666Bet Bunbury Cup |
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| Heritage Handicap, Newmarket £120,000 added, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 2 |
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| Saturday 12th July 2014 | |
1 Heaven's Guest 12/1
2 Absolutely So 5/1
3 Hoodna 12/1
NR: Ayaar (IRE), Dont Bother Me (IRE), Field Of Dream, Horsted Keynes (FR), Redvers (IRE), Sirius Prospect (USA), Zanetto
Heaven's Guest lands the Bunbury Cup at Newmarket for Richard Fahey under Tony Hamilton
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The blinkered Ertijaal ensured a true test as he set a strong gallop out in front, but he was a spent force heading towards the final furlong, where Absolutely So and Hoodna came through to dispute the lead, with 12-1 shot Heaven's Guest towards the stands side and Fort Bastion on the far side of the track soon making it four in line as the line loomed.
Heaven's Guest, who also won a valuable handicap at last year's July meeting, poked his head in front where it mattered to take top honours by half a length, with Absolutely So and Hoodna second and third respectively.
Winning jockey Tony Hamilton said: "He had a very good season last season and has just paid for it a little bit this year.
"He got a nice bit of cover there and to be fair he's done it well.
"He appreciates that bit of rain. It's just on the easy side of good and he travelled well and did it well in the end.
"He dug deep and he's a game horse. He likes a fight."
Trainer Richard Fahey said: "He's a hardy pro and a professional racehorse. Seven furlongs and that ground seems to suit him.
"He's a good, hardy sprint handicapper who's nearly won £300,000."
Fahey added: "The cut in the ground seems to help him. He looks after himself when it is not right.
"To be honest, he won two big handicaps last year including a £100,000 race here and he has come down the handicap and come good."
"We tried him in stakes races but he lacks a gear for that and he loves these big handicaps where they go flat out. They are tailor-made for him.
"He is in at Goodwood and he is in the International at Ascot."
Bunbury Cup (Heritage Handicap)
£120,000 added, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 2
13 ran
Going: Good to Soft
| Horse Trainer |
Jockey Weight |
SP Distance |
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| 1 |
Heaven's Guest R A Fahey |
T Hamilton 9st 3lbs |
12 - 1 Winner |
| 2 |
Absolutely So A M Balding |
W Buick 9st 2lbs |
5 - 1 1/2 length |
| 3 |
Hoodna S bin Suroor |
S De Sousa 9st 2lbs |
12 - 1 1/2 length |
| 4 |
Fort Bastion Mrs R Carr |
J P Sullivan 8st 13lbs |
22 - 1 1 1/4 length |
| 5 |
Ertijaal W J Haggas |
P Hanagan 8st 13lbs |
8 - 1 2 1/2 lengths |
| 6 |
Georgian Bay K R Burke |
G Lee 9st 1lbs |
12 - 1 Head |
| 7 |
Louis The Pious D O'Meara |
N Callan 9st 7lbs |
14 - 1 3 3/4 lengths |
| 8 |
Glen Moss D H Brown |
S M Levey 9st 6lbs |
7 - 1 2 3/4 lengths |
| 9 |
Mezzotint S C Williams |
P Mulrennan 8st 13lbs |
66 - 1 1/2 length |
| 10 |
Loving Spirit J A R Toller |
Robert Tart 9st 1lbs |
10 - 1 1 1/2 length |
| 11 |
Best Of Order D O'Meara |
J P Spencer 8st 13lbs |
20 - 1 2 3/4 lengths |
| 12 |
Professor R Hannon |
R Hughes 9st 10lbs |
7 - 1 2 3/4 lengths |
| 13 |
Abseil Sir Michael Stoute |
James Doyle 8st 13lbs |
4 - 1 1/2 length |
| NR |
Sirius Prospect D K Ivory |
Non Runner 9st 10lbs |
- |
| NR |
Field Of Dream J A Osborne |
Non Runner 9st 9lbs |
- |
| NR |
Horsted Keynes R Varian |
Jim Crowley 9st 2lbs |
- |
| NR |
Dont Bother Me M Botti |
Non Runner 9st 0lbs |
- |
| NR |
Zanetto A M Balding |
Thomas Brown 8st 13lbs |
- |
| NR |
Redvers E F Vaughan |
Non Runner 8st 13lbs |
- |
| NR |
Ayaar L M Cumani |
L Dettori 8st 13lbs |
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