Full Result 3.20 Deauville (FR) | 29 August 2004

Prix de Meautry Royal Barriere (Group 3)

(3yo+) 6f Heavy

1st £25,704 2nd £10,282 3rd £7,711 4th £5,141 5th £2,570

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁷⁾	3. Star Valley (FR) 5/1 Ioritz Mendizabal J-C Rouget	Ioritz Mendizabal J-C Rouget	4	90	–	114	114	–
b c Starborough - Valleyrose (IRE) (Royal Academy)
Held up towards rear, switched to rails well over 1f out, driven to lead 120yds out, ran on well

2⁽⁶⁾ 2	4. Swedish Shave (FR) 11/2 Thierry Jarnet Richard Gibson	Thierry Jarnet Richard Gibson	6	90	–	106	108	–
ch h Midyan (USA) - Shavya (Shavian)
Always close up, led just inside final furlong to 120yds out, no extra

3⁽²⁾ 2½ [4½]	5. Striking Ambition 16/1 Steve Drowne Roger Charlton	Steve Drowne Roger Charlton	4	90	–	96	101	–
bb c Makbul - Lady Roxanne (Cyrano De Bergerac)
Led to 2f out, led again briefly approaching final furlong to just inside, one pace

4⁽¹⁾ ¾ [5¼]	2. Puppeteer 5/2F Christophe Soumillon A De Royer-Dupre	Christophe Soumillon A De Royer-Dupre	4	95	–	98	103	–
b c Singspiel (IRE) - Pidona (Baillamont)
Raced in rear, headway on outside well over 1f out, stayed on to take 4th well inside final furlong

5⁽⁴⁾ hd [5½]	8. Blanche (FR) 6/1 Davy Bonilla J Rossi	Davy Bonilla J Rossi	5	811	–	89	95	–
b m Loup Solitaire (USA) - Polomia (FR) (General Assembly)
In rear until closing up on outside 2f out, one pace from approaching final furlong, lost 4th close home

6⁽⁸⁾ 4 [9½]	9. Rum Shot 8/1 Dane O'Neill Henry Candy	Dane O'Neill Henry Candy	3	811	–	76	86	–
b c Efisio - Glass (Bering)
Slowly into stride, soon recovered to press leaders on outside, led 2f out to approaching final furlong, soon weakened

7⁽⁹⁾ ½ [10]	1. The Kiddykid (IRE) 6/1 Gary Stevens David Evans	Gary Stevens David Evans	4	95	–	79	89	–
b g Danetime (IRE) - Mezzanine (Sadler's Wells)
With leaders 4f, soon weakened

8⁽³⁾ ¾ [10¾]	6. Night Chapter 9/1 Olivier Peslier Mme Christiane Head	Olivier Peslier Mme Christiane Head	3	811	–	74	82	–
b c Night Shift (USA) - Context (Zafonic)
Always outpaced

9⁽⁵⁾ 3 [13¾]	7. Together (FR) 33/1 D Sicaud Mme C Vergne	D Sicaud Mme C Vergne	4	811 b	–	56	70	–
b f Valanour (IRE) - Toomixa (FR) (Linamix)
Always outpaced

10⁽¹⁰⁾ 5 [18¾]	10. Nights Cross (IRE) 25/1 Thierry Thulliez Mick Channon	Thierry Thulliez Mick Channon	3	811 v	–	40	58	–
b c Cape Cross (IRE) - Cathy Garcia (IRE) (Be My Guest)
With leaders until weakened quickly well over 1f out, eased

10 ran Winning time: 1m 13.00s (slow by 4.40s) Total SP: 123%
1st owner: Antonio Caro (Star Valley) 1st breeder: R Huggins
2nd owner: S Thynell (Swedish Shave)
3rd owner: Peter Webb (Striking Ambition)

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3:20 Deauville (FR) 29 Aug 2004

Prix de Meautry Royal Barriere (Group 3)