LADBROKES ST LEGER LADIES DAY
RACENEWS RACECOURSE SERVICE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2006
GOING UNCHANGED
The going will remain unchanged overnight at:
GOOD, GOOD TO SOFT IN PLACES
GoingStick: 7.8
William Derby, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Course at York, reported: “We enjoyed a nice day today with the weather and the forecast is good for tomorrow.
“The ground was just on the easy side of good today.”
CROWD
Today’s crowd came to 17,265.
William Derby said: “I am delighted with how the day has gone.
“We had some great racing today. It was wonderful to see that grand horse Sergeant Cecil win again at York and it was also pleasing to see Wi Dud collect the Persimmon Homes Flying Childers Stakes, as his owners and trainer Kevin Ryan are great supporters of racing at York and Doncaster. Celtic Mill also gave us a popular local winner in the A1 Medical & General Scarbrough Stakes.”
BEST DRESSED LADY
Rachel Wallsworth, who hails from Liversidge near Leeds, was the lucky winner of the Best Dressed Lady Racegoer competition.
Rachel wins a three-night short-break holiday to Dubai in November, staying at the Mariott Courtyard Hotel. She also wins a voucher from leading fashion retailer, Planet.
Tomorrow, Rachel will return to the Knavesmire to take part in the all Yorkshire Best Dressed Lady Racegoer competition, which brings together the best dressed ladies from all of Yorkshire’s racecourses this season.
LADBROKES ST LEGER DOZEN
A dozen horses go to post in the world’s oldest Classic, the £475,000 Ladbrokes St Leger, which takes place at 3.45pm tomorrow.
Heading the ante-post market with the sponsors is Sixties Icon, trained in Newmarket by Jeremy Noseda and due to be ridden by Frankie Dettori. Noseda is seeking a first English Classic success, while Dettori is in line for a fourth Ladbrokes St Leger vcitory following Classic Cliche (1995), Shantou (1996) and Scorpion (2005).
Sixties Icon won a Windsor maiden before running a fine race to finish seventh behind Sir Percy in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom. He was then third in the Group Two King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot and completed his Ladbrokes St Leger preparation by taking the Group Three BGC (Gordon Stakes) as Glorious Goodwood on August 1.
The main rival to Sixties Icon would appear to be Red Rocks, trained by Brian Meehan and the mount of Richard Hughes. A Listed winner at Newmarket in May, Red Rocks has run some fine races in defeat subsequently, finishing second in the Group Two King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, second in the Group One Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp and second in the premier Ladbrokes St Leger trial, the Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes at York on August 22, when he went down by a head to Youmzain.
The Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes at York has provided the winner of the Ladbrokes St Leger no less than 10 times since 1986. Red Rocks will be attempting to follow in the footsteps of Brian Boru (2003), Bollin Eric (2002), Mutafaweq (1999), Silver Patriarch (1997), Snurge (1990) and Moon Madness (1986), who were all placed in the Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes before their Classic success.
Aidan O'Brien has won the world's oldest Classic three times in the last five years with Milan (2001), Brian Boru (2003) and Scorpion (2005). The master of Ballydoyle has the highest number of runners this year and his quartet consists of Tusculum, an impressive winner of the Listed Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh on August 26, Irish Derby sixth Mountain, Puerto Rico, who finished third in the Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes, and Fire And Rain, who was sixth in the same race.
The Ladbrokes St Leger was Lester Piggott's second most successful Classic after the Derby with the "Long Fellow" riding eight winners of the final Classic. This year Piggott is represented as an owner by the filly Mont Etoile, owned in partnership with Des Scott and Tony Hirschfield and trained by his son in law, William Haggas. Mont Etoile was triumphant in the Group Two Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot before finishing fourth in the Irish Oaks at the Curragh.
Completing the field are Galient, runner-up in the Group Three Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot, The Last Drop, bidding to provide his locally-based owner Jack Hanson with a memorable success on the Knavesmire and fourth in the Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes, Ask, trained by Sir Michael Stoute who has saddled the runner-up in the Ladbrokes St Leger on five occasions, and Championship Point, successful in the Listed Predominate Stakes at Goodwood back in May but subsequently disappointing in the Derby and Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes.
THE LADBROKES ST LEGER
Class 1, Group 1, £475,000 Total Prize Fund. York, 3.45pm, Saturday, September 9, 2006. For 3yo only, entire colts & fillies. One mile, five furlongs and 197 yards. Weights: colts 9st; fillies 8st 11lb. Entries closed July 5, entries revealed July 10 (52 entries), forfeit stage August 24 (21 remained), £25,000 supplementary entry stage September 4 (0 extra entries received), five-day confirmation stage September 4 (12 remain), final declaration stage, 10.00am, September 7. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Thursday, September 7, 2006.
Form Horse Age/Wgt Owner Trainer/Jockey/Latest Ladbrokes odds
1) (1) 32102 ASK 3-9-00 (The Duke of Devonshire & Sue Magnier) Sir Michael Stoute/Robert Winston 20/1
2) (10) 112-100 CHAMPIONSHIP POINT (IRE) 3-9-00 (John Livock Bloodstock Limited( Mick Channon/Tony Culhane 25/1
3) (2) 1-6 FIRE AND RAIN (FR) 3-9-00 Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE/Colm O’Donoghue 12/1
4) (3) 0-1125 GALIENT (IRE) 3-9-00 (Mr & Mrs Kevan Watts) Michael Jarvis/Philip Robinson 33/1
5) (6) 021-5221 JADALEE (IRE) 3-9-00 (Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum) Marcus Tregoning/Martin Dwyer 8/1
6) (9) 14-42060 MOUNTAIN (IRE) 3-9-00 (Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor) Aidan O'Brien IRE/Kevin Darley 16/1
7) (8) 1-31003 PUERTO RICO (IRE) 3-9-00 (Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE/Darryll Holland 33/1
8) (7) 032-11222 RED ROCKS (IRE) 3-9-00 (Paul Reddam) Brian Meehan/Richard Hughes 4/1
9) (11) 61031 SIXTIES ICON 3-9-00 (Susan Roy) Jeremy Noseda/Frankie Dettori 11/10
10) (5) 5-12504 THE LAST DROP (IRE) 3-9-00 (Jack Hanson, Cavendish InvLtd, Sandy Patrick) Barry Hills/Richard Hills 66/1
11) (12) 31-41 TUSCULUM (IRE) 3-9-00 (Karin Baronin Von Ullmann & Sue Magnier) Aidan O'Brien IRE/Seamus Heffernan 8/1
12) (4) 46(5)-1214 MONT ETOILE (IRE) 3-9-00 (Tony Hirschfeld, Des Scott. Lester Piggott) William Haggas/Michael Hills 33/1
12 declarations
4 Irish-trained
SIXTIES ICON (GB) FACTFILE
b c Galileo (IRE) - Love Divine (Diesis)
Form: -61731 Owner: Susan Roy
Trainer: Jeremy Noseda Breeder: Lordship Stud Jockey: Frankie Dettori
Sixties Icon
Sixties Icon boasts a superb pedigree, by the 2001 Vodafone Derby winner Galileo out of the 2000 Vodafone Oaks heroine, Love Divine. Bred in Newmarket by Trevor Harris’ Lordship Stud, he was sold for 230,000 guineas to John Warren at Tattersalls in October, 2004, on behalf of Paul and Susan Roy. Unraced as a two-year-old, his debut came at Newmarket’s Craven Meeting on April 18, 2006, when he showed promise to finish sixth in a 10-furlong maiden behind Markovitch. He duly confirmed that he was a horse for the future with success in a 10-furlong maiden at Windsor on May 8, when he was three quarters of a length too strong for Fleeting Memory. Sixties Icon then took a huge step up in class to contest the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on June 3 and ran a superb race, staying on stoutly to finish seventh, beaten just over five lengths, behind Sir Percy. Another solid effort followed at Royal Ascot with third in the King Edward VII Stakes, beaten under three lengths by Papal Bull. On his latest appearance, Sixties Icon duly advertised his credentials for the Ladbrokes St Leger by winning the BGC (Gordon Stakes) in impressive fashion at Glorious Goodwood on August 1. Sixties Icon’s owner Paul Roy was at Liverpool University in the 1960s and had the likes of George Best, the Beatles and Bobby Moore in mind when naming the horse.Race Record: Starts: 5; 1st: 2; 2nd: 0; 3rd: 1 Win & Place Prize Money: £55,492
Susan Roy
Susan Roy is the wife of investment banker Paul Roy, founder of NewSmith Capital Partners, which he set up having previously worked for Merrill Lynch, where he was co president of the Global Markets and Investment Banking division. Paul Roy, the son of a Smithfields butcher, and his wife Susan are based at Ascot. They owned their first horses in 1997, with their string in England split between Jeremy Noseda, Brian Meehan and Peter Chapple-Hyam. The best horses owned to date by the Roys include Wilko, successful in the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Sarava, the shock 70/1 winner of the 2002 Belmont Stakes and Dutch Art, who was bought privately in June and went on to win the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville. Sarava, who was initially handled by Brian Meehan, was with Kenny McPeek at the time of his Belmont Stakes victory, while the Roys have also had horses in the USA with Bob Baffert. Other useful horses owned by the Roys have included Twilight Blues and Majors Cast. No previous Ladbrokes St Leger winners
Jeremy Noseda
Born on September 17, 1963, Jeremy Noseda is based in Newmarket, where he has held a licence since 1998. Noseda, who grew up in London, was not born into a racing background, but loved the sport enough to learn to ride, and he spent summers working for trainers Brian Swift and Jeremy Tree. He was assistant to Arundel-based handler John Dunlop (for six years), John Gosden (five years), and Sheikh Mohammed's global training operation, Godolphin (two years). Following the successes of Lammtarra in 1995, he was offered a training position in France by Sheikh Mohammed, but Noseda decided to become a public handler in California. Returning from the United States at the end of 1997, Noseda began training in this country with an initial string of about 50 horses, winning 18 races in 1998, his first full season at Shalfleet Stables in Newmarket. These successes included Noseda's first Pattern win in Britain in the Group Two Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket, followed by a Group One victory in the Cheveley Park Stakes at the same course, both achieved by Wannabe Grand, who Noseda called his "iron filly". Wannabe Grand finished second in the 1999 1000 Guineas and Noseda's Kalypso Katie came close to Classic success when second to Love Divine in the 2000 Vodafone Oaks. His first Classic success came at the Curragh this year when Araafa took the Irish 2,000 Guineas. Araafa subsequently won the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot while Sander Camillo also won at Royal Ascot and is ante-post favourite for next year’s Stan James 1000 Guineas. Other good horses trained by Noseda include Balmont, Cassis, Peak To Creak, Just James and Carry On Katie while last season his best horse was Sussex Stakes victor Proclamation. In 2004, Noseda made a successful visit to the USA when Wilko landed the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Ladbrokes St Leger record: No previous runners
Frankie Dettori
Born in Milan on December 15, 1970, the son of Gianfranco, a multiple champion jockey in Italy, Frankie Dettori arrived from his homeland to join Luca Cumani’s Newmarket yard as an apprentice in July, 1985. His first success came on Rif at Turin, Italy, on November 16, 1986, and he rode his first British winner on Lizzy Hare at Goodwood on June 9, 1987. He was champion British apprentice in 1989 and passed 100 winners for the first time in 1990 when recording 141 successes. He has since captured the hearts of racegoers with his flamboyant style, phenomenal riding successes, and charisma in and out of the saddle. Champion jockey in 1994, 1995 and 2004, Dettori created history when riding all seven winners on the first-day card at the Ascot Festival in September, 1996. His ground-breaking exertions brought recognition beyond racing’s own sphere when he was voted into third place in the 1996 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards and was a team captain on ‘A Question Of Sport’. Dettori is bidding for a second consecutive Ladbrokes St Leger victory - following Scorpion at Doncaster 12 months ago - and a fourth in total. While victory in the Vodafone Derby still eludes Dettori, Cape Verdi’s win in the 1998 1000 Guineas means that he has tasted success in all four other domestic Classics at least once, as well as a host of high-profile international successes, including the 1995 and 2002 Arcs on Lammtarra and Marienbard respectively, the Japan Cup on Singspiel in 1996 and Falbrav in 2002, the Dubai World Cup on Dubai Millennium (2000), Moon Ballad (2003) and Electrocutionist (2006) and the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Daylami in 1999 and in 2001 on Fantastic Light. Dettori, who is retained by the Godolphin team, survived an horrific plane crash at Newmarket in 2000 in which the pilot was killed. He is married to Catherine with five children, and his autobiography ‘Frankie’ came out in 2004.
