Georgia House Stud Darley S.

[my miss storm cat]

Friday October 19 2007
Newmarket 15:10

Georgia House Stud Darley Stakes (group 3)
£47000.00 added, 3yo plus, 1m 1f, Class 1, £26687.00 penalty
13 runners
Going: Soft

1 (9) 311743 Blythe Knight (IRE) 13 7 9-7 J J Quinn G Gibbons
2 (3) 121366 Blue Ksar (FR) 20 4 9-3 t Saeed bin Suroor L Dettori
3 (2) 224535 Grand Passion (IRE) 41 7 9-3 G Wragg S Drowne
4 (5) 134214 Illustrious Blue 23 4 9-3 W J Knight P Doe
5 (11) 34-2387 Mashaahed 83 4 9-3 B W Hills Martin Dwyer
6 (1) 311252 Ordnance Row 23 4 9-3 R Hannon R L Moore
7 (10) 696912 Tell 13 4 9-3 b J L Dunlop E Ahern
8 (6) 22142-3 Windsor Knot (IRE) 23 5 9-3 Saeed bin Suroor T E Durcan
9 (4) 112406 Wise Dennis 20 5 9-3 A P Jarvis K Darley
10 (8) 225625 Bahia Breeze 35 5 9-0 R Guest J Fortune
11 (13) 3-51912 Al Tharib (USA) 41 3 8-13 Sir Michael Stoute R Hills
12 (7) 211232 Docofthebay (IRE) 13 3 8-13 J A Osborne R Hughes
13 (12) 46-272 Jack Junior (USA) 100 3 8-13 B J Meehan M Hills

Betting Forecast: 11/2 Mashaahed, 6/1 Blue Ksar (FR), 7/1 Blythe Knight (IRE), 7/1 Windsor Knot (IRE), 8/1 Illustrious Blue, 8/1 Bahia Breeze, 10/1 Tell, 10/1 Al Tharib (USA), 10/1 Docofthebay (IRE), 14/1 Jack Junior (USA), 16/1 Ordnance Row, 20/1 Grand Passion (IRE), 25/1 Wise Dennis

FORMWATCH
Blythe Knight (IRE) 28-1 (9-1) Held up, headway from 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on to take 3rd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Spirito Del Vento (9-1) at Longchamp 1m Grp 2 (1) sft.
Blue Ksar (FR) 25-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened approaching final furlong, 6th of 7, 5l behind Ramonti (9-3) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 (1) gs in Sept.
Grand Passion (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Steppe Dancer (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f Grp 3 (1) pol in Sept.
Illustrious Blue 9-2 (9-0) Slowly into stride, effort over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 5, 4l behind Kirklees (8-8) at Goodwood 1m 2f lst stk (1) gs in Sept.
Mashaahed 20-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, effort over 2f out, never reached challenging position, 7th of 8, 8l behind Stage Gift (9-2) at York 1m 2f Grp 2 (1) hvy in Jul.
Ordnance Row 8-1 (9-0) Held up last, ridden over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 3l behind Kirklees (8-8) at Goodwood 1m 2f lst stk (1) gs in Sept.
Tell 66-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 6f out, led again over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 3l behind Creachadoir (9-0) at Newmarket 1m Grp 3 (1) gf.
Windsor Knot (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Kirklees (8-8) at Goodwood 1m 2f lst stk (1) gs in Sept.
Wise Dennis 17-2 (9-6) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 6th of 23, 2 1/2l behind Candidato Roy (9-7) at Ascot 7f hcap (2) gs in Sept.
Bahia Breeze 6-1 (9-5) Prominent, 3rd halfway, 2nd and ridden 2f out, 4th and no extra 1f out, 5th of 10, 4l behind Four Sins (8-12) at Curragh 1m 2f fll stk Grp 2 gf in Sept.
Al Tharib (USA) 11-4fav (8-9) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, stayed on, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Steppe Dancer (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f Grp 3 (1) pol in Sept.
Docofthebay (IRE) 8-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, headway when hampered over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 34, 1l behind Pipedreamer (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcap (2) gf.
Jack Junior (USA) 11-8fav (9-3) Chased leader, ridden over 2f out, led 1f out, soon headed and kept on, 2nd of 7, nk behind Urban Spirit (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo mdn (3) gd in Jul.

[NoChanceToDance]

I've asked two different people at Godolphin. One has said Windsor Knot, and the other has said Blue Ksar. You'll be happy to hear that i trust the guy who said Blue Ksar the most.

I think they could finish first and second here. Both enjoy soft ground and are very consistant.

[NoChanceToDance]

Windsor Knot won i'm afraid. Blue Ksar third. You have to laugh at Frankie for getting on the 'wrong one' again. Does he have a clue at all? He is stable jockey and gets first pick and he still chooses the wrong one. Useless

[my miss storm cat]

Oh damnit.

Frankie didn't get on the wrong one, he turned my Blue boy INto the wrong one.

Good boy anyway.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Oh damnit.

Frankie didn't get on the wrong one, he turned my Blue boy INto the wrong one.

Good boy anyway.

That could also be true. How anyone would have Frankie as their number one, i will never know. There again this is Godolphin i'm talking about!

If i was an owner i'd take Ted Durcan (who rode Windsor Knot) everytime over Frankie.

[my miss storm cat]

Teddy had a good day!

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Did you see this?


DETTORI BAN BLOW


By Martin Kelly, PA Sport


Frankie Dettori was banned seven days after the Newmarket stewards ruled he failed to ride out for second place aboard Blue Ksar in the Georgia House Stud Darley Stakes.

Dettori challenged his winning stablemate Windsor Knot in the final furlong but eased his mount, the 3-1 favourite, inside the final strides - allowing Mashaahed to fill the runner-up berth.

Dettori was beaten a short head into third and will sit out racing between October 30 and November 5.

Stipendiary steward Colin Vickers said: "Mr Dettori was in breach of Rule 158 in that he failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible placing.

"The stewards thought he could have finished second on Blue Ksar had he not eased his mount two strides before the line.

"Seven days is the mandatory punishment for losing second or third place."