Full Result 2.30 Epsom | 6 June 1998

Vodafone Diomed Stakes Class A (Group 3)

(Class 1) (3yo+) (1m113yds) 1m½f Good

1st £32,750 2nd £12,400 3rd £6,075 4th £2,775

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽³⁾	6. Intikhab (USA) 2/1F Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	4	94	–	106	116	–
b c Red Ransom (USA) - Crafty Example (USA) (Crafty Prospector)
Always prominent, led over 1f out, soon clear, comfortably (tchd 5-2 and 7-4)

2⁽¹⁾ 5	2. Hidden Meadow 7/1 Olivier Peslier I A Balding	Olivier Peslier I A Balding	4	97	–	101	108	–
b c Selkirk (USA) - Spurned (USA) (Robellino)
Chased leader 4f, ridden over 2f out, not clear run on inside over 1f out, switched right, ran on inside final furlong (op 5-1)

3⁽²⁾ 1¼ [6¼]	1. Almushtarak (IRE) 13/2 Ray Cochrane K Mahdi	Ray Cochrane K Mahdi	5	99	–	101	103	–
b h Fairy King (USA) - Exciting (Mill Reef)
Ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on (op 5-1 tchd 7-1 in places.)

4⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [7¾]	3. Ramooz (USA) 4/1 Pat Eddery B Hanbury	Pat Eddery B Hanbury	5	97	–	96	98	–
b h Rambo Dancer (CAN) - My Shafy (Rousillon)
Ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, unable to quicken (op 7-2 tchd 9-2)

5⁽¹⁰⁾ 1¼ [9]	4. Alezal 12/1 Seb Sanders William Jarvis	Seb Sanders William Jarvis	4	94	–	91	92	–
b g Anshan - Dance On The Stage (Dancing Brave)
Always prominent, chased leaders 4f out, led over 2f out until over 1f out, hard ridden and edged left, weakened inside final furlong (op 8-1 tchd 14-1 in places.)

6⁽⁷⁾ 1 [10]	11. Supercal 6/1 W R Swinburn David Elsworth	W R Swinburn David Elsworth	4	91	–	86	87	–
gr f Environment Friend - Sorayah (Persian Bold)
Slowly into stride, never near to challenge (op 7-1 tchd 11-2)

7⁽¹¹⁾ ½ [10½]	8. Silca Blanka (IRE) 50/1 T Quinn Tony Newcombe	T Quinn Tony Newcombe	6	94	–	88	89	–
b h Law Society (USA) - Reality I (Known Fact)
Never nearer

8⁽⁵⁾ ½ [11]	5. Beauchamp King 10/1 John Reid Gerard Butler	John Reid Gerard Butler	5	94	–	87	88	–
gr h Nishapour (FR) - Afariya (FR) (Silver Shark)
Not clear run and switched right 3f out, some headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 8-1 tchd 11-1 in a place.)

9⁽⁹⁾ 3 [14]	7. Mount Holly (USA) 100/1 Jimmy Fortune K Mahdi	Jimmy Fortune K Mahdi	4	94	–	82	82	–
b c Woodman (USA) - Mount Helena (Danzig)
Led 6f

10⁽⁸⁾ 1 [15]	10. Kenmist 14/1 Royston Ffrench Luca Cumani	Royston Ffrench Luca Cumani	4	91	–	77	77	–
gr f Kenmare (FR) - Mistral's Collette (Simply Great)
Held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened (tchd 12-1, 16-1 in places.)

10 ran Off time: 2:30:00 Winning time: 1m 41.42s (fast by 1.18s) Total SP: 120%
Non-runners: Tayseer
1st owner: Godolphin (Intikhab) 1st breeder: J I Racing Inc And Marvin Little Jr
2nd owner: George Strawbridge (Hidden Meadow)
3rd owner: Hamad Al-Mutawa (Almushtarak)
Tote win: £2.50 PL: £1.20 £2.20 £2.70 Ex: £6.80 CSF: £15.74 Trifecta: £22 Pool: £2,655.74. 85.46 winning tickets
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 100 (49%) M [4-8] 20 (42%) H [9-11] 30 (9%)

2:30 Epsom 6 Jun 1998

Vodafone Diomed Stakes Class A (Group 3)