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Illustrious Blue Among 67 Remaining in totesport Mile
16/07/08
The £150,000 totesport Mile on Friday, August 1, sees 67 horses go forward at the latest forfeit stage, including course specialist Illustrious Blue, trained locally at Patching by William Knight, who has won five times from eight starts at the track, with his worst finish being a fourth place in Listed company.
The five-year-old’s victories include a Glorious Goodwood triumph over the course and distance in 2006, although he has been campaigned over further in the past two seasons, winning the 10-furlong Listed Festival Stakes at the course in May, 2007.
Knight revealed today: "Illustrious Blue is entered in the totesport Mile and there is also a mile and a quarter heritage handicap at Goodwood on the first day (£50,000 Bank Of Scotland Investment Services Handicap), so that’s an option, but there is a definite possibility that he could go for the totesport Mile. He is also in a Listed race at Newbury on Saturday and he could run there as well as at Goodwood.
"The step back to a mile wouldn’t concern me. We have tried our hand at a mile and a half and, although I believe he stays that trip, I think his best distance is a mile and a quarter. Having said that, I’m sure he’ll be effective back at a mile. He has won at Goodwood at a mile and what he needs is to come off a fast pace and he should get that in the totesport Mile.
"We will look at the race and make a firm decision closer to the time. He loves Goodwood, which is one of the reasons I’m looking at the race."
Illustrious Blue, who has been allotted 9st 6lb and is rated a 25/1 chance by totesport, ran better than the bare result suggests when three lengths seventh to Supaseus in the Listed Wolferton Handicap at Royal Ascot last time.
Knight continued: "He ran well at Royal Ascot when he never really got into the race. He is in good nick and has put up some good performances this year but just hasn’t had much luck. We took him to Taby in Sweden and he got murdered on the first bend then he hated the ground when he was beaten at Sandown, so each time he has run badly there has been a reasonable excuse. We need a bit of luck and hopefully he will get that at Goodwood.
"Richard Kingscote has been riding him lately and he will most likely be keeping the ride."
Others going forward include the Roger Charlton-trained Fifteen Love, who won the Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot from the Marcus Tregoning-trained Masaalek (the 10/1 market leader with totesport), with Yaddree, trained by Michael Jarvis, in third.
The James Fanshawe-trained Artimino, Godolphin’s Gold Sovereign, the Sir Mark Prescott-trained pair of Caravel and Master Of Arts, as well as Bunbury Cup winner Little White Lie, trained by John Jenkins, also remain.
Military Cross and Axiom could represent the Luca Cumani stable, while the Sir Michael Stoute-trained pair of Lang Shining and Flawed Genius go forward along with the Charlton-trained Scuffle and dual course and distance winner Don’t Panic, trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam.
LATEST totesport PRICES
10 Masaalek, 12 Caravel, 12 Gold Sovereign, Little White Lie, Yaddree, 14 Artimino, Fifteen Love, Military Cross, 16 Axiom, Docofthebay, Dubai's Touch, Flawed Genius, Kavachi, Lang Shining, Master of Arts, Mukhber, Scuffle, Swop, 20 Cape Hawk, Dhaular Dhar, Don't Panic, Extraterrestrial, Furnace, Humungous, Laa Rayb, Regal Parade, Unshakable, We'll Come, 25 Ballentini, Capucci, Fasthsta, Fishforcompiliments, Flipando, Giganticus, Huzzah, Illustrious Blue, Kings Point, Nijoom Dubai, Officer, Orchard Supreme, Ordnance Row, Prince of Light, Raptor Royal Power, Slam Dunk, Summit Surge, Unbreak My Heart, Underworld, Vainglory, Webbow, Zero Tolerance, 33 Babodana, Fremen, Jack Junior, Minority Report, Mount Hadley, Pride of Nation, Prince of Thebes, Royal Dignitary, Russki, Silca Chiave, The Snatcher, Vitznau, Yamal, 50 Captain Jackspara, Carnivore, White Deer
Each Way 1/4 the odds a place - 1-2-3-4. All Quoted
THE totesport MILE (HERITAGE HANDICAP)
Class 2, Heritage Handicap, £150,000 Total Prize Fund. 3.30pm, Goodwood, Friday, August 1, 2008. For three-year-olds and upwards, one mile. Weights: highest weight not less than 9st 10lb; minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after July 5, a winner 3lb; a winner of two races 5lb. Entries closed July 1, entries revealed July 2 ( 82 entries). Weights revealed July 9. Forfeit stage July 15 (67 remain), six-day confirmation stage July 26, final declaration stage 10.00am, July 30. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Monday, July 14, 2008.
