-Ellis’ death from motor neurone disease. First Winner On Return To Training: Bet Direct On Racing Channel Text Page 372 Handicap, March 14, 2000, Southwell Other Major Wins Include: Dubai Duty Free Handicap (2003 and 2004 Ionian Spring), Tote International (2003 and 2005 New Seeker), Prix Le Fabuleux (2003 Lago D’Orta) Wins on Flat in 2000-04: 3; 8; 11; 14; 16 Wins This Year: 17 Horses In Training (2004-2005): 30; 34
FOURTH RACE RESULT
2.55pm PARK HILL STAKES
Group Two, £100,000 guaranteed, for 3yo+ fillies & mares. 1m 6f 132yds. Weights: 3yo 8st 5lb; 4yo+ 9st 3lb. Penalties: in 2005, a winner of a Group Two race 3lb; of a Group One race 5lb. Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 12lb. Penalty values: 1st:£58,000; 2nd:£22,000; 3rd:£11,000; 4th:£5,000
1) SWEET STREAM (Team Valor) John Hammond FR 5-9-03 Thierry Gillet [4] 7/2 cf
2) KASTORIA (H H Aga Khan) John Oxx IRE t4-9-03 Christophe Soumillon [7] 7/2 cf
3) SONGERIE (Kirsten Rausing) Sir Mark Prescot 3-8-06 (1lb ow) Seb Sanders [9] 11/2
4) PUNCTILIOUS (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor t4-9-08 Franke Dettori [8] 7/2 cf
5) ART EYES (Matthew Green) David Elsworth 3-8-05 John Egan [11]
6) LIGHT OF MORN (Matthews Breeding & Racing) Rae Guest 4-9-03 Eddie Ahern [3]
7) MAZUNA (Saeed Manana) Clive Brittain 4-9-03 Ryan Moore [6]
8) AUTUMN WEALTH (D J Burke) Amanda Perrett 4-9-03 Johnny Murtagh [1]
9) ALBAHJA (Sheikh Ahmed Alo Maktoum) Michael Jarvis 3-8-05 Philip Robinson [2]
10) THAKAFAAT (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Dunlop 3-8-08 Richard Hills [10]
11) MISS PARTICULAR (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Barry Hills 3-8-05 Paul Hanagan [5]
11 ran
Breeder: P Torrente, Breeding: b m Shantou (USA) - Snug Dinner (IRE)
Distances: 1.25, 2, 0.5, sh, 2.5, sh, 2.5, 3.5, .75, 15 Time: 3m 3.89s
Totes: Win: £4.50 Places: £1.80, £1.70, £2.40 Exacta: £17.50
Winning trainer:-Name: Hammond, John Edward Based: Chantilly, France Number of Royal Ascot Wins: (2) First Royal Ascot Win: King’s Stand Stakes (June 20, 2000 Nuclear Debate) Big Race Wins: Arlington Million (1992 Dear Doctor), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (2000 Montjeu); French Derby (1991 Suave Dancer, 1999 Montjeu); Irish Derby (1999 Montjeu); Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1991 Suave Dancer, 1999 Montjeu); Tattersalls Gold Cup (2000 Montjeu); Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2000 Montjeu), Nunthorpe Stakes (2000 Nuclear Debate), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (2001 Nuclear Debate), Tote International (2002 Crystal Castle), Prix de Meautry (2002 Crystal Castle), Diadem Stakes (2002 Crystal Castle), Wokingham Stakes (2003 Ratio), Park Hill Stakes (2005 Sweet Stream) Best Horse Trained: Montjeu
Winning jockey:-Name: Gillet, Thierry Background: freelance rider who does not hail from a racing background - his family is based in Angers, in the Loire Valley, where his father worked as a market gardener. Gillet began riding when given a pony at the age of eight. Five years later he joined the apprentice school at Maisons-Laffitte. He became apprenticed to Raymond Touflan, riding his first winner at Chantilly in 1986. He subsequently joined Jehan Bertran de Balanda’s stable. Big wins Include: Prix Thomas Bryon (2001 Act One); Criterium International (2001 Act One, 2003 Bago); Prix Greffulhe (2002 Act One); Prix Lupin (2002 Act One); Prix Minerve (2002 Tigertail); Prix d’Harcourt (2002 Execute); Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (2004 Bago); Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe (2004 Bago), Park Hill Stakes (2005 Sweet Stream) First Group One Success: Criterium International (November 3, 2001, Saint-Cloud, Act One), First Ride in Britain: Le Destin (June 6, 1997, Epsom, Group One Coronation Cup (3rd to Singspiel)
