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Doncaster 2009 |
Superb DFS Park Stakes in Prospect
26/08/09
The £160,000 DFS Park Stakes, run over seven furlongs on Ladbrokes St Leger Day, Saturday, September 12, looks set to be a cracking contest with 33 contenders remaining after the scratchings’ deadline.
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Six of the remaining entries hail from Ireland including 1,000 Guineas fourth Heart Shaped, trained by Aidan O’Brien and Intense Focus, successful in the Group One Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket last season for handler Jim Bolger. John Oxx has left in the promising Rayeni, who won both his starts as a juvenile and beat all bar Mastercraftsman in the Irish 2,000 Guineas on his sole start this season.
Marcus Tregoning could be represented by Finjaan, who was successful over seven furlongs in Group Two company at Goodwood last month, while Eve Johnson Houghton recently revealed that the DFS Park Stakes is a possible target for exciting prospect The Cheka, who is part-owned by comedian Mel Smith. Main Aim finished a fine second in the Group One July Cup over six furlongs at Newmarket but disappointed last time out behind Finjaan. Stimulation won the Group Two Challenge Stakes at Newmarket last season and his handler Hughie Morrison has indicated that the DFS Park Stakes is the four-year-old’s target on his belated return to action this season.
For the second year, the DFS Park Stakes will be run with Group One conditions and it is hoped that the contest may be upgraded to Group One status at some point in the future.
THE DFS PARK STAKES
Class 1, Group 2, £160,000 Total Prize Fund. 3.45pm, Doncaster, Saturday, September 12, 2009. For three-year-olds and upwards, seven furlongs. Weights: three-year-old colts and geldings 9st, fillies 8st 11lb; four-year-old colts and geldings 9st 4lb, fillies 9st 1lb. Entries closed Tuesday, July 21, entries revealed Wednesday, July 22 (51 entries). Scratchings deadline Tuesday, August 25 (33 remain), five-day confirmation stage September 7, final declaration stage, 10.00am, Thursday, September 10. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Monday, August 24. May not include some overseas form.
Form Horse Age Owner Trainer
0233-64 AL QASI (IRE) 6 Ziad A Galadari Peter Chapple-Hyam
1316-203(1) ANCIEN REGIME (IRE) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
0641-30 ARABIAN GLEAM 5 Saeed Suhail Jeremy Noseda
16-02320(1) ASHRAM (IRE) 3 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
4101420 ASSET (IRE) 6 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
5(0)-24(0)415 BALCARCE NOV (ARG) 4 Fitri Hay Tom Tate
3-111 BORDER PATROL 3 Elite Racing Club Roger Charlton
44022-(0)(3) CAT JUNIOR (USA) 4 Roldvale Limited Brian Meehan
61-102200 CRACKDOWN (IRE) 3 Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
15-1202 DELEGATOR 3 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
(1)-(2)0100 DUFF (IRE) 6 Kilboy Estate Edward Lynam IRE
0011305 EVA'S REQUEST (IRE) 4 Liam Mulryan Mick Channon
(3)11-646 EVASIVE 3 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
3015-0050 EXPRESS WISH 5 Peter Mitchell Jeremy Noseda
12103-01 FINJAAN 3 Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
2224-4105 GALLAGHER 3 Brimacombe, McNally, Rickman & Sangster Brian Meehan
52-24650 HEART SHAPED (USA) 3 Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier & Betty Moran Aidan O'Brien IRE
14- HIMALYA (IRE) 3 Gillian Khosla Jeremy Noseda
6331-25 INTENSE FOCUS (USA) 3 Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
0-4646050 LOVELACE 5 Hamad Suhail Mark Johnston
00-11420 MAIN AIM 4 Khalid Abdulla Sir Michael Stoute
33200-5 MAJOR CADEAUX 5 T G & Mrs M E Holdcroft Richard Fahey
410-1016 OUQBA 3 Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills
