Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to Weatherbys Super Sprint Day, featuring seven top class races on one of Newbury’s stand-out summer racedays.
The Weatherbys Super Sprint was established in 1991 and has become a major target for speedy two-year-olds bought at auction. This is the 33rd running of the race and it’s played host to some outstanding winners in the past, including the likes of Tiggy Wiggy, Happy Romance, Gubbass, Eddie’s Boy and most recently Relief Rally.
Many thanks to long-term sponsors Weatherbys for their continued generous support across the years. A big thanks also to today’s other partners; BetVictor, Mettal UK, Darley, British European Breeders Fund and new sponsor Fidelity Energy
Super-producer Sigala will be making his Newbury Racecourse debut on the Party in the Paddock stage, performing live after the last race at approximately 6pm.
Today’s meeting follows yesterday’s action where we saw a potential 2000 Guineas prospect - in the shape of Phil Cunningham’s Yah Mo Be There - taste success in the day’s featured race, the IRE Incentive – Pays To Buy Irish Rose Bowl Stakes.
There’s plenty to come after the Weatherbys Super Sprint too, including the finale of the Summer Evening Series with Hits Radio on Thursday 25th July courtesy of The Beach Club. This meeting promises an evening of exciting racing and Ibiza vibes at The Beach Club stretch tent including a live saxophonist and an afterparty.
Our second Party in the Paddock raceday then arrives on Saturday 17th August for BetVictor Hungerford Day with Dizzee Rascal performing live after racing. Discounted tickets are still available for this raceday but only until Friday 26th July – you can secure your discounted tickets on-site today
As ever, there is free Wi-Fi available to use today in all public areas and if you have any questions or queries during your time with us please don’t hesitate to reach out to a member of our team. I would like to remind our racegoers that a free shuttle bus will be available outside the Eastern Entrance from 7pm-9pm running to Newbury Bus Station.
Thank you for choosing to spend your day with us. I hope you have an enjoyable time and that we will see you again next week for the finale of our Summer Evening Series with The Beach Club on Thursday 25th July.
Shaun Hinds Chief Executive Newbury Racecourse
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How To Bet
There are plenty of ways to bet at Newbury – you can either bet with the bookmakers in the ‘ring’ in front of the Grandstand and the Crafty Filly, at one of the many Totepool kiosks or in one of our Betting Shops, located on the ground floor of the Dubai Duty Free Grandstand and the Berkshire Stand. Here’s a step-by-step guide of what to do:
1. Select your horse and note its name and racecard number.
2. Choose your bet –‘To win’ or ‘each-way’ are the two most common types:
• ‘To win’ is for your horse to come first.
• ‘Each-way’ is when you place two bets in one: one for your horse to come first, the other for it to be placed. Therefore £2 each-way = £4 total bet.
• What qualifies as a ‘place’ depends on the number of runners: between two and four runners - first place only; between five and seven runners - first and second place; eight runners and over - first three places; 16 runners and over (handicaps only) - first four places.
• The place part of the bet will be paid out at a fraction of the odds, usually a quarter or a fifth - this varies depending on the bookmaker, so check if you are unsure!
3. Decide the amount, also known as the stake that you are comfortable to bet.
4. Choose your outlet and place your bet e.g. “£2 win on number three” or “£2 each-way on number six”.
5. If your horse has won, wait to hear “weighed in” over the public address system and then go and collect any winnings!
6. Got so swept up you forgot to collect your cash? There are details of how to collect winning slips after the raceday on our terms and conditions page near the back of the racecard.
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How to Read Your Racecard
8 MODERN GAMES (IRE) (36)
Ch c Dubawi (IRE) - Modern Ideals (New Approach (IRE))
Godolphin
4 9 2 (13)
Charlie Appleby, Newmarket
Br Godolphin S Emirates Fly Better
J William Buick
52121-2 D
TIMEFORM VIEW Four-time international Grade/Group 1 winner, including 3 last season, namely French 2000 Guineas at Longchamp, Woodbine Mile in Canada and Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland. Left with too much to do when runner-up in Grade 1 at Keeneland on return last month. TFRHHHHH
Experience all the fabulous entertainment we have on offer today!
Trips to the Start
Get close to the action and join ex-jockey David Crosse on our trips to the start where you can see the horses sprint out of the stalls. Meet 20 minutes before the race at the designated meeting point, left hand side of the weighing room in the Grandstand Enclosure. This is on a first come first served basis.
2:40pm for the 3:00pm race 5:00pm for the 5:20pm race
Equine Art
Equine artist, Liz Armstrong, will be displaying originals and limited edition prints on the first floor of the Berkshire Stand.
Sigala Live After Racing
Super-producer Sigala will be performing live after racing on the Party in the Paddock stage in the Grandstand Enclosure at approximately 6:00pm.
Shuttle Bus
From 7:00pm we will have a free shuttle bus running from the Eastern Entrance to Newbury Bus Station until 9:00pm.
The Rhododendron Garden
The award-winning bar is back serving a variety of drinks, with ample seating and live acoustic music through the afternoon. Plus keep an eye out for our roaming brass band performing your favourite sing-alongs.
Smirnoff Sampling
Smirnoff Vodka will be sampling ‘Smirnoff Tamarind & Lemonade’ in front of The Rhododendron Garden today. If it’s one for you then you can purchase this new drink inside the garden.
Quiet Zone
Want some peace and quiet?
Head to our Quiet Zone next to the Paddock Bar This is an alcohol-free zone with toilets adjacent.
THE GET BEST ODDS GUARANTEED AT BetVictor STEVENTON STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race)
for three yrs old and upwards
Total prize fund £60000
(For conditions of this race see page 63)
Leading course trainer (19-24): W Haggas (41 wins from 191 runners, 21%) runs AL AASY Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): W Haggas (7 wins from 52 runners, 13%) runs AL AASY
Longest Travellers: SONS AND LOVERS trained by J Chapple-Hyam, PHANTOM FLIGHT trained by G Scott, AL AASY trained by W Haggas, SAVVY VICTORY trained by S Woods, all Newmarket, 112 miles.
B g Sea The Stars (IRE) - Kitcara (Shamardal (USA))
J Tom Marquand Shadwell Estate Company Ltd William Haggas, Newmarket 1/51125- CD
Br Sunderland Holding Inc.
TIMEFORM VIEW Strong traveller who hasn’t always looked to relish a battle but saw off Phantom Flight second time up in this 12 months ago. Pretty good record fresh also and 4-time Group 3 winner is the one to beat on these terms for all he’s far from a solid betting proposition. First time under Marquand.
2 PHANTOM FLIGHT (GB) (343)
B g Siyouni (FR) - Qushchi (Encosta de Lago (AUS))
J Callum Shepherd Victorious Racing
Br St Albans Bloodstock LLP
George Scott, Newmarket 0/33425- D
S Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock Limited H
TIMEFORM VIEW Progressive during his debut season in 2022, winning 3 times at up to this trip, and mostly good efforts without success last term, although held by Al Aasy here and at Haydock final 2 starts. Gelded ahead of first run for new stable after 11 months off and has hood fitted. Might come on for it.
3 SAVVYVICTORY (IRE) (15)
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B g New Bay - Highlands Queen (FR) (Mount Nelson) J Oisin Murphy
Mr Julian Hui
Br Ballylinch Stud
S. P. C. Woods, Newmarket 0160-42 D
S Brook Stud Bloodstock Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Won the listed Gala Stakes at Sandown last year and followed on from his fine fourth in the Wolferton on return when second in corresponding event a fortnight ago. Needs more to take this. TFRHHIII
4 ALYANAABI (IRE) (32)
B c Too Darn Hot - Alyamaama (USA) (Kitten’s Joy (USA))
J Jim Crowley
Shadwell Estate Company Ltd Owen Burrows, Lambourn 1412-55
Br Shadwell Estate Company Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Won Group 3 over 7f at Newmarket last September and 3½ lengths second to City of Troy in Dewhurst there on final 2-y-o start. Creditable runs without advancing his form in the 2000 Guineas and St James’s Palace this term and will appreciate this drop in grade and longer trip. Big shout. TFRHHHHI
5 SONS AND LOVERS (GB) (30)
B c Study of Man (IRE) - So In Love (Smart Strike (CAN))
J Hollie Doyle
Mr H Morriss & Miss K Rausing Jane Chapple-Hyam, Newmarket 1-336
Br Miss K. Rausing
TIMEFORM VIEW Debut 7f winner at Newmarket in 2023 and improved efforts in defeat this term, third in hot listed Sandown race before fading to finish sixth in the Hampton Court at Royal Ascot. More required but he’s only had 4 starts. TFRHHHII
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 5 (EXACTA) Hood worn first time by No. 2. Running for the first time since Gelding No. 2. 2023: AL AASY (IRE) 6 9 8 Jim Crowley 10-3 (William Haggas) 6 ran
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Betting Forecast: 4-6 Alyanaabi (IRE), 3-1 Al Aasy (IRE), 8-1 Savvy Victory (IRE), 12-1 Phantom Flight (GB), 12-1 Sons And Lovers (GB)
Race Summary: An interesting battle between Shadwell’s AL AASY and Alyanaabi with the enigmatic 7-y-o taken to win the race for the second season running. He’s far from the safest of conveyances but has a pretty good record fresh and at Newbury and can put his best foot forward. Alyanaabi drops in grade having contested the Guineas and St James’s Palace and looks set for a big run up in trip. 1-2-3: 1.AL AASY (IRE) 2.ALYANAABI (IRE) 3.PHANTOM FLIGHT
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RACE 2 2.25
THE METTAL UK HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 2)
for three yrs old and upwards
Total prize fund £80000
(For conditions of this race see page 63)
Leading course trainer (19-24): W Haggas (41 wins from 191 runners, 21%) runs NAQEEB
Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): A Balding (15 wins from 59 runners, 25%) runs RANCH HAND & SPIRIT MIXER
Fancy That: I Williams won this race in 2020 and 2022. The stable runs DANCING IN PARIS today Longest Travellers: PRYDWEN trained by G Scott & NAQEEB trained by W Haggas, both Newmarket, 112 miles.
