3.05 HARDWICKE STAKES (GROUP 2) of £140,000.00 4-y-o plus 1m. 4f.

Ascot Results Sat, 24th Jun, 2006

Going - Good to Firm-Firm in places.

HARDWICKE STAKES (GROUP 2) of £140,000.00 4-y-o plus 1m. 4f.

1st - £79,492.00, 2nd - £30,128.00, 3rd - £15,078.00, 4th - £7,518.00 8 Ran

1st

Maraahel (IRE) 9-0 (Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum)
(0:14.92 4.33 secs faster on today's going ) (Drawn 6)
Alzao (USA) - Nasanice (IRE)(Nashwan (USA))

SP 9/2

Sir Michael Stoute

R Hills

dwelt, took keen hold early, headway to track leading pair over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well

11th May, 06 Chester
1st Flat This
Race 29th Jul, 06 Ascot
5th Flat

2nd

Mountain High (IRE) 9-0 (Mrs John Magnier & Mr M Tabor)
(Drawn 8)
Danehill (USA) - Hellenic(Darshaan)

SP 7/2fav

Sir Michael Stoute

K Fallon

keen hold, tracked leading pair, 4th straight, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on under pressure

26th May, 06 Goodwood
2nd Flat This
Race 13th Jul, 06 Newmarket
2nd Flat

3rd

1.5L

Enforcer (GB) 9-0 (D G Clarke & C L A Edginton)
(Drawn 1)
Efisio - Tarneem (USA)(Zilzal (USA))

SP 8/1

W R Muir

K McEvoy

took keen hold, held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on but never able to challenge

2nd Jun, 06 Epsom
3rd Flat This
Race 13th Jul, 06 Newmarket
3rd Flat

4th

0.75L

Day Flight (GB) 9-0 (Mr K Abdulla)
(Drawn 9)
Sadler's Wells (USA) - Bonash (GB)(Rainbow Quest (USA))

SP 5/1

John Gosden

R Hughes

held up, effort to chase leading pair when not much room over 1f out, one pace final furlon

28th May, 06 Baden-Baden
2nd Flat This
Race 19th May, 07 Newbury
2nd Flat

5th

Hard Top (IRE) 9-0 (Ballymacoll Stud)
(Drawn 5)
Darshaan - Well Head (IRE)(Sadler's Wells (USA))

SP 4/1

Sir Michael Stoute

M J Kinane

pulled hard, reluctant leader for 2f, tracked leader after, led 2f out, soon hung right, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

4th Jun, 06 Chantilly
5th Flat This
Race 1st Jul, 06 Newmarket
4th Flat

6th

0.5L

Self Defense (GB) 9-0 (Fraser Miller Racing)
(Drawn 2)
Warning - Dansara

SP 50/1

Miss E Lavelle

A Munro

held up in last pair, last and driven along straight, never a factor

27th May, 06 Ascot
5th Flat This
Race 19th Aug, 06 Newbury
4th Flat

7th

Collier Hill (GB) 9-5 (R H Hall J D Abell R Crowe)
(Drawn 7)
Dr Devious (IRE) - Polar Queen (GB)(Polish Precedent (USA))
Breeder - George Strawbridge

SP 9/1

G A Swinbank

Dean McKeown

tracked leading pair, ridden early straight, weakened final furlong

25th Mar, 06 Nad Al Sheba
2nd Flat This
Race 1st Jul, 06 Curragh
2nd Flat

8th

Bandari (IRE) 9-0 (Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum)
(Drawn 3)
Alhaarth (IRE) - Miss Audimar (USA)(Mr Leader (USA))

SP 17/2

Mark Johnston

Martin Dwyer

led after 2f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out

30th May, 06 Sandown
6th Flat This
Race 13th Jul, 06 Newmarket
4th Flat

Off
Time 2m. 29.20 secs, which is 4.33 secs faster than the course average on today's going

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