3 b c Galileo (IRE) - Pharmacist (IRE) (Machiavellian (USA))
Form: 032-11222 Owner: Paul Reddam
Trainer: Brian Meehan Breeder: Ballylinch Stud Jockey: Richard Hughes
Red Rocks
A tremendously consistent individual, Red Rocks is from the first crop of 2001 Vodafone Derby winner Galileo, and was bought as a yearling for 130,000 euros at the 2004 Goffs Orby Sale. The colt made an inauspicious start to his career, finishing a distant ninth of 11 on his two-year-old debut over a mile at Newbury on September 16. He posted an improved effort 13 days later when third to Fire And Rain in a good ground Newmarket mile maiden. He returned to Newmarket on October 14 and went down by a neck to Achill Bay in a mile conditions event on good to soft turf. Red Rocks broke his maiden in impressive style on his three-year-old debut at Windsor on April 24, being eased heavily to record a three-length verdict over Duty. He took the step up to Listed company in his stride at Newmarket on May 27, capturing a 10-furlong contest on soft ground by four lengths from Degas Art. He then rattled off a hat-trick of second-place finishes in lofty company. He found Papal Bull a neck too good in the Group Two King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, and then went to Longchamp on July 14, when he was beaten two lengths by Rail Link in the Group One Grand Prix de Paris. His latest outing saw him run with his usual courage in the Group Two Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes over a mile and a half on good to soft ground at York on August 22, when he was collared close home by Youmzain, who took the spoils by a head. Race Record: Starts: 8; Wins: 2; 2nd: 4; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £177,058
Paul Reddam
California-based businessman John Paul Reddam was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on July 28, 1955. He has been known by his middle name since his youth to differentiate from his father, also John Paul. He first became interested in horseracing through a high school friend, Carlo Fisco, who was a Standard-bred groom at his local Windsor Park Raceway. Reddam, who resides in Sunset Beach, California, holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Southern California and taught the subject at California State University in Los Angeles, before moving into the mortgage business. He established the loans company Ditech.com in 1995, selling it to General Motors in 1999, and is now president of the consumer loan company, Cash Call, in Irvine, California. He purchased his first thoroughbred, Ocean Warrior, in 1988. In 2000, he bought stakes winner Swept Overboard, who, along with Elloluv, won over $1 million in prize money for Reddam. Elloluv, winner of the Grade One Ashland Stakes at Keeneland in 2003, was named after the affectionate term used for his British-born wife Zillah, who presumably also inspired the naming of his stakes winner, Zillah The Hun. Reddam also campaigned Grade One winners Ten Most Wanted (2003 Travers Stakes), in whom he had a 10% share, Sharp Lisa (2005 Las Virgenes Stakes) and Pt’s Grey Eagle (Ancient Title Breeders’ Cup Handicap). He purchased a 75% stake in Wilko from Paul and Susan Roy in 2004, and saw the colt carry his colours to victory in that season’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. He has approximately 40 horses in training with Craig Dollase, Doug O’Neill, Mark Hening and Ben Cecil in America as well as Brian Meehan and Jeremy Noseda in Britain, where his interests are managed by bloodstock agent Jamie McCalmont. He owns 20 broodmares, split between Vessels Stallion Farm in California and Kingswood in Kentucky.
No previous Ladbrokes St Leger wins
Brian Meehan
Brian Joseph Meehan was born in Liverpool - where his orthopaedic surgeon father, Conor, was based at the time - on June 16, 1967, but soon headed back to his native Ireland. He took out his first trainer’s licence in December, 1992, having previously worked as an assistant to Richard Hannon for five years and spent 20 months with the Irish National Stud. He is married to Kim Allison, a former top amateur rider. He initially trained at Tumbleweed Cottage in Upper Lambourn, Berkshire. His first winner was owned by Hannon’s wife Jo - Connect in a maiden at Brighton on May 27, 1993. Meehan’s first Royal Ascot winner came courtesy of Tomba in the 1998 Cork and Orrery Stakes (now the Golden Jubilee Stakes) and the same horse provided him with his first Group One success in the Prix de la Foret in the same year. Meehan moved into the Manton training establishment at the start of 2006 and enjoyed instant success with David Junior, who had taken the Group One Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket the previous autumn, in the Group One Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba. The same horse subsequently provided Meehan with the biggest success of his career when landing the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown in July. Ladbrokes St Leger Record: No previous runners
Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes was born in Ireland on January 11, 1973, and served his apprenticeship with his father Dessie, a former top-class National Hunt rider who now trains in Co Kildare and won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2004 and 2005 with Hardy Eustace. He had his first ride at Naas on March 19, 1988, when finishing tenth of 15 and enjoyed his first success on Viking Melody at Roscommon that August. He came over to Britain in 1994. He was appointed Prince Khalid Abdulla’s retained jockey in 2001 and also rides for Richard Hannon, to whose daughter Lizzie he is married. The 5ft 9in Hughes has, like his father, also ridden winners over jumps but now concentrates on the Flat. His biggest successes include the 2004 French 2,000 Guineas on American Post, the 2003 French Oaks on Nebraska Tornado, the 1996 Italian Derby on Bahamian Knight, the 1996 Group 1 Premio Vittorio di Capua on Mistle Cat, the 2001 Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan on Observatory and the 2002 Group 1 French 1,000 Guineas on Zenda. Hughes had a long-awaited first British Group 1 success when Oasis Dream landed the 2003 Darley July Cup and he went on to land the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes on the same horse. He won the Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur Stakes at York two weeks ago aboard Youmzain.Ladbrokes St Leger Record: 2004 Kong (4th), 2000 Going Global (10th), 1998 Dark Moondancer (6th), 1995 Anchor Clever (6th).
TUSCULUM (IRE) FACTFILE
3 b c Sadler’s Wells (USA) - Turbaine (USA) (Trempolino)
Form: 31-41 Owner: Karin Baronin von Ullmann and Sue Magnier
Trainer: Aidan O’Brien IRE Breeder: Gestut Schlenderhan and Abbey Bloodstock
Jockey: Seamus Heffernan
Tusculum
The home-bred Tusculum is one of the less exposed performers in this year’s Ladbrokes St Leger field, arriving in York with just four starts to his name. His racing career began at the Curragh on October 1 last year, when third in a mile maiden, and he broke his duck 25 later in a similar event run on testing ground at Navan. This year began with fourth place in a 10-furlong handicap at the Curragh on Irish Derby day, July 1, and he showed marked improvement to land the 1m 6f Listed Ballycullen Stakes by an easy two and a half lengths at the Curragh on August 26. By the great Sadler’s Wells, Tusculum is out a half-sister to both King’s Best and Arc winner Urban Sea, the dam of Galileo.