B g Camelot - Honey Hunter (IRE) (Shamardal (USA))
Blue Starr Racing & Keith Breen George
Br Honey Hunter Syndicate S Fitzdares Club
TIMEFORM VIEW Progressive handicapper with an excellent strike rate in the last couple of years, bagging a valuable pot in the AW Marathon before following up at Southwell. Most optimistic runner in theAscot Gold Cup and predictably finished well held.This is much more suitable, STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 20/6/2024 it was reported that the horse stopped quickly
2 NAQEEB (IRE) (32)
B g Nathaniel (IRE) - Aghareed (USA) (Kingmambo (USA)) J
Shadwell Estate Company Ltd William Haggas, Newmarket
Br Shadwell Estate Co Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Superbly bred (closely related to top-class pair Baaeed and Hukum) who returned to action with a solid third in Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket in May. Clearly not himself without usual tongue tie inYorkshire Cup a fortnight later and easy to excuse run at RoyalAscot since. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 18/6/2024 it was reported that the horse was denied a clear run late-on.
3 SLEEPING LION (USA) (105)
Ch g Teofilo (IRE) - Flame of Hestia (IRE) (Giant’s Causeway (USA)) J Callum Rodriguez Merry Fox Stud Limited Harry Charlton,
Br Merry Fox Stud Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Useful sort who ran up to his best when second at Kempton 3 months ago. Off the track since but he’s pretty consistent and return to turf no issue.
4 RANCH HAND (GB) (56)
B g Dunaden (FR) -Victoria Montoya (High Chaparral (IRE))
Kingsclere Racing Club
Br Kingsclere Stud
Andrew Balding, Kingsclere
S Kingsclere Stud
3/-0 D
TIMEFORM VIEW Smart stayer at this peak but restricted to just 2 runs in 2022 and missed all of last year No surprise then that he shaped as though in need of the run on May’s return to action and this will reveal more. TFRHHIII
5
KYLE OF LOCHALSH (GB) (32)
B c Highland Reel (IRE) - Quiz Mistress (Doyen (IRE))
The Fairy Story Partnership
Br Deepwood Farm Stud
Hughie Morrison, East Ilsley
J Hollie Doyle
S Deepwood Properties, Deepwood Properties T
TIMEFORMVIEW Ended 2023 with a pair of wins at Chelmsford and duly left his low-key reappearance behind when making it 2-4 on turf at Salisbury (14.2f, heavy) in May. Up 10 but confirmed he’s better than ever when third in 2m handicap at Royal Ascot so he demands respect.
6 MASTER MILLINER (IRE) (32)
Ch g Helmet (AUS) - Aqualina (IRE) (King’s Theatre (IRE))
Mr W. H. Simpson Emma Lavelle, Marlborough
Br George Delahunt S Tyto Consultancy
TIMEFORM VIEW Back-to-back handicap winner at up to 20.5f in summer of 2022. Didn’t make it to the track last year and pitched in deep on return, he didn’t show a great deal at Royal Ascot. IN good hands though and sure to step up on that. TFRHHIII
7 TEMPORIZE (GB) (32) 5 8 7 (5)
B g Postponed (IRE) - Party Line (Montjeu (IRE))
Acorn Builders Dorset Ltd
Br Mr Stuart Counsell
J Connor Beasley
Syd Hosie, Sherborne 2103-25
S Sherborne Utilities Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Best effort yet when landing a 17-runner handicap at the big Goodwood meeting last summer (20.4f, soft). Sound start to present campaign when 1¼ lengths second to Pledgeofallegiance back at that Sussex venue in May and shaped a bit better than the result when fifth at Ascot since.
8 SPIRIT
MIXER
(GB) (21) 6 8 6 (3)
Ch g Frankel - Arabian Queen (IRE) (Dubawi (IRE))
Mr J. C. Smith
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J Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding, Kingsclere 0-00030
Br Littleton Stud CP
TIMEFORM VIEW Winless since 2022 and dropping in the weight without screaming that he’s ready to take advantage of late, in cheekpieces last 3 starts. Wasn’t ideally placed as the race unfolded in the Northumberland Plate last time, though.
9 SHAGPYLE (GB) (27)
Br f Frankel - La Pyle (FR) (Le Havre (IRE))
La Pyle Partnership
Br Knox & Wells Limited & R. Devlin
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J Tyler Heard (3)
William Muir & Chris Grassick, Lambourn 242-401 D
S K & W Bloodstock Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Heavily backed and got the job done on first foray over 2m at Ffos Las a month ago, opening her account in handicap company. This is a much deeper race but she’s unexposed.
10 DANCING IN PARIS (FR) (7)
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4 8 3 (1) BHA85
B g Olympic Glory (IRE) - Ponte Sanangelo (FR) (Authorized (IRE)) J Kieran O’Neill
Mr Joseph Smith
Br Thierry de La Heronniere et al
Ian Williams, Alvechurch 002121
TIMEFORM VIEW Powered clear to land 20-runner York handicap (11.8f) in May and confirmed the promise of his Goodwood run when going in again at Ascot last week, suited by step up to 14.2f. Looks a stayer on the up and 2m will suit. TFRHHHHH
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 10 (EXACTA)
Tongue Strap worn by No. 2, 5. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 8.
2023: SWEET WILLIAM (IRE) 4 9 2 Robert Havlin 5-2 (John & Thady Gosden) 13 ran
Betting Forecast: 7-2 Kyle of Lochalsh (GB), 4-1 Prydwen (IRE), 9-2 Naqeeb (IRE), 7-1 Temporize (GB), 8-1 Sleeping Lion (USA), Shagpyle (GB), 10-1 Dancing In Paris (FR), 14-1 Spirit Mixer (GB), 20-1 Ranch Hand (GB), Master Milliner (IRE)
Race Summary: DANCING IN PARIS cranked it up another notch for his latest win at Ascot, value for extra to boot, and with this further move up in trip sure to suit, he is selected to take the step up in class in his stride. Kyle of Lochalsh also arrives in top form so he’s feared most, though low-mileage 4-y-o Naqeeb demands respect, too.
1-2-3: 1.DANCING IN PARIS (FR) 2.KYLE OF LOCHALSH 3.NAQEEB (IRE)
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RACE 3 3.00
THE FIDELITY ENERGY HACKWOOD STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 3)
for three yrs old and upwards
Total prize fund £85000
(For conditions of this race see page 63)
Leading course trainer (19-24): W Haggas (41 wins from 191 runners, 21%) runs LAKE FOREST
Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): K R Burke (10 wins from 61 runners, 16%) runs ELITE STATUS
Longest Traveller: COMMANCHE FALLS trained by M Dods, Darlington, 257 miles.
1 COMMANCHE FALLS (GB) (20)
Br g Lethal Force (IRE) - Joyeaux (Mark of Esteem (IRE))
Doug Graham, Ian Davison, Alan Drysdale Michael Dods, Darlington
Br Redgate BStock & Peter Bottowley BStock
S Denton Hall Racing Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Yet to hit top form this term, though not seen to best effect when fifth of 7 to My Mate Alfie in listed race at the Curragh (6f, good) 20 days ago. Took this 12 months ago so he can’t be discounted however TFRHHHII
2 DILIGENT HARRY (GB) (32)
B g Due Diligence (USA) - Harryana To (Compton Place) J Richard Kingscote
The Dilinquents Clive Cox, Hungerford 4-11330 D
Br Whitsbury Manor Stud
S Clive Cox Racing Limited CP
TIMEFORM VIEW Smart gelding who landed 5f/6f AW Listed events in February Below form tenth of 17 to Asfoora in King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot (5f) 32 days ago though so needs to bounce back. TFRHHHII
3
(GER) (28)
B g Oasis Dream - Queimada (GER) (Dansili)
TJE Racing Stuart Williams, Newmarket 310-060 D
Br Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof S Tote T
TIMEFORM VIEW Enjoyed a fine 2023 when a seven-time 6f/7f winner Creditable efforts first two starts this term and faced a stiff task when eleventh in Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot (6f, good to firm) 28 days ago. No forlorn hope. TFRHHHII
4 REGIONAL (GB) (32)
B g Territories (IRE) - Favulusa (Dansili) J Callum Rodriguez Future Champions Racing Regional
Edward Bethell, Middleham 1151-22 D
Br Razza del Sole Societa Agricola SRL T
TIMEFORM VIEW Took his form to a new level last season, making it 3 wins from 4 starts in Group 1 Haydock Sprint Cup in September Shaped well when second to Mitbaahy in Group 2 at the Curragh on return and then ran up to best when filling same spot in King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 18/6/2024 it was reported that the horse hung right-handed. TFRHHHHH
5 ROHAAN (IRE) (7) 6 9 9 (6)
B g Mayson -Vive Les Rouges (Acclamation)
Mr Kieran McCabe & Mr Paul Byrne
Br Liam Phelan
David Evans, Abergavenny
S Emma Evans Racing Ltd
TIMEFORMVIEW Very useful gelding but he’s yet to hit top form this term, eleventh of 17 in handicap at Ascot (5f, good) 7 days ago when unsuited by drop in trip. Needs to step forward.
B g Twilight Son - Zawiyah (Invincible Spirit (IRE))
Cheveley Park Stud Henry Candy, Wantage
Br James Ortega Bloodstock Ltd
S Cheveley Park Stud Limited
TIMEFORMVIEW Smart gelding but winless since April, 2022, and he was tried in cheekpieces when a below-par fifth of 8 to Makarova in Sprint Stakes at Sandown (5f, soft) 14 days ago. Others appeal more.