FIFTH RACE RESULT
3.30pm PACK IT IN CONDITIONS STAKES
£10,000 added for 2yo which have not won a Class 1 or 2 race, 7f. Weights: colts & geldings 8st 11lb, fillies 8st 6lb. Penalties: each Class 5 race won 2lb; for each Class 4 race won 4lb; for each Class 3 race won 6lb (nursery handicaps excluded for the purposes of penalties), (penalties cumulative and maximum penalty 12lb). Allowances: horses which have never run 3lb. Penalty values: 1st:£6,374.20; 2nd:£2,417.80; 3rd:£1,208.90; 4th:£549.50; 5th: £274.75; 6th £164.85
1) CITY OF TROY (Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier & Derek Smith) Sir Michael Stoute 2-9-03 Kieren Fallon [6] 5/4 jf
2) ART DECO (Evelyn Hankinson) Charles Egerton 2-9-01 Steve Drowne [4] 10/1
3) INGLEBY ARCH (Dave Scott) David Barron 2-8-13 Neil Callan [3] 22/1
4) NESNO (Elliott Brothers) James Bethell 2-8-11 Joe Fanning [5]
5) EXTREME MEASURES (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 2-9-01 Frankie Dettori [7] 5/4 jf
6) SPECIAL MOMENT (Peter Webb) Barry Hills 2-8-03 Paul Hanagan [2]
7) GUS (Ray Richard) Barry Hills 2-8-08 Michael Hills [1]
Winning trainer:-Name: Stoute, Sir Michael Ronald Date of birth:22/10/45 Date of first licence: 1972 First Winner: Sandal, Newmarket, April 28, 1972, Turn Of The Lands Handicap. Previous Occupation: Served with Pat Rohan, Doug Smith and Tom Jones. Classic wins: (13) 1000 Guineas (1989 Musical Bliss, 2003 Russian Rhythm), 2000 Guineas (1985 Shadeed, 1988 Doyoun, 1997 Entrepreneur, 2000 King’s Best, 2001 Golan), Vodafone Derby (1981 Shergar, 1986 Shahrastani, 2003 Kris Kin, 2004 North Light), Vodafone Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1987 Unite) Other big race wins:Irish 2,000 Guineas (1989 Shaadi), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1986 Sonic Lady), Irish Derby (1983 Shareef Dancer, 1986 Shahrastani), Irish Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia, 1986 Colorspin, 1987 Unite, 1988 Melodist, 1995 Pure Grain, 2000 Petrushka), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1992 Saddler’s Hall, 1993 Opera House, 1997 Singspiel, 2000 Daliapour), Dubai World Cup (Singspiel 1997), Coral-Eclipse (1993 Opera House; 1994 Ezzoud;1997 Pilsudski, 2001 Medicean), Falmouth Stakes (1983 Royal Heroine, 1986 and 1987 Sonic Lady), 1998 Lovers Knot), Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel, 1997 Pilsudski), Sussex Stakes (1986 Sonic Lady; 1989 Zilzal; 1998 Among Men), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1985 Shadeed; 1987 Milligram; 1989 Zilzal), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1981 Shergar; 1993 Opera House, 2002 Golan), Juddmonte International Stakes (1993 & 1994 Ezzoud; 1997 Singspiel), Yorkshire Oaks (1978 Fair Salinia; 1985 Sally Brown; 1986 Untold; 1990 Hellenic; 1995 Pure Grain, 2000 Petrushka, 2002 and 2003 Islington), July Cup (1981 Marwell; 1986 Green Desert; 1987 Ajdal), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1986 Green Desert; 1987 Ajdal), Fillies’ Mile (1985 Untold), Cheveley Park Stakes (1980 Marwell; 1994 Gay Gallanta; 2000 Regal Rose), Prix de l’Opera (2000 Petrushka), Champion Stakes (2000 Kalanisi), Racing Post Trophy (2000 Dilshaan), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (1977 Temple First, 1984 Optimistic Lass, 1990 Kartajana, 1994 Hawajiss, 2002 Islington, 2003 Russian Rhythm, 2004 Favourable Terms) Wins in a season (1984-2004):96:120:76:105:99:116:78:83:74:65: 109:73:73:84:79:81:91:75:104:115:87 Horses in training (1985-2005):145:142:142:170:186:191:n\a:171:147:157 :159:159:162:162:173:190:185:181:190:184:189 Other details: Champion trainer in Britain 7 times (1981,1986,1989,1994,1997, 2000, 2003) Trains at Freemason Lodge, Newmarket; Wins this year: 68