Karin, Baronin von Ullmann and Sue Magnier
With her son Georg - the present Baron - Baronin Karin von Ullmann runs Germany’s oldest major stud farm, Gestut Schlenderhan based 20 miles from Cologne. Shirocco in 2004 became the 12th Germany winner Derby bred at Schlenderhan and he has gone on to prove himself an outstanding performer, winning last year’s Breeders’ Cup at Belmont and this season’s Vodafone Coronation Cup at Epsom. Shirocco’s sire Monsun, based at Schlenderhan is regarded as one of the best stallions in Europe and currently leads the French rankings. Few in the racing world can boast better connections than Sue Magnier. Her husband John is the most powerful man in the bloodstock world as owner of Coolmore Stud and she is daughter of arguably the greatest 20th century trainer, Vincent O'Brien, who saddled three consecutive Grand National winners and six Derby winners. Her brother David O'Brien is another Derby-winning handler while another brother, Charles, is also a trainer. In the 1970s John Magnier (born February 10, 1948), the son of a Co Cork dairy farmer and stud owner, teamed up with the late Robert Sangster and trainer Vincent O'Brien with the idea of buying potential stallions as yearlings. This they did with great success, counting Alleged, Be My Guest, Caerleon, El Gran Senor, Golden Fleece, Sadler's Wells and Storm Bird amongst those who were bought or bred. Magnier subsequently bought out his partners at Coolmore - which now has huge offshoots in Australia and America - and owns the nearby magnificent Ballydoyle training stable. He has a myriad of other business interests, mainly with top jump owner J P McManus and the duo sold their 28.7% stake in Manchester United FC to American tycoon Malcolm Glazer. The pair have also invested in the Barchester chain of nursing homes, a property company that owns Unilever House in London, leisure clubs, including the Chelsea Harbour Club, and the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. Monaco-based former bookmaker Michael Tabor, who like Magnier spends much of the winter in Barbados, became a partner in many of the Coolmore horses in the mid 1990s while in 2004, Derrick Smith, a former Ladbrokes trading director based in Barbados, joined Tabor as a Coolmore investor. Entrepreneur, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, took the 1997 2000 Guineas to provide a first British Classic success for the Sue Magnier/Tabor partnership, who also won that season's Irish equivalent and Irish Derby with Desert King. The duo won the Vodafone Derby in 2001 and 2002 with Galileo and High Chaparral. In partnership with Sir Alex Ferguson, Magnier owned Rock Of Gibraltar, who won seven successive Group One victories including the 2002 2000 Guineas. Other major wins include the 1998 2000 Guineas with King Of Kings, the 1999 French Derby, Irish Derby, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the 2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes with Montjeu and a run of five consecutive Group One successes in 2000 from Giant's Causeway. Galileo also won the Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes after his 2001 Epsom win, while further British Classic glory has come in the Ladbrokes St Leger with Milan (2001), Brian Boru (2003) and Scorpion (2005). High Chaparral, who went on to take the 2002 Irish Derby, also landed that year's Breeders' Cup Turf and then dead-heated in the same event 12 months later. Last season Magnier won both the 2000 Guineas with Footstepsinthesand and the 1000 Guineas with Virginia Waters, and, while it was Andre Fabre who saddled their Budweiser Irish Derby and Lucien Barriere Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run, O'Brien was at the helm when the Coolmore trio, having sent out Oratorio to win both the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown and the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, topped up their Paris celebrations when lifting both the two Group One juvenile races. This season, their George Washington, trained by Aidan O’Brien, landed the Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 6, starting a good run of form for their horses.
Previous Ladbrokes St Leger wins (all Sue Magnier): 2001 MILAN, 2003 BRIAN BORU, 2005 SCORPION
Aidan O’Brien IRE
Born in Wexford on October 16, 1969, Aidan Patrick O’Brien has been phenomenally successful in his relatively short training career. After a spell with Jim Bolger, he became assistant to his now wife, Anne-Marie, and her father Joe Crowley, before taking over the reins when granted a licence to train himself in 1993. His impact on the Flat was made with backing of the highest calibre in the shape of John Magnier and Coolmore, which offered the precocious O’Brien the use of Ballydoyle Stables, where the young trainer’s namesake and legendary Irish trainer Vincent O’Brien had enjoyed so much success. In 1997, in only his third season at the helm of the Tipperary yard, he confirmed his intentions on the Flat when winning the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Irish 2,000 Guineas and Irish Derby. The following year, his first British Classic runner, King Of Kings, won the 2000 Guineas and the second, Shahtoush, finished runner-up in the following day’s 1000 Guineas and went on to land the Vodafone Oaks a month later. The successes have since flowed in through the likes of Giant’s Causeway (five successive Group Ones in 2000), Second Empire, Saffron Walden, Stravinsky, Fasliyev and an embarrassment of riches in 2001 that yielded 23 Group One successes headed by the Vodafone Derby and the Irish Derby, as well as the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, with Galileo. Other Classic glory came via Imagine (Irish 1,000 Guineas and Vodafone Oaks), Black Minnaloushe (Irish 2,000 Guineas), Rose Gypsy (French 1,000 Guineas) and Milan (St Leger) while Mozart became champion sprinter and O’Brien totally dominated the two-year-old division and Johannesburg provided him with a first Breeders’ Cup success in the 2001 Juvenile at Belmont Park. Last season saw both the 2000 Guineas (Footstepsinthesand) and the 1000 Guineas (Virginia Waters) go to O’Brien, who was champion trainer in both Britain and Ireland in both 2001 and 2002. In 2002 he enjoyed success with the remarkable Rock Of Gibraltar (the only horse to win seven European Group One races in a row) and also the dual Derby and Breeders’ Cup winner High Chaparral. His prowess on the Flat is matched by his achievements with his jumpers. He will forever be associated with the great Istabraq, winner of three Smurfit Champion Hurdles. Rock Of Gibraltar and Hawk Wing gave O’Brien a 1-2 in the 2002 2000 Guineas while High Chaparral and Hawk Wing provided him with the first and second in the 2002 Vodafone Derby. The following season he sent out Yesterday to win the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Brian Boru triumphed at Doncaster in the St Leger. O’Brien enjoyed further success with Hawk Wing in the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes and High Chaparral in the Irish Champion Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Turf. It was an indifferent season for the Ballydoyle team in 2004, but O’Brien was still successful in the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes with Ad Valorem, the Tattersalls Gold Cup with Powerscourt and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere with Oratorio, who again proved a big money-earner last summer, winning both the Coral Eclipse at Sandown and the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. Following the incredible Classic double at Newmarket in the spring, O’Brien added a third British Classic with Scorpion’s success in the St Leger at Doncaster. He also unleashed a raft of high-class two-year-olds and ended the season with the top-rated European juvenile colt (George Washington) and filly (Rumplestiltskin). George Washington landed a brace of Group Ones in the National Stakes at The Curragh and Phoenix Stakes on the same course, a feat emulated by Rumplestiltskin in the Moyglare Stakes at The Curragh and the Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp, while Horatio Nelson, won the Group One Grand Criterium at Longchamp. This season, O’Brien sent out George Washington to land the Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 6, Alexandrova to win the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom Downs, Yeats to collect the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, Ad Valorem to take the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot and Dylan Thomas to gain the Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh. Alexandrova has also provided easy successes in the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh and the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York.Ladbrokes St Leger record: 2005-1 SCORPION, 2004-3 Tycoon, 2004-5 Mikado, 2004-7 Go For Gold, 2003-1 BRIAN BORU, 2002-8 Sholokhov, 2001-1 MILAN, 2001-8 Life Match, 2001-9 Saddler=s Creek, 2001-PU Mediterranean, 2000-7 Rostropovich
Seamus Heffernan
County Kilkenny-based James Anthony Heffernan, universally known as Seamus, is second rider to Kieren Fallon at Ballydoyle. He is no stranger to Classic success, having partnered 2001 Vodafone Oaks winner Imagine to victory in that season's Irish 1,000 Guineas. He also has a 2,000 Guineas triumph to his name, which he annexed in India in 1996. This is Heffernan's first Ladbrokes St Leger mount but he has ridden in numerous big races and had his first Irish Derby ride for Aidan O'Brien aboard Rainbow Blues in 1996. He had a first Vodafone Derby ride this year on Mountain, who finished eighth. Heffernan knows what it is like to have ridden a Vodafone Derby victor, having partnered Galileo and High Chaparral to win the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial prior to their triumphs in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Ladbrokes St Leger record: No previous rides
FIRST RACE WINNING QUOTES
LADBROKES MALLARD STAKES
FIRST BLOOD TO FRANKIE
Sunday Symphony turned the opening Ladbrokes Mallard Handicap into a procession when coasting home under Frankie Dettori five lengths clear of his rivals.
The four-year-old was cut to 10/1 from 16/1 Paddy Power for the totesport Cesarewitch but he is far from certain to line up in the Newmarket handicap next month.
“We’ve no plans for him at the moment but we might look for a Listed race,” said winning trainer Saeed bin Suroor. “He had come back in good form after his last run and we thought he needed a trip like this, he doesn’t have such a quick turn of foot. He was unlucky last year and also liked the ground today.”
Dettori added: “It was his first time over this distance and he really seemed to enjoy it. He took me slightly by surprise today, I didn’t expect him to win by that far, but he deserved to get his head in front again as he’s very consistent and always gives his best.
"He's much more straightforward now we gelded him, and he won quite well. The ground is good to soft, good in places, and throughout the years here when the ground is that bit slower, the middle seems to be the key. Once I headed that way I never saw anybody else!
“We (Godolphin) had a very slow start to this year and it’s a great relief that they are running so well now. We are really making up for lost time.”
Paul Hanagan, rider of fifth-placed Greenwich Meantime said he found the ground "very dead."
Group Two Persimmon Homes Flying Childers Stakes Quotes
WI DUD REWARDED WITH CHILDERS SUCCESS
Wi Dud, narrowly defeated when second in both the Group Two Scottish Equitable Gimcrack Stakes at York last month and the Group Three Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood, gained just reward with victory in the Group Two Persimmon Homes Flying Childers Stakes for trainer Kevin Ryan and jockey Neil Callan.
Travelling well throughout, Wi Dud was a length and a half too good for Bahama Mama with Hoh Mike a further neck back in third.
Ryan commented: “This horse has been so consistent this year so it was great to win this race - he saw out the trip really well today.
“I think he’s grown a little bit and Neil (Callan) actually had to hang on to him as he was hard on the bridle at the halfway point and we didn’t want to get there too soon with him.
“When you can take a pull in a race like this you must have a good horse.
“This has always been a joy to train from day one. He’s a good horse and I’m proud of him.
“He could have one more race this year. I don’t know where that will be yet - we will just get him home and see how he is.
“We have been placed in a lot of the big races this year, but when you are competing at this level you have to accept that. Last year was great and would always be hard to follow up on.
