Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes |
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Group 1, Newmarket 14:25 £220,000 added, 2yo only, 6f, Class 1 |
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Saturday 26th September 2020 |
1 Alcohol Free 7/2
2 Miss Amulet 5/2F
3 Umm Kulthum 9/1
8 ran NR: Aloha Star Distances: ½l, hd, 1¼l
Time: 1m 10.00s (slow by 0.30s)
ALCOHOL FREE and @oismurphy battle on well to win the Group 1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes 🏆
— Champions Series (@ChampionsSeries) September 26, 2020
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Andrew Balding’s Alcohol Free was less exposed than most of her rivals in the six-furlong prize, but Oisin Murphy gave her a positive ride.
The champion jockey was happy to take up the running from favourite Miss Amulet at half way and she was there to be shot at running up the hill.
The previously unbeaten Dandalla moved into contention briefly, but her challenge petered away and it was Richard Fahey’s Umm Kulthum, a winner at Ayr last weekend, and Ken Condon’s Miss Amulet who gave Alcohol Free the most to do.
Despite having just the third run of her life, Alcohol Free showed a willing attitude and while Umm Kulthum challenged on her far side and Miss Amulet on her inside, Alcohol Free, a sustained late gamble, won by half a length and a head.
Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes (Fillies' Group 1)
£220,000 added, 2yo only, 6f, Class 1
8 ran
Going: Good
POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (4) Alcohol Free 2 9-0 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy 7/2
2 (8) ½ Miss Amulet 2 9-0 K J Condon Ryan Moore 5/2F
3 (1) hd Umm Kulthum 2 9-0 Richard Fahey Paul Hanagan 9/1
4 (2) 1¼ Happy Romance 2 9-0 Richard Hannon Sean Levey 11/2
5 (7) 3¼ Dandalla 2 9-0 K R Burke Ben Curtis 5/1
6 (9) 3 Illykato 2 9-0 Mick Channon David Probert 40/1
7 (5) ½ Zoetic 2 9-0 James Ferguson William Buick 50/1
8 (3) 3¾ Sacred 2 9-0 William Haggas Tom Marquand 11/2
NR 2 (6) Aloha Star 2 9-0 J A Stack NON RUNNER