7 ELITE STATUS (GB) (63)
B c Havana Grey - Dotted Swiss (IRE) (Swiss Spirit) J Clifford Lee
Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum K. R. Burke, Leyburn
Br Whitsbury Manor Stud
TIMEFORM VIEW Smart colt who took his form up a couple of levels when landing 14-runner listed race over C&D (good to firm) 63 days ago by 2¾ lengths from Relief Rally Can make his presence felt once more. TFRHHHHI
8 JAMES’S DELIGHT (IRE) (14)
B g Invincible Army (IRE) - Heavens Peak (Pivotal) J Rossa Ryan
Paul & Clare Rooney
Br Newtown Stud
Clive Cox, Hungerford 101011 CD
S Clive Cox Racing Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Arrives on a hat-trick after recent 6f wins at York and in listed race at Deauville by 1½ lengths from Shamrock Glitter This C&D scorer is one to consider TFRHHHHI
9 KIND OF BLUE (GB) (29)
B c Blue Point (IRE) - Blues Sister (Compton Place) J Daniel Muscutt
Michelle Morris & Jan & Peter Hopper
Br Mr & Mrs M Morris, Mr & Mrs P Hopper
James Fanshawe, Newmarket 114 D
S Pegasus Stables LLP
TIMEFORM VIEW Bagged 6f novices at Kempton and Doncaster before showing much improved form when 3¾ lengths fourth of 14 to Inisherin in Commonwealth Cup (22/1) at Royal Ascot (6f, good to firm) 29 days ago. This demands more though. TFRHHHII
10 LAKE FOREST (GB) (29)
3 9 4 (2)
Ch c No Nay Never (USA) - Lady Aquitaine (USA) (El Prado (IRE))
Tony Bloom & Ian McAleavy
Br Sahara Group Holdings
William Haggas, Newmarket
S Somerville Lodge Ltd
J Tom Marquand
12410-2 D
TIMEFORMVIEW Gimcrack winner atYork last August and he resumed from 9 months off with an excellent second of 14 to Inisherin in Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot (6f, good to firm) 29 days ago. In the picture. TFRHHHII
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 10 (EXACTA)
Tongue Strap worn by No. 3, 4. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 1, 2. 2023: COMMANCHE FALLS 6 9 9 Connor Beasley 4-1 (Michael Dods) 10 ran
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Betting Forecast: 11-4 Regional (GB), 7-2 Elite Status (GB), 4-1 Lake Forest (GB), 8-1 Diligent Harry (GB), 8-1 James’s Delight (IRE), 10-1 Twilight Calls (GB), 12-1 Commanche Falls (GB), 16-1 Kind Of Blue (GB), 25-1 Quinault (GER), 33-1 Rohaan (IRE)
Race Summary: REGIONAL signalled he is ready to strike again when runner-up in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot so gets the vote in this cracking Hackwood Stakes. Elite Status is feared most on the back of his emphatic C&D Listed success, although in-form pair James’s Delight and Lake Forest along with last year’s winner Commanche Falls all need factoring in too.
1-2-3: 1.REGIONAL 2.ELITE STATUS 3.JAMES’S DELIGHT (IRE)
Horse Welfare
The welfare of horse and jockey is our top priority. We do everything we can to minimise the chances of horses incurring an injury.
A team of veterinary surgeons is present at every meeting ensuring the safety of the horse. It is our policy to erect green screens around any horse requiring veterinary attention. These provide privacy and a calm environment for the vets and connections while the horse is attended to.
The Weatherbys Super Sprint Roll of Honour
Relief Rally (leading)a hugely impressive winner of last year’s Weatherbys Super Sprint.
Super Sprint History
It is 33 years since the first running of The Weatherbys Super Sprint, and its innovative race conditions see it open to horses that were sold at public auction as yearlings or two-year-olds for £65,000 or less. The weights are allocated so that each horse running carries 1lb less for every £5,000 less than £65,000. Those competing will be bidding for a share of the total prize fund of £250,000.
The race was specifically framed to give good value horses the chance of a big pay day and took place for the first time in 1991 under the name “Newbury Sales Super Sprint Trophy”. It was in 1993 that Weatherbys sponsored the race for the first time and gave it the title “Weatherbys Super Sprint”.
The race has taken place every year since 1991, apart from 2007 due to heavy rainfall. The most successful trainer is Richard Hannon Sr who won the race seven times courtesy of Lyric Fantasy, Risky, Miss Stamper, Presto Vento, If Paradise, Lady Livius and Monsieur Chevalier. His son Richard Hannon Jr. has won the race four times and Tim Easterby and Richard Fahey have each had three winners of the race. From a riding angle, four jockeys have won the race twice, Richard Hughes (Monsieur
Chevalier and Tiggy Wiggy), Michael Hills (Brief Glimpse and Superstar Leo), Michael Roberts (Lyric Fantasy and Good Girl) and Sean Levey (Happy Romance and Gubbass).
Many horses to have run in The Weatherbys Super Sprint have gone on to achieve great things, most recently 2020 winner Happy Romance who is now a seven-time winner, including twice at Group level and Grade 1 placed – earning nearly £750,000 in price money. Not bad for a £25,000 yearling purchase!
Richard Hannon - four time winner.
Arguably the most successful winners in the race’s history are Tiggy Wiggy and Lyric Fantasy.
Tiggy Wiggy built on her success with a win in the Group 2 Lowther Stakes before completing the hat-trick in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes. The flying filly also finished in the Classic frame when coming home in third in the 1000 Guineas. Lyric Fantasy, aka ‘The Pocket Rocket’, became the Champion 2yo in the same year as landing the super Sprint and indeed the highest rated filly of 1992. Her most notable success, however, was in the Nunthorpe Stakes in which she became one of only three juveniles to win a Group One race in open-age competition
Temple Meads landed the first prize of £100,000 in 2010, before winning the Group 2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes later in the season back here at Newbury.
The 2009 winner Monsieur Chevalier went on to achieve glory in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, emulating Risky who had completed the same double seventeen years earlier. Unfortunately, injury prevented his return to the track as a three-year-old, but he returned to his best form as a four-year-old when finishing second in the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot and winning a Listed race at Goodwood.
In 2005, we saw a shock when the Martin Dwyer-ridden Lady Livius
stormed home to win at odds of 100/1, the longest priced winner to date. Apart from Peniaphobia and Tiggy Wiggy, who did it in successive years, the only time that a horse has dipped under the minute mark in this five-furlongs sprint was in 2000 when Superstar Leo stormed home in 59.19 seconds before going on to finish second in two Group 1s, the Prix de l’Abbaye and the Phoenix Stakes.
Fillies have a good strike rate, possibly down to the 5lb allowance that they receive from the colts. 18 of the 32 renewals of this race have been won by fillies. Happy Romance was victorious in 2020 for the successful team of Richard Hannon and Sean Levey, who teamed up again to win with Gubbass in 2021. The talented colt was given a fine ride by his jockey and showed fine subsequent juvenile form, finishing third in the Group 2 Richmond Stakes.
The 2022 winner Eddie’s Boy progressed to win a Group 3 race in France later in the season before being sold for 320,000 Guineas to race on in Qatar.
Relief Rally was a hugely impressive winner of the race last year and came to Newbury having been beaten by a nose in the Group 2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot in her previous outing. She went on land the Group 2 Lowther Stakes at York and would have been fancied for Group 1 glory in the Cheveley Park Stakes but had to miss the race.
Richard Hughes won on Monsieur Chevalier (2009) and Tiggy Wiggy (2014)
Mrs Danvers - the 2016 Weatherbys Super Sprint winner
A Super Sprint Great -
Tiggy Wiggy
Martin Stevens reflects on Tiggy Wiggy’s Weatherbys Super Sprint success 10 years on.
The Weatherbys Super Sprint might not be a black-type race but its roll of honour features some brilliantly talented horses, from the ‘pocket rocket’ Lyric Fantasy through the speedball Superstar Leo to the popular rags-to-riches filly Mrs Danvers.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of another of the five-furlong dash’s iconic winners: the captivatingly quick Tiggy Wiggy.
It was in July 2014 that the bay filly, trained by Richard Hannon for Potensis Bloodstock, Chris Giles and Merriebelle Stable, blazed a trail under Richard Hughes and bolted up by six lengths at Newbury, stopping the clock in under one minute.
Tiggy Wiggy had already blown away the opposition in a maiden at Kempton, a conditions race at Salisbury and the National Stakes at Sandown, and finished second in the Marygate Stakes at York and Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.
She rounded off an outstanding season with decisive victories in the Lowther Stakes at York and Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket to be crowned joint-champion two-year-old filly in Europe with Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Found.
Tiggy Wiggy might not have subsequently achieved as much as Found, who landed the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and defeated Golden Horn to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf, but she did a lot more than many other physically forward juvenile sprinters, finishing a gallant third to Legatissimo in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Tiggy Wiggy was bred by Paul and Marie McCartan of Ballyphilip Stud under the CBS Bloodstock banner. She hailed from the fifth crop of her then still upwardly mobile sire Kodiac and was the second produce of the winning mare Kheleyf’s Silver, a Kheleyf half-sister to Norfolk Stakes scorer Masta Plasta.
Paul McCartan remembers: “It was still early days for Kodiac and he was standing at small money, but we’d seen some very nice horses by him and so decided to use him and sent him Kheleyf’s Silver, a lovely young mare from a fast family.
“We were happy with the foal, who turned out to be Tiggy Wiggy. She developed into a nice yearling: straightforward, with good limbs, strength in depth and action. She always looked quick, but obviously we never dreamed she’d turn out to be that quick!
“She had her first run on the 29th of March and won the Cheveley Park Stakes on the 27th of September, so it was a very enjoyable six months following her.”
McCartan pinpoints her Weatherbys Super Sprint success as her signature run.
“It was probably her best performance,” he says. “She seemed to accelerate twice, which is something you rarely see. She was really amazing that day.
“Funnily enough I’d been at Newmarket for the July meeting the week before, and I’d bumped into Richard Hannon’s senior head lad Tony Gorman on the way out and had a quick chat with him. I said it was a pity she hadn’t run in the Cherry Hinton Stakes that week and he replied ‘don’t worry, she’ll win the Super Sprint’.”
Tiggy Wiggy is one of a number of blisteringly quick horses bred by Ballyphilip Stud, along with Battaash and Harry Angel. Fairy Godmother, who weaved her way to victory in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot last month, is another farm graduate.
“She might not be the fastest horse we’ve bred, but she’s definitely one of them,” says the unfailingly modest McCartan with a laugh.
Tiggy Wiggy was bought by agents who are also associated with numerous fast horses in Peter and Ross Doyle. The father-son talent scouts bid £41,000 to secure her from the Ballyphilip Stud draft at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale of 2013.
“Doncaster has been a happy hunting ground for the Doyle family for a long time,” says Ross Doyle. “I remember the first time we saw Tiggy Wiggy quite clearly. We were doing our shortlist before the trainers and owners had got there, and she caught the eye as a very nice, neat and racy filly.
“She was a good combination of Kodiac and Kheleyf, as they both get good-looking horses, and she was from a fast family. She also came from a very good home, of course; the McCartans are brilliant breeders. We felt lucky to get her for £41,000.” The Doyles’ haul
at that year’s Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale included three other high-class two-year-olds in Estidhkaar, Kool Kompany and Limato, but Tiggy Wiggy upstaged them all in 2014.
“It was an unbelievable season,” recalls Ross. “She ran eight times, won six and was beaten narrowly into second on the other two occasions. She didn’t win again at three but finishing third in a deep renewal of the 1000 Guineas was an amazing effort considering she was such a speedball.
“Richard’s team did a wonderful job keeping the lid on her at home, and Hughesy was magnificent with her. She’d think about things a bit when she got to the track so he’d take his legs out of the irons for a while before each race to calm her down.
“She must have been very tough, and possessed a lot of class, to stretch out to a mile in the Guineas like she did. She let down into a lovely model and was sold at the end of her three-year-old season to Coolmore for 2,100,000gns.