WEIGHTS RAISED 1LB
Form Horse Age/Wt Owner Trainer
(2)-(2)4110 SUMMIT SURGE (IRE) 4-9-10 William Bellew Ger Lyons IRE
26-4420 DOCOFTHEBAY (IRE) 4-9-08 Paul Dixon Jamie Osborne
25-5152 ORDNANCE ROW 5-9-07 Poilin Good Richard Hannon
51-1224 DON'T PANIC (IRE) 4-9-06 A B S Webb Peter Chapple-Hyam
60(2)500 ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE 5-9-06 Mr & Mrs I H Bendelow William Knight
100-500 PRIDE OF NATION (IRE) 6-9-05 Gary & Linnet Woodward John Hills
3-6U165 LAA RAYB (USA) 4-9-05 Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
533/0(1)-1 MILITARY CROSS 5-9-02 R Thompson & A Bengough Luca Cumani
3-(6)00211 LITTLE WHITE LIE (IRE) 4-9-02 3lb Ex The Three Honest Men John Jenkins
(2)-021465 RAPTOR (GER) 5-9-01 Mark Gittins Karl Burke
0(1)(5)404 VITZNAU (IRE) 4-9-01 Louis Stalder Richard Hannon
14240-30 ARTIMINO 4-9-01 Cheveley Park Stud James Fanshawe
(6)(0)-3363 BABODANA 8-9-01 M P Bowring Mark Tompkins
(2)(4)0004 DUBAI'S TOUCH 4-9-01 Salem Suhail Mark Johnston
26-1200 LANG SHINING (IRE) 4-9-01 Ballymacoll Stud Sir Michael Stoute
(1)3-1 GOLD SOVEREIGN (IRE) 4-9-00 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
0-050120 DHAULAR DHAR (IRE) 6-9-00 Middleham Park Racing XLV Jim Goldie
(2)020-10 JACK JUNIOR (USA) 4-8-13 Roldvale Limited Brian Meehan
231-605 NIJOOM DUBAI 3-8-13 Jaber Abdullah Mick Channon
00-36300 ROYAL POWER (IRE) 5-8-13 David Nicholls David Nicholls
5(2)22613 REGAL PARADE 4-8-12 Dab Hand Racing David Nicholls
100-0505 GIGANTICUS (USA) 5-8-12 Derek James,Cavendish Inv Ltd, Matthew Green Barry Hills
403-005 HUMUNGOUS (IRE) 5-8-10 Exors of the Late Mrs Evelyn Hankinson Charles Egerton
23/50-40 SILCA CHIAVE 4-8-10 Aldridge Racing Partnership Mick Channon
0-200040 FISHFORCOMPLIMENTS 4-8-10 Mel Roberts & Nicola Meese Richard Fahey
1333-40 WE'LL COME 4-8-08 Stephen Dartnell Michael Jarvis
01/(3)13-6 MOUNT HADLEY (USA) 4-8-08 Michael Tabor Gerard Butler
(0)-021200 EXTRATERRESTRIAL 4-8-08 G J Paver Richard Fahey
0-04046 FLIPANDO (IRE) 7-8-08 Jenny Hazell David Barron
(6)14464 BALLINTENI 6-8-08 David Cohen Gay Kelleway
2-3(1)223 MASAALEK 3-8-08 Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning
110-015 FIFTEEN LOVE (USA) 3-8-08 Khalid Abdulla Roger Charlton
1(3)4-1106 HUZZAH (IRE) 3-8-07 J Gale, J Finch, D Cole, Robin Dollar, David Powell Barry Hills
(1)13(1)-(1)0 RUSSKI (IRE) 4-8-07 DXB Bloodstock Ltd David Simcock
42-(2)(1)24 SLAM DUNK (USA) 3-8-06 Glenview House Stud Ger Lyons IRE
11111-3 CARAVEL (IRE) 4-8-06 Neil Greig - Osborne House Sir Mark Prescott
(1)-(2)1 SWOP (IRE) 5-8-05 Angie Silver Luca Cumani
