Newbury 15:20 - Result
Cga Hungerford Stakes (group 2)
£85000 added, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 1, £48263 penalty, 10 ran
Going: Good Winning Time: 1m 26.09s
Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 3 Red Evie (IRE) 9-4 J P Spencer M L W Bell 4 5/1
in rear, plenty to do and short of room over 1f out, switched right, strong run inside final furlong, led at post opened 9/2 touched 4/1
2 10 s.h Welsh Emperor (IRE) 9-3 M Fenton T P Tate 8 10/1
stumbled start, led to over 5f out, hard pressed from 2f out, stayed on gamely final furlong, caught post touched 9/1
3 2 1 Stronghold 9-3 R Hughes J H M Gosden 5 7/1
mid-division, effort over 1f out, every chance, not paced to challenge inside final furlong opened 15/2 touched 9/1
4 8 nk Wake Up Maggie (IRE) 9-0 G Baker C F Wall 4 9/2
towards rear, headway over 1f out, every chance entering final furlong, kept on one pace touched 11/2 £2200-£400
5 6 1¼ Silver Touch (IRE) 9-0 T P O'Shea M R Channon 4 11/4 f
took keen hold in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, chased leaders going well over 1f out, found little inside final furlong, one pace opened 7/2 £10000-£3000 £9000-£3000 £6000-£2000 £3000-£1000 £1500-£500
6 7 3 Per Incanto (USA) 8-12 R Hills J L Dunlop 3 10/1
led to over 5f out, tracked leader afterwards, going well enough, every chance over 1f out, no extra, weakened inside final furlong opened 8/1 £3000-£300
7 9 1¼ Beckermet (IRE) 9-3 S Drowne R F Fisher 5 50/1
prominent, ridden over 2f out, no headway and outpaced over 1f out opened 66/1 touched 33/1
8 4 1 Dubai's Touch 8-12 Greg Fairley M Johnston 3 16/1
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, not quicken over 1f out opened 14/1
9 5 1½ Dark Islander (IRE) 9-5 M Hills J W Hills 4 20/1
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out touched 25/1
10 11 hd Caradak (IRE) 9-7 L Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 6 6/1
in touch, chased leaders 3f out, ridden and not quicken enough over 2f out, gradually weakened opened 8/1
Non-Runners
NR Assertive 9-3 R L Moore R Hannon 4
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Good boy anyway.
From Godolphin.....
CARADAK UNPLACED AT NEWBURY
(no author)
18 August 2007
Caradak was unplaced when returning after a lay-off of over 300 days in the Group Two CGA Hungerford Stakes over seven furlongs on good ground at Newbury.
The six-year-old, an entire son of Desert Style, was settled by jockey Frankie Dettori in mid-division on the stands side in the early stages and after making headway after the three-furlong marker, dropped back in the race’s latter stages.
“He lacked match practice and will come on for that run - he’d been off the course for a long time,” said Godolphin’s racing manager Simon Crisford. “He made some progress a couple of furlongs out then Frankie looked after the horse when he was beaten.”