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De Royer Dupre Aiming for Successive Pride Stakes Victory with Ashiyla 23/09/10

Entries were revealed yesterday for both the Group Two Victor Chandler Challenge Stakes and the Group Two Pride Stakes, both of which take place at Newmarket on Champions’ Day, Saturday, 16th October.

Pride and Christophe Lemaire parading in front of the stands following their impressive victory in 2006.
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Run over a mile and a half, the £90,000 Pride Stakes is restricted to fillies and mares and remembers the fantastic mare Pride, winner of the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes in 2006. Pride’s trainer Alain de Royer Dupre also won the 2009 renewal of the Pride Stakes with Ashalanda and has two entries to choose from in 2010 with Ashiyla and Shamanova both engaged.

Ashiyla landed a maiden at Chantilly in May and has subsequently performed with credit in Pattern company, most recently taking fourth to Midday when beaten just over a length in the Group One Prix Vermeille at Longchamp on 12th September. Shamanova has also been in good form this season, filling the runner-up spot on her last three outings in Group company. The pair are both three-year-olds and owned by the Aga Khan.

De Royer Dupre reported today: “It was very nice to win the race last year with Ashalanda and I hope to be represented this time with Ashiyla.

“Her fourth in the Prix Vermeille didn’t surprise me because she gallops with Sarafina every week. She was a pacemaker for her in that race but I always take a Group horse to set the gallop in the top races.

“She is a late-maturing filly and I think that she is good enough to run well in the Pride Stakes. She goes well in most types of ground, although I would expect softer conditions at Newmarket in the middle of October.

“We have also given an entry to Shamanova but her intended target is the Prix de Royallieu at Longchamp on 2nd October.”

The 34-strong entry for the Pride Stakes also includes Crystal Capella, successful in the 2008 renewal and runner-up to Ashalanda last year. The five-year-old, who has yet to run this season, is one of a four-strong entry from the stable of Sir Michael Stoute, which also includes recent Group Two Blandford Stakes scorer Eleanora Duse.

Godolphin has three to choose from including this season’s Group Two Ribblesdale Stakes heroine Hibaayeb while a strong potential Irish challenge includes recent Irish St Leger runner-up Profound Beauty, Roses For The Lady, Devoted To You, You’ll Be Mine and Zarebiya.

THE PRIDE STAKES
Class 1, Group 2, £90,000 Total Prize Fund. 4.50pm, Newmarket, Saturday, October 16. For 3-y-o and upwards, fillies & mares, one mile & four furlongs. Weights: 3-y-o 8st 10lb; 4-y-o+ 9st 3lb. Penalties: after February 28, 2010, a winner of a Group 2 race 2lb; of a Group 1 race 4lb. Entries closed September 21, entries revealed September 22 (34 entries), five-day confirmation & £8,000 supplementary entry stage Monday, October 11, final declaration stage 10.00am, Thursday, October 14. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including Monday, September 20, 2010.

Form Horse Age Owner Trainer

11-1332 ANTARA (GER) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
01464 ASHIYLA (FR) 3 H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR
143166 BARSHIBA (IRE) 6 Jeff Smith David Elsworth
411610 BRUSHING 4 John Brenchley Mark Tompkins
1-3000 CEILIDH HOUSE 3 Julian Richmond-Watson Ralph Beckett
114/24-0 CLOWANCE 5 Seasons Holidays Roger Charlton
111/152- CRYSTAL CAPELLA 5 Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Sir Michael Stoute
312-200 DEVOTED TO YOU (IRE) 3 Diane Nagle & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
2(1)5-010 DYNA WALTZ 3 George Strawbridge John Gosden
(1)-23131 ELEANORA DUSE (IRE) 3 Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute
(1)1 FERDOOS 3 Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Michael Jarvis
325530 FLYING CLOUD (IRE) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
031000 HIBAAYEB 3 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
41-3020 HIGH HEELED (IRE) 4 George Strawbridge & James Wigan John Gosden
005535 LADY LUPUS (IRE) 3 Anne Marie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE
2145(6)2 LES FAZZANI (IRE) 6 Dr Marwan Koukash Kevin Ryan
3-12443 MEEZNAH (USA) 3 Saif Ali & Saeed H Altayer David Lanigan
0-54023 MUDAARAAH 3 Hamdan Al Maktoum John Dunlop
140101 MYPLACELATER 3 Tony Thompson David Elsworth
(4)-3111 NOURIYA 3 Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar Sir Michael Stoute
422204 POLLY'S MARK (IRE) 4 Wickham Stud Clive Cox
4-12112 PROFOUND BEAUTY (IRE) 6 Moyglare Stud Farms Ltd Dermot Weld IRE
45-201 RED FANTASY (IRE) 3 Ronnie Arculli Barry Hills
52-1336 ROSES FOR THE LADY (IRE) 4 Neil Jones John Oxx IRE
(1)-10432 RUMOUSH (USA) 3 Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
(4)-40306 SAPHIRA'S FIRE (IRE) 5 Mike Caddy William Muir
211222 SHAMANOVA (IRE) 3 H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR
244312 SHE'S OUR MARK 6 B & M Syndicate Pat Flynn IRE
(4)(2)-1320 SHIMMERING SURF (IRE) 3 Butterfield, Strong & Williams Peter Winkworth
(5)-3165 SHIP'S BISCUIT 3 Philip Newton Sir Michael Stoute
(0)-1111(1) SPARKLING SMILE (IRE) 3 Saif Ali & Saeed H Altayer David Lanigan
(2)-(2)1300 TINAAR (USA) 4 Fawzi Abdulla Nass Gerard Butler
413-00 YOU'LL BE MINE (USA) 3 Roisin Henry & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
130 ZAREBIYA (IRE) 3 H H Aga Khan John Oxx IRE

34 Entries
7 Irish-trained
2 French-trained