Sony Summer Mile S.
 

Looking good!


Saturday July 14 2007
Ascot 14:50

Sony Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2)
£85000.00 added, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 1
18 runners
Going: Straight: Good to Firm; Round: Good to Soft-Soft in places.

014110- Dark Islander (IRE) 230 4 9-4 J W Hills M Hills
0/16110- Echo of Light 252 5 9-4 Saeed bin Suroor K McEvoy
342-116 Racinger (FR) 25 4 9-4 F Head
125-112 Banknote 27 5 9-1 A M Balding F Norton
0211-12 Blue Ksar (FR) 42 4 9-1 Saeed bin Suroor
1015-15 Cesare 25 6 9-1 J R Fanshawe J P Spencer
430413 Charlie Cool 22 4 9-1 W J Haggas
1130-33 Decado (IRE) 62 4 9-1 K Prendergast
230-031 Dunelight (IRE) 35 4 9-1 C G Cox P Robinson
1-11210 Munaddam (USA) 14 5 9-1 E A L Dunlop
0601-05 Nayyir 35 9 9-1 G A Butler
150-201 Royal Oath (USA) 24 4 9-1 J H M Gosden J Fortune
444-321 Take A Bow 44 6 9-1 P R Chamings
202303 Vortex 24 8 9-1 Miss Gay Kelleway J F Egan
112/1 Winged Cupid (IRE) 14 4 9-1 Saeed bin Suroor
13-3122 Heaven Sent 22 4 8-12 Sir Michael Stoute R L Moore
11112-0 Sexy Lady (GER) 41 4 8-12 P Rau
011401- Wagtail 294 4 8-12 E A L Dunlop

Kinda fun to see the royal blue boys running against the Queen's horse.

Nice field.

Echo of Light (behave!) / Heaven Sent (with Charlie Cool or Racinger filling out the tri)


Ascot - Saturday 14 July
Going: Straight: Good; Round Mile: Good to Soft-Good in places.


14:50
9 Run Sony Summer Mile Stakes (group 2)
Class 1, £85000.00 added, 4yo plus, £48263.00 penalty 1m
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(5) 014118- Dark Islander (IRE) J W Hills 4 9 4 M Hills
2(9) 0/16110- Echo of Light Saeed bin Suroor 5 9 4 K McEvoy
3(4) 342-116 Racinger (FR) F Head 4 9 4 D Bonilla
4(3) 125-112 Banknote A M Balding 5 9 1 F Norton
5(1) 1015-15 Cesare J R Fanshawe 6 9 1 J P Spencer
6(2) 430413 Charlie Cool W J Haggas 4 9 1 J H Bowman
7(8) 230-831 Dunelight (IRE) C G Cox 4 9 1 P Robinson
8(7) 150-201 Royal Oath (USA) J H M Gosden 4 9 1 J Fortune
9(6) 13-3122 Heaven Sent Sir Michael Stoute 4 8 12 R L Moore


Betting Forecast: 9/4 Cesare, 7/2 Echo of Light, 5/1 Racinger (FR), 7/1 Royal Oath (USA), 10/1 Dunelight (IRE), 12/1 Heaven Sent, 14/1 Dark Islander (IRE), 16/1 Banknote, 20/1 Charlie Cool

Well, at least Echo can't take the wrong track this time :D He's probably my favourite Godolphin horse actually, i saw him as a yearling in Ireland and he seemed so laid back then, things have obviously gone downhill since, as he gets so stirred up these days.

Hopefully nothing scares him this time around..... a little like Rakti with the nutty camera lady making the kiss-kiss sounds (no that WASN'T me).:p

He seems to get distracted easily but don't we all..... :D

He is such a good looking horse, though, rather like his dad :) I think if he really put his mind to it, he'd have the same amount of ability as his dad too. Like you say, he gets distracted. I think he gets nervous at the races, he always looks to be stirred up. I think he likes being at 'home' too much......

Silly boy.....

Very nice field. I like Royal Oath here.

The race has finished :D

Royal Oath was second

Oh he didn't... did he?

Was he all over the place?

Sky Sports... no author listed.

Oh well...


SPENCER SUPERB ON CESARE


Jamie Spencer successfully adopted his customary waiting tactics with aplomb when he guided Cesare to victory in the Group Two Sony Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot.
The former champion jockey held Cesare up in last position as the well-backed 2/1 favourite Echo Of Light was handed an easy lead in the round mile contest.

However, Godolphin's charge has always shown a tendency to shift left-handed and when Kerrin McEvoy asked the leader for maximum effort he veered into Dunelight two furlongs out.

The move gave Royal Oath the chance to take over on the far rail under Jimmy Fortune, initially blocking the run of Cesare as Spencer made his move.

However, once straightened out the 11/4 shot quickened decisively to seal victory in the £85,000 event, with Royal Oath a gallant second.

Echo Of Light hung left all the way up the straight and was eventually run out of third place by Heaven Sent.

Yep, he's a silly boy.

I don't know why. He had it easy on the lead (just how he likes it), but he seemed to panic when other horses challenged him.

Oops! How embarrassing.

Are you able to bet on a horse after the race has finished over there? If so, i'm coming :D

Only kidding.

You weren't to know.