(2)21-213 YADDREE 3-8-05 Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Michael Jarvis
36(6)0-20 UNSHAKABLE (IRE) 9-8-05 Unshakable Partnership Bob Jones
(0)(3)-152(2)5 THE SNATCHER (IRE) 5-8-05 Mrs R Ablett Richard Hannon
(3)(4)(0)3(2)36 VAINGLORY (USA) 4-8-05 DXB Bloodstock Ltd David Simcock
103/304- FURNACE (IRE) 4-8-05 Highclere Thoroughbred Racing XXXV Michael Bell
4000500 FREMEN (USA) 8-8-05 Claire King, Mrs A Seed, Ms Finola Devaney David Nicholls
4(1)(4)-(1)541 CAPE HAWK (IRE) 4-8-05 3lb Ex Thurloe Thoroughbreds XVII Richard Hannon
011440 KAVACHI (IRE) 5-8-04 Bryan Pennick & Roy Martin Gary Moore
140-2460 FLAWED GENIUS 3-8-04 Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Sir Michael Stoute
21411-4 WEBBOW (IRE) 6-8-04 Wentdale Limited Tim Easterby
(1)(1)2 UNDERWORLD 3-8-03 Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
001002 ORCHARD SUPREME 5-8-03 Brian Oakley Richard Hannon
3-111 SCUFFLE 3-8-03 3lb Ex Khalid Abdulla Roger Charlton
(0)(2)21-10 AXIOM 4-8-02 DIC Racing Syndicate Luca Cumani
0051-416 KINGS POINT (IRE) 7-8-02 WRB 61 (The Claire King Syndicate) David Nicholls
000-000 PRINCE OF LIGHT (IRE) 5-8-02 Claire Riordan & Kieran Coughlan Mark Johnston
1-00250 CAPTAIN JACKSPARRA (IRE) 4-8-02 John Duddy,B McDonald, A Heeney, M McMenamin Kevin Ryan
0311-200 UNBREAK MY HEART (IRE) 3-8-01 Mountgrange Stud Roger Charlton
2212000 FATHSTA (IRE) 3-8-01 Speedlith Group Sylvester Kirk
P60-232 ZERO TOLERANCE (IRE) 8-8-00 The Hornsey Warriors Racing Syndicate David Barron
(6)(2)-(4)415 OFFICER 4-7-12 R Plersch Gary Moore
04-62060 PRINCE OF THEBES (IRE) 7-7-12 Canisbay Bloodstock Michael Attwater
(2)(1)1211 ROYAL DIGNITARY (USA) 8-7-12 Middleham Park Racing XXXVI David Nicholls
(0)(0)-(1)11(1) MASTER OF ARTS (USA) 3-7-11 Eclipse Thoroughbreds-Osborne House III Sir Mark Prescott
000030 MINORITY REPORT 8-7-11 Dandy Nicholls Racing Club David Nicholls
0-00600 WHITE DEER (USA) 4-7-10 Ian Bellamy David Nicholls
1-4410 MUKHBER 3-7-09 Hamdan Al Maktoum John Gosden
0(3)(6)(5)-306 CARNIVORE 6-7-09 The Meat Eaters David Barron
(1)(5)5121 YAMAL (IRE) 3-7-03 3lb Ex Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston
05515 CAPUCCI 3-7-03 H R H Princess Haya of Jordan John Gosden
67 entries remain after July 15 forfeit stage
2 Irish-trained
THE FOLLOWING HORSES WERE REMOVED AT THE JULY 15 FORFEIT STAGE: BANKABLE (IRE), PINPOINT (IRE), SMART ENOUGH, CELTIC SULTAN (IRE), ZAAHID (IRE), THRONE OF POWER (USA), WASAN, SOUTH CAPE, VIVA VETTORI, DEAR MAURICE, SLUGGER O'TOOLE, FLIGHT TO QUALITY, GIANT LOVE (USA), ARCTIC CAPE, ATABAAS PRIDE
