Royal Ascot, Day IV
 

Ascot - Friday 22 June
Going: Good (good to firm in straight)
Races: 14:30 15:05 15:45 16:20 16:55 17:30

14:30
21 Run Albany Stakes (fillies' Group 2)
Class 1, £60000.00 added, 2yo only, £34068.00 penalty 6f
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(5) 714 Affirmatively D R C Elsworth 2 8 12 J F Egan
2(18) 461 Aide Memoir (IRE) S Kirk 2 8 12 Martin Dwyer
3(3) 12 Alizadora Sir Mark Prescott 2 8 12 S Sanders
4(17) 1 Baffled (USA) J Noseda 2 8 12 L Dettori
5(14) 6 Bellalatino (IRE) Mrs N Pook 2 8 12 J Murtagh
6(20) 3 Cute C E Brittain 2 8 12 R L Moore
7(7) 21 Eileen's Violet (IRE) P D Evans 2 8 12 S Donohoe
8(21) 1 Festoso (IRE) H J L Dunlop 2 8 12 P Robinson
9(1) 11 Janina B W Hills 2 8 12 R Hills
10(16) 51 Liberty Belle (IRE) J R Best 2 8 12 K McEvoy
11(6) 161 Loch Jipp (USA) J S Wainwright 2 8 12 K Darley
12(10) 33 May Day Queen (IRE) R Hannon 2 8 12 Dane O'Neill
13(8) Miss Deeds (IRE) N P Littmoden 2 8 12 J H Bowman
14(4) 42 Miss Emma May (IRE) D R C Elsworth 2 8 12 T E Durcan
15(9) 23 Miss Versatile (IRE) J S Moore 2 8 12 L Keniry
16(11) 23 Nijoom Dubai M R Channon 2 8 12 J P Spencer
17(2) 44 Petit Parc R A Teal 2 8 12 I Mongan
18(12) 42 Sophie's Girl P W Chapple-Hyam 2 8 12 D Holland
19(13) 094 Una Auroraborealis J Ryan 2 8 12 C Catlin
20(19) 31 Waveline (USA) B J Meehan 2 8 12 J Fortune
21(15) 21 You'resothrilling (USA) A P O'Brien 2 8 12 M J Kinane


Betting Forecast: 11/4 You'resothrilling (USA), 4/1 Janina, 8/1 Baffled (USA), 10/1 Waveline (USA), Liberty Belle (IRE), 14/1 Alizadora, Festoso (IRE), 16/1 Miss Emma May (IRE), 20/1 Loch Jipp (USA), Miss Versatile (IRE), Nijoom Dubai, Aide Memoir (IRE), May Day Queen (IRE), 25/1 Affirmatively, Eileen's Violet (IRE), Cute, 50/1 Petit Parc, Sophie's Girl, 66/1 Bellalatino (IRE), Miss Deeds (IRE), 100/1 Una Auroraborealis


15:05
9 Run King Edward Vii Stakes (group 2)
Class 1, £200000.00 added, 3yo only, £113560.00 penalty 1m 4f
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(8) 33-51 Al Tharib (USA) Sir Michael Stoute 3 8 12 R Hills
2(4) 6-212 Ashkazar (FR) A de Royer Dupre 3 8 12 C Soumillon
3(3) 1-1121 Boscobel M Johnston 3 8 12 J Fanning
4(1) 5-1 Harland M A Jarvis 3 8 12 P Robinson
5(6) 34-1 Lion Sands L M Cumani 3 8 12 L Dettori
6(7) 2114 Lucarno (USA) J H M Gosden 3 8 12 J Fortune
7(2) 2-1216 Salford Mill (IRE) D R C Elsworth 3 8 12 T E Durcan
8(5) 711 Spice Route M L W Bell 3 8 12 J P Spencer
9(9) 73-5028 Yellowstone (IRE) A P O'Brien 3 8 12 J Murtagh


Betting Forecast: 9/4 Lucarno (USA), 4/1 Salford Mill (IRE), 7/1 Boscobel, 15/2 Spice Route, 8/1 Ashkazar (FR), 10/1 Yellowstone (IRE), Al Tharib (USA), 14/1 Lion Sands, 16/1 Harland