61-36150 PENNY'S GIFT 3 Malcolm & Penny Brown Richard Hannon
46-10020 PRIME DEFENDER 5 S Falle, M Franklin, J Sumsion Barry Hills
11-2 RAYENI (IRE) 3 H H Aga Khan John Oxx IRE
214/203- RIO DE LA PLATA (USA) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
42-5036 ROCK OF ROCHELLE (USA) 4 Her Diamond Necklace Limited Andrew Kinsella IRE
05-213 SPLENDORINTHEGRASS (IRE) 3 Bjorn Nielsen Roger Charlton
024231- STIMULATION (IRE) 4 Michael Kerr-Dineen Hughie Morrison
5/305-60 TARIQ 5 Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar Peter Chapple-Hyam
12-1 THE CHEKA (IRE) 3 Anthony Pye-Jeary And Mel Smith Eve Johnson Houghton
41-11105 VOCALISED (USA) 3 Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
33 entries remain after August 25 scratchings deadline
6 Irish-trained
56 GO FORWARD FOR DFS CHAMPAGNE STAKES
Also run on Ladbrokes St Leger Day, Saturday, September 12, is the £100,000 DFS Champagne Stakes, which has 56 acceptors after the scratchings’ deadline. Always one of the best two-year-old contests of the season and often a highly informative pointer to the future, the DFS Champagne Stakes takes place over seven furlongs for colts and geldings.
Arcano was thrust to the head of the betting for next year’s 2,000 Guineas when successful in the Group One Prix Morny at Deauville on August 23 and is one of eight remaining entries from the yard of Brian Meehan.
Westphalia collected the DFS Champagne Stakes in 2008 for Aidan O’Brien, giving the master of Ballydoyle a first success in the historic race. This year the Coolmore team still have 12 to choose from including Cape Blanco, who is unbeaten in three starts with his most recent victory coming in the Group Two Futurity Stakes at Fairyhouse on August 22.
No other current trainer can match the record of Barry Hills in the DFS Champagne Stakes, with the Lambourn handler having saddled five previous winners. This year the Hills yard could be represented by Khattaab, who was an impressive seven-length winner of a maiden at Haydock on August 7 on his only outing so far.
Shakespearean, trained by Mark Johnston, got the better of Godolphin’s Buzzword in the Group Three Solario Stakes over seven furlongs at Sandown on August 22 and the duo could re-oppose at Doncaster on September 12. Johnston also has Layali Al Andalus to consider. The Halling colt is already a course and distance winner, having landed a maiden impressively by seven lengths on June 27.
The Godolphin operation has been enjoying a great time with its juveniles this season, boasting a strike rate of 33%, and trainer Saeed bin Suroor has a total of five contenders remaining in the DFS Champagne Stakes. In addition to Buzzword, other possible starters for Godolphin include Poet’s Voice, who was beaten under a length when third in the Group Three Acomb Stakes at York on August 18 when he finished behind Elusive Pimpernel and Emerald Commander.
Another interesting contender is the William Haggas-trained Quarrel, who has won comfortably on both his starts to date at Ascot and Chester, while John Ryan recently confirmed his stable star Silver Grecian, a Group Two winner at Newmarket in July, as on course to make his next appearance in the DFS Champagne Stakes.
THE DFS CHAMPAGNE STAKES
Class 1, Group 2, £100,000 Total Prize Fund. 2.05pm, Doncaster, Saturday, September 12. For 2yo, colts & geldings, seven furlongs. Weights: 8st 12lb. Penalties: a winner of a Group 1 or Group 2 race 3lb. Entries closed July 21, entries revealed July 22 (124 entries), scratchings deadline August 25 (56 remain), five-day confirmation and £10,000 supplementary entry stage September 7, final declaration stage, 10.00am, Thursday, September 10. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Monday, August 24. May not include some overseas form.
