HATTAN WINS!
(... and this was one tough field!).
Saturday September 6 2008
Kempton 14:50 - Result
Totesport.com September Stakes (group 3)
£65000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 4f, Class 1, £36901 penalty,
12 ran
Going: Standard
Race Report »
Winning Time: 2m 30.5s 14:20 14:50 15:25 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 8
Hattan (IRE) 9-7 N Callan C E Brittain 6 16/1
took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden to lead just over 1f out, ran on strongly under pressure final furlong, all out, held on touched 20/1 £2000-£100 Each Way
2 1 nk Illustrious Blue 9-4 P Doe W J Knight 5 33/1
in rear, headway 2f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, gaining near finish touched 28/1
3 12 3¼ Mourilyan (IRE) 9-4 G Baker G L Moore 4 12/1
behind mid-division, headway 2f out, ran on inside final furlong to take 3rd final stride, not troubled leading pair opened 10/1
4 10 hd Many Volumes (USA) 9-4 T P Queally H R A Cecil 4 5/2 jf
led, ridden over 2f out, headed just over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, lost 3rd final stride touched 11/4 £3000-£1000 £1500-£500 £1260-£420 £900-£300 £2750-£1000 £1100-£400 (x8) £2500-£1000 £1500-£600 £1250-£500 £1000-£400 (x4)
5 4 1 Lion Sands 9-4 J Fortune L M Cumani 4 9/1
behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not reached leaders opened 8/1 touched 11/1
6 3 ½ Galactic Star 9-4 R L Moore Sir Michael Stoute 5 5/2 jf
prominent, chased leader and effort 2f out, no extra over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong opened 7/2 £3500-£1000 £1400-£400 £2000-£600 £900-£300 £5500-£2000 (x3) £1100-£400
7 6 ½ Blue Monday 9-4 S Drowne R Charlton 7 10/1
never better than mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous touched 11/1
8 2 6 Supersonic Dave (USA) 9-4 R Hills B J Meehan 4 25/1
led, ridden and effort over 2f out, soon weakened opened 33/1
9 7 4 Young Mick 9-4 T Quinn G G Margarson 6 9/1
took keen hold, behind, never in contention final 2f touched 8/1
10 11 6 Halicarnassus (IRE) 9-4 A Culhane M R Channon 4 14/1
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened well over 1f out opened 16/1
11 5 3¾ Humungous (IRE) 9-4 C Catlin C R Egerton 5 66/1
blind removed late, started slowly, took keen hold towards rear, headway on outside after 3f and in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
12 9 dist Al Shemali 9-4 L Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 4 11/1
prominent, ridden and lost touch over 3f out, eased over 2f out, tailed off opened 14/1
Racing Post..
Hattan springs shock in September Stakes
Hattan: was running on the all-weather for the first time since his Winter Derby win at Lingfield in March
Peter Scargill
HATTAN claimed another valuable all-weather prize by adding the Group 3 September Stakes to his victory in the Winter Derby in March.
With no obvious pace setter in thefield Tom Queally reluctantly took the runners along aboard recent course winner Many Volumes.
But it was a pedestrian pace and his 11 opponents were all stacking up behind him as they exited the final bend into the straight.
Neil Callan, replacingMartin Dwyer, shot 16-1 chance Hattan up the inside as the rail fell away and galvinsed by the first time visor ran on well to defeat fast finishing 33-1 outsider Illustrious Blue.
The pair were clear of Mourilyan who just got up to pip Many Volumes for third at 12-1 on his first start for Gary Moore.
Callan said: "He's isn't getting any younger and Clive's done well to keep him going.
"He got a nice pitch and got his split up the rail and really stuck his neck out at the end. Fairdo's to the lad."