“It’s nice to get one on the board as our horses have been so consistent and run well all year.”
Neil Callan, the winning jockey, added: "This horse deserves today. Unfortunately, I probably shouldn't have jumped off on him in the Gimcrack. This is for the owners.
“The ground is a little bit dead, and I spoke to Kevin (Ryan) before the race, as we knew there was going to be a lot of pace on. I picked out Abby Road to follow and that was the one I aimed at, and I came there really well inside the final furlong. This horse is still improving, he's still a bit babyish and he looks like he's going to get better.”
SECOND RACE PLACED QUOTES
PERSIMMON HOMES FLYING CHILDERS STAKES (GROUP 2)
REDCAR NEXT FOR MIKE
Hoh Mike will return to Yorkshire later this month for the totepool Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar on September 30 after finishing just under two lengths third to Wi Dud in the Persimmon Homes Flying Childers Stakes.
“Frankie (Dettori) said the horse was just not totally race sharp and they had him off the bridle early on,” said Hoh Mike’s trainer Michael Bell.
“He’ll go to Redcar now and at least he won’t get a penalty in that race and being by Intikhab he gets in off a good weight (8st 12lb).”
THIRD RACE WINNING QUOTES
IRISH THOROUGHBRED MARKETING PARK HILL STAKES (GROUP 2)
CROSS RISES TO CHALLENGE
Vodafone Oaks runner-up Rising Cross, a 16/1 chance, gave her trainer John Best a first Group success when finishing with a late rattle to take the Group 2 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes by three-quarters of a length from Anna Pavlova.
“Early on I thought she was running a bit too free but she really has got guts,” said Best. “And when she gets in a battle you know she’ll try for you. I thought she was in too much trouble to get there but she got through the gaps and Martin (Dwyer) said it was not trouble at all.”
Owner Gary Tanaka bought Rising Cross after her Epsom second and Best added: “I’m pleased for Mr Tanaka because he spent a lot of money to buy her. I’ve had two classic places but this is my first Group win and hopefully it’s come at the right time as I’ve got a lot of yearlings to sell.
“We’ll look at the mile and a half fillies’ race at Longchamp on Arc day but she could be supplemented for the German St Leger.
“People said she ran badly at Arlington last time but she did OK given the ground was too firm and the trip too short for her.”
Jockey Martin Dwyer added: "She's very tough - you can't be placed in two classics and not be any good. John Best was very bullish beforehand and he's been proved right.
"She's a very good filly and got the trip well. She just kept galloping - I had to switch her off early, but she was very brave. There's a long straight here and I was always travelling well. It was just a question of getting the gap. She got a crack round her head at one point but she's so tough and determined.
“John wanted me to settle behind the pace and I’m glad I did but at one stage I was going to disregard my orders because Frankie was going slower and slower in front. Things didn't go right in America but she's bounced back well."
Group Two Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes
FAHEY DISAPPOINTED NOT TO GO ONE BETTER
Trainer Richard Fahey was pleased with the effort of second-placed Anna Pavlova, beaten three-quarters of a length by Rising Cross in the Group Two Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes, but was disappointed that she did not manage to go one better in the “fillies’ St Leger.”
The Malton handler explained: “I am a bit disappointed as it looked like she might win at one point.
“She certainly saw the trip out well but was just hanging a bit.
“I’m a bit gutted but she has run a good race.
“I think that will nearly be her for this year. She is entered in a handicap at Newbury next weekend and she would go there if it was very soft - I will have to speak to the owner.
“She will definitely be back next year. There should be more improvement to come as she’s still a big baby.”
GROUP TWO GNER DONCASTER CUP QUOTES
ANOTHER KNAVESMIRE WIN FOR CECIL
Sergeant Cecil recorded his second consecutive success on the Knavesmire with a comfortable length success over Alcazar in the Group Two GNER Cup in the hands of Frankie Dettori.
The seven-year-old collected the Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup over two furlongs less at York last month and also won the 2005 totesport Ebor.
Delighted trainer Rod Millman reported: “It some ways we under more pressure today as he had already won a Group Two and so we were expected to win.
“The horse is a privilege to be involved with - he’s just great and is credit to all the team - I’m just the front man!
“Frankie has given him a great ride. He thought that he might have gone a bit soon on him but he has still won and that’s all that counts.
“What more can I say about this horse? He is one in a million.
“All being well, he won now go to Longchamp for the Prix du Cadran next month. The only problem is that Sue Davey who looks after him hasn’t got a passport yet! He isn’t in the Melbourne Cup. We might have a look next year but he would have to carry so much weight that I think it’s unlikely.
“It doesn’t happen very often that a horse of his age improves so much from handicap to Group class. I suppose it would only really happen in the staying or sprinting divisions.
“I always thought he was a nice horse but when he was rated over 85 I thought he would be hard to win with. He’s proved me wrong thank Christ!
“It was when he won the Northumberland Plate last year that he really started to improve. A lot of credit must go to Alan Munro, who gave him the push he needed and the confidence.
“Sergeant Cecil always takes a couple of races to come right each year and that is why he keeps going throughout the season so well.”
Frankie Dettori added: “He had me a bit snookered because he wasn't travelling, but then he came back on the bridle very quickly. He wanted to go so I didn't want to disappoint him.
“Perhaps I just went a little bit too soon but he had plenty in hand, and what a star he is. I'm very sorry it was a spare ride - Alan, if you're watching get well soon. This horse has never let anyone down. I am part of this dream.
"When he hit the front he just went right a bit, but the race was over by then. He's won a Group Two and I'm sure the Prix du Cadran in France could be a target. A Group One on this performance is not out of reach. He keeps on surprising everybody.”
MORE GNER DONCASTER CUP QUOTES
ECSTATIC OWNER
Terry Cooper, owner of the winner Sergeant Cecil, said: “I don’t know what to say. It is just wonderful to have a horse that is so good.
“What I have done to deserve this, I cannot imagine. The crowd here is so wonderful - the applause and the reception he gets.
“I cannot believe it.”
Sergeant Cecil was voted Horse of the Year in 2005 by readers of the Racing Post in the Racehorse Owners’ Association/Racing Post Annual Awards after completing an unprecedented hat-trick of big handicap successes - in the John Smith’s Northumberland Plate, totesport Ebor and totesport Cesarewitch.
FOURTH RACE PLACED QUOTES
GNER DONCASTER CUP (GROUP 2)
SO NEAR FOR ALCAZAR
The 11-year-old Alcazar exceeded his trainer Hughie Morrison’s pre-race expectations when - despite meeting trouble in running - he ran on to go down by a length to Sergeant Cecil in the Group 2 GNER Doncaster Cup.
“He ran better than I expected and it just goes to show that he’s got so much class that when he’s in form he doesn’t need to be fit,” said Morrison.
“The winner took our ground and if the race had been in France we’d have been given it. Alcazar ’s actually knocked himself today, which is irritating, but if he’s OK he’ll go for both the Cadran and Royal Oak in France.”
FIFTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
EBF CARRIE RED FILLIES’ NURSERY
RONALDSAY SCORES FOR BREEDER McCREERY
The Richard Hannon-trained Ronaldsay stayed on gamely to take the EBF Carrie Red Fillies’ Nursery by a neck from Voodoo Moon, to the delight of Bob McCreery, who bred the filly and owns her in partnership with Simon Tindall.
“She needs to be held up and he (Frannie Norton) rode her beautifully,” said McCreery. “She would have won at Folkestone last time if she hadn’t run all over the place. She gave it away, she was looking to go home when she saw the horseboxes.”
The success was especially appropriate because McCreery is a former chairman of the trustees of the European Breeders’ Fund.
“This race was started when I was at the EBF so I’m delighted to win it and perhaps we’ll go for the EBF nursery at Newmarket now,” he added. “I bred the mother and the grandmother and it’s family I’ve had for a long time. I hope she’ll come back to the stud eventually and be bred from.”
Deidre Johnston, wife of trainer Mark Johnston, said of Voodoo Moon: "She has ran another cracking race and has been tremendous for us all this season, she has only ever disappointed us once.
"She has battled all the way to the line and only gone down a neck. She was coming back again at the end.
"We will keep going with her while she is in such good form and giving her owners so much fun."
Sixth Race - A1 Medical & General Scarbrough Stakes
MILL A LOCAL WINNER
Celtic Mill provided a local winner on the opening day of the Ladbrokes St Leger Festival when landing the A1 Medical & General Scarbrough Stakes for owner Peter Asquith, Richmond-based trainer David Barker and jockey Darryll Holland.
The eight-year-old prevailed by three-quarters of a length from Orientor with Strike Up The Band a further neck back in third.
David Barker commented: “He won easily at Windsor last time and that gave him confidence.
“Trainers need good horses and good owners, that’s what makes us. With Celtic Mill, I have both.
“His owner (Peter Asquith) is currently in Portugal - he can’t be off the floor yet as he hasn’t rung me yet!
“He will now probably go for a Group Three (the World Trophy) race over five furlongs at Newbury next Saturday.”
It was Celtic Mill’s first win at York but he did win the same race at Doncaster in 2004.
Jim Goldie, trainer of second-placed Orientor, now has his sights set on next weekend's totesport Ayr Gold Cup. He said: “We had to use different tactics today because being drawn one he couldn't get cover, which is the usual game plan. But he ran very well and I thought he had the race at one stage, but Celtic Mill just rallied.
"The Ayr Gold Cup next weekend could be interesting, if he gets a good draw he'll be thereabouts.”
SEVENTH RACE WINNING QUOTES
WEATHERBYS BANK SCEPTRE STAKES (LISTED)
SILVER TAKES GOLD
Silver Touch finished day one of the Ladbrokes St Leger meeting with a comfortable success in the concluding Listed Weatherbys Bank Sceptre Stakes and there could be better to come from the lightly-raced filly.
“We’ve always thought she’s a very nice filly,” said trainer Mick Channon’s assistant Joe Tuite. “She’s improved from her last run at Sandown and she’ll improve again after this. I think she’ll go any ground except rock hard.
