JRL Group Atalanta Stakes
Group 3, Sandown 14:05
£80,000 guaranteed,
3yo plus,
1m, Class 1   
Saturday 20th August 2022

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1 Potapova 18/1
2 Grande Dame 9/4F
3 Mrs Fitzherbert 9/1
11 ran NR: Laurel Distances: 1½l, 1½l, ¾l
Time: 1m 42.24s (slow by 1.34s)

Derby-winning trainer and jockey combination Richard Kingscote and Sir Michael Stoute teamed up again in style, as Potapova came with a withering run to claim the spoils in the Group Three.

Runner-up in the Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Epsom in June, she had under-performed on her previous two starts yet the Cheveley Park-owned filly looked a totally different proposition on this occasion.

Grande Dame, sent off the 9-4 favourite after scoring over course and distance last time out, looked set to score when cruising to the front with a furlong and a half to race under Robert Havlin.

However, Kingscote’s mount came wide and late to wear her down and, in the end, the 18-1 shot ran out a cosy length and a half winner.

It was a similar distance back to Mrs Fitzherbert, who stuck on well for third.

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Atalanta Stakes
£80,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 1m, Class 1
11 ran
Going: Good

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (3)     Potapova 4 9-6 Sir Michael Stoute Richard Kingscote 18/1
2 (9) 1½ Grande Dame 3 9-0 John & Thady Gosden Robert Havlin 9/4F
3 (5) 1½ Mrs Fitzherbert 4 9-6 Hughie Morrison George Rooke 9/1
4 (8) ¾ Fonteyn 3 9-0 Kevin Ryan Andrea Atzeni 5/2
5 (1) 1 Bounce The Blues 5 9-6 Andrew Balding Dane O'Neill 10/1
6 (7) nk Mise En Scene 3 9-0 James Ferguson Cieren Fallon 10/1
7 (10) 1¼ Nizaaka 4 9-6 Jane Chapple-Hyam Jason Watson 13/2
8 (11) 2¼ Rising Star 4 9-6 Marco Botti Luke Morris 25/1
9 (2) 1 Random Harvest 4 9-6 Ed Walker Saffie Osborne 22/1
10 (12) 2 Roman Mist 4 9-6 Tom Ward Hector Crouch 40/1
11 (6) 4½ Serenading 6 9-6 James Fanshawe Kevin Stott 100/1
NR 11 (4) Laurel 3 9-0 John & Thady Gosden NON RUNNER

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