22 Jun 2006 03:50 ASCOT
Winner: £ (Penalty: £136,953); Distance: 4400; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4yo plus; Going: Good to Firm.
Gold Cup (Group 1)
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
0(8) |
| - |
Yeats (IRE) (Horse (entire), , 128) |
/ 23 |
Kieren Fallon | A P O'Brien Mrs John Magnier… |
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| tracked leaders in 4th, 3rd and travelling strongly straight, led over 2f out, shaken up and in command over 1f out, easily | ||||||||||
2nd |
0(2) |
| 4 L |
Reefscape (GB) (Colt, , 128) |
/ 9 |
C Soumillon | A Fabre Mme A Claude |
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| held up, bumped straight, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong to take 2nd last stride, no chance with winner | ||||||||||
3rd |
0(4) |
| HD |
Distinction (IRE) (Gelding, , 128) |
/ 9 |
Mick Kinane | Sir Michael Stoute Highclere Thoroughbred… |
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| held up in 5th, went 4th straight, headway to chase winner over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong and lost 2nd last stride | ||||||||||
4th |
0(3) |
| 3 L |
High Action (USA) (Colt, , 128) |
/ 6 |
Richard Hughes | Ian Williams Mr C N Barnes |
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| soon led, clear 12f out, reduced lead 8f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased winner to over 1f out, weakened final furlong | ||||||||||
5th |
0(11) |
| 1.5 L |
Sergeant Cecil (GB) (Gelding, , 128) |
/ 9 |
A Munro | B R Millman Mr Terry Cooper |
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| took keen hold, held up in 10th, headway and 6th straight, stayed on one pace final 2f | ||||||||||
6th |
0(12) |
| 0.75 L |
Guadalajara (GER) (Mare, , 125) |
/ 7 |
L Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin |
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| keen hold, held up in 8th, headway into 5th and bumped straight, weakened over 2f out | ||||||||||
7th |
0(7) |
| 5 L |
Barolo (GB) (Gelding, , 128) |
/ 7 |
J Murtagh | W R Swinburn Mrs P W Harris |
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| keen hold, settled 6th, ridden 5f out, 8th and weakening straight | ||||||||||
8th |
0(6) |
| NK |
Tungsten Strike (USA) (Gelding, , 128) |
/ 8 |
R L Moore | Mrs A J Perrett Mr John Connolly |
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| slowly into stride, tracked leading pair after 6f, went 2nd 8f out, pushed along 5f out, 4th and ridden straight, soon weakened | ||||||||||
9th |
0(5) |
| 19 L |
Winged d'Argent (IRE) (Gelding, , 128) |
/ 8 |
J Fanning | Charlie & Mark Johnston Mr Terry Warner |
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| soon tracked leader until 8f out, 3rd and pushed along 6f out, 5th and ridden when jinked left entering straight, weakened quickly | ||||||||||
10th |
0(10) |
| 3 L |
Akarem (GB) (Horse (entire), , 128) |
/ 7 |
P Cosgrave | K R Burke Mrs M Gittins |
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| always in rear | ||||||||||
11th |
0(9) |
| Dist |
Motafarred (IRE) (Gelding, , 126) |
/ 6 |
N Callan | M D Hammond Mr R D Bickenson |
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| always last, lost touch final 4f, 12th and well behind straight | ||||||||||
0(1) |
| - |
Media Puzzle (USA) (Gelding, , 128) |
/ 9 |
P J Smullen | D K Weld Michael W J Smurfit |
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| held up in 9th, ridden 5f out, 10th and weakening straight, inside final furlong when pulled up | ||||||||||