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Mars Heads 99 for Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes
26/07/12

The £100,000 Group Two Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes, run over a mile at Newmarket on the final day of the Cambridgeshire Meeting, Saturday, September 29, 2012, was won in great fashion last season by the Aidan O’Brien-trained Daddy Long Legs.

Nevis
© Caroline Norris

This year the Ballydoyle handler has made 31 entries including maiden winners Flying The Flag, Nevis and Mars, who is the favourite with most bookmakers for next season’s Investec Derby after a five-length win at Dundalk on July 16.

Other eye-catching contenders among the 99 entries include Group Two 32Red.com Superlative Stakes runner-up Birdman, Ghurair, who won over seven furlongs on his debut at the Piper-Heidsieck July Festival on July 13 and Listed Winkfield Stakes victor Toronado.

THE JUDDMONTE ROYAL LODGE STAKES

Class 1, Group 2, £100,000 Total Prize Fund. Newmarket, Saturday, September 29, 2012. For two-year-old colts and geldings, One mile. Weights: 8st 12lb, Penalties: a winner of a Group 1 or Group 2 race, 3lb. Entries closed Tuesday, July 24, entries revealed Wednesday, July 25 (99 entries), scratchings deadline noon, September 11, five-day confirmation and £10,000 supplementary entry stage September 24, final declaration stage, 10.00am, Thursday, September 27. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Monday, July 23, 2012. May not include some overseas form.

