Emirates Airline Champion Stakes

[my miss storm cat]

Possible.....

Notnowcato
Maraahel
Passage Of Time
Multidimensional
George Washington
Mount Nelson

[brockguy]

Creachadoir and Doctor Dino supplemented..

[NoChanceToDance]

Saturday October 20 2007
Newmarket 15:15

Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (Group 1)
£350000.00 added, 3yo plus, 1m 2f, Class 1
14 runners
Going: Good

011460 Championship Point (IRE) 14 4 - M R Channon 111
412261 Creachadoir (IRE) 109 3 - Saeed bin Suroor 118
15-3331 Doctor Dino (FR) 29 5 - R Gibson -
523U21 Eagle Mountain 69 3 - A P O'Brien 117
1-21211 Literato (FR) 28 3 - Jean Claude Rouget -
113135 Maraahel (IRE) 42 6 - Sir Michael Stoute 118
211- Mount Nelson 343 3 - A P O'Brien 116
2/2-2353 Mullins Bay 33 6 - M F De Kock 110
1101-1 Multidimensional (IRE) 28 4 - H R A Cecil 111
0-41313 Notnowcato 60 5 - Sir Michael Stoute 123
111-103 Passage of Time 34 3 - H R A Cecil 112
3452/53- Pinot Noir (GER) 537 4 - L Ottofulling -
0-12060 Song of Hiawatha 21 3 - A P O'Brien 106
6-20260 Speciosa (IRE) 63 4 - Mrs P Sly 114

Not a great race, by any means.

Multidimensional for me, i think he will win easily.

[_ed_]

Looks to me like Maraahel's best shot of getting that elusive Group 1. Hope he does it.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Looks to me like Maraahel's best shot of getting that elusive Group 1. Hope he does it.

God I hope so... love him (and Cato) to death but it would be great to see him get a G1.

He's had such a good year... i think it'll happen.

[my miss storm cat]

Saturday October 20 2007
Newmarket 15:15

Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (group 1)
£350000.00 added, 3yo plus, 1m 2f, Class 1, £222350.00 penalty
12 runners
Going: Soft

1 (3) 711460 Championship Point (IRE) 28 4 9-3 M R Channon D Holland
2 (8) 15-3331 Doctor Dino (FR) 42 5 9-3 R Gibson O Peslier
3 (6) 113135 Maraahel (IRE) 42 6 9-3 b Sir Michael Stoute R Hills
4 (11) 2/2-2353 Mullins Bay 34 6 9-3 t M F De Kock J P Spencer
5 (1) 1181-1 Multidimensional (IRE) 28 4 9-3 H R A Cecil T E Durcan
6 (9) 8-41313 Notnowcato 60 5 9-3 Sir Michael Stoute R L Moore
7 (2) 3452/53- Pinot Noir (GER) 537 4 9-3 L Ottofulling M Demuro
8 (4) 6-27267 Speciosa (IRE) 14 4 9-0 Mrs P Sly M Fenton
9 (7) 412261 Creachadoir (IRE) 14 3 8-12 Saeed bin Suroor L Dettori
10 (10) 523U21 Eagle Mountain 69 3 8-12 A P O'Brien J Murtagh
11 (5) 1-21211 Literato (FR) 28 3 8-12 Jean Claude Rouget C P Lemaire
12 (12) 211- Mount Nelson 356 3 8-12 A P O'Brien J Fortune

Betting Forecast: 3/1 Notnowcato, 9/2 Multidimensional (IRE), 9/2 Creachadoir (IRE), 5/1 Literato (FR), 6/1 Eagle Mountain, 10/1 Doctor Dino (FR), 14/1 Mount Nelson, 16/1 Maraahel (IRE), 20/1 Speciosa (IRE), 50/1 Championship Point (IRE), 66/1 Mullins Bay, 200/1 Pinot Noir (GER)

[NoChanceToDance]

Still can't get away from Multidimensional in this.

If Creachadoir could prove he stayed this distance fully, he's be in with a good shout, too.

Value is with Multidimensional though. He comes here as a fresh horse. He has won on good to firm and soft. We know he stays 10 furlongs and he is in very good form.

Notnowcato to chase him home.

[my miss storm cat]

I'm hoping Mullins Bay can hit the board somewhere.....

Don't think he has much of a chance. What do you all think?

(By the way, I'm not completely insane here and I am talking about being 3rd.....)

[brockguy]

Literato beats Eagle Mountain, both well clear of Doctor Dino who was in turn clear of the rest...
just to note that the owner of Literato is the French Minister of Defence!!!