“She was the filly of a lifetime for everyone involved with her. We wouldn’t mind another one like her, that’s for sure.”
Coolmore sent Tiggy Wiggy to their own sire phenomenon Galileo for her first five seasons at paddocks. Four of the resultant foals have run and three have won, including her first produce, the colt Year Of The Tiger, who finished third in the Vertem Futurity at two but was sadly fatally injured on his first run at three.
The mare, now 12, was sent to Australia in foal to Frankel to southern-hemisphere time last year. The colt she was carrying, currently a weanling, will reportedly be sent to a select yearling sale early in 2025.
Coolmore Australia also confirmed that she is in foal to St Mark’s Basilica and is booked into Wootton Bassett this year.
Australia might be the best in the world at producing sprinters, but its gene pool will surely still be enhanced by the top-class and tenacious Tiggy Wiggy, a true legend of the Weatherbys Super Sprint.
Millman takes aim at third Super Sprint
Graham Clark gets the lowdown on Rod Millman’s contender for the 2024 Weatherbys Super Sprint.
For all the Group race glory trainer Rod Millman has enjoyed he will forever be thankful to the Weatherbys Super Sprint, which he hopes to win for a third time at Newbury on Saturday with maiden Mapledurham.
Had it not been for the victory of Lord Kintyre (pictured above) in the 1997 renewal of the valuable five-furlong dash, which is open to horses that cost under £65,000 at a public sale, then his attention could have been switched to building houses opposed to training racehorses.
Twenty-two years after watching Lord Kintyre scorch up the turf at the Berkshire track under now retired Brett Doyle, the Devon handler was at it again in 2019 with 3,000 guineas purchase Bettys Hope.
Aside from his two wins, Millman has endured several near misses in the race, which was established in 1991, and has been sponsored by Weatherbys since 1993,
including finishing second in 2022 with Woolhampton, who like Mapledurham, is owned by David Klein.
And while Mapledurham, who is one of 19 horses declared for this year’s £250,000 race, is yet to get her head in front in three starts to date, Millman believes the drop back from six furlongs will play into the hands of the Kodiac filly, who cost 38,000 guineas.
Millman said: “The Weatherbys Super Sprint has been very good to us. Had it not been for Lord Kintyre winning it back in 1997 I would have probably ended up doing something else as back then I only had about 12 or 13 horses in training and just the three two-year-olds.
“I’d have probably been a builder now if he hadn’t won that day as back when I was a jockey I made more money buying a couple of houses and doing them up and selling them as that is what
gave me my first capital to start training.
“This year we intend to run Mapledurham in the race and we hope that the drop back to five furlongs will improve her a little bit.
“She is a good, tough filly that has had three runs. Two have been good and one not so good, but hopefully she will put up a good show here.
“She finished third in a six-furlong maiden at Newbury on her first start and I always like to run them over six or seven furlongs first time as they learn more. She has shown plenty of speed in her races so this should be fine.
“Lord Kintyre was very special, but I’d say she would be better than Bettys Hope, although she will have to carry more weight than the 8st 4lbs she did.
“It is a good race for fillies as they get the five-pound allowance from the colts and you can often buy a better filly for the same money.”
Not only would the £122,925 on offer to the winner help bolster Millman’s prize money total for the year, but he believes it would go some way to making up for selling last year’s sixth Beenham, also owned by Klein.
Millman said: “David’s first runner in the race was Woolhampton, who actually ran well in a valuable handicap at Ascot at the weekend.
“He loves to have a runner in the Super Sprint as Newbury and Weatherbys always look after us well.
“I feel we were a bit unlucky with Beenham in the race last year as we were trying to keep Relief Rally in sight and the other side of the field got away from us.
“However, I dropped a bit of a clanger afterwards as although it was a good choice to buy her, I then told David to sell her and she went and won the Italian 1000 Guineas this year!
“Hopefully we can make up for it this weekend with Mapledurham.”
Among Mapledurham’s potential rivals are the hat-trick seeking Miss Collada who will bid to give trainer Richard Hannon a fifth success in the race.
Andrew Balding won the race back in 2011 with Charles The Great and the Kingsclere handler will be represented by Mister McGregor on this occasion, while It Ain’t Two, who is part-owned by former footballer Michael Owen, is in contention to fly the flag for Hugo Palmer.
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Hugo Palmer’s filly It Ain’t Two is amongst the most experienced set to line up in the race, and the daughter of Calyx arrives on the back of two strong performances in Listed company. She kept on well into fourth at Newmarket on her penultimate start, form that has worked out well with the third taking Group 2 honours back at the track when last seen, before a good second in the Dragon Stakes against the colts last time. Versatile in regard to trip and ground, she carriesalovelyracingweightandis likelytobepopularinthemarket.
Richard Hannon has a rich history in the contest, carrying the mantle from his father who won the race seven times by landing the spoils four times himself. The trainer relies on Mehmas filly Miss Collada here, who chases the hattrick following victories at Wolverhampton and Salisbury. Archie Watson saddled the winner in 2022 and Vingegaard, also by Mehmas, can boast a positiveRoyalAscotshowing,fifthin the Windsor Castle when last seen. PreviouslythewinnerofaChepstow maiden, the trainer’s Eddie’s Boy
Time For Sandals was a stylish winner of a Kempton maiden on debut, making powerful headway
Harry Eustace’s Time For Sandals was a stylish winner of a Kempton maiden on debut, making powerful headwayfromtherearandwinning with a fair but more in hand than the winning margin suggested. She lacks the experience of many of these but there is precedent, 2021 winner Gubbass a winner of this race on just his second start. Jack Jones’ Caburn will also look to repeatthefeathavinggotuplateto make a winning debut at Salisbury last month, with that form since boostedbytherunner-up.
Karl Burke excels with his two-yearolds and so it is a surprise that he stillsearchesforafirstvictoryinthe contest. The trainer is represented by three in this year’s renewal and Kaadi is perhaps the pick of the trio with Clifford Lee in the saddle. The Soldier’s Call filly has run well in Listed company over in France the last twice and in fact sets the standardonofficialratings.
THE WEATHERBYS SUPER SPRINT STAKES (CLASS 2) (GBB RACE)
for two yrs old
Total prize fund £262166
(For conditions of this race see page 63)
Leading course trainer (19-24): R Hannon (51 wins from 455 runners, 11%) runs MISS COLLADA
Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): A Balding (15 wins from 59 runners, 25%) runs MISTER MCGREGOR
Fancy That: R Hannon won this race in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2021. The stable runs MISS COLLADA today Longest Travellers: KAADI, INVINCIBLE ANNICE & LARCHILL LASS trained by K R Burke, Leyburn, 245 miles.
B c Bungle Inthejungle - Athas An Bhean (Royal Applause)
Keatley Owners Group, Finneran & Moore
Br Whitsbury Manor Stud S Keatley Racing Ltd
TIMEFORMVIEW Progressive form, easily winning a 5f Ripon maiden in May. Off since. A good chunk of improvement will be needed for him to give weight away all round here.
2 MYTHICAL COMPOSER (GB) (26) (2lb)
B c Sergei Prokofiev (CAN) - Mythicism (Oasis Dream)
Browns and Hornbys
Br Crossfields Bloodstock Ltd
Cox, Hungerford
S Clive Cox Racing Limited
TIMEFORMVIEW Held back by inexperience on first 2 starts but knew a lot more third time up, comfortably seeing off 7 rivals in a 5.7f Bath maiden (firm) 26 days ago. May do better still.
3 SIR PALAMEDES (IRE) (7)
Ch c Footstepsinthesand - Irish Romance (IRE) (RipVan Winkle (IRE)) J Callum Shepherd Dahab Racing
Charlie Fellowes, Newmarket
Br Mrs Brid Cosgrove
TIMEFORM VIEW Improved effort when narrowly denied in 6f York nursery last weekend but he’ll require another to get heavily involved here.
4 VINGEGAARD (IRE) (31) (3lb)
B c Mehmas (IRE) - Chevanah (IRE) (Chevalier (IRE))
Doyle Jinky Farms and Partner
Br Highfort Stud & D. Mcabhaird
Archie Watson, Upper Lambourn
TIMEFORM VIEW Mehmas colt won a 6-runner-race on his 5f Chepstow debut (heavy) in May. Excellent 3¼ lengths fifth of 27 to Ain’t Nobody in Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot (5f, firm) 5 weeks later, faring second best of those who raced far side. Much respected for yard which won this in 2022. TFRHHHHI
5
CABURN (IRE) (24) (7lb)
Gr c Twilight Son - Tigrilla (IRE) (Clodovil (IRE)) J Dylan Hogan Antram, Pemberton, Lancaster & Harrod
Br Newstead Breeding
Jack Jones, Newmarket 1
S Tattersalls
TIMEFORM VIEW Looked potentially useful when making a winning start to his career over 6f at Salisbury (good to firm) last month, although the fact he only led towards the finish raises doubts as to whether he’ll prove as effective at 5f.
B f Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Mokhtarah (IRE) (Dark Angel (IRE)) J Jim Crowley
Nick Bradley Racing 5 & E Burke
K. R. Burke, Leyburn 2010 D
Br Saoirse Trading & Irish National Stud S Indication Racing
TIMEFORMVIEW Won a 5f Musselburgh seller at the beginning of June but only eighth of 13 in the Hilary Needler at Beverley a week later and looks to have her work cut out here.
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B c Bated Breath - Queen’s Charter (Oasis Dream) J Daniel Muscutt
The Gathering and partner Grant Tuer, Northallerton 0310 D
Br Biddestone Stud Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Winner of 10-runner Doncaster maiden (5f, firm) in May but disappointing at Redcar last month. Others are much more obvious. TFR
8
B g Dandy Man (IRE) - La Pergola (FR) (Penny’s Picnic (IRE)) J Harry Russell
MPS Racing & The Ayrshire Tradesmen 1 John & Sean Quinn, Malton 5130 D
Br L. Foley & Ballygowan Bloodstock Ltd S JJ Quinn Racing Ltd
TIMEFORMVIEW Won a 5f Redcar maiden in May. Good third in Beverley conditions race next time but below par in Catterick novice since. Not hard to look elsewhere TFRHHIII
Ch c Harry Angel (IRE) - Pulcinella (IRE) (Dubawi (IRE)) J Callum Hutchinson
Mr J Gladstone & Partner
Andrew Balding, Kingsclere 203
Br Pulcinella Partnership S Tote
TIMEFORMVIEW Fair form, placing for a second time when third of 14 in maiden at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 19 days ago. From a good yard but his claims aren’t obvious. TFRHHIII
10
Ch g Cotai Glory - La Seine (USA) (Rahy (USA)) J Charles Bishop
Eden Racing Eve Johnson Houghton, Blewbury
Br Abbas Akbar Al Muila Muila
S ABM Catering Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Won 5f novices at Kempton (AW) and Salisbury (heavy) on first 2 starts but needs to bounce back from a modest run at Royal Ascot.