Winning jockey:-Name: Fallon, Kieren Francis. Born: County Clare, Ireland, 22/2/65 Apprenticeship: 1983 Kevin Prendergast First winner: Piccadily Lord (Navan, June 18, 1984) Wins (1988-2004): 31,28,39,29,45,60,47,91,136,202*,204*,202*,149, 166*, 149*, 221*, 200* *Champion jockey British Classic wins: (13) 2000 Guineas (2000 King’s Best, 2001 Golan, 2005 Footstepsinthesand), 1000 Guineas (1997 Sleepytime, 1999 Wince, 2003 Russian Rhythm, 2005 Virginia Waters), Vodafone Oaks (1997 Reams Of Verse, 1999 Ramruma, 2004 Ouija Board), Vodafone Derby (1999 Oath, 2003 Kris Kin, 2004 North Light) Other major wins include: Cheveley Park Stakes (1997 Embassy), Coronation Stakes (2003 Russian Rhythm), Dee Stakes (1999 Oath, 2005 Gypsy King), Dubai Sheema Classic (2000 Fantastic Light), Fillies’ Mile (2003 Red Bloom); Gold Cup (2003 Mr Dinos), Irish Derby (2005 Hurricane Run); Irish Oaks (1999 Ramruma, 2004 Ouija Board); July Stakes (2003Nevisian Lad), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (2002 Golan), Masai Mile (2001 Nicobar), Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (1997 Bosra Sham), Prix d’Ispahan (2003 Falbrav), Prix Morny (2002 Elusive City), Queen Anne Stakes (2000 Kalanisi, 2001 Medicean), St James’s Palace Stakes (1998 Dr Fong), Sussex Stakes (1997 Ali-Royal);Tattersalls Gold Cup (1999 Shiva); Vodafone Coronation Cup (2000 Daliapour, 2002 Boreal, 2005 Yeats), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2002 Islington, 2003 Russian Rhythm, 2004 Favourable Terms), Yorkshire Oaks (1998 Catchascatchcan, 1999 Ramruma, 2002 and 2003 Islington)
SIXTH RACE RESULT
4.05pm THWAITES SMOOTH BEER EBF MAIDEN STAKES
£10,000 added. For 2yo maidens, which are EBF eligible. 1m. Weights: colts & geldings 9st, fillies 8st 9lb. Penalty values: 1st:£7,241; 2nd:£2,228; 3rd:£1,114; 4th:£557
1) CRIMINAL ACT (Sangser Family) Barry Hills 2-9-00 Michael Hills [6] 4/6 Fav
2) ANNABELLE JA (McDowell Racing) David Elsworth 2-8-09 John Egan [1] 20/1
3) ON AIR (J Reus) Mark Johnston 2-8-09 Joe Fanning [10] 14/1
4) CAAMORA (Carl Holt) Jeremy Noseda 2-8-09 Kieren Fallon [4]
5) VERIFICATION (Transcend Bloodstock Llp) Howard Johnson 2-9-00 Johnny Murtagh [8]
6) PLUM PUDDING (Hyde Sporting Promotions Limited) Richard Hannon 2-9-00 Richard Hughes [3]
7) SEIGNEUR (Wyck Hall Stud) Clive Brittain 2-9-00 Ryan Moore [7]
8) OQUAWKA (Maktoum Al Maktoum) Ed Dunlop 2-9-00 Steve Drowne [5]
9) SNOWBERRY HILL (J Roundtree) Kevin Ryan 2-9-00 Neil Callan [2]
10) SHELTONSTOPCAT (Peter Swann) James Given 2-8-11 Daniel Tudhope (3) [9]
10 ran
Breeder: Swettenham Stud Breeding: b c Bahri - (USA) - Captive Island
Distances: nk, 3.5, .5, 3, .75, nk, .75, 1.25, hd Time: 1m 41.00s
Totes: Win: £1.60 Places: £1.10, £4.50, £2.40 Exacta: £21
