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Premio Loco Among 28 for totesport Celebration Mile
12/08/10
An exciting total of 28 top milers remain in the Group Two totesport.com Celebration Mile following the latest scratchings deadline.
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The £100,000 contest, run at Goodwood on Saturday, August 28, is likely to see several horses that lined up in the Group One Sussex Stakes, the highlight of Glorious Goodwood at the end of last month, lock horns once again including Rip Van Winkle, winner of the Sussex Stakes in 2009 and the neck runner-up to Canford Cliffs this time around, the third home Premio Loco, as well as the fourth Beethoven and fifth-placed Dream Eater.
Trainer Chris Wall revealed today that he intends to send Premio Loco back to Goodwood for the totesport.com Celebration Mile. The classy six-year-old clearly relishes visits to the West Sussex venue, having also won the Listed On The House Stakes over a mile in May, 2009, on his only other start at the course.
Wall explained: “As things stand, the totesport.com Celebration Mile is very much the next target for Premio Loco.
“He got a cut on his leg when he ran in the Sussex Stakes but that has healed up well and hasn’t been a problem for him. He hasn’t missed any training as a result.
“We haven’t actually done that much with him since Goodwood. He had three quick runs which culminated in the Sussex Stakes, so we have been giving him a bit of an easier time at home.
“He will go back into full training next week with a view to getting him ready for the totesport.com Celebration Mile.”
Premio Loco was a supplementary entry, costing £19,500, for the Sussex Stakes at the six-day stage and earned £34,087 for his third on July 28.
Lord Shanakill was also in action at Glorious Goodwood, coming with a superb run inside the final furlong to win the Group Two Betfair Cup over seven furlongs and the Henry Cecil-trained four-year-old could return to Goodwood to attempt victory over a furlong further.
Another victorious horse at Glorious Goodwood this year is Critical Moment, who landed the Listed Bluesq.com "For 5 Places In Stewards' Cup" Stakes on July 31 and looks a progressive performer.
The Maktoum family’s Godolphin operation has enjoyed victories in the totesport.com Celebration Mile with Mark Of Esteem (1996), Cape Cross (1999) and Caradak (2006) and has nine entries remaining including Irish 1,000 Guineas runner-up Anna Salai, the Group One-placed Emerald Commander and Alexandros, three times a winner at Group Three level and placed in Group Ones.
Sir Michael Stoute is the most successful current trainer in the totesport.com Celebration Mile with eight victories and the champion trainer has left in Main Aim, twice the winner of the Group Three Jury Stakes at Haydock and a staying-on fourth to Lord Shanakill in the Betfair Cup at Glorious Goodwood.
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Other interesting contenders include Finjaan, winner of the Betfair Cup in 2009, the consistent mare Spacious, who was last seen out when runner-up in the Group One Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket in July, and Arabian Gleam, twice successful in the seven-furlong Group Two Park Stakes at Doncaster.
Trainer Richard Hannon, who carried all before him with a record nine wins at Glorious Goodwood, could be represented by Vitznau, who ran a fine race when fifth under 9st 5lb in the totesport Mile Heritage Handicap during the week.
The totesport.com Celebration Mile forms part of a seven-race card on Saturday, August 28. The day also features the £40,000 Group Three Prestige Stakes, a seven-furlong contest for two-year-old fillies which often throws up Classic clues and the £40,000 Listed Windflower March Stakes, a mile and three quarter event for three-year-olds and upwards which may provide some pointers towards the final Classic of the season, the St Leger at Doncaster.
There is a family fun day at Goodwood, the following day, Sunday, August 29, when the £57,000 Group Three Supreme Stakes takes centre stage.
Goodwood also stages a new six-race evening fixture on Thursday, August 26.
THE totesport.com CELEBRATION MILE
Class 1, Group 2, £100,000 Total Prize Fund. Goodwood, Saturday, August 28, 2010. For 3yo+, 1m. Weights: 3yo colts & geldings 8st 9lb; 3yo fillies 8st 6lb; 4yo+ colts & geldings 9st 1lb; 4yo+ fillies 8st 12lb. Penalties: after November 1, 2009, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lb; of a Group 1 race 6lb. Entries closed July 13, entries revealed July 14 (51 entries), scratchings deadline August 10 (28 remain), five-day confirmation & £10,000 supplementary entry stage August 23, final declaration stage, 10.00am, August 26. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys & are correct up to & including the racing of Monday, August 9.
Form Horse Age/Wgt Owner Trainer
11-(5)0113 PREMIO LOCO (USA) 6-9-04 Bernard Westley Chris Wall
50-34011 LORD SHANAKILL (USA) 4-9-04 Mogeely Stud & Mark Gittins Henry Cecil
130-231 PRESSING (IRE) 7-9-04 Gary Tanaka Michael Jarvis
10-12023 ALEXANDROS 5-9-01 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
41/3031-60 ARABIAN GLEAM 6-9-01 Saeed Suhail Jeremy Noseda
1203-112 BUSHMAN 6-9-01 Khalifa Dasmal David Simcock
120-3335 DREAM EATER (IRE) 5-9-01 Jeff Smith Andrew Balding
03/010-00 FINJAAN 4-9-01 Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
004-3104 MAIN AIM 5-9-01 Khalid Abdulla Sir Michael Stoute
00-6266 ORDNANCE ROW 7-9-01 Poilin Good Michael Jarvis
642-204 OUQBA 4-9-01 Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills
3/025-0110 RIO DE LA PLATA (USA) 5-9-01 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
4211(0)-62 RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE) 4-9-01 Sue Magnier,Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE
12/331-3 SECRECY 4-9-01 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
(0)(1)(1)0362 SIROCCO BREEZE 5-9-01 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
(1)-(1)(5)(3)3 SKYSURFERS 4-9-01 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
0(6)(2)32655 VITZNAU (IRE) 6-9-01 Louis Stalder Richard Hannon
303-322 SPACIOUS 5-8-12 Cheveley Park Stud James Fanshawe
41/0310-0 SUMMER FETE (IRE) 4-8-12 H E Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed Bryan Smart
3461(6)-64 BEETHOVEN (IRE) 3-8-09 Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
15-30511 CRITICAL MOMENT (USA) 3-8-09 Khalid Abdulla Barry Hills
1212-310 EMERALD COMMANDER (IRE) 3-8-09 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
1314-00 POET'S VOICE 3-8-09 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
3-102220 RED JAZZ (USA) 3-8-09 Ronald Arculli Barry Hills
3116-165 SHAKESPEAREAN (IRE) 3-8-09 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
14-402(6) STEINBECK (IRE) 3-8-09 Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE
2-2120 ANNA SALAI (USA) 3-8-06 Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
12135 RAINFALL (IRE) 3-8-06 Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
28 entries remain after August 28 scratchings deadline
3 Irish-trained