“She has plenty of speed and Ryan (Moore) gave her a lovely ride. She’s a big filly and that is why she didn’t run last year but she’ll stay in training next season - we’ll take things patiently with her.”
LEADING JOCKEY AFTER DAY ONE
NAME 1st 2nd 3rd
Frankie Dettori 2 - 1
Darryll Holland 1 1 -
Ryan Moore 1 - 1
Neil Callan 1 - -
Martin Dwyer 1 - -
Francis Norton 1 - -
Eddie Ahern - 1 -
Joe Fanning - 1 -
Micky Fenton - 1 -
Duran Fentiman - 1 -
Paul Hanagan - 1 -
Daniel Tudhope - 1 -
Richard Hughes - - 2
John Egan - - 1
Ian Mongan - - 1
Oscar Urbina - - 1
LEADING TRAINER AFTER DAY ONE
NAME 1st 2nd 3rd
Mick Channon 1 - 1
Richard Hannon 1 - 1
David Barker 1 - -
John Best 1 - -
Saeed bin Suroor 1 - -
Rod Millman 1 - -
Kevin Ryan 1 - -
Richard Fahey - 1 -
Jim Goldie - 1 -
Mark Johnston - 1 -
Brian Meehan - 1 -
Hughie Morrison - 1 -
Jeremy Noseda - 1 -
Chris Wall - 1 -
Michael Bell - - 1
Marco Botti - - 1
Jane Chapple-Hyam - - 1
David Nicholls - - 1
Sir Michael Stoute - - 1
BETTING NEWS
In the opening Ladbrokes Mallard Handicap (1.35pm), Zurbaran is proving popular and is into 12/1 (from 16/1) with the sponsors, 11/1 (from 14/1) with Blue Square and 12/1 (from 14/1) with Stan James. Mudawin, successful on the Knavesmire in the totesport Ebor last month is into 11/2 (from 6/1) with Paddy Power, 9/2 (from 11/2) with William Hill, 5/1 (from 13/2) with Blue Square and 6/1 (from 13/2) with Stan James. The third horse for support in the opener is Strategic Mount, into 6/4 (from 7/4) with Blue Square and 11/8 (from 13/8) with William Hill.
In the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes (2.40pm), Allegretto has attracted support with Stan James and shortened to 5/2 (from 11/4) as Maroussies Wings came in a point to 15/2.
Pricewise selection Souvenance is the one for money in the GNER Doncaster Cup (3.15pm) with Ladbrokes reporting support but holding firm at 10/1 while Stan James has trimmed Sir Mark Prescott’s filly to 8/1 (from 11/1).
Gift Horse is the only horses punters want in the A1 Medical & General Scarbrough Stakes (4.25pm), with the Henry Rix-owned gelding coming into 7/2 (from 4/1) with Ladbrokes, 100/30 (from 4/1) with Paddy Power and 3/1 (from 4/1) with William Hill.
The concluding Weatherbys Bank Sceptre Stakes (5.00pm) has seen Wake Up Maggie come into 2/1 (from 9/4) with Paddy Power and Blue Square, while Sweet Treat is now 8/1 (from 10/1) with Stan James.
GOING NEWS AT 10.00AM
The going at York is currently:
GOOD, GOOD TO SOFT IN PLACES
William Derby, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Course at York, reported: “The going is currently good, good to soft in places.
“There was no overnight rain and the reading on the GoingStick is 7.8.
“We are forecast sunny and dry conditions with temperatures expected to reach around 19 or 20 degrees Celsius.
“There is no rain forecast and it is predicted to be cold overnight.”
The Ladbrokes St Leger was last staged at York in 1945 and Derby is very much looking forward to the Knavesmire playing host to the world’s oldest Classic again this year while its regular home, Doncaster, undergoes redevelopment.
He continued: “It is hugely exciting for us here at York to be staging the Ladbrokes St Leger Festival this year.
“This is a once in a generation opportunity for the racecourse and we are looking forward to quality racing and big crowds.
“Myself and all the team at York are proud to be hosting this historic meeting.”
FIRST RACE RESULT
1.35pm LADBROKES MALLARD HANDICAP
£30,000 guaranteed, 1m 5f 197yds, For 3yo+ Rated 91-110 (also open to such horses rated 90 and below) Weights highest weight 10st Minimum Weight 8st 9lb, 3yo 7st 12lb Penalties after August 26, a winner 6lb Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 11lb Barolo’s Handicap Mark 109 Entries 21 pay £150 Penalty value 1st £19,431; 2nd £5,781; 3rd £2,889; 4th £1,443
1 SUNDAY SYMPHONY (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 4-9-03 Frankie Dettori [8] 4/1
2 ZURBARAN (IRE) (Mrs C Regalado-Gonzalez) Brian Meehan 3-7-07 Duran Fentiman (5) [3] 9/1
3 MUDAWIN (IRE) (Franconson Partners) Jane Chapple-Hyam 5-8-12 John Egan [2] 11/2
4 BAROLO (Karyl Harris) Walter Swinburn 7-10-00p Johnny Murtagh [7]
5 GREENWICH MEANTIME (K Lee, D Barlow, B Crumbley & L Rutherford) Richard Fahey 6-8-13 Paul Hanagan [4]
6 GOLD GUN (USA) (Candice Reilly) Kevin Ryan 4-9-01 Neil Callan [6]
7 STRATEGIC MOUNT (Ben & Sir Martyn Arbib) Paul Cole 3-8-04 (2lbow) Eddie Ahern [1] 7/4f
Winning jockey:-Name: Dettori, Lanfranco.Born: 15/12/70 in Milan, Italy First 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, 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 (2000 Dubai Millennium, 2003 Moon Ballad, 2006 Electrocutionist), 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, 2005 Dubawi), Irish St Leger (1999 Kayf Tara); Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel, 2002 Falbrav, 2005 Alkaased); 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), Prix de l’Abbaye (1993, 1994 Lochsong, 2004 Var), Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori, 2000 Bachir, 2005 Shamardal), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling, 2002 Best Of The Bests), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir, 2006 Librettist), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr); Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat); Prix Jean Prat (1995 Torrential, 1997 Starborough, 1998 Almutawakel), Prix du Jockey-Club (1992 Polytain, 2005 Shamardal), Prix Marcel Boussac (1996 Ryafan, 2001 Sulk), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard), Prix du Moulin (2001 Slickly, 2006 Librettist), 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), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2001 Lailani, 2006 Ouija Board) Wins 1987-2005: 8, 22, 75^, 141, 94, 101, 149, 233*, 216*, 123, 176, 132, 132, 47, 94, 69, 101, 195*, 87 ^Champion apprentice *Champion jockey Wins in 2006: 97
Winning trainer:-Name: bin Suroor, Saeed Trains at Newmarket for Godolphin, the racing entity of Sheikh Mohammed, whose horses winter in Dubai and race worldwide. First Winner In England: Classic Cliche (Dante Stakes, May 17, 1995, York) British Classic wins: (11) Stan James 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), Stan James 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi, 2002 Kazzia), Vodafone Oaks (1995 Moonshell; 2002 Kazzia); Vodafone Derby (1995 Lammtarra); Ladbrokes St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche; 1998 Nedawi; 1999 Mutafaweq; 2004 Rule Of Law) Other major wins include: Gold Cup (1996 Classic Cliche; 1998 Kayf Tara, 2000 Kayf Tara, 2004 Papineau), Eclipse (1995,1996 Halling; 1998 Daylami; 2004 Refuse To Bend), Juddmonte International Stakes (1995 & 1996 Halling, 2001 Sakhee, 2004 Sulamani), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra; 1997 & 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2004 Doyen), Lockinge Stakes (1998 Cape Cross, 1999 Fly To The Stars, 2000 Aljabr), Nunthorpe Stakes (1995 So Factual), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Faithful Son, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1996 Mark Of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Summoner), Queen Anne Stakes (2003 Dubai Destination), Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat), Sussex Stakes (1999 Aljabr, 2001 Noverre), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2001 Fantastic Light), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq) Canada: Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq, 2004 Sulamani) France: Prix du Jockey Club (2005 Shamardal), Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir; 2001 Noverre, 2005 Shamardal), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard); Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2001 Slickly, 2006 Librettist), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr), Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat), Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling, 2002 Best Of The Bests), Prix Vermeille (2003 Mezzo Soprano), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir, 2006 Librettist) Germany: Deutschlandpreis (2000 Mutafaweq, 2002 Marienbard), Grosser