Winning trainer:-Name: Hills, Barrington William Born: Worcester, 2/4/37;Date of first licence:1969;First winner: La Dolce Vita (Thirsk, April 18,1969) Previous Occupation: Served apprenticeship with Fred Rimell and George Colling, Head Lad with John Oxley for 10 years Classic wins: (4) 1000 Guineas (1978 Enstone Park), 2000 Guineas (1979 Tap on Wood, 2004 Haafhd), St Leger (1994 Moonax), Other major wins: Ascot Gold Cup (1984 & 1985 Gildoran), Challenge Stakes (2001 Munir), Champagne Stakes (1977 Sexton Blake, 1985 Sure Blade, 1998 Auction House, 1999 Distant Music), Champion Stakes (1983 Cormorant Wood, 2002 Storming Home), Chester Vase (1979 Cracaval, 1973 Proverb, 1999 Peshtigo, 2001 Mr Combustible), Classic Trial (2001 Chancellor), Dee Stakes (1970 Golden Monad, 1972 Our Mirage, 1973 Natsun, 1975 Ravel, 1979 Two Of Diamonds, 1985 Infantry, 1987 Sir Harry Lewis, 1989 Free Sweater, 1990 Blue Stag, 1998 Prolix, 2002 Sohaib), Dewhurst Stakes (1988 Scenic (DH), 1996 In Command, 1999 Distant Music), Falmouth Stakes (1976 Duboff), Greenham Stakes (2001 Munir), Irish Oaks (1974 Dibidale, 1994 Bolas), French St Leger (1994 Moonax), Irish Derby (1987 Sir Harry Lewis), Irish 1000 Guineas (1993 Nicer, 1999 Hula Angel), Nunthorpe Stakes (1988 Handsome Sailor), Prestige Stakes (2002 Geminiani), Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe (1973 Rheingold), Royal Whip Stakes (2002 Chancellor), Sussex Stakes (1990 Distant Relative), Weatherbys Bank Cheshire Oaks (1974 Dibidale, 1987 Chaudennay, 1992 Aquamarine, 1994 Bolas, 1998 High And Low, 1999 Valentine Girl, 2005 Alumni) Wins in a season (1987-2004): 96:93:73:113:99:63:39:44:74:84:79:78:109:72:
107:91:107:82 Horses in training (1984-2005):107,125,139,131,140,152,175,159,129,n/a,113,120,130,137,
145,150,148,160,167,168, 186, 148 Trains at South Bank Stables, Lambourn; Wins this year: 79.
Winning jockey:-Name: Hills, Michael Patrick.Born: Newmarket, 22/1/63 Apprenticeship: With Jeremy Hindley. First winner: Sky Thief (Nottingham 13/8/79) Classic wins: (1) Vodafone Derby (1996 Shaamit) Other major wins include: Ascot Gold Cup (1994 Arcadian Heights), Champion Stakes (2002 Storming Home), Coronation Stakes (1997 Rebecca Sharp, 2005 Maids Causeway), Dewhurst Stakes (1985 Huntingdale, 1988 Scenic, 1996 In Command, 1999 Distant Music), Fillies’ Mile (1989 Silk Slippers), Goodwood Cup (1992 Further Flight), Haydock Sprint Cup (1997 Royal Applause), Irish 1,000 Guineas (1993 Nicer, 1999 Hula Angel), Irish Champion Stakes (1995 Pentire), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1996 Pentire), Lockinge Stakes (1997 First Island), Nunthorpe Stakes (1988 Handsome Sailor), Prix de l'Abbaye (1988 Handsome Sailor), Prix Jean Prat (1999 Golden Snake), Sussex Stakes (1996 First Island) Wins (1990-2004):61,65,91,86,89,74,80,84,61,94,73,58,66,58,66 Other details: champion apprentice 1983
SEVENTH RACE RESULT
4.40pm THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION CLASSIFIED STAKES
1) MISS PROVVIDENCE (The Double V Partnership) Walter Swinburn 3-8-08 Eddie Ahern [6] 8/1
2) THE COIRES (The Queen) Richard Hannon 3-8-11 Richard Hughes [2] 7/1
3) ISIDORE BONHEUR (John McAleese. Hubert Brown Kerr) Alan Swinbank 4-9-04 Johnny Murtagh [13] 16/1
4) PUGILIST (Rascals Racing) Brian Meehan 3-8-11 Alan Munro [1]
5) THE VIOLIN PLAYER (Unicorn Free Spirit Partnership) Hugh Collingridge v4-9-04 Richard Quinn [11]
6) IONIAN SPRING (Elite racing Club) Clive Cox 10-9-04 Philip Robinson [4]
7) GIVEN A CHOICE (The G-Guck Group) James Given 3-8-11 Seb Sanders [8]
8) BANBA (M J Halligan) Karl Burke 3-8-08 Kieren Fallon [3]
9) TEDSTALE (Yorkshire Racing Club & derek Blackhurst) Kevin Ryan b7-9-04 Neil Callan [14]
10) GOODBYE MR BOND (Peter Davies) Eric Alston 5-9-01 Daniel Tudhope (3) [9]
11) MARAAKEB (Hamdan Al Maktoum) John Gosden 4-9-04 Richard Hills [5]
12) PERCY'S PEARL (Anne Coughlan) David Elsworth 3-8-11 John Egan [7] 7/2 fav
13) BABE MACCOOL (Ronnie Arculli) Barry Hills 3-8-11 Michael Hills [12]
14) CAVALLINI (John Deer) Gary Moore 3-8-11 Ryan Moore [10]
14 ran
Breeder:Camma S A S Breeding: b f Grand Lodge (USA) - My Southern Love (ITY)
