Such a nice field.
Good luck to my sentimental boy, Benbaun
, to the winner (War Artist
), and to the hard-trying Les Arcs who could very well be last (but who won it in '06, beating Iffraaj home).
Gotta love it.
Come home safe, ALL of you.
Newmarket - Friday 11 July
Going: Good to Soft
15:10
16 Run Darley July Cup (group 1)
Class 1, £400000.00 added, 3yo plus, £227080.00 penalty 6f
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(4) 330-210 Assertive R Hannon 5 9 5 R Hughes
2(5) 476-017 Astronomer Royal (USA) A P O'Brien 4 9 5 R L Moore
3(1) 110-572 Benbaun (IRE) M Wallace 7 9 5 F M Berry
4(6) 11-4170 Diabolical (USA) Saeed bin Suroor 5 9 5 L Dettori
5(2) 0117/0-0 Les Arcs (USA) S Parr 8 9 5 D Holland
6(9) 1236-16 Marchand D'or (FR) F Head 5 9 5 D Bonilla
7(11) 8-01605 Off The Record J G Given 4 9 5 T P Queally
8(3) 477302 Prime Defender B W Hills 4 9 5 M Hills
9(12) 214-345 Us Ranger (USA) A P O'Brien 4 9 5 J Murtagh
10(10) 18-1941 Utmost Respect R A Fahey 4 9 5 P Hanagan
11(7) 31-2622 War Artist (AUS) J M P Eustace 5 9 5 K McEvoy
12(13) 08-1582 Zidane J R Fanshawe 6 9 5 R Winston
13(8) 116604 Seachange (NZ) Graeme Sanders 6 9 2 (RETIRED)
14(16) 21-2110 Fat Boy (IRE) P W Chapple-Hyam 3 8 13 J Fortune
15(15) 2212-01 Kingsgate Native (IRE) J R Best 3 8 13 S Sanders
16(14) 18-7133 Sir Gerry (USA) J R Fanshawe 3 8 13 J P Spencer
Betting Forecast: 3/1 Marchand D'or (FR), 7/2 Kingsgate Native (IRE), 6/1 War Artist (AUS), 7/1 Sir Gerry (USA), 8/1 Utmost Respect, Us Ranger (USA), 16/1 Zidane, 20/1 Assertive, Astronomer Royal (USA), 25/1 Benbaun (IRE), Seachange (NZ), Fat Boy (IRE), 33/1 Les Arcs (USA), Prime Defender, 50/1 Diabolical (USA), 100/1 Off The Record
FORMWATCH
ASSERTIVE 25-1 (9-4) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 14th of 17, 20l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
ASTRONOMER ROYAL (USA) 25-1 (9-4) Started slowly, behind, stayed on well from over 1f out, nearest finish, 7th of 17, 7l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
BENBAUN (IRE) 5-2jt-fav (9-9) Tracked leader in 2nd, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Tax Free (9-7) at Curragh 5f Grp 3 (1) gs in Jun.
DIABOLICAL (USA) 33-1 (9-4) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 16th of 17, 27l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
LES ARCS (USA) 14-1 (8-11) Prominent, lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 19l behind Damika (8-11) at Haydock 6f stk (2) sft.
MARCHAND D'OR (FR) 9-2 (9-4) Mid-division, hampered over 2f out, stayed well final furlong but not trouble leaders, 6th of 17, 6l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
OFF THE RECORD 25-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Ancien Regime (8-12) at Sandown 5f Grp 3 (1) gf.
PRIME DEFENDER 12-1 (9-3) Held up, ridden over 2f out, steady progress over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, never nearer, 2nd of 10, nk behind Ancien Regime (8-12) at Sandown 5f Grp 3 (1) gf.
US RANGER (USA) 6-1 (9-4) In rear, headway over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 17, 5l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
UTMOST RESPECT 11-4fav (9-3) Close up on outside, ridden and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, drifted right and held on final furlong, won at Newcastle 6f Grp 3 (1) sft in Jun beating Zidane (9-3) by 2 1/2l, 10 ran.
WAR ARTIST (AUS) 8-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden to dispute lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not pace of winner, 2nd of 17, 1 1/2l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
ZIDANE 9-2 (9-3) Held up, headway when not clear run over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, staying on when hampered well inside final furlong, took 2nd post, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Utmost Respect (9-3) at Newcastle 6f Grp 3 (1) sft in Jun.
SEACHANGE (NZ) 7-1 (9-5) Keen, held up in touch, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 6l behind Nahoodh (8-10) at Newmarket 1m fll stks Grp 1 (1) gs.
FAT BOY (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 17, 11l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
KINGSGATE NATIVE (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, disputed lead 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun beating War Artist (9-4) by 1 1/2l, 17 ran.
SIR GERRY (USA) 20-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway from over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 17, 2l behind Kingsgate Native (8-11) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.