Bugatti Preis von Baden (2002 Marienbard, 2003 Mamool), Grosser Dallmayr Preis (2001 Kutub), Rheinland-Pokal der Sparkasse Koln Bonn (2006 Cherry Mix), Preis Von Europa (2001 Kutub, 2003 Mamool) Hong Kong: Hong Kong Cup (2000 Fantastic Light), Hong Kong Mile (2004 Firebreak) Ireland: Irish St Leger (1998 & 1999 Kayf Tara), Irish Champion Stakes (1994 Cezanne; 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir, 2005 Dubawi) Italy: Derby Italiano (1998 Central Park, 1999 Mukhalif), Gran Premio di Milano (2003 Leadership), Gran Premio Del Jockey Club (2001 Kutub, 2005 Cherry Mix), Premio Vittorio Di Capua (2001 and 2002 Slickly, 2004 Ancient World) Japan: Yasuda Kinen (1995 Heart Lake, Keio Hai Spring Cup (1996 Heart Lake), Singapore: Singapore Airlines International Cup (2002 Grandera) UAE: Dubai World Cup (2000 Dubai Millennium, 2002 Street Cry, 2003 Moon Ballad, 2006 Electrocutionist), Dubai Sheema Classic (2003 Sulamani) United States: American Oaks (2002 Jilbab), Arlington Million (2003 Sulamani), Beldame Stakes (2002 Imperial Gesture), Beverley D Stakes (2004 Crimson Palace), Breeders Cup Turf (1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light), Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (2002 Kazzia), Gazelle Handicap (2002 Imperial Gesture), Man O’ War Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2000 Fantastic Light), Ruffian Handicap (2005 Stellar Jayne), San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap (1995 Red Bishop), Stephen Foster Handicap (2002 Street Cry), Turf Classic Invitational (2003 Sulamani) Wins in a season in Britain (1995-2005): 14: 48: 41: 38: 41: 22: 24: 21: 23: 115: 78 Wins in 2006: 34
SECOND RACE RESULT
2.05pm PERSIMMON HOMES FLYING CHILDERS STAKES (GROUP TWO)
£70,000 guaranteed, 5f, For 2yo Weights colts and geldings 9st; fillies 8st 11lb Penalties a winner of a Group One or Group Two race 3lb Entries 18 pay £375 Penalty Value 1st £39,746; 2nd £15,064; 3rd £7,539; 4th £3,759; 5th £1,883; 6th £945
1 WI DUD (John Duddy, L Duddy, P McBride, E Duffy) Kevin Ryan 2-9-00 Neil Callan [2] 11/4f
2 BAHAMA MAMA (IRE) (C Fox & J Wright) Jeremy Noseda 2-8-11 Darryll Holland [9] 11/2
3 HOH MIKE (IRE) (David Allport & Michael Lynch) Michael Bell 2-9-00 Frankie Dettori [3] 100/30
4 SIREN'S GIFT (Jeff Smith) Andrew Balding 2-8-11 Martin Dwyer [8]
5 ELHAMRI (Norman Ormiston) Sylvester Kirk 2-9-00 Declan McDonogh [5]
6 ABBY ROAD (IRE) (Andrew Rosen) Brian Meehan 2-8-11 Kevin Darley [1]
7 NOT FOR ME (IRE) (Ms K O’Hare) Tim Pitt 2-9-00 John Egan [6]
8 DANUM DANCER (Abbott Gostling McGrane Senior Hart) Neville Bycroft 2-9-00b David Allan [4]
9 FANLIGHT FANNY (USA) (Badger’s Set) Peter Winkworth 2-8-11 Jim Crowley [7]
9 ran
Non-runner: None
Distances: 1 1/2, nk, 1 1/4, 1, sh, sh, 3/4, hd
Time: 58.39s
Breeder: D Botterill
Breeding: b c Elnadim (USA) - Hopesay (Warning)
Totes: Win: £3.60 Places: £1.40; £2.10; £1.70 Exacta: £22.60
Winning trainer:-Name: Ryan, Kevin Trains at Hambleton Lodge, Hambleton, Thirsk, North Yorkshire Number of horses in training (Flat and Jumps,1999-2006): 28; 40; 50; 51; 59; 65; 86; 118 Wins in a season on the Flat (1998-2005): 6; 11; 29; 22; 54; 41; 67; 82 Major races won: Portland Handicap (2002, 2003, 2004 Halmahera), Gimcrack Stakes (2005 Amadeus Wolf), Greenlands Stakes (1999 Eastern Purple), Middle Park Stakes (2005 Amadeus Wolf), Racing Post Trophy (2005 Palace Episode), Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte (2005 Balthazaar’s Gift), Persimmon Homes Flying Childers Stakes (2006 Wi Dud) Wins in 2006: 77 Royal Ascot Wins: (1) Buckingham Palace Stakes (2006 Uhoomagoo) First Royal Ascot Winner: Uhoomagoo, Buckingham Palace Stakes, June 22, 2006
Winning jockey:-Name: Callan, Neil Francis Born: July 6, 1978 Based: Newmarket, Suffolk Background: Hails from County Kildare. Rode for Willie Fitzpatrick at The Curragh before joining Karl Burke in February 1998 as a work-rider on a six-month contract. After two months Burke suggested he should take out a British licence. Spent the winter of 1998 in Dubai. First Winner: Dancing Lawyer (Levy Board Apprentice Handicap, Warwick, May 4, 1998 - debut ride in Britain) Big Race Wins: Middle Park Stakes (2005 Amadeus Wolf), Gimcrack Stakes (2005 Amadeus Wolf), Rose Of Lancaster Stakes (2006 Mulaqat), Sunday Special Handicap (1998 Raise A Prince), Vodafone Fillies’ Stakes (2004 Astrocharm), Portland Handicap (2004 Halmahera) Racing Post Trophy (2005 Palace Episode); Old Newton Cup (2006 Consular), Persimmon Homes Flying Childers Stakes (2006 Wi Dud) Wins (1998-2005): 29, 56, 80, 38, 52, 52, 126, 151 Wins in 2006: 109 Other details: champion apprentice in 1999, champion all-weather jockey 2000 and 2003 Royal Ascot Wins: (1) Buckingham Palace Stakes (2006 Uhoomagoo) First Royal Ascot Winner: Uhoomagoo, Buckingham Palace Stakes, June 22, 2006
THIRD RACE RESULT
2.40pm IRISH THOROUGHBRED MARKETING PARK HILL STAKES (GROUP TWO)
£100,000 guaranteed, 1m 5f 197y, For 3yo+, fillies and mares Weights 3yo 8st 7lb; 4yo+ 9st 4lb Penalties in 2006, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lnb; of a Group 1 race 5lb Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 11lb Entries 14 pay £625 Penalty Value 1st £56,780; 2nd £21,520; 3rd £10,770; 4th £5,370; 5th £2,690; 6th £1,350
1 RISING CROSS (Gary Tanaka) John Best 3-8-07 Martin Dwyer [4] 16/1
2 ANNA PAVLOVA (Galaxy Racing) Richard Fahey 3-8-07 Paul Hanagan [5] 5/1
3 ALLEGRETTO (IRE) (Cheveley Park Stud) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-10 Ryan Moore [7]
4 MAROUSSIES WINGS (IRE) (Renata Jacobs) Pat Haslam 3-8-07 Kevin Darley [6]
5 QUENCHED (Khalid Abdulla) John Gosden 3-8-07 Richard Hughes [2]
6 GUADALAJARA (GER) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 5-9-04 Frankie Dettori [3] 15/8f
7 ART EYES (USA) (Franconson Partners) David Elsworth 4-9-04 John Egan [1]
7 ran
Non-runner: None
Distances: 3/4, 1 1/4, nk, hd, 1 3/4, 12
Time: 2m 58.46s
Breeder: J Wills
Breeding: b or br f Cape Cross (IRE) - Woodrising (Nomination)
Totes: Win: £17.50 Places: £4.90; £2.10 Exacta: £91.70
Winning trainer:-Name: Best, John Born: January 11, 1962 Trains at: Scragged Oak Farm, Hucking, Maidstone, Kent Background: former point-to-point rider Date of first trainer’s licence: December, 1996 Big Race Wins: Lupe Stakes (2006 Rising Cross (dht Soft Centre)), Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes (2006 Rising Cross) First Classic runnner: Rising Cross, 2nd in the 2006 Vodafone Oaks Wins in 2002-2005: 20; 16; 45; 29 Horses in training (1998-2006): 9; 9; 19; 26; 23; 26; 39; 56; 43 Wins in 2006: 23
Winning Jockey:- Name: Dwyer, Martin Joseph Date of Birth: 28/06/75 Background: Raised in Liverpool, he joined Ian Balding aged 15 Based: Hungerford, Berks Classic Successes: (2) Vodafone Oaks (2003 Casual Look), Vodafone Derby (2006 Sir Percy) Big Race Wins: Bunbury Cup (2004 Material Witness), Canadian International (2003 Phoenix Reach), Cheshire Oaks (2002 Shadow Dancing), Cumberland Lodge Stakes (2004 High Accolade), Diomed Stakes (2004 Passing Glance), Dubai Sheema Classic (2005 Phoenix Reach), Goodwood Cup (2003 Persian Punch), Hong Kong Vase (2004 Phoenix Reach), Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes (2006 Rising Cross), Jockey Club Cup (2002 and 2003 Persian Punch), Newmarket Stakes (2002 Highdown), Predominate Stakes (2003 High Accolade, 2004 Manyana), Princess Elizabeth Stakes (2001 Sheppard’s Watch), Prix Guillaume d’Ornano (2002 Highdown), Royal Lodge Stakes (2003 Snow Ridge), Vintage Stakes (2005 Sir Percy), John Porter Stakes (2006 Mubtaker) Wins 1993-2005: 1; 6; 6; 36; 57; 46; 36; 61; 65; 104; 90; 82, 82 Wins in 2006: 72 Other Details: Married to daughter of trainer William Muir First Goodwood winner: Ivory’s Dawn (Ambrose Harcourt’s Heart and Soul Handicap, June 13, 1997) Goodwood wins: 40 winners (7 at July Meeting) Royal Ascot Wins: (4) King’s Stand Stakes (June 18, 2002, Dominica), Ascot Stakes (June 18, 2003, Sindapour), Balmoral Handicap (June 2002, Zargus), King Edward VII Stakes (June 20, 2003, High Accolade)
FOURTH RACE RESULT
3.15pm GNER DONCASTER CUP (GROUP TWO)