Form Horse Owner Trainer
32421 ARABIAN PRIDE Ahmad Al Shaikh David Simcock
111 ARCANO (IRE) Hamdan Al Maktoum Brian Meehan
1 AWAIT THE DAWN (USA) Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
2 AWESOME ACT (USA) Susan Roy & Tom Ludt Jeremy Noseda
324351 BEETHOVEN (IRE) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
43 BENVENUTO (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
421041 BIG AUDIO (IRE) Michael Pescod Richard Hannon
4211 BLACK QUARTZ (FR) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE
2113 BLACK SNOWFLAKE (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
BODKIN VAN HORN Andrew Black Peter Chapple-Hyam
4332 BOXING DAY Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
2122 BUZZWORD Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
CALDERCRUIX (USA) Fitri Hay Tom Tate
111 CAPE BLANCO (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE
CHABAL (IRE) Lady O'Reilly/Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE
33 COCKNEY CLASS (USA) Roldvale Limited Brian Meehan
DANCING DAVID (IRE) Catesby Clay Brian Meehan
56213 DUBAWI PHANTOM Sultan Ali David Simcock
2 DYNASTY Sue Magnier,Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE
412 EMERALD COMMANDER (IRE) W P Drew Richard Hannon
1 EMIRATES DREAM (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
3126 EMPEROR CLAUDIUS (USA) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
FREE JUDGEMENT (USA) June Judd/Jackie Bolger/Ennistown Stud Jim Bolger IRE
10 FREMONT (IRE) Julie Wood Richard Hannon
4 HARVEST DANCER (IRE) Paul & Jenny Green Brian Meehan
1 KHATTAAB (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills
4114 LAMH ALBASSER (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
0 LASTOFTHEMOHICANS (FR) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, & Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien IRE
21 LAYALI AL ANDALUS Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
1 LORD HIGH ADMIRAL (IRE) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
2 MARKAZZI Hamdan Al Maktoum Sir Michael Stoute
132 MAROON MACHINE (IRE) G A Lucas & A E Hunt Eoghan O'Neill
326 MATA KERANJANG (USA) Fitri Hay Paul Cole
MORANA (IRE) Andrew Black Peter Chapple-Hyam
4 MUFTI (IRE) Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar Brian Meehan
MUSHREQ (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Sir Michael Stoute
6 NEVER THE WAITER R P Foden Brian Meehan
4U NEW CHRISTMAS (USA) Jaber Abdullah Brian Meehan
0 PALIO SQUARE (USA) Mogeely Stud & Maura Gittins Alan Jarvis
PIRATE'S SONG Saeed Manana James Toller
313 POET'S VOICE Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
PRINCE JOCK (USA) Thistle Bloodstock Limited Tracey Collins IRE
33 PURPLE HEART (IRE) Derrick Smith/Sue Magnier/Michael Tabor/PJ Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
11 QUARREL (USA) St Albans Bloodstock LLP William Haggas
050 ROCK JOCK (IRE) Thistle Bloodstock Limited Tracey Collins IRE
1U RODRIGO DE TORRES Mogeely Stud & Maura Gittins Alan Jarvis
011325 ROI DE VITESSE (IRE) Mustajed Partnership Rod Millman
1531 SHAKESPEAREAN (IRE) Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
610 SILENCEOFTHEWIND (USA) Mogeely Stud & Maura Gittins Alan Jarvis
111 SILVER GRECIAN Ocean Trailers Ltd John Ryan
022(1) TIMELY JAZZ (IRE) Joe Allbritton Brian Meehan
15 TREADWELL (IRE) Cath Walwyn & A Taylor Jamie Osborne
0 TREBLE JIG (USA) Khalid Abdulla Sir Michael Stoute
3134 TUKITINYASOK (IRE) Des Johnston Roger Fisher
311 VISCOUNT NELSON (USA) Sue Magnier/Diane Nagle Aidan O’Brien IRE
VITA VENTURI (IRE) Jackie Bolger/ Ennistown Stud Jim Bolger IRE
56 entries remain after August 15 forfeit stage
17 Irish-trained
