This weekend...

[my miss storm cat]

Sundays race isn't up yet, but...


Veliefendi (TUR) SAT 4 SEP 2010

Anatolia Trophy (Group 2)

(3yo+) (Polytrack) (3yo+) Winner £101,770
Fast 1m2f Number of runners: 8
£173,009 For Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 7lb Penalty value 1st £101,769.91 2nd £40,707.96 3rd £20,353.98 4th £10,176.99

16 223157 Babayigit43 6 9-6 Z B Cinar Gokhan Kocakaya — —

28 133131 Boom Boom10 b 4 9-6 M H Esin Erhan Yavuz — —

37 1-1157 Cutlass Bay18 4 9-6 Saeed Bin Suroor Ted Durcan — — 127

44 6134-1 Dansant21 6 9-6 G A Butler Olivier Peslier — — 125

51 -41126 Dervis Aga19 b 5 9-6 S Mutlu Halis Karatas — — 119

65 1226-0 Kader Firtinasi36 6 9-6 M Tekdemir Sadettin Boyraz — —

72 1-3611 Doku24 h 4 9-3 D Ergin Selim Kaya — —

83 Sinkasen b 3 8-11 M Loannidas Panagiotis Dimitsanis — —


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France Galop Istanbul Trophy (Group 2)

(3+ Fillies & Mares) (Turf) (3yo+) Winner £101,770
Good 1m Number of runners: 12
£173,009 For Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 5lb Penalty value 1st £101,769.91 2nd £40,707.96 3rd £20,353.98 4th £10,176.99

110 316566 Actionmax24 t 5 9-6 B Dag Halis Karatas — —

24 /60-11 Amarama370 5 9-6 V Bariamoglou Panagiotis Dimitsanis — —

32 636223 Chi24 4 9-6 A Ozgen Ayhan Kursun — —

43 615239 Lovely Doyoun24 7 9-6 A K Aksoy Fuat Cakar — —

512 636414 Mayuska24 hb 5 9-6 A K Aksoy Ozcan Yildirim — —

68 840240 Please Sing20 4 9-6 M R Channon Ted Durcan — 85 109

76 111-11 Ravenel118 4 9-6 R Rohne M Esposito — — 112

811 624311 The Rising24 ht 6 9-6 C Filiksac Akin Sozen — —

97 212155 Evading Tempete23 p 3 8-13 F Rohaut Olivier Peslier — 108

105 565832 Kinky Afro20 3 8-13 J S Moore Liam Keniry — 103 114

111 622710 Thai Haku23 h 3 8-13 M Delzangles Gregory Benoist — 74

129 -71121 Vanjura28 3 8-13 R Dzubasz A Pietsch — — 117

[my miss storm cat]

Not at all surprised to see Pressing here.

Dream Eater likes coming in 3rd... hope he does here.

International Topkapi Trophy (Group 2)

(3yo+) (Turf) (3yo+) Winner £238,938
Good 1m Number of runners: 11
£406,195 For Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 5lb Penalty value 1st £238,938.05 2nd £95,575.22 3rd £47,787.61 4th £23,893.81


16 1-4331 Deha21 4 9-6 E Sengel Halis Karatas — —

29 -33356 Dream Eater24 t 5 9-6 A M Balding Jimmy Fortune — 124 127

35 131633 Hayri Baba21 b 4 9-6 E Sengel Nurettin Sen — —

44 312115 Invincible Son42 4 9-6 E Sogutlu Ozcan Yildirim — —

57 9-4412 Invisible Man37 b 4 9-6 Saeed Bin Suroor Ted Durcan — 108

62 111132 Kurtiniadis21 b 7 9-6 S Kulak Selim Kaya — —

78 -12371 Mabait42 4 9-6 L M Cumani Kieren Fallon — 118 124

81 0-2317 Pressing24 7 9-6 M A Jarvis Neil Callan — 118 128

93 524112 Silverside14 4 9-6 M Delcher-Sanchez Julien Grosjean — —

1011 276228 Starfist32 hb 4 9-6 E Yilmaz Sadettin Boyraz — —

1110 215158 Frozen Power28 p 3 8-13 Mahmood Al Zarooni Ahmed Ajtebi — 118 121


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Be still my heart.

Halicarnassus likes being in Turkey or at least he did last time.

He hasn't exactly had a good year so here's hoping...


International Bosphorus Cup (Group 2)

(3yo+) (Turf) (3yo+) Winner £159,292
Good 1m4f Number of runners: 9
£270,796 For Weight for age 3 from 4yo+ 9lb Penalty value 1st £159,292.04 2nd £63,716.81 3rd £31,858.41 4th £15,929.20

19 231121 Adonise23 hb 4 9-6 Y Demir Selim Kaya — —

26 83-020 Doganhan28 tb 4 9-6 A Sivgin Deniz Yildiz — —

38 -22512 Estejo42 6 9-6 R Rohne Kieren Fallon — — 119

45 054800 Halicarnassus16 6 9-6 M R Channon Neil Callan — 81 117

54 524671 Indian Days40 5 9-6 J G Given Alan Munro — 111 121

61 223212 Inspector23 b 6 9-6 A Sivgin Halis Karatas — — 119

77 7-1822 Sri Putra37 4 9-6 M A Jarvis Philip Robinson — 120 126

83 3-1330 Baschar49 3 8-10 M G Mintchev Jiri Palik — — 114

92 -04831 Buzzword49 p 3 8-10 Mahmood Al Zarooni Ahmed Ajtebi —

[my miss storm cat]

http://horses.sportinglife.com/Results/

[my miss storm cat]

Pressing makes it three in a row (!), Hali is 4th in his race ( Indian Days won it) and Dream Eater was 2nd (see above post. Glad he did it and went one better).

Good enough!

Other results / full results at the usual places.

[Pedigree Ann]

Nice to see Cape Blanco winning it for the 3yos. He made it a test of stamina by taking the lead and running them into the ground; he also exposed the limitations of Rip van Winkle, who has perhaps more reputation than he deserves. So now Cape Blanco has a 2 to nil lead over Workforce (win in the Dante, second in the KGQE) and wins in the Irish Derby and Irish Champion. Is he not the best 3yo in Britain and Ireland? Didn't like going right-handed in heavy ground in France, for which I forgive him.

[clyde]

r u shore your boo bee's aren't photogenic?