£100,000 guaranteed, 2m 2f, For 3yo+ Weights 3yo colts and geldings 8st 1lb; fillies 7st 12lb; 4yo colts and geldings 9st 1lb; fillies 8st 12lb Penalties in 2006, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lb; of a Group 1 race 5lb Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 14lb Entries 15 pay £625 Penalty value 1st £56,780; 2nd £21,520; 3rd £10,770; 4th £5,370; 5th £2,690; 6th £1,350
1 SERGEANT CECIL (Terry Cooper) Rod Millman 7-9-04 Frankie Dettori [4] Evens f
2 ALCAZAR (IRE) (J Repard, F Melrose, O Pawle, M Stokes, R Black) Hughie Morrison 11-9-01 Micky Fenton [7] 11/2
3 BADDAM (Noel Martin) Mick Channon 4-9-01 Ian Mongan [3] 10/1
4 KASTHARI (IRE) (Elliott Brothers) Howard Johnson 7-9-01 Darryll Holland [1]
5 SOUVENANCE (Kirsten Rausing) Sir Mark Prescott 3-7-12 Jamie Mackay [5]
6 CLARA ALLEN (IRE) (Cora Cronin) John Kiely IRE 8- 8-12 Tadhg O'Shea [2]
7 TUNGSTEN STRIKE (USA) (John Connolly) Amanda Perrett 5-9-04 Ryan Moore [8]
8 WINGED D'ARGENT (IRE) (Daniel Couper) Mark Johnston 5-9-01b Joe Fanning [6]
Winning trainer:- Name: Millman, Brian Roderick Date of Birth: May 25, 1957 Riding Career: Professional 1972-89; served apprenticeship with Reg Akehurst; 5 winners on Flat; freelance NH jockey from 1980 Date of first trainer’s licence: November 1, 1989 Trains at The Paddocks, Kentisbeare, Cullompton, Devon Major wins: Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes (1997 Lord Kintyre), Cesarewitch (2005 Sergeant Cecil), Ebor Handicap (2005 Sergeant Cecil), GNER Doncaster Cup (2006 Sergeant Cecil), Miles Gosling Handicap Chase (1998 Kendal Cavalier), Betfair Molecomb Stakes (2001 Whitbarrow); Northumberland Plate (2005 Sergeant Cecil), Lonsdale Cup (2006 Sergeant Cecil) Horses in training (1999-2006): 35, 44, 48, 60, 58, 55, 47, 53 Wins in a season (1993-2005): 6, 6, 3, 6, 11, 12, 18, 29, 21, 21, 26, 25, 37 Wins in 2006: 25
Winning jockey:-Name: Dettori, Lanfranco.Born: 15/12/70 in Milan, Italy First 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, 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), GNER Doncaster Cup (2006 Sergeant Cecil), Dubai World Cup (2000 Dubai Millennium, 2003 Moon Ballad, 2006 Electrocutionist), 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, 2005 Dubawi), Irish St Leger (1999 Kayf Tara); Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel, 2002 Falbrav, 2005 Alkaased); 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), Prix de l’Abbaye (1993, 1994 Lochsong, 2004 Var), Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori, 2000 Bachir, 2005 Shamardal), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2001 Fantastic Light, 2002 Grandera), Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling, 2002 Best Of The Bests), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir, 2006 Librettist), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr); Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat); Prix Jean Prat (1995 Torrential, 1997 Starborough, 1998 Almutawakel), Prix du Jockey-Club (1992 Polytain, 2005 Shamardal), Prix Marcel Boussac (1996 Ryafan, 2001 Sulk), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra, 2001 Sakhee, 2002 Marienbard), Prix du Moulin (2001 Slickly, 2006 Librettist), 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), Vodafone Nassau Stakes (2001 Lailani, 2006 Ouija Board) Wins 1987-2005: 8, 22, 75^, 141, 94, 101, 149, 233*, 216*, 123, 176, 132, 132, 47, 94, 69, 101, 195*, 87 ^Champion apprentice *Champion jockey Wins in 2006: 98
FIFTH RACE RESULT
3.50pm EUROPEAN BREEDERS FUND CARRIE RED FILLIES’ NURSERY
£35,000 guaranteed, 7f, For 2yo which are EBF eligible Weights highest weight 9st 7lb Minimum weight 7st 12lb Penalties after August 26, a winner 7lb Market Day’s Handicap Mark 95 Entries 20 pay £120 Penalty value 1st £22,669.50; 2nd £6,744.50; 3rd £3,370.50; 4th £1,683.50
1 RONALDSAY (Simon Tindall & Bob McCreery) Richard Hannon 2-8-00 Francis Norton [6] 12/1
2 VOODOO MOON (Mrs R Dick) Mark Johnston 2-8-10 Joe Fanning [10] 15/2
3 BRIGHT MOON (Coriolan Links Partnership VIII) Richard Hannon 2-8-07 Richard Hughes [9] 12/1
4 CRYSTAL GAZER (FR) (A Merritt) Richard Hannon 2-8-05 Martin Dwyer [8]
5 MARKET DAY (Allevamento Gialloblu) Luca Cumani 2-9-07 Neil Callan [4]
6 SILKIE SMOOTH (IRE) (Bill Gredley) Barry Hills 2-8-08 Ryan Moore [5] 5/2f
7 CASSIARA (Emma Ellie Simon & Wayne Partnership) Jeff Pearce 2-8-06 Kevin Darley [2]
8 ELIZABETH STREET (USA) (Faisal Salman) Paul Cole 2-8-04 (1lbow) Eddie Ahern [3]
9 SECURITY TIGER (IRE) (Jaber Abdullah) Mick Channon 2-7-12 (3lbow) Eddie Creighton (3) [1]
10 JANE OF ARC (FR) (Cressington Park Farms) Tim Easterby 2-8-03 Paul Hanagan [7]
10 ran
Non-runner: None
Distances: nk, 3, 3, 1, 3/4, 1, 7, 1 1/4, 2 1/2
Time: 1m 25.69s
Breeder: Stowell Hill Ltd
Breeding: gr f Kirkwall - Crackling (Electric)
Totes: Win: £15.40 Places: £2.80, £1.90, £4.10 Exacta: £117.00
Winning Trainer: Name- Hannon, Richard Michael Date of birth: 30/5/45 Date of first licence:1970 Trains at Marlborough, Wiltshire Other details: Champion trainer 1992 First Winner: Ampney Prince, Newbury, April 17, 1970 First Group Winner: Crespinall (Nassau Stakes, 1972, Goodwood) Classic wins: (3) 2000 Guineas (1973 Mon Fils, 1987 Don't Forget Me, 1990 Tirol) Other major wins: Brigadier Gerard Stakes (1995 Alriffa), Cherry Hinton Stakes (1993 Lemon Souffle, 2004 Jewel In The Sand), Diomed Stakes (1994 Bluegrass Prince), European Free Handicap (2000 Cape Town), Falmouth Stakes (1991 Only Yours, 1993 Niche, 1994 Lemon Souffle, 1995 Caramba), Fred Darling Stakes (2006 Nasheej), Golden Jubilee Stakes (1992 Shalford), Hungerford Stakes (2002 Reel Buddy), July Cup (1992 Mr Brooks), Lockinge Stakes (1993 Swing Low), Lowther Stakes (1992 Niche), Wokingham Stakes (1994 Venture Capitalist), Macau Jockey Club Craven Stakes (2000 Umistim, 2001 King’s Ironbridge), Molecomb Stakes (1993 Risky), Moyglare Stud Stakes (1993 Lemon Souffle), Nunthorpe Stakes (1992 Lyric Fantasy), Prix de l’Abbaye (1992 Mr Brooks), Prix Maurice de Gheest (2000 Bold Edge), Prix de Ris Orangis (2006 Presto Shinko), Queen Mary Stakes (1992 Lyric Fantasy & 1993 Risky), Rockfel Stakes (2001 Distant Valley), Sussex Stakes (2003 Reel Buddy), Yorkshire Cup (1993 Assessor) Number of horses in training; (1985-2006): 67: 75: 74: 80: 85: 107: 131: 139: 155: 178: 167: 155: 149: 145: 155: 162: 147: 169: 169: 149: 169 Number of wins in a season (1982-2005):38: 49: 28: 37: 56: 33: 43: 55: 73: 126: 154: 182: 112: 115: 109: 94: 108: 123: 135: 110: 121: 122: 113: 145 Wins in 2006: 96 Royal Ascot wins: 20 First Royal Ascot winner: Fly Baby (June 17, 1981 - Queen Mary Stakes) Major Royal Ascot wins: Wokingham Handicap (1990 Knight Of Mercy, 1994 Venture Capitalist), King Edward VII Stakes (1992 Beyton), Queen Mary Stakes (1981 Fly Baby, 1992 Lyric Fantasy, 1993 Risky, 2006 Gilded)
Winning jockey:-Name: Norton, Francis Born: July 28, 1970 Big Race Wins Include: Ebor Handicap (1991 Deposki), Cambridgeshire (1999 She’s Our Mare), Britannia Stakes (2000 El Gran Papa, 2001 Analyser) Wins (1991-2005): 37, 37, 24, 11, 23, 17, 22, 40, 47, 77, 82, 39, 68, 62, 70 Wins in 2006: 58
Royal Ascot Wins: (2) Britannia Stakes (June 22, 2000, El Gran Papa, June 21, 2001, Analyser) First Royal Ascot Winner: Britannia Stakes (June 22, 2000, El Gran Papa)
SIXTH RACE RESULT
4.25pm A1 MEDICAL & GENERAL SCARBOROUGH STAKES (LISTED RACE)
£28,000 guaranteed, 5f, For 2yo+ Weights 2yo colts and geldings 8st 3lb; fillies 7st 12lb; 3yo colts and geldings 9st 8lb; fillies 9st 3lb; 4yo+ colts and geldings 9st 9lb; fillies 9st 4lb Penalties in 2006, a winner of a Listed race 3lb; of a Group 3 race 5lb; of a Group 1 or Group 2 race 7lb Weights for age 3 from 5yo+ 1lb Entries 21 pay £125 Penalty value 1st £16,595.60; 2nd ££6,274.80; 3rd £3,136; 4th £1,568
1 CELTIC MILL (Peter Asquith) David Barker 8-9-09p Darryll Holland [4] 8/1
2 ORIENTOR (F Brady, E Bruce & S Bruce) Jim Goldie 8-9-09 Daniel Tudhope [1] 12/1
3 STRIKE UP THE BAND (The Oak Apple Syndicate) David Nicholls 3-9-08 Richard Hughes [10] 7/1
4 FAYR JAG (IRE) (Jonathan Gill) Tim Easterby 7-10-00 David Allan [6]
5 MECCA'S MATE (David Metcalfe) David Barker 5-9-04 Paul Hanagan [5]
6 THE TATLING (IRE) (Dab Hand Racing) Milton Bradley 9-9-09 Ryan Moore [2] 2/1f
7 GIFT HORSE (Alfi And Partners) David Nicholls 6-9-09 Eddie Ahern [7]
