4.00 Ambant Gala Stakes (Listed) of £37,000.00 3-y-o plus(Class 1 ) 1m. 2f. 7yds.

Sandown Results Fri, 1st Jul, 2016

Going - Good to Soft (Good in places).

Placepot Pool - £82,609.20 Winning Units - 1369.37 Dividend - £44.00. Quadpot Pool - £6,848.94 Winning Units - 394.96 Dividend - £12.80. Place Six Dividend - £68.09. Place Five Dividend - £20.49.

Ambant Gala Stakes (Listed) of £37,000.00 3-y-o plus (Class 1 ) 1m. 2f. 7yds.

1st - £20,983.00, 2nd - £7,955.00, 3rd - £3,981.00, 4th - £1,983.00, 5th - £995.00, 6th - £500.00 5 Ran

1st

Ayrad (IRE) 9-5 (Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar )
(Drawn 5)cp¹ Rated 109
Dalakhani (IRE) - Sweet Firebird (IRE)(Sadler's Wells (USA))
Breeder - Gerrardstown House Stud

(Ring price: 11/8 5/4 6/5 5/4 6/5 5/4 11/8 5/4) SP 5/4fav

Roger Charlton

Andrea Atzeni

Tote Win £2.00 Place £1.20

made virtually all, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, stayed on to assert final 100 yards, well on top near finish (hand timed)

5th Jun, 16 Chantilly
6th Flat Rated 109 This
Race 29th Jul, 16 Goodwood
2nd Flat Rated 109

2nd

0.75L

Spark Plug (IRE) 9-5 (Mr J L Day )
(Drawn 3)cp³ Rated 102
Dylan Thomas (IRE) - Kournikova (SAF)(Sportsworld (USA))
Breeder - Airlie Stud

(Ring price: 3/1 10/3 7/2 4/1 9/2 4/1 7/2) SP 7/2

Brian Meehan

S M Levey

Place £1.90

soon held up tracking leading trio, headway on outside 3f out, 2nd 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong until no extra final 100 yards

15th Jun, 16 Ascot
12th Flat Hcp Rated 104 This
Race 16th Jul, 16 Newbury
5th Flat Rated 104

3rd

0.75L

Gm Hopkins (GB) 9-8 (Ramadhan Stable )
(Drawn 2) Rated 112
Dubawi (IRE) - Varsity (GB)(Lomitas (GB))
Breeder - Cadran-Earl Blot SCEA Des Bissons

(Ring price: 9/4 2/1 9/4) SP 9/4

John Gosden

R Havlin

steadied start, soon tracked leading pair on inside until over 2f out, pushed along and unable to quicken over 1f out, went 3rd again inside final furlong and kept on but never going pace to challenge

15th Jun, 16 Ascot
21st Flat Hcp Rated 112 This
Race 16th Jul, 16 Newbury
4th Flat Rated 112

4th

1.25L

Dessertoflife (IRE) 8-3 (T T Bloodstocks )
(Drawn 4) Rated 99
Mastercraftsman (IRE) - Cranky Spanky (IRE)(Spectrum (IRE))
Breeder - Angelo Robiati

(Ring price: 10/1 9/1 10/1 9/1 10/1) SP 10/1

Mark Johnston

F Norton

raced keenly, tracked winner until pushed along 2f out, soon ridden and one pace, no extra in 4th inside final furlong

16th Jun, 16 Ascot
12th Flat Rated 99 This
Race 9th Jul, 16 Ascot
5th Flat Hcp Rated 99

5th

3.25L

Jelly Monger (IRE) 9-0 (Gary Black & Mark Duthie )
(Drawn 6)hd⁴ Rated 90
Strategic Prince (GB) - Royal Jelly (GB)(King's Best (USA))
Breeder - Stephanie Hanly

(Ring price: 40/1 33/1) SP 33/1

D F Davis

Jim Crowley

led briefly, soon steadied rear, pushed along and struggling inside final 3f, never involved

7th Dec, 15 Lingfield
6th Flat Hcp Rated 93 This
Race 16th Jul, 16 Newbury
6th Flat Hcp Rated 90

Off 4.00
Time 2m. 14.50 secs, which is 2.40 secs slower than the course average on today's going
CSF- £5.92.

Non runner What About Carlo (FR)

2015 Tha'ir 5 9-5 James Doyle 11/4 (Saeed Bin Suroor) (Drawn 2)

2014 Windhoek 4 9-5 K Fallon 5/4Fav (Saeed Bin Suroor) (Drawn 2)

2013 Mandour 4 9-5 C P Lemaire 9/4Fav (A De Royer Dupre) (Drawn 3)

2012 Afsare 5 9-5 K Fallon 2/1Fav (Luca Cumani) (Drawn 9)

2011 Class Is Class 5 9-5 R L Moore 5/1 (Sir Michael Stoute) (Drawn 5)