15:45
13 Run Coronation Stakes (fillies' Group 1)
Class 1, £250000.00 added, 3yo only, £141950.00 penalty 1m
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(11) 11-120 Arch Swing (USA) John M Oxx 3 9 0 M J Kinane
2(13) 325 Cherry Hinton A P O'Brien 3 9 0 J Murtagh
3(7) 1-11 Darjina (FR) A de Royer Dupre 3 9 0 C Soumillon
4(3) 611-121 Finsceal Beo (IRE) J S Bolger 3 9 0 K J Manning
5(2) 4211-25 Indian Ink (IRE) R Hannon 3 9 0 R Hughes
6(8) 71-12 Majestic Roi (USA) M R Channon 3 9 0 J P Spencer
7(1) 111 Mi Emma (GER) A Wohler 3 9 0 E Pedroza
8(5) 15131-2 Missvinski (USA) Jean Claude Rouget 3 9 0 C P Lemaire
9(10) 123-087 Puggy (IRE) R A Kvisla 3 9 0 L Dettori
10(4) 212-3 Rahiyah (USA) J Noseda 3 9 0 T E Durcan
11(6) 3158-17 Scarlet Runner J L Dunlop 3 9 0 K McEvoy
12(12) 12611-0 Silk Blossom (IRE) B W Hills 3 9 0 M Hills
13(9) 3-16 Yaqeen M A Jarvis 3 9 0 R Hills


Betting Forecast: 2/1 Finsceal Beo (IRE), 11/4 Darjina (FR), 6/1 Mi Emma (GER), 7/1 Rahiyah (USA), 12/1 Yaqeen, 14/1 Arch Swing (USA), 20/1 Majestic Roi (USA), Missvinski (USA), 25/1 Silk Blossom (IRE), Indian Ink (IRE), 33/1 Scarlet Runner, 66/1 Cherry Hinton, 100/1 Puggy (IRE)


16:20
16 Run Wolferton Handicap (listed)
Class 1, £55000.00 added, 4yo plus, £31229.00 penalty 1m 2f
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(2) 115-193 Imperial Star (IRE) J H M Gosden 4 9 7 J Fortune
2(13) 3-08452 Road To Love (IRE) M Johnston 4 9 4 R L Moore
3(10) 143041 Charlie Cool W J Haggas 4 9 3 N Callan
4(3) 9-68237 Championship Point (IRE) M R Channon 4 9 2 D Holland
5(1) 613-312 Heaven Sent Sir Michael Stoute 4 9 1 K McEvoy
6(12) 3118-20 Stotsfold W R Swinburn 4 9 1 T E Durcan
7(4) 141/23-1 Emirates Skyline (USA) Saeed bin Suroor 4 9 0 L Dettori
8(16) 30228-4 Tucker W R Swinburn 5 8 13 Hayley Turner
9(6) 968-778 Prince of Light (IRE) M Johnston 4 8 13 J Fanning
10(9) 197207- Classic Punch (IRE) D R C Elsworth 4 8 13 T Quinn
11(11) 57-6611 Lake Poet (IRE) C E Brittain 4 8 12 S Sanders
12(8) 35370-4 Star of Light B J Meehan 6 8 10 R Hughes
13(15) 7-15414 Tabadul (IRE) E A L Dunlop 6 8 10 R Hills
14(5) 120034- Purple Moon (IRE) L M Cumani 4 8 8 J P Spencer
15(14) 114-605 Dansili Dancer C G Cox 5 8 8 P Robinson
16(7) 000-979 Worldly Wise P J Flynn 4 8 7 K Darley


Betting Forecast: 5/1 Emirates Skyline (USA), 6/1 Heaven Sent, 8/1 Charlie Cool, 10/1 Star of Light, Tabadul (IRE), Tucker, Dansili Dancer, 12/1 Road To Love (IRE), Stotsfold, Imperial Star (IRE), Lake Poet (IRE), 14/1 Championship Point (IRE), 20/1 Prince of Light (IRE), Purple Moon (IRE), 33/1 Classic Punch (IRE), 66/1 Worldly Wise


