Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes |
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| Doncaster 14:35 £300,000 guaranteed, 2yo only, 6f 111y, Class 2  |
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1 Cold Case 11/4F
2 Alpha Capture 8/1
3
Holguin 7/1
15 ran Distances: shd, 1½l, ½l
Time: 1m 18.03s (slow by 1.33s)
What a finish! Cold Case beats Alpha Capture in a thrilling Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes at @DoncasterRaces for @atzenijockey and @karl_burke... pic.twitter.com/DVuZGb38sy
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 8, 2022
On the strength of a third-placed finish in the Gimcrack Stakes at York last month, Karl Burke's Cold Case was the 11-4 favourite to claim the majority of the huge prize-money up for grabs on Town Moor.
Favourite-backers were made to sweat, with recent Carlisle victor Alpha Capture finishing with a flourish, but Cold Case clung on by a short head in the hands of Andrea Atzeni.
Paddy Power cut the winner’s odds for both the Middle Park Stakes and the Dewhurst at Newmarket to 20-1 from 33-1, but Burke is in no rush to finalise plans.
He said: “He was very, very gutsy. I must admit, when the (William) Haggas horse (Alpha Capture) came to our girths I thought we were beat, but he’s very game.
“I think he’s actually a better horse taking a lead early, but he winged the gates today and Andrea was adamant he wasn’t going to pull him around if that happened.
“He more or less made the running in the Gimcrack and this performance has franked the Gimcrack form, which is brilliant given we also had the runner-up Marshman.
“This is a lovely colt in his own right and I’m sure he’s a Group horse in the making, but today was a big prize and a big target.”
Asked where he feature in his juvenile pecking order, Burke added: “He’s towards the top of the pile.
“I’ll speak to his owner (Sheikh Mohammed Obaid) and Andrea about where we go next and go from there, but there’s plenty of stamina on the dam’s side and I know Sheikh Mohammed Obaid is very keen to step up in trip. Definitely next year he’ll stay seven furlongs and maybe even a mile.”
Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes
15 ran
Going: Good to Soft
1 (7) Cold Case 2 9-4 K R Burke Andrea Atzeni 11/4
2 (4) shd Alpha Capture 2 9-0 William Haggas Tom Marquand 8/1
3 (1) 1½ Holguin 2 8-11 Andrew Balding William Buick 7/1
4 (8) ½ Galeron 2 8-11 Charles Hills Frankie Dettori 12/1
5 (9) 2¼ Eminency 2 8-11 Clive Cox John Fahy 7/1
6 (11) 1¾ Magical Sunset 2 8-13 Richard Hannon Sean Levey 7/2
7 (12) ½ Waiting All Night 2 8-8 Richard Spencer Jason Hart 14/1
8 (6) ¾ Hectic 2 8-11 Richard Hannon Pat Dobbs 22/1
9 (14) nk Pjanoo 2 9-0 Richard Spencer Daniel Tudhope 20/1
10 (10) nk Knebworth 2 9-0 Richard Hughes Finley Marsh 66/1
11 (5) 3 Legend Of Xanadu 2 8-8 Mick Channon David Egan 12/1
12 (2) ½ Once More For Luck 2 9-4 Ismail Mohammed Kevin Stott 40/1
13 (15) 4½ True Statesman 2 9-4 Charlie & Mark Johnston Richard Kingscote 33/1
14 (13) nse Hiatus 2 8-11 Conrad Allen Tom Eaves 200/1
15 (3) 4¾ Swift Asset 2 9-0 Richard Hannon Jim Crowley 28/1
