Timeform Jury Stakes |
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| Group 3, Haydock Park 14:35 £63,000 added, 4yo plus, 7f, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 30th May 2015 | |
1 Cable Bay 5/1
2 Ascription 14/1
3 Absolutely So 11/1
13 ran Distances: ½l, ½l, 1½l
TIME 1m 30.16s (slow by 4.16s)
Cable Bay wins from a fast finishing Ascription & Absolutely So
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Jamie Spencer buried his mount in the middle of the pack for much of the seven-furlong journey, before moving up to challenge Absolutely So and the front-running That Is The Spirit for the lead approaching the furlong marker.
Ascription came from further back to pose the biggest threat to the Charlie Hills-trained winner, but Cable Bay held on by half a length, with Absolutely So the same distance away in third.
The four-year-old endured a difficult season in 2014 having mixed it in top company as a juvenile, but he arrived on Merseyside having run right up to his best when a close third in the Lockinge at Newbury.
Hills said: "He's got some very decent form all the way through his career, he's been placed in a lot of Group races and to be fair to the horse he got cast in his box during the winter from being a two- to three-year-old and it just set us back really.
"Last year he had a tough season, but he finished running a really good race in the Challenge Stakes and we've had a really clean passage with him this year and he's showing what he can do again.
"He's a beautiful looking horse as well and I think we'll look at Royal Ascot for him now. The form's there.
"It (the Queen Anne) looks a pretty tough race, but we're going there off a winning run and we'll give it a go I think."
Timeform Jury Stakes (Group 3)
(Registered As The John Of Gaunt Stakes)
£63,000 added, 4yo plus, 7f, Class 1
13 ran
Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
| Pos | Draw | Dist | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | (2) | Cable Bay (IRE) 5/1 | J P Spencer 9-0 |
C Hills | 4 | |
| 2nd | (11) | ½ | Ascription (IRE) 14/1 | G Lee 9-0 |
H Palmer | 6 |
| 3rd | (4) | ½ | Absolutely So (IRE) 11/1 | David Probert 9-0 |
A M Balding | 5 |
| 4th | (10) | 1½ | Baltic Knight (IRE) 25/1 | A Kirby 9-0 |
R Hannon | 5 |
| 5th | (3) | ¾ | Emell 10/1 | P J Dobbs 9-0 |
R Hannon | 5 |
| 6th | (1) | 2½ | That Is The Spirit 7/1 | P Cosgrave 9-0 |
D O'Meara | 4 |
| 7th | (7) | ½ | Breton Rock (IRE) 4/1f | Martin Lane 9-0 |
D M Simcock | 5 |
| 8th | (8) | 2¾ | Master Carpenter (IRE) 40/1 | R Havlin 9-0 |
B R Millman | 4 |
| 9th | (5) | ½ | Aljamaaheer (IRE) 13/2 | P Hanagan 9-0 |
R Varian | 6 |
| 10th | (12) | 1¼ | Top Notch Tonto (IRE) 18/1 | B A Curti 9-0s |
B Ellison | 5 |
| 11th | (6) | 1½ | Captain Cat (IRE) 8/1 | G Baker 9-3 |
R Charlton | 6 |
| 12th | (9) | 8 | Clon Brulee (IRE) 16/1 | W Buick 9-0 |
S bin Suroor | 6 |
| 13th | (13) | 13 | Ansgar (IRE) 20/1 | L F Roche 9-5 |
Miss S J Harty | 7 |
