Full Result 3.45 Ascot | 16 June 2009

St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) (Entire Colts)

(Class 1) (3yo) (7f213yds) 1m Rnd Good To Firm

1st £141,925 2nd £53,800 3rd £26,925 4th £13,425 5th £6,725 6th £3,375

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽³⁾	6. Mastercraftsman (IRE) 5/6F Johnny Murtagh A P O'Brien	Johnny Murtagh A P O'Brien	3	90	–	122	124	–
gr c Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Starlight Dreams (USA) (Black Tie Affair)
Sweating, tracked leader, kicked into lead over 2f out, soon ridden and pressed, headed narrowly inside final furlong, battled gamely to regain lead 75yds out, found extra final strides (op 8-11 tchd 10-11 in places)

2⁽¹⁾ nk	2. Delegator 4/1 Jimmy Fortune Brian Meehan	Jimmy Fortune Brian Meehan	3	90	117	121	123	–
b c Dansili - Indian Love Bird (Efisio)
Held up, headway on inner over 2f out, came between horses to challenge over 1f out, went about a head in front inside final furlong, headed 75yds out, ran on under pressure, held final strides (op 9-2 tchd 5-1 in places)

3⁽²⁾ 1½ [1¾]	5. Lord Shanakill (USA) 20/1 Jim Crowley K R Burke	Jim Crowley K R Burke	3	90	116	117	119	–
bb c Speightstown (USA) - Green Room (USA) (Theatrical)
In touch, closed to mount strong challenge from over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace final 100yds (tchd 25-1)

4⁽⁸⁾ 1¾ [3½]	3. Evasive 11/2 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute	Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute	3	90	111	113	115	–
ch c Elusive Quality (USA) - Canda (USA) (Storm Cat)
Held up in last place, headway over 2f out, switched left to chase leaders over 1f out, not quite get to front trio, run flattened out final 100yds (tchd 6-1)

5⁽⁷⁾ 1½ [5]	4. Intense Focus (USA) 12/1 Kevin Manning J S Bolger	Kevin Manning J S Bolger	3	90 tv	117	110	112	–
b c Giant's Causeway (USA) - Daneleta (IRE) (Danehill)
Held up, ridden and headway to chase leaders when hung right over 2f out, one pace final furlong (op 14-1 tchd 11-1 and 16-1 in places)

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 1¼ [6¼]	8. Cheerful Delights (IRE) 40/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	3	90	109	107	109	–
b g Tagula (IRE) - Express Logic (Air Express)
Raced keenly, held up, ridden and some headway over 1f out, never able to challenge leaders, kept on but no impression final furlong (op 50-1)

7⁽⁴⁾ 7 [13¼]	7. Orizaba (IRE) 33/1 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	3	90	116	90	93	–
b c Orpen (USA) - Jus'Chillin' (IRE) (Elbio)
Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, no headway, weakened over 1f out

8⁽⁶⁾ 10 [23¼]	10. Soul City (IRE) 16/1 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	3	90	113	65	70	–
b c Elusive City (USA) - Savage (IRE) (Polish Patriot)
Broke well, in touch on outside, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened (jockey said colt was never travelling and hung left) (op 20-1)

9⁽⁵⁾ 12 [35¼]	1. Born To Be King (USA) 200/1 Colm O'Donoghue A P O'Brien	Colm O'Donoghue A P O'Brien	3	90	98	34	42	–
b c Storm Cat (USA) - Quarter Moon (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Bustled along to soon go prominent, pushed along 4f out, weakened over 2f out (tchd 150-1)

10⁽⁹⁾ 6 [41¼]	9. Cornish (IRE) 100/1 Seamie Heffernan A P O'Brien	Seamie Heffernan A P O'Brien	3	90	–	18	29	–
ch g Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Ahdaab (USA) (Rahy)
Bustled along to soon lead, switched right to run against rail over 5f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened

10 ran Off time: 3:46:00 Winning time: 1m 39.21s (slow by 0.01s) Total SP: 116%
1st owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor (Mastercraftsman) 1st breeder: Lynch Bages Ltd
2nd owner: Mrs P Good (Delegator)
3rd owner: Mogeely Stud & Mark T Gittins (Lord Shanakill)
Tote win: £1.80 PL: £1.10 £1.60 £5.20 Ex: £4.60 CSF: £3.99 Tricast: £35.71 Trifecta: £55.40 Pool: £20,688.12 - 276.07 winning units.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 100 (69%) M [4-7] 14 (15%) H [8-10] 36 (16%)

3:45 Ascot 16 Jun 2009

St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) (Entire Colts)