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1 Haatem 7/2
2 Kikkuli 14/1
3 Chicago Critic 80/1
19 ran NR: Take Me To Church
Distances: shd, 1l, 1l Time: 1m 26.85s (slow by 1.15s)
Haatem just holds off a Kikkuli in the Jersey!
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Third in the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas and then runner-up in the Irish equivalent, the Richard Hannon-trained Haatem conceded a 3lb penalty all round and ran on courageously to deny Frankel’s half-brother Kikkuli by a short-head. Chicago Critic was a length further back in third, while the 13/8 favourite River Tiber finished eighth.
Wathnan Racing was also in the winner’s enclosure after the Queen Mary Stakes with Leovanni, the Norfolk Stakes with Shareholder and the Buckingham Palace Handicap with English Oak.
Hannon said: “I have never known a horse get such a following from the general public with emails, Instagram messages. Haatem is a pleasure to have around and I would love to think we will have an association for a few years to come. He deserved his day in the sun and hopefully there will be many more.
"He carried a three pound penalty today. He got to the front very easy and I'm just delighted for the horse. It's a Group 3 but I think this Jersey was an awful lot more than it normally is. He has credit for a lot more than that and I'm sure a Group 1 is coming very soon.
"There are some very good races for him in Australia, America, France but we'll take him home first. I just don't think there is any need for him to take on Rosallion. It's not a race I would enjoy watching, it seems a little unfair.
"Haatem is a horse that deserves everything he gets. He cost just £27,000, and that says a lot about our sport, a lot of it good. He's here taking part with a penalty at the top level. It shows it's possible, which you can't say about many sports."
Doyle said: “I had no idea if we'd won, I had my head down. Oisin [Murphy, on Kikkuli] asked me if I'd got back up, so that kind of showed me that he had an idea.
"He’s an absolute warrior. It wasn't his ideal set-up today, but we've come up with a plan and it worked. If he had got beat, he would have been robbed because he responded well. Oisin quite smartly challenged away from me and he did spot him late on and he responded well. What a horse.
"Jamie Spencer said to me that he quickened really smartly in Ireland, so I wasn't surprised by the way he picked up. We were trying to put a square peg in a round hole today but, because he's such a versatile horse, it worked.”
On the week in general, Doyle said: “There is a select few lads in the week that are happy and there are a lot of unhappy lads in the weighing room. There have been some great stories. There was plenty of pressure coming into this week to perform. It's no secret about the money that's been invested by Wathnan, so it's great that we've got some results on the board through the week.”
Harry Charlton said of Kikkuli: “We are delighted with him. Oisin said it was a bit of a head up, head down. He rode him to follow Haatem and Doyler [James Doyle] on a miler who started stretching two down, and Oisin said he’s run great. It is a shame to be second twice, but we won’t take anything away from the horse. He has run great against a hardened Group One horse who’s had a lot more experience than him.
“Barry [Mahon of Juddmonte] texted me this morning and said, ‘He’s 25/1’, and I said, ‘Well, Karl Burke’s horse that was 5/1 for the Guineas is bigger than us – it’s a proper race and there are a lot of 110-plus horses’, and he’s run outstandingly, really.
“Oisin said seven or eight furlongs. I think actually what looked key there was having pace. He travelled probably the best of them; he enjoyed the pace and the quick ground. I watched them down at the start and he was probably the one horse not sweating. He’s from an exuberant family, and by Kingman, but this lad is absolutely bombproof.”
Chicago Critic’s trainer Johnny Murtagh said: “We are absolutely delighted, that was fantastic. We came over because we thought we had a nice horse on our hands but, when you look at the strength of the race, it was a very good race. Ben gave him a great ride. We got excited up there for a couple of seconds – we thought he was coming, but he just couldn’t get there. No fault of the horse, he ran brilliantly. Today was the plan, and now we know we have a horse of this level, we will think about what’s next. He’ll stay at seven or a mile – I think he’ll get a mile no problem.”
