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4:00 Newmarket 18 Oct 2003

Emirates Airline Champion Stakes Class A (Group 1)

(Class 1) (3yo+) 1m2f Row Good To Firm
1st £232,000 2nd £88,000 3rd £44,000 4th £20,000 5th £10,000 6th £6,000
Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1 (11)  
4 92 121 104 125
b c Polish Precedent (USA) - Ragera (IRE) (Rainbow Quest)
Tracked leaders, raced keenly, led 2f out, clear 1f out, driven out (op 10-1 tchd 12-1 in places)
2 (4) 2
5 92 114 100 121
b h Sadler's Wells (USA) - Red Carnival (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Held up, headway and hampered over 1f out, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, stayed on (tchd 40-1 in places)
3 (3) [3½]
5 92 117 97 118
br h Indian Ridge (IRE) - Blue Water (USA) (Bering)
Outpaced, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong (tchd 33-1 in places)
4 (10) ¾ [4¼]
5 92 114 95 117
b h Primo Dominie - Gorgeous Dancer (IRE) (Nordico)
Held up, not clear run from over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on (op 50-1)
5 (7) 2 [6¼]
3 88 119 88 110
ch f Kingmambo (USA) - Balistroika (USA) (Nijinsky)
Tracked leaders, raced keenly, every chance 2f out, soon edged left, no extra final furlong (op 7-2)
6 (13) ½ [6¾]
3 811 90 112
b c Key Of Luck (USA) - Alaiyda (USA) (Shahrastani)
Slowly into stride, soon with leader, led over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out (jockey said colt hung right throughout the race) (tchd 5-2 and 11-4 in places)
7 (8) shd [6¾]
4 92 117 90 112
b c Marlin (USA) - Strong Embrace I (USA)
Held up, headway and hampered over 1f out, never troubled leaders (vet said colt finished sore) (op 16-1)
8 (2) [9¼]
5 92 123 85 107
b h Gulch (USA) - Height Of Fashion (FR) (Bustino)
Chased leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 9-2 tchd 11-2 in places)
9 (12) hd [9½]
3 811 v1 85 107
ch c Grand Lodge (USA) - Blanche Dubois (Nashwan)
Made most over 4f, led over 2f out, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong (op 66-1 tchd 100-1 in places)
10 (5) shd [9¾]
7 92 85 107
b h Unfuwain (USA) - Camera Girl (Kalaglow)
Held up, weakened over 2f out (tchd 66-1 in places)
11 (9) 7 [16¾]
3 811 121 71 93
ch c Indian Ridge (IRE) - Madame Dubois (Legend Of France)
Tracked leaders, weakening when not much room over 1f out (jockey said colt did not come down the hill and the ground was too quick ) (op 25-1)
12 (6) 9 [25¾]
3 811 53 76
ch c Llandaff (USA) - Vanishing Prairie (USA) (Alysheba)
Raced wide, with leaders, joined main group over 5f out, weakened 2f out (jockey said colt did not come down the hill when tired) (op 5-1 tchd 13-2 in a place)
  • 12 ran Off time: 4:05:00 Winning time: 2m 3.34s (slow by 1.24s) Total SP: 119%
  • Non-runners: Nysaean (unsuitable ground)
  • 1st owner: Gary A Tanaka (Rakti) 1st breeder: Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti
  • 2nd owner: Cheveley Park Stud (Carnival Dancer)
  • 3rd owner: Seymour Cohn (Indian Creek)
  • Tote win: £13.10 PL: £2.60 £6.60 £4.40 Ex: £498 CSF: £330.91 Trifecta: £2,011 Part won. Pool of £2,832.46 - 0.20 winning tickets.
  • DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 2-5] 60 (21%) M [6-9] 27 (43%) H [10-13] 63 (36%)
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