The July Cup

[my miss storm cat]

Friday July 11 2008
Newmarket 15:10 - Result
Darley July Cup (group 1)
£400000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 1, £227080 penalty,
13 ran

Going: Good
Winning Time: 1m 11.01s 13:30 14:00 14:35 15:10 15:45 16:20 16:55 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 9 Marchand D'or (FR) 9-5 D Bonilla F Head 5 5/2 f
taken to post early, broke well, steadied to rear, held up in last, switched right towards stands side after 2f, still last approaching final furlong, ran on strongly on the stand side rail to lead post opened 3/1 touched 10/3 £2000-£600 (x2) £1000-£300 (x3) £4500-£1500 £1500-£500 (x2) £16500-£6000 £11000-£4000 £1100-£400
2 12 hd Us Ranger (USA) 9-5 J Murtagh A P O'Brien 4 9/2
chased leaders, soon pushed along and looked reluctant, carried head high from over 1f out, led briefly 50 yards out, headed post opened 6/1 £3000-£550
3 7 ½ War Artist (AUS) 9-5 K McEvoy J M P Eustace 5 11/2
led, ridden over 1f out, headed final 50 yards opened 6/1
4 5 nk Astronomer Royal (USA) 9-5 R L Moore A P O'Brien 4 16/1
held up in rear, headway when switched right to stands side rail entering final furlong, ran on well towards finish touched 20/1
5 15 ½ Kingsgate Native (IRE) 8-13 S Sanders J R Best 3 6/1
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on but unable to quicken inside final furlong opened 5/1 touched 13/2 £3900-£600 £1950-£300 £2200-£400
6 6 hd Diabolical (USA) 9-5 L Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 5 33/1
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on unable to quicken inside final furlong
7 3 nk Prime Defender 9-5 M Hills B W Hills 4 40/1
held up, headway when not clear run over 1f out, ridden and kept on towards finish
8 4 1½ Assertive 9-5 R Hughes R Hannon 5 25/1
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
9 16 nk Fat Boy (IRE) 8-13 J Fortune P W Chapple-Hyam 3 20/1
prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong touched 22/1
10 1 ½ Benbaun (IRE) 9-5 F M Berry M Wallace 7 16/1
mid-division, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong touched 20/1
11 13 hd Zidane 9-5 R Winston J R Fanshawe 6 20/1
mid-division, ridden 2f out, soon beaten touched 18/1
12 11 2¼ Off The Record 9-5 T P Queally J G Given 4 100/1
tracked leader until over 1f out
13 14 1¾ Sir Gerry (USA) 8-13 J P Spencer J R Fanshawe 3 7/1
keen, steadied towards rear, ridden 2f out, soon beaten, eased final furlong opened 6/1 £6400-£800 Each Way

Non-Runners
NR Les Arcs (USA) 9-5 D Holland S Parr 8
NR Seachange (NZ) 9-2 Graeme Sanders 6
NR Utmost Respect 9-5 P Hanagan R A Fahey 4

[brockguy]

well done to Marchand D'Or..

War Artist keeps running so well.. I hope he gets a G1 win in europe..

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by brockguy

well done to Marchand D'Or..

War Artist keeps running so well.. I hope he gets a G1 win in europe..

Thought I'd read he was your pick (MDO) somewhere... congrats if you had him.

Poor Benny.

[my miss storm cat]

Replay...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ZTvVoW9BI

[NoChanceToDance]

It was a great race to watch. Couldn't believe how much ground the winner made up in the final furlong, I had almost given up hope as they flashed passed me in the grandstands.

Luckily, The race was run in beautiful sunshine but the same cannot be said about the following 2yo fillies race, which was run in dreadful conditions. Jockeys said they couldn't see much more than five feet in front of them. More to the point, I got soaked!!!