Jersey Stakes
£150,000 guaranteed, 3yo only, 7f, Class 1
19 ran
Going: Good to Firm
POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (15) Haatem 3 9-6 Richard Hannon James Doyle 7/2
2 (14) shd Kikkuli 3 9-3 Harry Charlton Oisin Murphy 14/1
3 (18) 1 Chicago Critic 3 9-3 J P Murtagh Ben Coen 80/1
4 (19) 1 Mountain Bear 3 9-3 A P O'Brien Wayne Lordan 50/1
5 (12) 2 Zoum Zoum 3 9-3 Ralph Beckett Hector Crouch 80/1
6 (11) nk Never So Brave 3 9-3 Sir Michael Stoute Saffie Osborne 8/1
7 (8) nk Task Force 3 9-3 Ralph Beckett Rossa Ryan 7/1
8 (7) nk River Tiber 3 9-3 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 13/8F
9 (17) 1½ Boiling Point 3 9-3 Roger Varian Tom Marquand 14/1
10 (9) ½ Pearls And Rubies 3 9-0 A P O'Brien Dylan Browne McMonagle 40/1
11 (10) nk Indian Run 3 9-3 Eve Johnson Houghton Charles Bishop 125/1
12 (5) nk Ziggy's Dream 3 9-0 Alice Haynes Sean Levey 125/1
13 (2) 1½ Son 3 9-3 Richard Hannon Pat Dobbs 100/1
14 (16) 1¼ Eben Shaddad 3 9-3 John & Thady Gosden Kieran Shoemark 11/1
15 (13) nse Native American 3 9-3 Richard Fahey William Buick 18/1
16 (3) 2 Kortez Bay 3 9-3 Ms Sheila Lavery Robbie Colgan 200/1
17 (20) 1½ Dark Tornado 3 9-3 James Horton J F Egan 125/1
18 (4) ½ El Bodon 3 9-3 Jane Chapple-Hyam David Egan 200/1
19 (1) 1¼ Night Raider 3 9-3 K R Burke Daniel Tudhope 40/1
NR 16 (6) Take Me To Church 3 9-3 Jack W Davison NON RUNNER
JERSEY STAKES WINNERS
YR/DATE GR WINNER TRAINER JOCKEY OWNER AGE/WGT SP
2023 AGE OF KINGS 3 9-03 A P O'Brien Wayne Lordan Westerberg, Magnier, Tabor, Smith, Brant 3 9-03 22/1
2022 NOBLE TRUTH Charlie Appleby William Buick Godolphin 3 9-03 4/1F
2021 CREATIVE FORCE Charlie Appleby James Doyle Godolphin 3-9-01 5/1J
2020 MOLATHAM Roger Varian Jim Crowley Hamdan Al Maktoum 3-9-01 11/2
2019 SPACE TRAVELLER Richard Fahey Danny Tudhope Clipper Logistics 3-9-01 25/1
2018 EXPERT EYE Sir Michael Stoute James McDonald Khalid Abdullah 3-9-01 8/1
2017 3 LE BRIVIDO Andre Fabre FR Pierre-Charles Boudot HRH Prince Faisal bin Khaled 3-9-01 2/1F
2016 3 RIBCHESTER Richard Fahey William Buick Godolphin 3-9-06 7/1
2015 3 DUTCH CONNECTION Charlie Hills Jim Crowley Susan Roy/Cheveley Park Stud 3-9-04 14/1
2014 3 MUSTAJEEB Dermot Weld IRE Pat Smullen Hamdan Al Maktoum 3-9-04 9/2JF
2013 3 GALE FORCE TEN Aidan O’Brien IRE Joseph O’Brien Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier 3-8-12 9/2F
2012 3 ISHVANA Aidan O’Brien IRE Seamie Heffernan Annemarie O’Brien 3-8-12 20/1
2011 3 STRONG SUIT Richard Hannon snr Richard Hughes Julie Wood 3-9-06 11/1
2010 3 RAINFALL Mark Johnston Ryan Moore Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 3-8-12 8/1
