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Captain Ramius Sails Home in Ayr Gold Cup
22/09/12

1 Captain Ramius 16/1
2 Regal Parade 25/1
3 Maarek 8/1 Fav
4 Sholaan 16/1
26 ran

The Kevin Ryan trained Captain Ramius had already flown when a late charge from Regal Parade claimed second place in the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup, the richest sprint handicap in Europe.

Captain Ramius
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Captain Ramius
Ryan has now won three of the last six Ayr Gold Cups, including last year's race with Our Jonathan.

A 33-1 shot overnight, Captain Ramius came in for heavy support on Saturday morning, after Pricewise tipster Tom Segal nominated the mount of Pat Smullen as his selection, and was returned the 16-1 winner.

Sholaan took the field along until a furlong out where Captain Ramius was produced to storm into the lead, and he soon put the race to bed to win by two and a half lengths from 2008 hero Regal Parade (25-1) with 8-1 favourite Maarek a further length and a quarter away in third. Sholaan (16-1) was fourth.

Ryan, who also won this race with Advanced in 2007, said: "I'm delighted. We had four good horses going into the race.

"The ground is very testing out there. It's very tacky and even soft-ground horses don't go through it.

"He's a tough horse. It's great for the owners, they've let me do what I want with him. And I'm delighted for Pat, who's come over from Ireland to ride him.

"This is the richest sprint handicap in Europe and it's great to win it again."

Smullen said: "I just wanted to get a good position from a bad draw.

"He's a very straightforward horse and trained by a very good trainer.

"Kevin has always been a good supporter of mine when he sends horses to Ireland, so we have that connection. It's great to win a big race like this."

 

William Hill Ayr Gold Cup (Heritage Handicap)
£120,000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 2
26 ran
Going: Heavy (Soft in places)

Position
Horse
Trainer
Jockey
Weight
Starting Price
Beaten Distance
1
Captain Ramius
K A Ryan
P J Smullen
9st 0lbs
16 - 1
Winner
2
Regal Parade
J M Bradley
D Swift
9st 0lbs
25 - 1
2 1/2 lengths
3
Maarek
D P Nagle
M A Enright
10st 0lbs
8 - 1
1 1/4 length
4
Sholaan
W J Haggas
Kelly Harrison
8st 13lbs
16 - 1
3/4 length
5
Colonel Mak
T D Barron
G Gibbons
8st 13lbs
14 - 1
Head
6
Brae Hill
R A Fahey
B McHugh
8st 13lbs
33 - 1
Head
7
Doc Hay
D O'Meara
D Tudhope
9st 2lbs
14 - 1
Neck
8
Johannes
R A Fahey
George Chaloner
8st 10lbs
40 - 1
1/2 length
9
Louis The Pious
K A Ryan
P Mulrennan
8st 11lbs
16 - 1
1/2 length
10
Pintura
K A Ryan
P Makin
9st 5lbs
16 - 1
3/4 length
11
Tariq Too
Miss Amy Weaver
M Demuro
8st 12lbs
20 - 1
1/2 length
12
Our Jonathan
K A Ryan
Jim Crowley
9st 6lbs
10 - 1
1/2 length
13
Hawkeyethenoo
J S Goldie
G Lee
9st 8lbs
12 - 1
Neck
14
Borderlescott
R Bastiman
Freddie Tylicki
9st 7lbs
25 - 1
Head
15
Pearl Ice
T D Barron
T Eaves
8st 11lbs
20 - 1
1 1/2 length
16
The Cheka
Eve Johnson Houghton
G Baker
9st 10lbs
9 - 1
Short Head
17
Alben Star
R A Fahey
T Hamilton
8st 10lbs
10 - 1
1 1/4 length
18
Mirza
Rae Guest
D Holland
9st 4lbs
25 - 1
1/2 length
19
Shropshire
C Hills
Matthew Lawson
8st 13lbs
25 - 1
1 length
20
Boastful
Mrs K Burke
Michael Metcalfe
9st 1lbs
20 - 1
Nose
21
Waffle
T D Barron
S Foley
9st 4lbs
14 - 1
Head
22
Morache Music
P J Makin
S Sanders
9st 5lbs
25 - 1
5 lengths
23
Beacon Lodge
D Nicholls
Shirley Teasdale
9st 10lbs
40 - 1
4 1/2 lengths
24
Miss Work of Art
R A Fahey
Laura Barry
8st 13lbs
50 - 1
8 lengths
25
Rodrigo De Torres
D Nicholls
Adrian Nicholls
8st 13lbs
33 - 1
3 1/4 lengths
26
Cheviot
I Semple
R Winston
9st 5lbs
25 - 1
4 1/2 lengths
NonRunner
Jonny Mudball
Tom Dascombe
Non Runner
9st 2lbs
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