Betway John Of Gaunt Stakes |
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| Group 3, Haydock Park 16:00 £63,000 added, 4yo plus, 7f 37y, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 9th June 2018 | |
1 D'Bai 3/1
2
Larchmont Lad 12/1
3 Tabarrak 3/1
7 ran NR: Emmaus Distances: hd, nk, 1¾l
Time: 1m 28.24s (slow by 2.24s)
Godolphin on top again with D'Bai
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He joined Larchmont Lad inside the final furlong towards the far side as Tabarrak challenged towards the outside. Charlie Appleby's gelding ran on gamely to defeat the second Larchmont Lad by a head.
Buick said: "He had a good winter in Dubai and won the seven-furlong handicap very well.
"Charlie (Appleby) used the Windsor race as a prep for this and it's worked well. He travelled really nice through and I would have liked to have had another horse to follow and to wait a little bit longer to be honest but he stuck on well in fairness to him.
"He's a very talented horse."
Betway John Of Gaunt Stakes (Group 3)
£63,000 added, 4yo plus, 7f 37y, Class 1
8 ran
Going: Good to Firm (Watered)
| Pos | Dr | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | (3) | D'Bai (IRE) 3/1 | W Buick 9-0 |
C Appleby | 4 | |
| 2nd | (5) | hd | Larchmont Lad (IRE) 12/1 | D Tudhope 9-0 |
D O'Meara | 4 |
| 3rd | (6) | nk | Tabarrak (IRE) 3/1 | Jim Crowley 9-0 |
R Hannon | 5 |
| 4th | (8) | 1¾ | Dutch Connection 6/4f | James Doyle 9-0 |
C Hills | 6 |
| 5th | (1) | 4½ | Mr Owen (USA) 20/1 | Oisin Murphy 9-0 |
D M Simcock | 6 |
| 6th | (2) | 5 | Lahore (USA) 11/1 | S De Sousa 9-0 |
C G Cox | 4 |
| 7th | (4) | ½ | Muntadab (IRE) 33/1 | T Hamilton 9-0 |
Roger Fell | 6 |
| NR | (7) | Emmaus (IRE) | Andrea Atzeni 9-0 |
R Varian | 4 |