11
B f Soldier’s Call - Ruby Girl (IRE) (Fast Company (IRE))
Mr Abdulrazaq Mohamdi & Mrs E Burke
Br Brian Miller
K. R. Burke, Leyburn
S KB Spigot Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Raced only at 5f, winning a Windsor maiden in April. Placed at listed level in France on her last 2 outings and ought to be on the premises for her powerful northern stable.
12
B f Kodiac - Annual (USA) (Noble Mission)
Mr David Klein Rod Millman, Cullompton 363
Br Tally-Ho Stud
S Signs & Safety Ltd, Millman Racing Club, Rod Millman Racing Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Third on 6f course debut and bounced back from a lesser run at Leicester when filling the same position at Goodwood (6f again) 5 weeks ago. His trainer has tasted success in this but this one is likely competing for minor money at best.
B f Mehmas (IRE) - Kocollada (IRE) (Kodiac)
Jonathan Palmer-Brown and Jim Horgan Richard Hannon, Marlborough
Br Kocollada Partnership
TIMEFORMVIEW Raced at 5f, winning a Wolverhampton maiden (AW) and Salisbury novice (good) in May. The form of those wins isn’t anything special but her stable’s excellent record in this race over the years makes her a dangerous one to discount.
14 COILED (IRE) (14) (11lb)
B g Coulsty (IRE) - Rise Up Lotus (IRE) (Zebedee)
The Woodway 20
Br Tally-Ho Stud
Eve Johnson Houghton, Blewbury
S ABM Catering Limited
TIMEFORMVIEW Placed on all 5 starts but the last 2 were in sellers and she’s surely up against it here.
B f Soldier’s Call - Smooth Sailing (Bated Breath)
Mr Refai Alghraiban Alice Haynes, Newmarket
Br Ballyhane S Coral Racing Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW AW novice winner who was a close third in 5f Vichy listed race in May. Not in the same form when behind the reopposing Kaadi in similar company at Deauville since. Bounce back needed in first-time cheekpieces.
B f Sands of Mali (FR) - Days of Summer (IRE) (Bachelor Duke (USA)) J
Mr D Bevan and Mrs D Bevan Harry Eustace, Newmarket
Br Ballyhane S Fitzdares Limited, Fitzdares
TIMEFORM VIEW Sands of Mali filly who made a promising winning start to her career over 6f at Kempton 24 days ago. Whether she has 5f speed remains to be seen but she’s a nice prospect.
17 IT AIN’TTWO (GB) (15) (10lb)
B f Calyx - Usra (IRE) (Requinto (IRE))
Ms Diamond & Owen Promotions Ltd
Br Crypto Bloodstock
8 7 (15) BHA90
J Oisin Murphy
Hugo Palmer, Malpas 10142 D
S Coral Racing Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Maiden/novice winner who has shown useful form when reaching the frame in listed races at Newmarket (6f, good to firm) and Sandown (5f, good) in recent weeks. Leading claims under Oisin Murphy. TFRHHHHH
B f Dark Angel (IRE) - Fool ForYou (IRE) (Lawman (FR)) J John Egan
Landforce Group Ltd Darryll Holland, Newmarket 650
Br Coverdale Stud
TIMEFORMVIEW Modest form at best so unlikely she’ll be playing a prominent role here. TFRHIIII
19 LARCHILL LASS (GB) (34) (12lb)
B f Territories (IRE) - Final Set (IRE) (Dark Angel (IRE))
Nick Bradley Racing 5 & E Burke
Br Archwill Bloodstock Limited
8 2 (3) BHA77
J Jimmy Quinn
K. R. Burke, Leyburn 2210 D
S Indication Racing
TIMEFORMVIEW Placed twice at Beverley before winning a 5f Carlisle maiden (good to soft) at the end of May. Unable to make an impact in a Chantilly Group 3 since but still an interesting runner here off a featherweight. TFRHHHHI
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 19 (EXACTA) Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn first time by No. 15.
2023: RELIEF RALLY (IRE) 2 9 0 Tom Marquand EVENS (William Haggas) 20 ran F
Betting Forecast: 3-1 It Ain’t Two (GB), 9-2 Vingegaard (IRE), 6-1 Time For Sandals (IRE), 7-1 Mythical Composer (GB), Kaadi (IRE), 8-1 Caburn (IRE), 12-1 Do It Now (GB), 14-1 Pont Neuf (IRE), Miss Collada (GB), 25-1 Jm Jhingree (IRE), 33-1 Al Hussar (GB), Mapledurham (IRE), Kuwaitya (IRE), Larchill Lass (GB), 50-1 Invincible Annice (IRE), Mister McGregor (IRE), 66-1 Sir Palamedes (IRE), Coiled (IRE), 100-1 Paddy’s Courage (GB)
Race Summary: Recent Sandown listed runner-up IT AIN’T TWO looks the clear pick of the weights and can land this valuable prize under Oisin Murphy. Archie Watson tasted success in this in 2022 and has another likely contender in the shape of Vingegaard, who ran well in the Windsor Castle on only his second start. Karl Burke pair Kaadi, who like the selection has placed form at listed level, and Larchill Lass complete the shortlist.
1-2-3: 1.IT AIN’T TWO 2.VINGEGAARD (IRE) 3.KAADI (IRE)
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THE JUDDMONTE IRISH OAKS
(GROUP 1)
for three year old fillies
Total prize fund £500000
B f Harzand (IRE) - Wild Mix (GB) J Colin Keane Anthony F O’Callaghan & Sabina Kelly Noel Meade 6116-45
Br Kelly Equine Services
Successful twice at 7f on soft and yielding - soft ground. Finished 9l behind Ezeliya when fifth of 12 at 16-1 on her latest outing in the Group 1 Betfred Oaks at Epsom over 1m 4f (good to soft) in May. HHHII
2 CONTENT (IRE) (21) 3 9 2 (6)
B f Galileo (IRE) - Mecca’s Angel (IRE) J Ryan Moore Westerberg,Mrs J Magnier,M Tabor,D Smith A P O’Brien 614-883
Br Coolmore
Successful at 7f and 1m on good and soft ground.Third of 8 behind Bluestocking beaten 4 1/2l at 12-1 on her latest outing in the Group 1 Cairn Community Games Pretty Polly Stakes here over 1m 2f (yielding - soft) last month. HHHHI
3 DARETO DREAM (FR) (34)
3 9 2 (8)
B f Camelot (GB) - Debutante (FR) J Alexis Pouchin
D S Lee Gavin Hernon 143-145
Br Ecurie Des Monceaux, Meridian International SARL, Scuderia Waldeck SNC
Successful at 1m and 1m 1f on soft and heavy ground. Finished 2 1/4l behind Sparkling Plenty when fifth of 14 at 33-1 on her latest outing in the Group 1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly over 1m 2f (good to soft) last month. HHHHH
4 ELIZABETH JANE (IRE) (24)
3 9 2 (12)
Ch f Dubawi (IRE) - Sapphire (IRE) J Chris Hayes
Moyglare Stud Farm D K Weld 1-7
Br Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd
A winner at 1m on heavy ground. Beaten 4l behind Hanalia at 13-2 when seventh of 11 on her latest outing at Naas over 1m 2f (good) last month. HHIII
5 GALILEO DAME (IRE) (47)
3 9 2 (14)
Ch f Galileo Gold (GB) - Two For Tea (IRE) J Dylan Browne McMonagle
Annus Mirabilis Syndicate/Sean O’Driscoll/Middle Cow Unlimited Joseph Patrick O’Brien 2-142
Br Tally-Ho Stud
A winner at 1m 2f on heavy ground. Beaten 2 3/4l by Fleur De Chine when second of 14 at 7-2 on her latest outing at Gowran Park over 1m 1f (good) last month. HHHII
6 HANALIA (IRE) (24)
3 9 2 (7)
B f Sea The Stars (IRE) - Hanakiyya (IRE) J Ben Coen
H H Aga Khan J P Murtagh 411
Br His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs S C
Successful twice at 1m 2f on good and yielding ground. A winner at 16-1 at Naas over 1m 2f (good) on her latest outing last month, beating Bellezza by 3/4l. HHHII
7 LAVA STREAM (IRE) (30)
3 9 2 (5)
Gr f Too Darn Hot (GB) - Stream Song (GB) J Daniel Tudhope
Elwick Stud David O’Meara 851-112
Br Elwick Stud
She has won three times from 1m to 1m 2f on ground varying from good to heavy Beaten a neck by Port Fairy when second of 12 at 20-1 on her latest outing in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Ascot over 1m 4f (good to firm) last month. HHHII
8 LOPE DE
LILAS
(IRE) (69)
3 9 2 (1)
Ch f Lope de Vega (IRE) - Golden Gazelle (IRE) J James Doyle Wathnan Racing W P Mullins 5-1
Br Ammerland Verwaltung GmbH & Co KG
A winner at 9-2 at Leopardstown over 1m 2f (good) on her latest outing in May, beating Finsceal Luas by 2 1/4l. HHHII
9 MADAM
CELESTE (IRE) (24)
3 9 2 (13)
B f Galileo (IRE) - Signora Cabello (IRE) J Gary Carroll
Newtown Anner Stud Farm Ltd G M Lyons 1-25
Br Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited
A winner at 1m on the all-weather Finished 3 1/2l behind Hanalia when fifth of 11 at 12-1 on her latest outing at Naas over 1m 2f (good) last month. HHIII
10 PORT
FAIRY
(IRE) (30) 3 9 2 (11)
Ch f Australia (GB) - Fabulae (IRE) J Wayne Lordan
M Tabor,D Smith,Mrs J Magnier,Westerberg A P O’Brien 7-121
Br Whisperview Trading Ltd
Successful at 1m 3f and 1m 4f on good to firm ground and on the all-weather A winner at 12-1 in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Ascot over 1m 4f (good to firm) on her latest outing last month, beating Lava Stream by a neck. Has also won at Dundalk this season. HHHHH
11 PURPLE LILY (IRE) (55)
3 9 2 (4)
B f Calyx (GB) - Boca Raton (IRE) J Billy Lee Zinlo Syndicate P Twomey 1-125
Br Mr B O’Neill
Successful at 7f and 1m on soft and heavy ground. Finished 6l behind Fallen Angel when fifth of 13 at 8-1 on her latest outing here over 1m (good - yielding) in May. HHHII
12 RUBIES ARE RED (IRE) (30) 3 9 2 (3)
B f Galileo (IRE) - Red Evie (IRE) J Declan McDonogh
D Smith,Mrs J Magnier,M Tabor,Westerberg A P O’Brien 3-2299
Br Coolmore
Placed in three of five starts. Beaten 13l behind Port Fairy at 11-1 when 9th of 12 on her latest outing in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Ascot over 1m 4f (good to firm) last month. HHHII
13 WAR CHIMES (FR) (50)
3 9 2 (10)
B f Summer Front (USA) - Chipolata (FR) J Seamie Heffernan Tars Farm Equestrian Stud David Menuisier 171-353
Br E A R L Nicolas Clement, H Honore & C C
Successful at 7f and 1m 1f on good and heavy ground. Third of 12 behind Ezeliya beaten 4 1/2l at 50-1 on her latest outing in the Group 1 Betfred Oaks at Epsom over 1m 4f (good to soft) in May. HHHII
14
YOU GOTTO ME (GB) (30)
3 9 2 (2)
B f Nathaniel (IRE) - Brushing (GB) J Hector Crouch
Valmont & Newsells Park Stud Bldstk 24 Ralph Beckett 15-144
Br Dullingham Park Stud & Sarabex
Successful at 1m and 1m 4f on good ground and on the all-weather Finished 2 1/2l behind Port Fairy when fourth of 12 at 7-2 on her latest outing in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Ascot over 1m 4f (good to firm) last month. HHHII
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 14
Hood worn by No. 7. TStrap worn by No. 14. Visor worn by No. 10, No. 12.