Form  Horse    Owner       Trainer

34  AFONSO DE SOUSA (USA)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

1  AL WAAB (IRE)   Mubarak Al Naemi    Sir Henry Cecil

5  AMRALAH (IRE)   Prince A A Faisal     Mick Channon

3  ARLECCHINO (IRE)  The LAM Partnership    Ed McMahon

3154  ARTIGIANO (USA)  Godolphin     Mahmood Al Zarooni

  ASHDAN   Khalid Abdulla     John Gosden

  ATARAXIS (FR)   Niarchos Family     Sir Henry Cecil

1  AZRUR (IRE)   Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar   Michael Bell

3112  BIRDMAN (IRE)   Anthony Hogarth    David Simcock

312  BOOMSHACKERLACKER (IRE) PJL Racing     George Baker

  BRIGHT STRIKE (USA)  George Strawbridge    John Gosden

  CANADIAN RUN (IRE)  Brendan Kerr     Robert Mills

  CHIEF HAVOC (USA)  P Makin      Jeremy Noseda

  CHIEF INSPECTOR (IRE)  Bayardo      Brian Meehan

6  CONTRIBUTER (IRE)  George Bolton     Ed Dunlop

0213  COUNT OF LIMONADE (IRE) Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

  DEI (IRE)   Sue Magnier     Aidan O’Brien IRE

  DEMONIC   Khalid Abdulla     Sir Henry Cecil

53  DISCLAIMER   Khalid Abdulla     Sir Henry Cecil

  DUKE OF DANCE (IRE)  Fitri Hay     David Wachman IRE

  DUKE OF ORANGE (IRE)  David FitzGerald     Mick Channon

3  DUNDONNELL (USA)  Khalid Abdulla     Roger Charlton

  DUROBLE MAN   Dennis Yardy     Roger Varian

  EBN ARAB (USA)   Hamdan Al Maktoum    Charlie Hills

0  ELHAAME (IRE)   Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum  Luca Cumani

  ELKAAYED (USA)   Hamdan Al Maktoum    Roger Varian

  ERSAAL    Hamdan Al Maktoum    Roger Varian

  EVERGLADES ISLAND (IRE) Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

  EXCESS KNOWLEDGE  Khalid Abdulla     John Gosden

  EYE OF THE STORM (IRE)  Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

  FANTASTIC MOON  Saeed Suhail     Jeremy Noseda

5  FESTIVE CHEER (FR)  Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

  FINN MCCOOL (IRE)  Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

1  FLYING THE FLAG (IRE)  Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

  FOUNDRY (IRE)   Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

10  FUNK SOUL BROTHER  Phil Cunningham     Charlie Hills

1  GHURAIR (USA)   Hamdan Al Maktoum    John Gosden

42  GLORY CITY (IRE)  Fung Lok Li     Marco Botti

3  HALL OF MIRRORS (IRE)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

  HAMELIN (IRE)   Lordship Stud     Sir Henry Cecil

43  HARRY BOSCH   Michael Buckley     Brian Meehan

  HASHEEM   Hamdan Al Maktoum    Roger Varian

11  HAVANA GOLD (IRE)  Carmichael Simmons Humber   Richard Hannon

1  HERE COMES WHEN (IRE)  Fitri Hay     Andrew Balding

  ILLUSTRATE (IRE)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

10  JALAA (IRE)   Hamdan Al Maktoum    Richard Hannon

  JAMMY GUEST (IRE)  John Guest Racing    George Margarson

  JOE PALOOKA (IRE)  P Makin      Jeremy Noseda

1  KING GEORGE RIVER (IRE) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

6  KING OF THE ROMANS (IRE) Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

  KINGDOM (IRE)   Michael  Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

21  KINGSTON JAMAICA (IRE)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

  KORANTAM (IRE)  Vefa Araci     Sir Henry Cecil

  KYLLACHY RISE   Arjun Waney     Sir Henry Cecil

  LEADING LIGHT (IRE)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

  LIGHTNING LAUNCH (IRE)  Jaber Abdullah     Mick Channon

16  LINES OF BATTLE (USA)  J Allen/Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith  Aidan O’Brien IRE

  LONDON BRIDGE (USA)  Eastwind Racing Ltd and Martha Trussell  Mikael Magnusson

  LORD OF THE GARTER (IRE) Bayardo      Brian Meehan

33310  LUHAIF    Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum  Mick Channon

  MAGICIAN (IRE)   Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

51  MAKAFEH   Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum  Luca Cumani

  MARKET TOWN (USA)  Khalid Abdulla     Charlie Hills

(1)  MARS (IRE)   Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

113  MAXENTIUS (IRE)  Tony Elliott     Peter Chapple-Hyam

  MOCENIGO (IRE)   Eledy Srl     Peter Chapple-Hyam

  MUMEYEZ   M Al-Qatami & K M Al-Mudhaf   John Gosden

  NAVY SEAL (IRE)   Sue Magnier     Aidan O’Brien IRE

41  NEVIS (IRE)   Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

  NORTH DAKOTA (IRE)  Michael Tabor/John Magnier/Niarchos/Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

221  ONE WORD MORE (IRE)  Tony Wechsler & Ann Plummer   Charles Hills

515  PEDRO THE GREAT (USA)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

  PHOSPHORESCENCE (IRE)  Niarchos Family     Sir Henry Cecil

  POINT PIPER (USA)  Michael Tabor     Aidan O’Brien IRE

311  PROBABLY (IRE)   Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier David Wachman IRE

  PUTRA ETON (IRE)  H R H Sultan Ahmad Shah    Roger Varian

3  PYTHAGOREAN   Khalid Abdulla     Roger Charlton

  RESPONSE   Highclere Thoroughbred Racing - Dalmeny  William Haggas

  RULER OF THE WORLD (IRE) Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

0  SHAISHEE (USA)   Hamdan Al Maktoum    Charlie Hills

311  SHREWD   Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum   Michael Bell

112  SIR PATRICK MOORE (FR)  The Astronomers     Harry Dunlop

  SIR WALTER SCOTT (IRE)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

  SQUIRE OSBALDESTON (IRE) P Hickman & G Johns    Sir Henry Cecil

2  STEELER (IRE)   Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston

  SWING EASY   Mrs B B Mills     Robert Mills

  TAJHEEZ (IRE)   Hamdan Al Maktoum    Roger Varian

(2)  THE FERRYMAN (IRE)  Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

1  THE UNITED STATES (IRE)  Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier, Michael  Tabor  Aidan O’Brien IRE

3  THE VATICAN (IRE)  Sue Magnier     Aidan O’Brien IRE

11  TORONADO (IRE)  Carmichael Simmons Humber   Richard Hannon

  TRADING LEATHER (IRE)  Jackie Bolger     Jim Bolger IRE

63  TUFFAN (USA)   Mohammed Al Shafar    Clive Brittain

  UNMOOTHAJ   Hamdan Al Maktoum    Charlie Hills

11  UNSINKABLE (IRE)  Penman Bond Partnership   Richard Fahey

  VICTORY SONG (IRE)  Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier Aidan O’Brien IRE

6  VINSON MASSIF (USA)  Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien IRE

01  WHIPPER'S BOY (IRE)  Trelawny II     Brian Meehan

(4)  YARROOM (IRE)   Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum   Roger Varian

99 entries

34 Irish-trained