Distances: hd, .5, .5, .75, 1,sh, sh,.75, .5, 1.75, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5 Time: 2m 6.97s
Totes: Win: £9.80 Places: £2.70, £2.60, £6.40 Exacta: £58
Winning trainer: Walter Swinburn Based: Church Farm, Station Road, Aldbury, Tring, Herts John.Born: 7/8/61 in Oxford Jockey Apprenticeship: With Frenchie Nicholson and Reg Hollinshead. First winner as a rider: Paddy’s Luck (Kempton, July 12, 1978) Classic wins: (8) Vodafone Derby (1981 Shergar, 1986 Shahrastani, 1995 Lammtarra); Sagitta 1,000 Guineas (1989 Musical Bliss, 1992 Hatoof, 1993 Sayyedati); Sagitta 2,000 Guineas (1988 Doyoun); Vodafone Oaks (1987 Unite - 1989 Aliysa won but was disqualified) First Winner as a Trainer at Newmarket: Serre Chevalier, T & V Tipsters Handicap, May 25, 2005; Wins this year: 33.
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), Challenge Stakes (2002 Nayyir), Diomed Stakes (2002 Nayyir), Lennox Stakes (2002 and 2003 Nayyir), totesport Cambridgeshire (2002 Beauchamp Pilot) Wins in Britain 2000-2004: 2; 3; 83; 108; 111 Wins this season: 55.
25 FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (sponsored by Barclays Bank Plc) - plus details of the forfeits for six other Group races at Newmarket's record-breaking autumn
The build-up to the record-breaking autumn on Newmarket's Rowley Mile, which will see 18 Group Races, including seven Group Ones, run during a period of just 22 days, continues today with details of the latest acceptors for seven of the Group races - four from the transferred Ascot meeting and three from the totesport Cambridgeshire meeting.
25 FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES (sponsored by Barclays Bank Plc)
A total of 25 horses go forward for the £200,000 Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by Barclays Bank Plc), the highlight of the programme on Saturday, September 24.
Last year's brilliant winner Rakti is among the acceptors but is likely to face some stiff opposition as he bids to hold on to his crown with the likes of Godolphin's Dubawi, triumphant in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville last time, Sussex Stakes hero Proclamation, and Maids Causeway, the courageous scorer in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot at York, also still engaged.
Further interest comes in the form of Aidan O'Brien Oratorio, not seen out since his defeat of Motivator in the Eclipse, and ex-Australian performer Starcraft, who showed his true colours for Luca Cumani when landing the Group One Prix du Moulin at Longchamp on September 4.
Several leading fillies also go forward including Attraction, recent Celebration Mile scorer Chic and Virginia Waters, heroine of the UltimatePoker.com 1000 Guineas.
32 GO FORWARD FOR MEON VALLEY STUD FILLIES' MILE
The other Group One race from the transferred Ascot meeting is the £175,000 Meon Valley Stud Fillies' Mile, also run on Saturday, September 24, for which 32 of the best staying juvenile miles go forward following the latest confirmation stage.
Aidan O'Brien is well-represented with four entries including recent Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes victor Rumplestiltskin and impressive Tralee maiden winner Alexandrova while Chenchikova, an unraced half-sister to the 2002 Derby winner High Chaparral, could prove to be an interesting contender.
Owners the Sangster family and trainer John Gosden were successful in the 2004 renewal of this race with Playful Act and could be represented this time around by Pure Illusion, an impressive maiden winner on the July Course last month.
