William Hill Ayr Gold Cup |
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| Heritage Handicap, Ayr 15:50 £160,000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 2 |
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| Saturday 20th September 2014 | |
1 Louis the Pious 10/1
2 Minalisa 33/1
3 Blaine 7/1F
4 Heaven's Guest 12/1
5 Fast Shot 20/1
27 ran Distances: 2¾l, hd, nk
TIME 1m 9.53s (fast by 0.47s)
Louis the Pious wins the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup to land a really significant gamble and a wonderful James Doyle treble!
James Doyle tells Rishi: "It's the first time I've been here for seven or eight years. What can I say? Golden highway up the rail"
David O'Meara, trainer of Louis The Pious: "We put the visor on, we felt it might help him. When things go right for him, he's very good."
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James Doyle, who was completing a treble on the day, grabbed the favoured near-side rail to lead inside the final furlong to put the race to bed within a matter of strides.
Louis The Pious (10-1), trained by David O'Meara, struck from stall 19 as he routed the opposition by two and three-quarter lengths.
Minalisa (33-1), who raced on the far side, was second, with Blaine (7-1 favourite) another head away in third. Heaven's Guest (12-1) fourth.
Doyle said: "It was a golden highway up that rail, but I can't take any credit. David and his team have done a fantastic job with this lad.
"In the end, I've probably won by a bit too far.
"These races are pretty valuable and it's an important part of the season to win a few of these.
"It's a dream come true."
O'Meara said: "He was drawn well again this year and he is a good horse.
"We put the visor on him because Fran Berry rode him the last day at Ascot and thought it might just help him a little bit, and he was right.
"He's a horse with a lot of ability. Sometimes he can run an indifferent kind of race but on his day he's very good, as we saw at Royal Ascot. These big-field handicaps bring the best out of him."
Louis The Pious is owned by Frank Gillespie, who has already had a golden season this year courtesy of the exploits of The Grey Gatsby.
William Hill Ayr Gold Cup (Heritage Handicap)
£160,000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 2
27 ran
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
| Dr | Dist | Horse SP Jockey | Weight | Trainer | |
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| 1st | (19) | Louis The Pious 10/1 James Doyle |
9-4 | D O'Meara | |
| 2nd | (2) | 2¾ | Minalisa 33/1 F M Berry |
9-1 | Rae Guest |
| 3rd | (26) | hd | Blaine 7/1F Amy Ryan |
9-4 | K A Ryan |
| 4th | (24) | nk | Heaven's Guest (IRE) 12/1 Samantha Bell (5) |
9-5 | R A Fahey |
| 5th | (25) | hd | Fast Shot 20/1 Rachel Richardson (7) |
8-10 | T D Easterby |
| 6th | (1) | hd | Ruwaiyan (USA) 33/1 D Allan |
9-3 | J Tate |
| 7th | (23) | ¾ | An Saighdiur (IRE) 20/1 W J Lee |
9-3 | A Slattery |
| 8th | (4) | s.h | Jack Dexter 20/1 G Lee |
9-10 | J S Goldie |
| 9th | (18) | nse | Highland Acclaim (IRE) 10/1 Sam James (3) |
8-10 | D O'Meara |
| 10th | (20) | ½ | Ballesteros 25/1 F Norton |
8-11 | R A Fahey |
| 11th | (16) | 1 | Hawkeye-thenoo (IRE) 16/1 G Bartley (3) |
9-0 | J S Goldie |
| 12th | (5) | ½ | Watchable (ex5) 9/1 D Tudhope |
9-3 | D O'Meara |
| 13th | (27) | s.h | Racy 20/1 P Pickard |
9-0 | B Ellison |
| 14th | (17) | nse | Barnet Fair 20/1 Cam Hardie (5) |
8-10 | D Nicholls |
| 15th | (22) | ½ | Supplicant 12/1 George Chaloner (3) |
8-10 | R A Fahey |
| 16th | (8) | nk | Captain Ramius (IRE) 50/1 F Lynch |
8-12 | K A Ryan |
| 17th | (6) | hd | Hamza (IRE) 20/1 P J Smullen |
9-8 | K A Ryan |
| 18th | (14) | nk | Go Far (ex5) 16/1 Martin Harley |
8-13 | A Bailey |
| 19th | (13) | hd | Rene Mathis (GER) 25/1 D Nolan |
9-0 | R A Fahey |
| 20th | (15) | 1½ | Mass Rally (IRE) 25/1 P McDonald |
9-5 | M Dods |
| 21st | (12) | nk | Jimmy Styles 50/1 Ryan Tate (3) |
9-1 | C G Cox |
| 22nd | (10) | nk | Duke Of Firenze 33/1 R Kingscote |
8-11 | R M H Cowell |
| 23rd | (9) | 2½ | Ashpan Sam 33/1 P Makin |
9-3 | J L Spearing |
| 24th | (3) | ½ | Burn The Boats (IRE) 28/1 C T Keane |
8-11 | G M Lyons |
| 25th | (21) | ¾ | York Glory (USA) 25/1 D P McDonogh |
9-0 | K A Ryan |
| 26th | (7) | ½ | Alben Star (IRE) 16/1 Jack Garritty (5) |
9-9 | R A Fahey |
| 27th | (11) | 3½ | Eastern Impact (IRE) 20/1 T Hamilton |
9-3 | R A Fahey |
