Full Result 2.50 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | 21 September 2004

La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte (Group 3) (Straight Course)

(3yo+) 1m2f Str Good

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⁽¹⁰⁾	3. Fair Mix (IRE) 47/10 Stephane Pasquier M Rolland	Stephane Pasquier M Rolland	6	91	–	119	119	–
gr h Linamix (FR) - Fairlee Wild (USA) (Wild Again)
Always in touch on outside, driven to lead 1 1/2f out, ridden out, ran on well

2⁽⁸⁾ snk	8. Marshall (FR) 21/1 M Blancpain C Laffon-Parias	M Blancpain C Laffon-Parias	4	812	–	115	115	–
b c Anabaa (USA) - Monitrice (FR) (Groom Dancer)
Held up in rear, headway on outside well over 1f out, hard ridden and every chance 100yds out, unable to quicken close home

3⁽³⁾ 2½ [2¾]	1. Special Kaldoun (IRE) 23/5 Dominique Boeuf D Smaga	Dominique Boeuf D Smaga	5	91	–	114	114	–
b h Alzao (USA) - Special Lady (FR) (Kaldoun)
Midfield, stayed on at one pace under pressure final furlong

4⁽⁵⁾ 2 [4¾]	2. Bailador (IRE) 22/5 Christophe Soumillon A Fabre	Christophe Soumillon A Fabre	4	91	–	110	110	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Alymatrice (USA) (Alysheba)
Held up in rear, headway tracking 2nd from well over 1f out, one pace final furlong

5⁽⁷⁾ 2 [6¾]	6. Binary File (USA) 16/1 Ioritz Mendizabal Soren Jensen	Ioritz Mendizabal Soren Jensen	6	812	–	104	103	–
b h Nureyev (USA) - Binary (Rainbow Quest)
Disputed 2nd on outside, led 2f out to 1 1/2f out, soon weakened

6⁽¹¹⁾ 1½ [8¼]	10. Vassilievsky (IRE) 141/10 Olivier Peslier E Lellouche	Olivier Peslier E Lellouche	3	86	–	101	101	–
ch g Peintre Celebre (USA) - Verveine (USA) (Lear Fan)
Held up in rear, stayed on from over 1f out, never near to challenge

7⁽⁹⁾ 4 [12¼]	4. Martaline 27/10F Thierry Gillet A Fabre	Thierry Gillet A Fabre	5	812	–	93	93	–
gr h Linamix (FR) - Coraline (Sadler's Wells)
Disputed 2nd until weakened over 1f out

8⁽⁴⁾ 2 [14¼]	7. Denominado (ARG) 38/1 Jose Luis Martinez G Bindella	Jose Luis Martinez G Bindella	5	812	–	90	90	–
b h Victory Speech (USA) - Dama Real (ARG) (Sings)
Led to 2f out, soon weakened

9⁽¹⁾ 3 [17¼]	5. Look Honey (IRE) 44/5 Thierry Thulliez C Lerner	Thierry Thulliez C Lerner	4	812 b	–	84	84	–
b c Sadler's Wells (USA) - Middle Prospect (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Midfield, brief effort 2f out, soon weakened

10⁽²⁾ snk [17¼]	9. Ecole D'Art (USA) 106/10 Mathias Sautjeau A Fabre	Mathias Sautjeau A Fabre	3	86	–	84	84	–
b c Theatrical (IRE) - Colour Chart (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Disputed 2nd on rails until weakened 2f out

10 ran Winning time: 1m 59.40s (fast by 4.60s) Total SP: 120%
Non-runners: Flip Flop
1st owner: Mme J Shalam & J Ouechec (Fair Mix) 1st breeder: Snc Lagardere Elevage
2nd owner: Alec Head (Marshall)
3rd owner: Ecuries Chalhoub SAL (Special Kaldoun)

2:50 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 21 Sep 2004

La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte (Group 3) (Straight Course)