16:55
17 Run Queen's Vase (group 3)
Class 1, £60000.00 added, 3yo only, £34068.00 penalty 2m
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(4) 462-133 Actodos (IRE) B R Millman 3 9 1 Jim Crowley
2(3) 728-042 Ask The Butler A W Carroll 3 9 1 D Holland
3(5) 411 Consulate (IRE) D Wachman 3 9 1 W M Lordan
4(12) 121 Darestan (IRE) A de Royer Dupre 3 9 1 C Soumillon
5(16) 1-32 Eastern Anthem (IRE) Saeed bin Suroor 3 9 1 L Dettori
6(10) 15-5123 Hearthstead Maison (IRE) M Johnston 3 9 1 J Fanning
7(9) 420 Leander K J Burke 3 9 1 N Callan
8(11) 9110 Mahler A P O'Brien 3 9 1 M J Kinane
9(15) 1-14 Metaphoric (IRE) M L W Bell 3 9 1 J P Spencer
10(6) 51 Pathos (GER) D R C Elsworth 3 9 1 A Procter
11(17) 211 Secret Tune Pat Eddery 3 9 1 R Hughes
12(14) 1-211 Serengeti M Johnston 3 9 1 S Sanders
13(7) 534-353 Sunley Peace D R C Elsworth 3 9 1 M Hills
14(8) 7-211 Veracity M A Jarvis 3 9 1 P Robinson
15(2) 35-221 Brisk Breeze (GER) H R A Cecil 3 8 12 T E Durcan
16(1) 135417 Pret A Porter (UAE) P D Evans 3 8 12 J Fortune
17(13) 81-46 Shimoni W J Knight 3 8 12 R L Moore


Betting Forecast: 9/2 Darestan (IRE), 13/2 Serengeti, 8/1 Secret Tune, Consulate (IRE), 10/1 Veracity, Hearthstead Maison (IRE), Pathos (GER), Eastern Anthem (IRE), 12/1 Mahler, Brisk Breeze (GER), 14/1 Metaphoric (IRE), 20/1 Ask The Butler, Actodos (IRE), 25/1 Sunley Peace, 33/1 Shimoni, 50/1 Leander, 66/1 Pret A Porter (UAE)


17:30
29 Run Buckingham Palace Stakes (heritage Handicap)
Class 2, £55000.00 added, 3yo plus, £34276.00 penalty 7f
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(6) 040-112 Wise Dennis A P Jarvis 5 9 10 J H Bowman
2(18) 5/6186-3 Racer Forever (USA) J H M Gosden 4 9 10 J Fortune
3(3) 05-1301 Eisteddfod P F I Cole 6 9 9 E Ahern
4(12) 520-505 Suggestive W J Haggas 9 9 8 T Quinn
5(8) 78-2820 Sendalam (FR) J S Moore 5 9 6 T Dean (5)
6(11) 30153-0 Dabbers Ridge (IRE) B W Hills 5 9 5 M Hills
7(25) 1/1103-3 Pride of Nation (IRE) L M Cumani 5 9 5 Martin Dwyer
8(22) 434-531 Song of Passion (IRE) R Hannon 4 9 4 R Hughes
9(16) 020-302 Skhilling Spirit T D Barron 4 9 4 R L Moore
10(5) 22-3101 King of Argos E A L Dunlop 4 9 4 P Robinson
11(10) 155823 Fajr (IRE) Miss Gay Kelleway 5 9 1 J F Egan
12(4) 680-501 Black Charmer (IRE) (ex5) M Johnston 4 9 1 J-P Guillambert
13(19) 11-2742 Ceremonial Jade (UAE) M Botti 4 9 0 C Soumillon
14(13) 150223 Bahamian Pirate (USA) D Nicholls 12 8 13 A Nicholls
15(28) 04-1273 Bustan (IRE) G C Bravery 8 8 13 S Sanders
16(15) 59-6016 Wyatt Earp (IRE) R A Fahey 6 8 13 P Hanagan
17(17) 300006 Uhoomagoo K A Ryan 9 8 13 N Callan
18(29) 00-0000 Indian Trail D Nicholls 7 8 12 J Fanning
19(24) 6650-52 Trafalgar Bay (IRE) K R Burke 4 8 11 P Cosgrave
20(26) 380507 Bahiano (IRE) C E Brittain 6 8 11 J Murtagh
21(14) 45700-0 Royal Storm (IRE) Mrs A J Perrett 8 8 10 Jim Crowley
22(7) 708-533 Ingleby Arch (USA) T D Barron 4 8 10 P Fessey
23(20) 435-625 Leopoldine H Morrison 4 8 9 S Drowne
24(23) 8-31859 Malcheek (IRE) T D Easterby 5 8 9 M J Kinane
25(21) 207-622 Binanti P R Chamings 7 8 7 F Norton
26(9) 5050-91 Dingaan (IRE) A M Balding 4 8 7 William Buick (5)
27(27) 32316-6 Signor Peltro H Candy 4 8 6 D Sweeney
28(2) 2152-02 Third Set (IRE) R Charlton 4 8 6 C Catlin
29(1) 270-001 South Cape M R Channon 4 8 6 T P O'Shea


