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Sun Chariot Stakes 2012 |
Elusive Kate Has Sun Chariot Stakes Option
25/07/12
A total of 45 entries have been revealed for the £160,000 Group One Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes, the mile contest for fillies and mares which takes place on the third and final day of Newmarket’s Cambridgeshire Meeting, Saturday, September 29.
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The last three renewals of the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes were landed by the Rodolphe Collet-trained Sahpresa. The mare raced in the colours of Teruya Yoshida for her third and final victory in 2011 and the leading Japanese owner has three entries this year - Elusive Kate, Nova Hawk and Stay Alive.
Elusive Kate, who is trained in Newmarket by John Gosden, was rated the best juvenile filly in Europe in 2011, when her victories included the Group One Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp in October. She made her seasonal reappearance in the Group One Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes over a mile at Newmarket on July 13, when she was an excellent second to Giofra.
Nova Hawk and Stay Alive are both trained in France by Rodolphe Collet. Nova Hawk was fourth in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas in 2011 and also ran an excellent race when runner-up last season in the Group One Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. Stay Alive enjoyed her finest hour when successful in the Group Three Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1,000 Guineas) last season but has not been seen out since.
Patrick Barbe, Teruya Yoshida’s racing manager in Europe, commented today: "It's so far so good with Elusive Kate. She ran really well at Newmarket three weeks ago and we will know more in the next couple of weeks or so, but at the moment she is a very likely runner in the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes.
"She holds entries in the Prix Rothschild and in the Prix Jacques Le Marois, but I don't know if she will run.
"It was a very pleasing comeback from her at Newmarket and John Gosden was very happy.
"Nova Hawk is an unlikely runner, but Stay Alive returns at Dieppe tomorrow and we will know more about her after she runs there."
The high-class entry for the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes also includes the first and third home from the Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes - Giofra and Siyouma - as well as dual Group One winner Immortal Verse and Nahrain, who is trained in Newmarket by Roger Varian and was successful in the Group One Prix de l’Opera at Longchamp last season.
The three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting runs from Thursday, September 27 through to Saturday, September 29.
Entries for the Group One Shadwell Fillies’ Mile, Group One Jaguar Cars Cheveley Park Stakes and the Group Two Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes - which all take place at the Cambridgeshire Meeting - will be revealed on Wednesday, July 25.
THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN SUN CHARIOT STAKES
Class 1, Group 1, £160,000 Total Prize Fund. 3.10pm, Saturday, September 29, Newmarket. For three-year-olds and upwards, fillies and mares only. One Mile (Rowley). Weight: three-year-olds 8st 13lb; four-year-olds & upwards 9st 3lb. Entries closed July 24, entries revealed July 24 (45 entries), scratchings deadline Tuesday, September 11, five-day conformation and £16,000 supplementary entry stage Monday, September 24, final declaration stage 10.00a, Thursday, September 27. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Monday, July 23.
Form Horse Age Owner Trainer
545235 AFTER (IRE) 3 Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
116-310 ALANZA (IRE) 4 H H Aga Khan John Oxx IRE
(2)(2)(1)-(2)23 ARIYFA (IRE) 4 Tommy Cummins Noel Quinlan
042-355 BEATRICE AURORE (IRE) 4 Benny Andersson John Dunlop
11-112 BEAUTY PARLOUR 3 Wildenstein Stables Limited Sir Henry Cecil
1321-45 BUGIE D'AMORE 3 Haras de Saint Pair Scea Alain de Royer Dupre FR
112 CAPONATA (USA) 3 Khalid Abdulla Dermot Weld IRE
130-(1)20 CAPTIVATOR 5 Lord Vestey James Fanshawe
1322-(1)2 CHACHAMAIDEE (IRE) 5 R A H Evans Sir Henry Cecil
1(1)(1)(3)-10 CLINICAL 4 Cheveley Park Stud Sir Mark Prescott
6-(3)2005 DEVOTION (IRE) 3 Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
3-0(0)(3)10 DYSPHONIA (AUS) 6 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor
14-3210 ELECTRELANE 3 Clipper Logistics Ralph Beckett
(1)1110-2 ELUSIVE KATE (USA) 3 Teruya Yoshida John Gosden
61 EMIRATES QUEEN 3 Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum Luca Cumani
6111-10 EMULOUS 5 Khalid Abdulla Dermot Weld IRE
125-(1)(6)1 FALLEN FOR YOU 3 Normandie Stud Ltd John Gosden
15-(1)(0)01 FALLS OF LORA (IRE) 3 Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
2210-(1)(1) GAMILATI 3 Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
511-121 GIOFRA 4 Haras de la Perelle Alain de Royer Dupre FR
3/024-05 I LOVE ME 4 Neven Botica Andrew Balding
011130- IMMORTAL VERSE (IRE) 4 Richard Strauss Robert Collet FR
1034 IRISH HISTORY (IRE) 3 Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
20(1)321 ISHVANA (IRE) 3 Anne-Marie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE
640-210 JOVIALITY 4 H R H Princess Haya of Jordan John Gosden
1213-56 LA COLLINA (IRE) 3 Jorg Vasicek Kevin Prendergast IRE
(1)(1)0116 LAUGH OUT LOUD 3 Ann Black, M Al Qatami & K M Al Mudhaf Mick Channon
111-0 LYRIC OF LIGHT 3 Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni
500-131 MAKING EYES (IRE) 4 Starter For Ten Partnership Hugo Palmer
(1)6(0)521 MARVADA (IRE) 4 Zinlo Syndicate Ken Condon IRE
22-1021 MASHOORA (IRE) 3 Hamdan Al Maktoum Jean Claude Rouget FR
111-355 MAYBE (IRE) 3 Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE
110 MOONSTONE MAGIC 3 Lady Marchwood Ralph Beckett
11112-0 NAHRAIN 4 Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Roger Varian
030-456 NOVA HAWK 4 Teruya Yoshida Rodolphe Collet
111 RIDASIYNA (FR) 3 H H Aga Khan Mikel Delzangles FR
21-210 SAGAWARA 3 H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR
1120 SENTARIL 3 Lael Stable William Haggas
1-13433 SIYOUMA (IRE) 4 Robert Jeffcock Francois Doumen FR
262346 SOON (IRE) 3 Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & MD.Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
1-42324 STARSCOPE 3 Cheveley Park Stud John Gosden
1132/11- STAY ALIVE (IRE) 4 Teruya Yoshida Rodolphe Collet FR
(2)32043 UP (IRE) 3 Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
2(1)1- WADING (IRE) 3 Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE
1-314 WAS (IRE) 3 Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE
45 entries
13 Irish-trained
9 French-trained