8 MR WOLF (Peter Asquith) David Barker 5-9-09p Neil Callan [11]
9 FIRE UP THE BAND (P Crane, A Barker & S Short) David Nicholls 7-9-09 Francis Norton [9]
10 MALTESE FALCON (Christopher Wright) Paul Cole 6-9-09t Joe Fanning [3]
11 THE LORD (Monica Teversham) Bill Turner 6-9-12 John Egan [8]
11 ran
Non-runner: None
Distances: 3/4, nk, nk, 1/2, 3/4, 2, 1/2, 2 1/2, 4, 1 1/2
Time: 58.50s
Breeder: Peter Asquith
Breeding: b g Celtic Swing - Madam Millie (Milford)
Totes: Win: £7.00 Places: £2.00, £3.30, £2.50 Exacta: £99.20
Winning trainer:-Name: Barker, David Born: April 22, 1969 Based: Richmond, North Yorks Background: former amateur rider with business interests in farming and quarrying. Assistant trainer to Pat Barker between 1988 and 1992 Date of First Trainer’s Licence: May 1996 Big Race Wins: Temple Stakes (2005 Celtic Mill), A1 Medical & General Scarborough Stakes (2005 & 2006 Celtic Mill) Number of Wins (2002-2005): 17; 10; 14; 30 Number of horses in training (1997-2006): 12; 12; 22; 26; 20; ?; 25; 23; 27; 41 Wins in 2006: 14
Winning jockey:-Name: Holland, Darryll Paul. Date of birth: 14/6/72 Apprenticeship: With Barry Hills. First winner: Sinclair Boy, Warwick, May 7, 1990 Major wins include: Befred Classic Trial (2006 Primary), Coral-Eclipse (1999 Compton Admiral, 2003 Falbrav), Darley July Cup (2002 Continent), Dewhurst Stakes (2003 Milk It Mick), Doncaster Cup (1998 Double Trigger), Ebor Handicap (2004 Mephisto), German 2000 Guineas (2002 Dupont), German Oaks (2006 Almerita), Goodwood Cup (1998 Double Trigger), Gordon Richards Stakes (2001 Island House), Italian 2000 Guineas (2002 Dupont), Juddmonte International (2003 Falbrav), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2003 Falbrav), Rockfel Stakes (1992 Yawl), Vodafone Coronation Cup (2004 Warrsan), Yorkshire Oaks (1997 My Emma), Yorkshire Cup (2005 Franklins Gardens, 2006 Percussionist) Wins(1990-2005):30, 83, 68, 68, 55, 71, 30, 104, 128, 74, 78, 105, 113, 157, 152, 64 Wins in 2006: 54 Royal Ascot wins: (6) King George V Handicap (1995 Diaghilef), Jersey Stakes (1998 Diktat), Duke of Edinburgh Handicap (2001 Takamaka Bay), St James’s Palace Stakes (2003 Zafeen), Chesham Stakes (2003 Pearl Of Love), King’s Stand Stakes (2004 The Tatling) First Royal Ascot win: King George V Handicap, Diaghilef, June 22, 1995
SEVENTH RACE RESULT
5.00pm WEATHERBYS BANK SCEPTRE STAKES (LISTED RACE)
£30,000 guaranteed, 7f, For 3yo+ fillies and mares which have not won a Group 1 Pattern race in 2006 Weights 3yo 8st 10lb; 4yo+ 9st Penalties in 2006, a winner of a Listed race 3lb; of a Group 3 race 5lb; of a Group 2 race 8lb Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 4lb Entries 20 pay £125 Penalty value 1st £17,781; 2nd £6,723; 3rd £3,360; 4th £1,680
1 SILVER TOUCH (IRE) (Jaber Abdullah) Mick Channon 3-8-10 Ryan Moore [11] 11/4
2 WAKE UP MAGGIE (IRE) (J Lambton) Chris Wall 3-8-10 Eddie Ahern [4] 2/1f
3 HIGHWAY TO GLORY (IRE) (Felice Villa) Marco Botti 3-8-10 Oscar Urbina [6] 14/1
4 CANTABRIA (Khalid Abdullah) Sir Michael Stoute 3-8-10 Richard Hughes [1]
5 STRUT (Lady Rothschild) Roger Charlton 3-8-10 Steve Drowne [5]
6 MAMELA (GER) (Mrs J Peel) Luca Cumani 5-9-00 Neil Callan [8]
7 TAGULA SUNRISE (IRE) (David Knaggs & Mel Roberts) Richard Fahey 4-9-00 Paul Hanagan [10]
8 BOSSET (USA) (Budget Stable) Jeremy Noseda 3-8-10 Frankie Dettori [7]
9 SWEET TREAT (IRE) (Ann Marshall) James Fanshawe 4-9-00 Martin Dwyer [9]
9 ran
Non-runner: 1 Indian’s Feather (ground); 8 Home Sweet Home (vet’s certificate)
Distances: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, nk, 1, nk, 1/2, nk, nk
Time: 1m 24.09s
Breeder: Kildaragh Stud
Breeding: b f Dansili - Sanpala (Sanglamore)
Totes: Win: £3.70 Places: £1.60, £1.30, £3.90 Exacta: £9.70
Winning trainer:-Name: Channon, Michael Roger Date of birth: 28/11/48 Trains at: West Ilsley, Berks Date of first training licence: 1990 First Flat Winner: Golden Scissors, Bridlington Bay Maiden, Beverley, March 30, 1990 First Jumps Winner: Wessex Warrior, Wincanton, March 30, 1990 Previous occupation: International footballer, assistant trainer to John Baker and Ken Cunningham-Brown Wins in a season (1990-2005): 16: 22: 27: 41: 74: 71: 56: 40: 71: 72: 90: 67: 123: 143: 104 (most victories in Britain): 98 Number of horses in training (1990-2006): 20: 35: 45: 44: 64: 86: 91: 84: 106: 124: 135: 159: 177: 184: 203: 175: 199 Major wins include: Ballyogan Stakes (1994 Great Deeds), Coventry Stakes (2000 CD Europe), Darley Dewhurst Stakes (2000 Tobougg), Field Marshall Stakes (1994 Great Deeds), Fred Darling Stakes (2002 Queen’s Logic, 2004 Majestic Desert), Gimcrack Stakes (1998 Josr Algharoud), Great Voltigeur Stakes (2006 Youmzain), King’s Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Lowther Stakes (1998 Bint Allayl, 2001 Queen’s Logic), Maurice Lacroix-Trophy (2002 Checkit), Mill Reef Stakes (1998 Golden Silca), Moet & Chandon Rennen (1996 Muchea), Molecomb Stakes (1998 Inya Lake), Moyglare Stud Stakes (2002 Mail The Desert), Nunthorpe Stakes (1994 Piccolo), Prix De La Salamandre (2000 Tobougg), Queen Mary Stakes (1998 Bint Allayl), Ribblesdale Stakes (2000 Miletrian), Rockfel Stakes (2003 Cairns) Shadwell Cheveley Park Stakes (1999 Seazun, 2001 Queen’s Logic), Tote Trifecta Stakes (2002 Millennium Force), Weatherbys Superlative Stakes (2006 Halicarnassus) Wins in 2006: 99 First Royal Ascot win: Great Deeds (June 18, 1993 - Windsor Castle Stakes) Royal Ascot wins: (14) Windsor Castle Stakes (1993 Great Deeds, 1999 Kalindi, 2003 Holborn), King’s Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Queen Mary Stakes (1998 Bint Allayl, 2001 Queen’s Logic, 2005 Flashy Wings), Coventry Stakes (2000 CD Europe); Ribblesdale Stakes (2000 Miletrian), St James’s Palace Stakes (2003 Zafeen), Albany Stakes (2003 Silca’s Gift), Chesham Stakes (2005 Championship Point), Ascot Stakes (2006 Baddam), Queen Alexandra Stakes (2006 Baddam)
Winning Jockey :- Name: Moore, Ryan Lee Born: September 18, 1983 Other Details: Apprenticed to Richard Hannon having previously been with his father Gary at Woodingdean in Brighton First winner: Mersey Beat (Land Rover Defender Amateur Riders’ Handicap Hurdle, Towcester, May 15, 2000) First Group One Win: Notnowcato (2006 Juddmonte International Stakes) Major Wins: Celebration Mile (2005 Chic); totesport Cesarewitch (2002 Miss Fara); Dubai International Airport World Trophy (2004, 2005 The Tatling); Fred Darling Stakes (2006 Nasheej); Further Flight Stakes (2006 Frank Sonata); Geoffrey Freer Stakes (2006 Admiral’s Cruise); Henry II Stakes (2006 Tungsten Strike); Juddmonte International Stakes (2006 Notnowcato); Lancashire Oaks (2006 Allegretto); Mill Reef Stakes (2004 Galeota); Skybet York Stakes (2006 Best Alibi); Steventon Stakes (2006 Tam Lin); totesport.com Winter Hill Stakes (2006 Tam Lin) Number of Wins 2002-05: 39; 59 (champion apprentice); 132; 120 Wins in 2006: 140
RAKTI AND ELUSIVE CITY TO MOVE TO IRISH NATIONAL STUD
Six-time Group 1 winner Rakti and champion juvenile Elusive City
are set to stand at the Irish National Stud at Tully in Co Kildare for the 2007 breeding season.
The pair are moving because their current base at Huma Park Stud,
also in Co Kildare, is due to be sold at auction on October 19.
Rakti, who was joint world champion miler in 2004, received a
high-class book of mares in his first season at stud this year, while
Elusive City, winner of the 2002 Group 1 Prix Morny, will be represented at the forthcoming sales by a first crop of foals that have been extremely well received.
The Irish National Stud has an illustrious history and has been
home to many outstanding stallions. In recent years these have included Ahonoora, Indian Ridge and this season's leading first-season sire Invincible Spirit.
Hubie de Burgh of Huma Park Stud said today: “We are delighted
that Elusive City and Rakti will be standing at the Irish National Stud. The farm is highly respected in the industry worldwide, with a strong client base and is geographically well positioned - which augurs well for both horses’ futures. They are both promising young sires who we feel will fit well into the exciting roster of stallions at the Irish National Stud.”
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