Betting Forecast: 8/1 Song of Passion (IRE), 10/1 Pride of Nation (IRE), 12/1 Wise Dennis, Black Charmer (IRE), South Cape, King of Argos, 14/1 Eisteddfod, 16/1 Uhoomagoo, Third Set (IRE), Ceremonial Jade (UAE), Bustan (IRE), Trafalgar Bay (IRE), Skhilling Spirit, Racer Forever (USA), Dingaan (IRE), Dabbers Ridge (IRE), 20/1 Bahamian Pirate (USA), Indian Trail, Ingleby Arch (USA), 25/1 Suggestive, Binanti, Wyatt Earp (IRE), Malcheek (IRE), Signor Peltro, 50/1 Bahiano (IRE), Leopoldine, Fajr (IRE), 66/1 Royal Storm (IRE), 100/1 Sendalam (FR)

She's a full sister to Megahertz..... :)

I love this quote from Bolger regarding Finsceal Beo

"She is very well and I am very happy with her. I would be hoping to make it to double digits with her in terms of Group One victories at some stage in the future," he said.

"She has won three already so she is one third of the way there. She is very sound and her owners like to travel."

It'll be some race tomorrow..

I hope it will be a good one!

Any chance she comes to the Breeder's Cup? I read somewhere that Bolger wishes to keep her to a Mile though, which would not only mean travel, but taking on the boys.

With apologies to my dear Dubai sistah Sightseek, good luck to Darjina and Rahiyah.:)

Come home safe.

All 3 deserve to win! :)
I like Darjina a lot...

I love it when we agree. :D

It will be some race today, the horse i'm most looking forward to seeing is Mi Emma though, she looks the real deal.

They were thinking about stepping up in trip to 10f next week in the Pretty Polly at the Curragh but decided to race today (I dont think she'll run next week, but you cant be sure with this girl!).. Id be quite positive she'll step up at some stage.. and she could be all over the world this year trying to race in a fair few G1s.

Thanks!

Too bad they have already booked her to a stud next year....

Teofilo - Finsceal Beo will be a nice combination..

Yeah, but it sure would be nice to see her race for one more year!

yeah, it really would, and hopefully we get to see Teofilo again at some stage...Im not too sure about that though..

Weather looks alright from the first few shots in this coverage...the Queen's arriving in sunlight. Hope it stays that way!

Nijoom Dubai
You'resothrilling
Baffled

Surprising result to start the day! Nijoom Dubai raced in midfield, hit the lead 2 furlongs out and held strongly. You'resothrilling took a while to get a clear run but had enough time to get past Nijoom Dubai, but the winner fought off the challenge and deserved the win. Those two finished well clear of Baffled who finished just ahead of Aide Memoir.

Post-race analysis has shown that You'resothrilling made a mess of the start and lost a couple of lengths, possibly had an effect on the outcome of the race.

Nothing should be taken away from Nijoom Dubai though, ran much better than the 50-1 odds suggested.

yeah, YST jumped up at the start.. she had every chance and its debatable whether the energy she used up at the start cost her... still a high class prospect..

bucketing down at ascot... not good for finsceal.

Yeah that was torrential. Looks like it's eased now and almost stopped, but it has definitely had an effect on the track.

Anyway:

Boscobel
Lucarno
Yellowstone

Wire to wire performance by Boscobel, beautifully rated in front and never really looked in doubt in my opinion. Lucarno ran well, and Yellowstone made good ground late.