2023: SAVETHELASTDANCE 3 9 2 Ryan Moore 10-11 (A P O’Brien) 8 ran
Betting Forecast: 3-1 Content (IRE), 4-1 Port Fairy (IRE), 9-2 Lope De Lilas (IRE), 7-1 Dare To Dream (FR), 8-1 Lava Stream (IRE), War Chimes (FR), 12-1 Caught U Looking (IRE), 14-1 Hanalia (IRE), 16-1 Galileo Dame (IRE), Purple Lily (IRE), You Got To Me (GB), 33-1 Elizabeth Jane (IRE), Rubies Are Red (IRE), 66-1 Madam Celeste (IRE)
Race Summary: Trained in France by Cork native Gavin Hernon, DARE TO DREAM got a taste of the Curragh when third to Content over a mile in the autumn. A Group 3 winner in April, she didn’t have the clearest of runs when a creditable fifth in the Prix de Diane and her trainer is confident that the daughter of Camelot will relish this step up to 1m4f. Content, the choice of Ryan Moore, ran well against classy older rivals when third over 1m2f in the Pretty Polly, while stablemate Port Fairy proved her effectiveness over this trip when outstaying Lava Stream in the Ribblesdale. Leopardstown maiden winner Lope De Lilas is highly regarded, but takes a steep rise in class. 1-2-3:
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THE TAKE A LUCKY DIP AT BetVictor EBF NOVICE STAKES
(CLASS 4)
for novice two yrs old colts and geldings
Total prize fund £20000
(For conditions of this race see page 63)
Leading course trainer (19-24): R Hannon (51 wins from 455 runners, 11%) runs ELYAM & MAXIMUS ALEXIOS Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): A Balding (15 wins from 59 runners, 25%) runs NEW BOMBAY
Fancy That: R Hannon won this race in 2021 and 2022. The stable runs ELYAM & MAXIMUS ALEXIOS today Longest Traveller: THE WACO KID trained by H Palmer, Malpas, 155 miles.
(IRE) (-)
B c Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Skitter Scatter (USA) (Scat Daddy (USA)) J
TIMEFORM VIEW Foaled February 19. Frankel colt. Dam, 2-y-o 6f winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 9f Juliet Foxtrot. Likely type.
3 DRAGONFLAME (FR) (-)
B c Pinatubo (IRE) -Vadivina (IRE) (New Approach (IRE))
McOzi Racing - Manton
Br Scea Haras De Saint Pair
Brian Meehan, Manton
S Sirecam Europe
TIMEFORM VIEW Foaled February 23. €250,000 yearling, Pinatubo colt. Dam, French 9.2f winner, half-sister to high-class 1m-1½m winnerVadamos out of 1¼m-1½m winner CelebreVadala.
4 ELYAM (GB) (-)
B c Kingman - Tajaanus (IRE) (Arcano (IRE)) J Jim Crowley Shadwell Estate Company Ltd
Br Shadwell Estate Company Limited
Richard Hannon, Marlborough
TIMEFORM VIEW Foaled March 6. Kingman colt. Dam, 2-y-o 6f/7f winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 7.4f Motafaawit. Interesting newcomer
5 MAXIMUS ALEXIOS (IRE) (29)
B c Kodiac -Yajala (Fasliyev (USA)) J Sean Levey
Amo Racing Limited
Br Tally-Ho Stud
Richard Hannon, Marlborough 03
S Sports Invest UK Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Twice-raced maiden. Third of 9 in maiden (10/1) at Goodwood (5f, good) 29 days ago. This trip should suit and remains with potential. TFRHHHII
6 NEW BOMBAY (GB) (14) 9 2 (10) BHA-
B c New Bay - Sweet Promise (Intello (GER)) J Daniel Muscutt TemeValley Andrew Balding, Kingsclere 06
Br The Sweet Promise Partnership H
TIMEFORMVIEW Twice-raced maiden. 9/1, sixth of 8 in novice at Beverley (7.4f, good) 14 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 6/7/2024 it was reported that the horse hung left-handed. TFRHIIII
7 PANENKA (IRE) (-)
B c Kodiac - Orange Blossom (Showcasing) J Richard Kingscote
Mr J Goddard
Br Mountarmstrong Stud
Clive Cox, Hungerford
S Clive Cox Racing Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Foaled February 9. £72,000 yearling, Kodiac colt. Dam, 5f winner, half-sister to useful 2-y-o 5f winner GoodVibes.Yard has won this twice in recent years TFRHHHHI
8 QUICK POINT (GB) (-)
B c Blue Point (IRE) - Foxtrot Lady (Foxwedge (AUS)) J George Wood
Mr J. C. Smith
Br Littleton Stud
Harry Eustace, Newmarket
TIMEFORM VIEW Foaled March 29. Blue Point colt. Dam, 6f-7f winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 7f Dancing Star
9 ROGUE INVADER (IRE) (-)
B c Kodiac - Rose Tinted Sand (IRE) (Siyouni (FR)) J Kieran O’Neill
The Rogues Gallery
Alice Haynes, Newmarket
Br L. McCormack & The Cottage Stud S Excel Entertainment Ltd, Coral Racing Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Foaled March 7. 145,000 gns foal, Kodiac colt. Dam lightly raced out of useful 1m winner Afternoon Sunlight, herself half-sister to very smart winner up to 10.5f Casual Conquest. TFRHHIII
10 THE HRSE
HORSE (GB) (-)
B c Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Fearn’s Pippin (Dubawi (IRE))
HRSE & Partner
Br Apple Tree Stud & Lordship Stud
J Callum Shepherd
Jamie Osborne, Upper Lambourn
TIMEFORMVIEW Foaled March 4. 38,000 gns yearling, Invincible Spirit colt. Half-brother to 1m winner Showgal and 1¼m winner Orchard Keeper Dam unraced half-sister to very smart 1¼m winner (stayed 1½m) Best Name. TFRHHIII
11 THE WACO KID (IRE) (16)
2 (7)
B c Mehmas (IRE) - Catchingsnowflakes (USA) (Galileo (IRE)) J Oisin Murphy
The Gene Genies II Hugo Palmer, Malpas 4
Br Tally-Ho Stud S Coral Racing Limited T TIMEFORM VIEW 80,000 gns yearling, Mehmas colt. Dam unraced half-sister to high-class winner up to 1m Kameko out of winner Sweeter Still. 16/1 and tongue strap on, fourth of 9 in novice at this C&D (good) on debut 16 days ago, not knocked about. Sets the standard and likely to improve TFRHHHHH
12 YAFAARR (IRE) (-) 9 2 (12) BHA-
B c Blue Point (IRE) - Elusive Girl (IRE) (Elusive City (USA))
J Hollie Doyle Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Archie Watson, Upper Lambourn
Br Blackwater Bloodstock Ltd TIMEFORM VIEW Foaled February 1. €40,000 foal, 280,000 gns yearling, Blue Point colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including 2-y-o 8.3f winner Msayyan and winner up to 8.3f Gordonstoun. Dam once-raced half-sister to very smart winner up to 1m Aljamaaheer One to note. TFRHHHHI
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 12 (EXACTA) Hood worn first time by No. 6. Tongue Strap worn by No. 11. 2023: SKETCH (IRE) 2 9 2 Tom Marquand 15-2 (Freddie & Martyn Meade) 10 ran
Betting Forecast: 4-1 Elyam (GB), 9-2 Brave Mission (GB), 6-1 Yafaarr (IRE), 7-1 Maximus Alexios (IRE), 7-1 The Waco Kid (IRE), 8-1 Panenka (IRE), 8-1 Boxtel (IRE), 16-1 Rogue Invader (IRE), 16-1 Dragonflame (FR), 20-1 New Bombay (GB), 20-1 Quick Point (GB), 25-1 The Hrse Horse (GB)
Race Summary: THE WACO KID made a promising start when fourth in a similar event over C&D earlier this month and can put that experience to good use. There are some interesting newcomers on show, headed by well-bred pair Brave Mission and Elyam. 1-2-3: 1.THE WACO KID (IRE) 2.BRAVE MISSION 3.ELYAM
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THE DARLEY EBF FILLIES’ NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 2) (GBB RACE)
for novice three yrs old and upwards fillies and mares
Total prize fund £40000
(For conditions of this race see page 63)
Leading course trainer (19-24): W Haggas (41 wins from 191 runners, 21%) runs FIOR DI BOSCO Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): J & T Gosden (10 wins from 30 runners, 33%) runs BIRKIN & LOVES LOVING Longest Travellers: TARAMASALATA trained by K P De Foy, MALLAVELLY trained by J Chapple-Hyam, FIOR DI BOSCO trained by W Haggas, BEATRICE SHILLING trained by P Chapple-Hyam, LOVES LOVING & BIRKIN trained by J & T Gosden, DUBAI MELODY trained by C Appleby, all Newmarket, 112 miles.