Another filly who caught the eye when taking her maiden by six lengths at Newmarket on August 26 was Short Skirt, trained by Sir Michael Stoute.
25 IN totesport.com ROYAL LODGE STAKES
The main juvenile contest for colts from the transferred Ascot meeting is the £70,000 Group Two totesport.com Royal Lodge Stakes, for which 50 acceptors go forward.
Aidan O'Brien still has a dozen to choose from for the mile contest, run on Sunday, September 25, including Horatio Nelson, unbeaten in three starts including the Group Three Weatherbys Superlative Stakes at the July Meeting as well as the Group Two Futurity Stakes at the Curragh and Ivan Denisovich, successful in the Group Two TNT July Stakes at Newmarket.
Leading the home-trained challenge is Marcus Tregoning's Sir Percy, who is unbeaten in three starts including the Group Two Vintage Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on his latest start while another interesting contender is Primary, who has won both his starts and could provide David Loder with final big-race success before his retirement from training.
totepool DIADEM STAKES HAS 31 ACCEPTORS
The big sprint at the transferred Ascot meeting is the £80,000 Group Two GNER Diadem Stakes, run over six furlongs on Sunday, September 25.
Included among the 31 acceptors is Iffraaj, the impressive winner of the Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot at York but not seen out since running disappointingly in the Darley July Cup.
Of the others that ran in the Darley July Cup, Etlaala (3rd), Soldiers Tale (4th), Balmont (5th) and Ashdown Express (6th) could all reoppose one another.
Other leading contenders include La Cucaracha, heroine of the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes at York last month and runner-up to Goodricke in the William Hill Sprint Cup at Haydock, where Fayr Jag showed a return to form in finishing fifth.
French-based Englishman John Hammond is always to be respected when he sends over a runner to Britain and he could run Ratio, who dead-heated with Fayr Jag in the 2003 Wokingham at Royal Ascot.
FLASHY WINGS HEADS 30 IN SKY BET CHEVELEY PARK STAKES
Mick Channon's Flashy Wings, undefeated in her four outings to date, heads the 30 acceptors for the £170,000 Group One Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes, run over six furlongs at Newmarket on Thursday, September 29, the opening day of the totesport Cambridgeshire meeting.
The Zafonic filly could not have been more impressive on her last two starts in the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes and the Group Two Lowther Stakes and heads straight for the Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes having bypassed the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh last Sunday. The Curragh race was won by Aidan O'Brien's Rumplestiltskin, who is also among the acceptors.
Mick Channon could also run Silca's Sister. The daughter of Inchinor is already a Group One winner, having taken on the colts and claimed the notable scalp of Ivan Denisovich in the Prix Morny at Deauville on August 21.
Donna Blini was last seen out when taking the Group Two Chippenham Lodge Cherry Hinton Stakes at the July Meeting where Salut d'Amour was possibly a unlucky in finishing second and the duo could meet again in this contest.
GEORGE WASHINGTON AMONG 30 ACCEPTORS FOR SHADWELL STUD MIDDLE PARK STAKES
George Washington, the ante-post favourite for the 2006 UltimatePoker.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, is one of 26 acceptors for the £170,000 Group One Shadwell Stud Middle Stakes, the highlight of the second day of the totesport Cambridgeshire meeting on Friday, September 30.
After finishing third on his debut at Newmarket back in May, George Washington has won all of his three subsequent starts, including the Group One Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh last month, when he was successful by eight lengths. His trainer Aidan O'Brien has six others going forward, including Horatio Nelson and Ivan Denisovich.
Red Clubs has claimed one of the season's best juvenile contests with landing the Group Two Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot at York although he had to settle for second place in the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes at York, when finding Amadeus Wolf, also an acceptor in this contest, too strong.
ATTRACTION AND CHIC ON COURSE FOR RE-MATCH IN KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN SUN CHARIOT STAKES
Last year was the first time that the £200,000 Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes was run as a Group One contest and produced a thrilling finish with Attraction just prevailing by a neck from Chic.
Both fillies are still engaged for this year's renewal, run on totesport Cambridgeshire day, Saturday, October 1, with Chic having recently landed her second Celebration Mile at Goodwood and Attraction due to run in the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.
With the likes of Irish contender Alexander Goldrun, a Group One winner in four different countries, multiple Group One scorer Soviet Song and the UltimatePoker.com 1000 Guineas heroine Virginia Water also engaged, the Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes will certainly live up to its Group One status.
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