2nd and 3rd looked ready to pounce rounding the turn but the winner had more than enough in reserves... Im a bit disappointed with Lucarno as I expect big things from him..

Surprising to see that Mi Emma is now the favourite here.

This is probably the race I've been looking forward to more than any other race this week, should be great.

Indian Ink
Mi Emma
Darjina

:eek: Not only did she win, she absolutely killed them! About six lengths at the line. Stunning. Mi Emma and Darjina both ran well but never had a hope once Indian Ink hit top gear.

Finsceal Beo was never comfortable with the ground, forget she ran.

I'm speechless.

Oh damn, I used her as an alt in the contest.

Must now go and smack myself! :D

Thanks for the updates! Happy to hear Yellowstone got up for a piece of it.

Bummer, hopefully Finsceal comes back ok.

Congrats to the Indian Ink supporters!

huge run by indian ink.. mi emma and darjini battled for the minor money.. shame for finsceal. she came up cruising with 2 to go and found nothing. was gonna back the winner this morning but didnt think the rain would come in time for her...

Ground must be soft for Indian Ink to win that easily. Seems to get soft very quickly at Ascot these days.

Back to Lucarno, the Derby form is already looking suspect for me. Thought he'd win today, but took him on because of the price. The Derby fourth gets beaten easily by a Hamilton winner last time out....... Our Derby is begining to look quite bad.

Ground against Mahler now, i reckon.

Lump on Pride Of Nation in the last!

It's an international trend really for the mile and a half 3yo races.

Only 1 of the last 3 NZ Derby winners has won another race (that being the wonderful Xcellent), the record of VRC Derby winners in recent times is even worse with the exception of Elvstroem, and with the likes of Jazil in last year's Belmont Stakes things aren't looking terribly healthy there either (although I'm certainly hoping Rags To Riches will prove me wrong).

Interesting to note that the G2 Great Northern Guineas over the equivalent of 1m 2f has been a much better race than our Derby in the last two years...both winners (Sculptor and Santagostino) have gone on to win in decent company in Australia since winning it.

She will! :D

You could guess that Afleet Alex, had he not gotten hurt, would have as well.

Yeah fair point.

The Wolferton:

Championship Point
Heaven Sent
Charlie Cool

Huge run right down the outside by Championship Point to just run down Heaven Sent in the final strides. A decent gap back to Charlie Cool in third. Favourite Emirates Skyline was 5th but only about a neck away from Charlie Cool.

Good to see the Derby contender of last year in Championship Point regain some form.

Is Heaven Sent little like her sister?

She is! Almost disappeared when Championship Point moved up beside her.

Thrilled for Heaven Sent.

Were there any scratches in that race? Thanks.

edit - Crap, never mind. All my alts are doing better than my picks. :(

Yeah - Classic Punch, Imperial Star, Stotsfold and Dansili Dancer.

Thanks.

Mahler
Veracity
Secret Tune

They didn't sound confident about him before the race but he's won it by 4. This has been a performance of a very promising stayer, carrying the same colours as Yeats. Unlikely to ever be anywhere near as good as his stablemate, because this was a performance that displayed much more in the way of stamina than class, but it looks to me like he'll be competitive in some of the same races.

Veracity and Secret Tune both stayed well, while Serengeti ran a game race on what was obviously unsuitable ground.

when I saw Mahler earlier on this year, the saying "he stays longer than the mother in law" certainly applied. No distance is too long for him... a nice prospect...he saved my day...

Pride of Nation looks unbelievably short at 7-2.. wouldnt be going near that at the price but could easily hose up.. With the results on offer today I'd love to see an old favourite (and former G1 winner!!!) Bahamian Pirate win it...

Binanti
Fajr
Dabbers Ridge

The winner was leaning on the runner-up throughout the last furlong and won by about a length - apparently the siren has sounded. I'm not going to be sticking around to find out the result of the enquiry though. :p

Night!

Thanks for all your hard work!

Fajr? Hope he paid okay for 2nd and thank you King for scratching.

I suck.

NO YOU DON'T!

Besides, even if it's been a bad day, I'm sure it'll be better tomorrow :).

Katy