[my miss storm cat]

Noooooo!

[my miss storm cat]

Well at least Leg Spinner won and Al Qasi was 2nd.

VERY bummed.

(... but good for Eagle Mountain)


Saturday October 20 2007
Newmarket 15:15 - Result
Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (group 1)
£350000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 2f, Class 1, £209120 penalty, 12 ran
Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places Winning Time: 2m 04.24s

14:05
14:40
15:15
15:55 16:30 17:05 17:40 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 5 Literato (FR) 8-12 C P Lemaire Jean Claude Rouget 3 7/2
held up towards rear, smooth headway from over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, joined leader inside final furlong, led and asserted towards finish opened 4/1 touched 9/2 £22500-£5000 Each Way £9000-£2000 (x3) £4500-£1000 (x3) £2550-£6000 £8000-£2000 £4000-£1000 £3500-£1000
2 10 s.h Eagle Mountain 8-12 J Murtagh A P O'Brien 3 5/1
mid-division, headway to chase leader well over 2f out, ridden to lead 2f out, joined inside final furlong, headed towards finish, ran on opened 11/2 £30000-£5000 Each Way £11000-£2000 Each Way £5000-£800
3 8 3 Doctor Dino (FR) 9-3 O Peslier R Gibson 5 12/1
held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway and not much room over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
4 7 3 Creachadoir (IRE) 8-12 L Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 3 9/1
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong opened 8/1
5 1 ½ Multidimensional (IRE) 9-3 T E Durcan H R A Cecil 4 7/1
held up in rear, ridden and headway when not clear run over 1f out, kept on final furlong, not reach leaders opened 11/2 £13000-£2000 £10000-£1600 £10000-£1500
6 9 2½ Notnowcato 9-3 R L Moore Sir Michael Stoute 5 9/4 f
held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, one pace final 2f opened 3/1 touched 10/3 £10000-£3000 £3000-£900 (x4) £30000-£10000 £15000-£5000 £9000-£3000 Each Way £9000-£3000 £6000-£2000 £3000-£1000 £1800-£600 £1500-£500 (x6) £25000-£10000 £10000-£4000 £5000-£2000 (x4) £4500-£2000 £9000-£4000
7 4 ½ Speciosa (IRE) 9-0 M Fenton Mrs P Sly 4 22/1
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, edged right over 1f out, not much room and soon switched left, weakened inside final furlong opened 20/1
8 11 hd Mullins Bay 9-3 J P Spencer M F De Kock 6 25/1
held up, headway 7f out, joined leader 6f out, led over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, edged right over 1f out, soon weakened opened 33/1 touched 40/1 £6000-£150
9 3 7 Championship Point (IRE) 9-3 D Holland M R Channon 4 50/1
held up towards rear, effort on outer 3f out, soon weakened
10 6 7 Maraahel (IRE) 9-3 R Hills Sir Michael Stoute 6 16/1
slowly into stride, headway to go mid-division 6f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
11 12 16 Mount Nelson 8-12 J Fortune A P O'Brien 3 16/1
chased leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out opened 14/1
12 2 dist Pinot Noir (GER) 9-3 M Demuro L Ottofulling 4 100/1
keen, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 4f out opened 150/1

[NoChanceToDance]

Couldn't believe Notnowcato was sent off such a short price when he was terrible in this last year, and not much better this year.

Disappointed with Multidimensional, but he is still inexperienced at this level. Haven't lost faith in him.

[NoChanceToDance]

From RP......

Eagle flies O'Brien nest to join Mike De Kock



by Paul Eacott



EAGLE MOUNTAIN filled the silver medal position in a Group 1 race for the second time in his three-year-old career on Saturday on what proved to be his final start for Aidan O'Brien.

After the son of Rock Of Gibraltar had gone down by short head behind Literato in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes, O'Brien revealed that he had been sold and will now join Mike De Kock.

The Derby runner-up had not been seen since winning a Group 2 at the Curragh in mid-August, and O'Brien was delighted with his returning effort.

He said: “Eagle Mountain ran a stormer. He is a horse that will improve for his first run back after a break and I think he is a horse who will improve again.

“The horse is sold, to Mike De Kock, and I wish him every success with the horse. He bought Mullins Bay from us as well.”

Eagle Mountain finished third behind stablemate Solider Of Fortune when 6-4 favourite for the Irish Derby off the back of his Epsom run, and was fifth in the Stan James 2,000 Guineas on his seasonal return, having won two from six starts as a juvenile.

[my miss storm cat]

Cheers and happy retirement to Notnowcato.

Please just don't tell me Maraahel was retired too.....