1 BEATRICE SHILLING (IRE) (61)
B f Sea The Stars (IRE) - Lustrous (Champs Elysees)
Quantum Leap RacingVI
Br Seven Hills & Torres Strait Bloodstock S Fairlawns Racing Ltd
TIMEFORMVIEW Failed to progress as expected from a promising debut when only fifth of 8 in a 10f Sandown novice on return. Stumbled and unseated rider start at Windsor subsequently TFRHHHII
White Birch Farm SC John & Thady Gosden, Newmarket 6
Br White Birch Farm, SC
TIMEFORM VIEW Bred to be smart but didn’t achieve much on her Salisbury debut (9.1f, heavy) in May, possibly unsuited by conditions. Should improve TFRHHHII
3 DUBAI MELODY (GB) (242)
B f Masar (IRE) - Kazziana (Shamardal (USA)) J Rossa Ryan
Godolphin Charlie Appleby, Newmarket 20-
Br Godolphin S Emirates Fly Better
TIMEFORMVIEW Half-sister to useful winner up to 1¼m Al Waqidi and shaped with plenty of encouragement when runner-up on her Newmarket debut back in November Ran no sort of race just over a fortnight on at Wolverhampton but much better expected now returning. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 21/11/2023 it was reported that the horse was never travelling. TFRHHHHI
4 FIOR DI BOSCO (GB) (21)
B f Too Darn Hot - Galicuix (Galileo (IRE)) J Tom Marquand
Sheikh Hamed Dalmook Al Maktoum
Br Pantile Stud
William Haggas, Newmarket 33
TIMEFORM VIEW Improved on her debut form when third of 6 in a novice at Windsor (8.1f, good to firm) 21 days ago. From a good family and may do better still now stepping up in distance. TFRHHHII
5 INNISFREE PEARL (GB) (16)
B fYeats (IRE) - Snow Gretel (IRE) (Green Desert (USA)) J Sean Levey Greenlands Racing Syndicate Tom Ward, Upper Lambourn 00
Br Karina Casini S Smulders
TIMEFORMVIEW Well held in a pair of novice events and easy to look elsewhere.
6 LOVES LOVING (GB) (30)
B f Expert Eye - Fallen In Love (Galileo (IRE)) J Robert Havlin
Jane Allison And Normandie Stud John & Thady Gosden, Newmarket 43 BF
Br Normandie Stud Ltd
TIMEFORM VIEW Made plenty of appeal on paper but was in need of the experience when fourth of 10 in a Goodwood novice (9.9f) on debut. Ran to only a similar level when third at Chelmsford last time but it remains early days and she should still improve TFRHHHHI
7 MALLAVELLY (IRE) (57)
B f Siyouni (FR) -Villa d’Amore (IRE) (Mastercraftsman (IRE)) J Hollie Doyle
Mr P. W. Harris
Jane Chapple-Hyam, Newmarket 06-234
Br Villa D’Amore Syndicate S Tote
TIMEFORM VIEW Made the frame in a couple of Newmarket maidens and a Goodwood handicap this season. Drop back to 1¼m promises to suit and she’s expected to go well.
8 MIGHTY QUIET (GB) (43)
B f Ulysses (IRE) - Kind of Hush (IRE) (Marju (IRE)) J Trevor Whelan
Owners Group 131
Br Elite Racing Club
Harry Charlton, Beckhampton 0
S Owners Group
TIMEFORM VIEW Ulysses filly Half-sister to 2-y-o 7f winner Maurice Dancer Looked green but offered something to work on starting out in a hood when seventh of 12 in a 1m Goodwood novice 43 days ago. Up in trip and likely to improve.
TIMEFORM VIEW Ran best race upped in trip when second of 10 in a maiden at Lingfield (1½m, AW) in early June.
Shaped better than the distance beaten suggests on handicap debut at Goodwood subsequently Tongue strap/ cheekpieces on for 1st time. TFRHHHII
10
TARAMASALATA (IRE) (44)
B f Too Darn Hot - Sultanina (New Approach (IRE))
Normandie Stud Ltd
Br Normandie Stud Ltd
3 9 2 (7) BHA-
Kevin Philippart de Foy, Newmarket
S Normandie Stud Ltd, Kpf Racing Ltd
J Jim Crowley
56
TIMEFORM VIEW Too Darn Hot filly who displayed definite signs of ability despite inexperience when fifth of 12 in a 1m Newmarket maiden on debut. Still very green when showing similar form at Haydock and remains capable of better. TFRHHHII
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 10 (EXACTA)
Tongue Strap worn first time by No. 9. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn first time by No. 9.
Race Summary: MALLAVELLY has run well on all 3 starts this season and, with the drop back to 1¼m promising to suit, she’s taken to get off the mark for an in-form yard. Dubai Melody is expected to return to something like her debut form after an 8-month break, while Loves Loving remains the sort to do better at some stage.
1-2-3: 1.MALLAVELLY (IRE) 2.DUBAI
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RACE 7 5.20
THE BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF PREMIER FILLIES’ HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 3)
for three yrs old and upwards fillies and mares
Total prize fund £30000
(For conditions of this race see page 63)
Leading course trainer (19-24): R Hannon (51 wins from 455 runners, 11%) runs CIRCE Trainer-in-form (last 14 days): A Balding (15 wins from 59 runners, 25%) runs BATTLE QUEEN Longest Traveller: BELLARCHI trained by G Tuer, Northallerton, 236 miles.
1 ZOUKY (GB) (105)
B f Zoustar (AUS) - Kerry’s Dream (Tobougg (IRE))
D Fravigar, K Dixon & R Mitchell
Br Bumble Bloodstock Ltd
J Sean Levey
Philip McBride, Newmarket 01250-5 C
S Burgh Hall Holiday Apartments, Bumble Bloodstock TIMEFORMVIEW Won a 7f handicap last summer (now 2-2 here) and ran creditably in 3 subsequent outings that year Not quite up to listed level but confirmed she retains all her ability after 5 months off at Kempton (1m) in April but does return 5 lb higher than when last seen in a handicap.
2 BELLARCHI (IRE) (7)
Ch f Mehmas (IRE) - Drop Dead Gorgeous (FR) (Sepoy (AUS))
HHHII
9 4 (6)
J Clifford Lee
Nick Bradley Racing 19 and partner Grant Tuer, Northallerton 216500 D
Br C. Marnane
S Pete’s Painting
TIMEFORM VIEW Has had stacks of racing, bagging her most valuable success yet in 1m fillies’ handicap at Ascot in May. Finished down the field in handful of starts since and whilst not disgraced on her latest start in handicaps, she may just prove vulnerable to less exposed sorts here. TFRHHHII
3 CIRCE (IRE) (83)
B f Kodiac - Northeast Moon (IRE) (Sea The Moon (GER))
J Hollie Doyle Pineapple Stud and Miss C. Douglas
Br McCracken Farms
Richard Hannon, Marlborough 316-54
S Rhiannon Properties Ltd.
TIMEFORM VIEW Successful on second of 3 starts at 2 yrs and emerged with credit in pair of handicaps during the spring, good fourth of 9 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 83 days ago, short of room 2f out before keeping on. Remains unexposed at 1m and she’s respected back on turf.
4 SUNFALL (GB) (21) 3 8 12 (1)
Gr f Twilight Son -Volition (IRE) (Dark Angel (IRE))
Cheveley Park Stud
Br Cheveley Park Stud Limited
J Tom Marquand
William Haggas, Newmarket 4-1013
S Cheveley Park Stud Limited
TIMEFORMVIEW Comfortable winner from the front on handicap debut at Sandown (7f) in June and sharper track may have caught her out when creditable third behind a subsequent listed winner at Chester (7f) 3 weeks ago. Remains with potential for her top yard and shortlisted here
5 BATTLE QUEEN (IRE) (29)
B f Churchill (IRE) - Nayarra (IRE) (Cape Cross (IRE))
Victorious Racing
Br Barronstown Stud
(3)
Andrew Balding, Kingsclere 33-2216 D
S Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock Limited
TIMEFORM VIEW Had displayed plenty of ability before opening her account in a Nottingham maiden (8.3f) in May.
Confirmed she’s very much at the top of her game when sixth in Sandringham handicap at Royal Ascot (second home in group) latest and she’s interesting down in class.
6 SHEMOZZLE (IRE) (57)
Gr f Gleneagles (IRE) - Sibilance (Bated Breath)
Mrs Nigel Elwes Ralph Beckett, Kimpton Down
Br Aylesfield Farms Stud
S Aylesfield Farms Stud, Aylesfield Farms Stud
TIMEFORM VIEW Overcame inexperience to make a winning debut in a Newmarket novice (7f) last autumn and left a low-key reappearance effort behind when narrow second at Haydock (1m, soft) in May. Well-bred and in top hands so feasible to expect better still now handicapping. TFRHHHII
ONE MILE, Straight Course (8f)
7 DRAMATIC EFFECT (GB) (43)
Ch f Bated Breath - Daryana (Dutch Art)
3 8 8 (5) BHA78
J Georgia Dobie (3)
Daryana Partnership Eve Johnson Houghton, Blewbury 033-41 D
Br Ramp Bloodstock & Godstock Limited S ABM Catering Limited TIMEFORMVIEW Left reappearance effort behind with a much-improved effort when winning 12-runner minor event at Goodwood (8f, good) just over 6 weeks ago, edging ahead late on. She’s still low mileage but more needed returned to handicaps TFRHHHII
NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 7 (EXACTA)
2023: ORCHID BLOOM 3 8 12 Tom Marquand 6-4 (William Haggas) 6 ran F
Race Summary: BATTLE QUEEN emerged with plenty of credit when finishing runner-up in her group in the Sandringham at Royal Ascot last month, promising even better still for a long way, and she’s of interest eased in class from this 2 lb lower mark. Sunfall may not have been ideally suited by Chester latest and she promises to do better still. Circe, back from a break, and Shemozzle can also feature. 1-2-3: 1.BATTLE QUEEN (IRE) 2.SUNFALL 3.CIRCE (IRE)
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Shaun Parker (Chief Steward)
Richard Fuller (Stewards’ Panel Chair)
Kelly O’Boyle
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Race 1 1.50 - THE GET BEST ODDS GUARANTEED AT BetVictor STEVENTON STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £34026 to the winning horse The second to receive £12900, the third £6456, the fourth £3216 and the fifth £1614. for three yrs old and upwards, which have not won a Group 1 or Group 2 Pattern race after 2023. Enter by noon, July 15th and pay £300 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. July 18th. Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 8st 13lb; fillies 8st 8lb 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 8lb; fillies 9st 3lb Penalties, after 2023, a winner of a Listed race 3lb Of a Group 3 race 5lb. BetVictor has kindly sponsored this race and will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer, jockey and lad. A £50 cash prize will also be awarded to the stable employee responsible for the best turned out horse. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of BETVICTOR. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. 13 entries at £300. - Closed July 15th, 2024. Owners Prize Money. Winner £26736; Second £10974; Third £5490; Fourth £2742; Fifth £1374. (Penalty Value £34026) A SS SEE PAGE 16 FOR THIS RACE.
