Full Result 2.30 Ascot | 17 June 2004

Norfolk Stakes Class A (Group 3)

(Class 1) (2yo) 5f Good To Firm

1st £34,800 2nd £13,200 3rd £6,600 4th £3,000 5th £1,500 6th £900

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁸⁾	1. Blue Dakota (IRE) 5/4F Eddie Ahern Jeremy Noseda	Eddie Ahern Jeremy Noseda	2	812	–	97	106	–
b c Namid - Touraya (Tap On Wood)
Tracked leader, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, driven out (op Evens tchd 11-8 and 6-4 in places)

2⁽⁹⁾ nk	7. Mystical Land (IRE) 9/1 Kieren Fallon John Gosden	Kieren Fallon John Gosden	2	812	–	96	105	–
b c Xaar - Samsung Spirit (Statoblest)
Bumped start, chased leaders, driven to challenge final furlong, ran on (op 8-1)

3⁽¹²⁾ 1 [1¼]	8. Skywards 4/1 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	2	812	–	92	101	–
b g Machiavellian (USA) - Nawaiet (USA) (Zilzal)
Broke well, led until over 1f out, kept on well (tchd 9-2)

4⁽³⁾ 3 [4¼]	2. Cougar Cat (USA) 11/2 Jamie Spencer A P O'Brien	Jamie Spencer A P O'Brien	2	812	–	81	91	–
b c Storm Cat (USA) - Excellent Meeting (USA) (General Meeting)
Soon pushed along in rear, headway 2f out, hard ridden, hung right and one pace approaching final furlong (op 13-2 tchd 7-1 in a place)

5⁽¹¹⁾ 2 [6¼]	4. Empire's Ghodha 66/1 Pat Smullen Brian Meehan	Pat Smullen Brian Meehan	2	812 b	–	73	84	–
b c Mujadil (USA) - La Caprice (USA) (Housebuster)
Went right start, prominent, hard ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

6⁽⁴⁾ 6 [12¼]	3. Dance Night (IRE) 20/1 Graham Gibbons B A McMahon	Graham Gibbons B A McMahon	2	812	–	50	63	–
b c Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Tiger Wings (IRE) (Thatching)
In touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened

7⁽⁶⁾ shd [12½]	9. Windy Prospect 66/1 Darryll Holland P A Blockley	Darryll Holland P A Blockley	2	812	–	50	63	–
ch c Intikhab (USA) - Yellow Ribbon (IRE) (Hamas)
Soon outpaced and well behind, no danger (jockey said colt was unsuited by the good to firm, firm in places ground )

8⁽¹⁾ 1½ [14]	5. Holbeck Ghyll (IRE) 33/1 Kevin Darley Andrew Balding	Kevin Darley Andrew Balding	2	812	–	44	57	–
ch c Titus Livius (FR) - Crimada I (IRE) (Mukaddamah)
Dwelt, mid-division, outpaced from halfway (tchd 40-1)

9⁽⁵⁾ 6 [20]	12. Spree (IRE) 7/1 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	2	89	–	16	33	–
gr f Dansili - Ibiza (GER) (Linamix)
Went right start, towards rear, lost touch from halfway (jockey said filly was unsuited by the good to firm, firm in places ground )

9 ran Off time: 2:30:00 Winning time: 1m 1.97s (slow by 2.57s) Total SP: 114%
Non-runners: Iam Foreverblowing (vet's certificate), Joseph Henry (vet's certificate), Mytton's Bell (vet's certificate)
1st owner: A F Nolan, Mrs J M Ryan, Mrs P Duffin (Blue Dakota) 1st breeder: Michael O'Donnell
2nd owner: Sheikh Mohammed (Mystical Land)
3rd owner: Godolphin (Skywards)
Tote win: £2.40 PL: £1.20 £1.60 £1.40 Ex: £14 CSF: £12.88 Trifecta: £28.40 Pool of £6,373.36 - 159.00 winning tickets
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 33 (20%) M [5-8] 40 (52%) H [9-12] 77 (28%)

2:30 Ascot 17 Jun 2004

Norfolk Stakes Class A (Group 3)