My Pension Expert July Cup
Group 1, Newmarket 16:35
£600,000 guaranteed,
3yo plus,
6f, Class 1  
Saturday 13th July 2024

Boylesports

1 Mill Stream 11/1
2 Swingalong 22/1
3 Vandeek 4/1
11 ran NR: Regional Distances: nk, 1¾l, nk
Time: 1m 10.90s (slow by 0.70s)

Hot favourite Inisherin could only manage fifth place as Mill Stream triumphed in the Group 1 6f sprint.

After a brilliant performance in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot last month, the Kevin Ryan-trained Inisherin was highly favoured to beat older horses for the first time as the market leader. However, the race did not go as planned.

Art Power led the 11-strong field for much of the six-furlong race, closely followed by Swingalong, who took the lead by the final furlong. In a thrilling finish, Jane Chapple-Hyam’s Mill Stream, who finished third in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at the royal meeting, was expertly guided by William Buick to a late victory, narrowly beating Swingalong by a neck.

Vandeek, who had previously lost to Inisherin in the Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock in May and missed the Commonwealth Cup due to an unsatisfactory scope, showed promise by finishing third. Art Power held on for fourth place, while the slightly disappointing Inisherin finished fifth.

Buick completed a four-timer on the day, having earlier secured a treble for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby with Desert Flower, First Conquest, and Ancient Truth.

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Chapple-Hyam said: “We were doing cartwheels when it rained, as it just took the sting out of the ground midweek. I think that is all he needs. He came here for a little bit of practice the other day.

“He’s never sparkling in his work, he just gets there but that’s him and as long as we know that, and William knows that, it’s fine, but he’s done it now, he’s got the Group One.

“You knew there was going to be a lot of speed and when they were doing 10 and change at halfway and he was sat in behind, I just knew he’d pick up and I’m thrilled.

“He likes it here, he’s been second here, so it’s nice to turn it round and get the win and he ran well at Ascot in third on very quick ground there.

“It’s nice to win here with it being my home track and my favourite track.

“I’m a very lucky lady to have Peter Harris as an owner, he knows the game and he believes in the horse too, so it’s good. It’s nice to join him and Gai (Waterhouse, who Chapple-Hyam had a winner for earlier in the day with Asian Daze) as a Group One-winning trainer.

“Peter has a good team in the yard, he supports them and he supports me, so to go and win a Group One for him, that’s what he wants and what the yard needs, so it’s good.

“He likes three weeks between races if you look back, so we’ll go to Deauville next for the Prix Maurice de Gheest, he’ll love the six and a half furlongs there – as a young horse, he got six there very well, so six-and-a-half, bring it on!”

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Pertemps Network July Cup
(British Champions Series and Global Sprint Challenge) (Group 1)
£600,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 1
11 ran
Going: Good

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (11)    Mill Stream 4 9-8 Jane Chapple-Hyam William Buick 11/1
2 (7) nk Swingalong 4 9-5 K R Burke Clifford Lee 22/1
3 (5) 1¾ Vandeek 3 9-2 Simon & Ed Crisford James Doyle 4/1
4 (10) nk Art Power 7 9-8 Tim Easterby David Allan 33/1
5 (6) nk Inisherin 3 9-2 Kevin Ryan Tom Eaves 11/8F
6 (9) nk Jasour 3 9-2 Clive Cox Jim Crowley 12/1
7 (8) 1¼ Vadream 6 9-5 Charlie Fellowes Kieran Shoemark 100/1
8 (12) 1 Kinross 7 9-8 Ralph Beckett Rossa Ryan 8/1
9 (4) ¾ River Tiber 3 9-2 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 7/1
10 (1) 4 Khaadem 8 9-8 Charles Hills Billy Loughnane 25/1
11 (3) 15 Mitbaahy 5 9-8 Charles Hills Silvestre De Sousa 33/1
NR 6 (2) Regional 6 9-8 Edward Bethell NON RUNNER

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