2009 3 OUQBA Barry Hills Tadhg O’Shea Hamdan Al Maktoum 3-9-01 12/1
2008 3 AQLAAM William Haggas Richard Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum 3-9-01 13/2
2007 3 TARIQ Peter Chapple-Hyam Jimmy Fortune Saleh Al Homaizi/Imad Al Sagar 3-9-01 15/2
2006 3 JEREMY Sir Michael Stoute Mick Kinane Betty Moran 3-9-01 9/2
*2005 3 PROCLAMATION Jeremy Noseda Johnny Murtagh Abdullah Saeed Belhab 3-8-13 7/1
2004 3 KHELEYF Saeed bin Suroor Frankie Dettori Godolphin 3-8-10 6/1
2003 3 MEMBERSHIP Clive Brittain Gary Stevens Saeed Manana 3-8-10 20/1
2002 3 JUST JAMES Jeremy Noseda Olivier Peslier Lucayan Stud 3-8-11 20/1
2001 3 MOZART Aidan O’Brien IRE Michael Kinane Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier 3-8-11 7/4F
2000 3 OBSERVATORY John Gosden Kevin Darley Khalid Abdullah 3-8-11 11/2
1999 3 LOTS OF MAGIC Richard Hannon snr Dane O’Neill Peter Valentine 3-8-11 33/1
1998 3 DIKTAT David Loder Darryll Holland Sheikh Mohammed 3-8-10 3/1F
1997 3 AMONG MEN Michael Stoute Michael Kinane Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier 3-8-13 4/1F
1996 3 LUCAYAN PRINCE David Loder Richard Hughes Lucayan Stud 3-8-10 50/1
1995 3 SERGEYEV Richard Hannon snr Richard Hughes Brian Stewart-Brown 3-8-10 5/1F
1994 3 DH GNEISS= Julie Cecil Paul Eddery Matthew Oram 3-8-10 10/1
3 DH RIVER DEEP= Paul Cole Richard Quinn Fahd Salman 3-8-10 20/1
1993 3 ARDKINGLASS Henry Cecil Willie Ryan Sir David Wills 3-9-01 10/1
1992 3 PRINCE FERDINAND Matt McCormack John Reid Jill Winch 3-9-01 6/1
1991 3 SATIN FLOWER John Gosden Steve Cauthen Sheikh Mohammed 3-8-07 12/1
1990 3 SALLY ROUS Geoff Wragg Gary Carter Sir Philip Oppenheimer 3-8-07 20/1
1989 3 ZILZAL Michael Stoute Walter Swinburn Mana Al Maktoum 3-8-10 10/11F
1988 3 INDIAN RIDGE David Elsworth Cash Asmussen Anne Coughlan 3-8-10 10/1
1987 3 MIDYAN Henry Cecil Steve Cauthen Prince A A Faisal 3-9-01 11/2
1986 3 CLIVEDEN Guy Harwood Greville Starkey Anthony Speelman 3-8-10 9/1
1985 3 PENNINE WALK Jeremy Tree Pat Eddery Stavros Niarchos 3-8-10 9/2F
1984 3 MISS SILCA KEY David Elsworth Brian Rouse E Aldridge & Son (Locksmiths) 3-8-07 15/1
1983 3 TECORNO Dick Hern Willie Carson Countess M Esterhazy 3-8-06 8/1
1982 3 MERLINS CHARM Barry Hills Steve Cauthen Robert Sangster 3-8-07 9/1
1981 3 RASA PENANG Robert Armstrong Lester Piggott U Wijewardene 3-8-10 11/1
1980 3 HARD FOUGHT Michael Stoute Lester Piggott Brook Holliday 3-9-02 15/8F
1979/ 3 BLUE REFRAIN John Benstead Brian Rouse Mrs L Wood 3-9-02 12/1
1978 3 CAMDEN TOWN Peter Walwyn Pat Eddery Sir Jules Thorn 3-8-10 4/1F
1977 3 ETIENNE GERARD Michael Stoute Paul Cook P Philipps 3-8-10 25/1
*run at York