Race 2 2.25 - THE METTAL UK HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 2) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £41232 to the winning horse The second to receive £19336, the third £9672, the fourth £4832, the fifth £2416 and the sixth £1208. for three yrs old and upwards. Enter by noon, July 15th and pay £400 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. July 18th. Lowest weight 8st 2lb; Highest weight not less than 9st 12lb Penalties, after July 13th, 2024, for each race won 3yo 6lb; 4yo to 6yo 5lb; 7yo and up 4lb NOTE: Any horse rated above 110 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 12lb. Subsequently, the excess over 110 in any rating shall be allotted to that horse without limitation to the highest weight to be carried.. METTAL UK has kindly sponsored this race and will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer and jockey In addition, a £50 cash prize will be awarded to the groom responsible for the best turned out horse in this race. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of METTAL. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 9 of the Weights and Handicapping Code a horse must have run three times or more in order to qualify to run in this race. 15 entries at £400. - Closed July 15th, 2024. Owners Prize Money. Winner £32504; Second £16256; Third £8128; Fourth £4064; Fifth £2032; Sixth £1016. (Penalty Value £41232) SS SEE PAGE 22 FOR THIS RACE.
Race 3 3.00 - THE FIDELITY ENERGY HACKWOOD STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 3) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £48203 to the winning horse The second to receive £18275, the third £9146, the fourth £4556, the fifth £2286 and the sixth £1147. for three yrs old and upwards. Enter by noon, July 15th and pay £850 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. July 18th. Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 9st 4lb; fillies 9st 1lb 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 9lb; fillies 9st 6lb Penalties, after 2023, a winner of a Group 3 race 3lb Of a Group 2 race 5lb Of a Group 1 race 7lb. Fidelity Energy has kindly sponsored this race and will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer, jockey and lad. A £50 cash prize will also be awarded to the stable employee responsible for the best turned out horse. Newbury Racecourse Executive will offer a 1,000 euro travel allowance for any overseas runners in this race (must arrive at NRC to qualify). All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of FIDELITY The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. 13 entries at £850. - Closed July 15th, 2024. Owners Prize Money. Winner £37876; Second £15547; Third £7778; Fourth £3885; Fifth £1947; Sixth £969. (Penalty Value £48203.50) A SS SEE PAGE 28 FOR THIS RACE.
Race 4 3.35 - THE WEATHERBYS SUPER SPRINT STAKES (CLASS 2) (GBB RACE) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £128907 to the winning horse The second to receive £54818, the third £25797, the fourth £15467, the fifth £10303, the sixth £7733, the seventh £5190, the eighth £4535, the ninth £2569 and the tenth £2569. for two yrs old only, sold or bought in as yearlings by public auction at ‘specified sales’, or as two yrs old up to and including February 26th, 2024, for £62000 or less before July 1st, 2023, or for £65000 or less after June 30th, 2023 (The last sale to govern the price if sold more than once). Enter by noon, February 27th and pay £450 stake, Scratch by noon, April 30th or pay £400, Scratch by noon, June 18th or pay £450, Confirm by noon, July 15th and pay £450, Declare by 10.00 a.m. July 18th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 5lb; fillies 9st Penalties, a winner of a Class 2 race 3lb Of a Listed race 5lb Of a Pattern race 8lb Allowances: For each £5000 paid below £65000 1lb (For the calculation of allowances for horses sold before July 1st, 2023, an additional £3000 must be added to the horses’ auction price) No allowance to take a Horse’s weight below 8st 2lb (Only horses bought at ‘specified sales’ are qualified for this race - see Auction Races notice following Standard Conditions on the Racing Bulletin area of the BHA Racing Administration Internet site, www.2racingadmin.co.uk, for further details. Auction prices are inclusive of buyers’ premiums, where applicable, and conversion to pounds sterling).. WEATHERBYS has kindly sponsored this race and will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer, jockey and lad. A £150 cash prize will also be awarded to the stable employee responsible for the best turned out horse. A Challenge Trophy will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until June 1st, 2025. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of WEATHERBYS. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. NOTE:- Entries for this race will be accepted at the time of closing for horses which do not have a registered name. However, such horses will be disqualified and removed from the race if the name has not been registered by Tuesday, June 18th, 2024. For horses trained in Great Britain, Ireland or the Channel Islands, an acceptable application must be made by the previous Friday. Horses entered for this race do not have to be implanted with a microchip until June 18th, 2024, the second scratching deadline. The British Horseracing Authority has modified Rule (I)10, paragraphs 10 and 26 of the Race Administration Code, paragraphs 5, 15 and 16 of the Race Entry Code, the Stakes and Prize Money Code, and paragraphs 43 and 44 of the Weights and Handicapping Code ELIMINATION: Runners in this race will be reduced by the elimination of those horses which, in the opinion of the BHA Handicapper, have the lowest Handicap Rating or, if they do not qualify for an official rating under the Rules of Racing, have the lowest assessment made by the BHA Handicapper from their performances on the racecourse so far Form will be taken into account up to and including Saturday, July 13th, 2024. Horses which have not run will be eliminated first by random ballot. THE LAST TWO ENTRY STAKES WILL BE REIMBURSED TO THE OWNER WHEN THE HORSE HAS BEEN DECLARED TO RUN AND IS ELIMINATED FROM THIS RACE. IN THE EVENT THAT THE RACE IS CANCELLED OR ABANDONED ALL ENTRY STAKE PAYMENTS WILL BE RETURNED (£48000 minimum added to stakes). For the purposes of future penalties and qualification, this race will be treated as a Conditions Stakes race. The British Horseracing Authority has authorised that the maximum number of runners in this race shall be determined by the normal Safety Factor applicable for the race and that a reduced Field Size Limit shall not apply SPECIAL NOTES: 1. In the event of elimination proving necessary, the eliminated horses will be refunded according to the conditions of the race. 2. If there is an excess of Stakes, i.e. the amount of the Owners’ Stakes exceeds the advertised Total Prize Fund value less the guaranteed racecourse and sponsors contribution, as stated in the race conditions, the excess will be added, without limitation, to the prize fund. This race will be restricted to 25 runners plus two reserves. The two reserves will be nominated as R26 and R27. The procedure for the allocation and operation of the reserves protocol will be as detailed in the notice headed ‘Reserves’ which has been published in The Racing Calendar and which also appears in the important notices following the Standard Conditions on the Racing Bulletin area of the BHA Racing Administration Internet site www.2racingadmin.co.uk. 197 entries, 49 at £450, 81 at £850, 42 at £1300, 25 at £1750. - Closed February 27th, 2024. Owners Prize Money. Winner £101117; Second £46797; Third £22022; Fourth £13213; Fifth £8809; Sixth £6607; Seventh £4404; Eighth £3854; Ninth £2202; Tenth £2202. (Penalty Value £128907.02) A SS
SEE PAGE 40 FOR THIS RACE. Race 5 4.10 - THE TAKE A LUCKY DIP AT BetVictor EBF NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 4) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £10800 to the winning horse The second to receive £5070, the third £2536 and the fourth £1268. for novice two yrs old colts and geldings only, which are E.B.F eligible. Enter by noon, July 15th and pay £100 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. July 18th. Weights: 9st 2lb each Penalties, for each Restricted Novice or Maiden race won 4lb For each other race won 7lb (Sellers and Claimers excluded for the purposes of penalties). BetVictor has kindly sponsored this race and will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer, jockey and lad. A £50 cash prize will also be awarded to the stable employee responsible for the best turned out horse. THE TRUSTEES OF THE E.B.F have kindly contributed £1,000 towards the prize money for this race. 30 entries at £100. - Closed July 15th, 2024. Owners Prize Money. Winner £8534; Second £4266; Third £2134; Fourth £1066. (Penalty Value £10800) SS SEE PAGE 50 FOR THIS RACE.
Race 6 4.45 - THE DARLEY EBF FILLIES’ NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 2) (GBB RACE) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £20616 to the winning horse The second to receive £9668, the third £4836, the fourth £2416, the fifth £1208 and the sixth £604. for novice three yrs old and upwards fillies and mares only, which are E.B.F eligible. Enter by noon, July 15th and pay £200 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. July 18th. Weights: 3-y-o 9st 2lb; 4-y-o and up 9st 11lb Penalties, a winner of a race 6lb Of 2 races 10lb (Sellers and Claimers excluded for the purposes of penalties). Darley Stud Management has kindly sponsored this race and will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer, jockey and lad. A £50 cash prize will also be awarded to the stable employee responsible for the best turned out horse. The British Horseracing Authority’s Development Fund has generously contributed £9000 towards the prize money for this race. 16 entries at £200. - Closed July 15th, 2024. Owners Prize Money. Winner £16252; Second £8128; Third £4064; Fourth £2032; Fifth £1016; Sixth £508. (Penalty Value £20616) A SS SEE PAGE 54 FOR THIS RACE. Race 7 5.20 - THE BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF PREMIER FILLIES’ HANDICAP STAKES (CLASS 3) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code. £15462 to the winning horse The second to receive £7251, the third £3627, the fourth £1812, the fifth £906 and the sixth £453. for three yrs old and upwards fillies and mares
FIXTURES 2024
EXHILARATING RACING EVENTS
FLAT RACING
THURS 25 JUL (EVE)
BetVictor Summer Evening
Series Raceday With Hits FM (The Beach Club)
FRI 16 AUG
Summer August Raceday
SAT 17 AUG
BetVictor Hungerford Day with Dizzee Rascal
THURS 29 AUG (EVE)
August Race Night
THURS 5 SEPT (EVE)
BetVictor Race Night
FRI 20 SEPT
Dubai Duty Free International Weekend
SAT 21 SEPT
Dubai Duty Free International Weekend
FRI 25 OCT
BetVictor Flat Season Finale Weekend with Oktoberfest
SAT 26 OCT
BetVictor Flat Season Finale Weekend with Oktoberfest
