22 Jun 2006 03:50 ASCOT
Winner: £ (Penalty: £136,953); Distance: 4400; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4yo plus; Going: Good to Firm.
Gold Cup (Group 1)
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 0(8) |   | - | Yeats (IRE) (Horse (entire), , 128) | / 24 | Kieren Fallon | A P O'Brien Mrs John Magnier… | |||
| tracked leaders in 4th, 3rd and travelling strongly straight, led over 2f out, shaken up and in command over 1f out, easily | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 0(2) |   | 4 L | Reefscape (GB) (Colt, , 128) | / 9 | C Soumillon | A Fabre Mme A Claude | |||
| held up, bumped straight, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong to take 2nd last stride, no chance with winner | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 0(4) |   | HD | Distinction (IRE) (Gelding, , 128) | / 9 | Mick Kinane | Sir Michael Stoute Highclere Thoroughbred… | |||
| held up in 5th, went 4th straight, headway to chase winner over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong and lost 2nd last stride | ||||||||||
| 4th | 0(3) |   | 3 L | High Action (USA) (Colt, , 128) | / 6 | Richard Hughes | Ian Williams Mr C N Barnes | |||
| soon led, clear 12f out, reduced lead 8f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased winner to over 1f out, weakened final furlong | ||||||||||
| 5th | 0(11) |   | 1.5 L | Sergeant Cecil (GB) (Gelding, , 128) | / 9 | A Munro | B R Millman Mr Terry Cooper | |||
| took keen hold, held up in 10th, headway and 6th straight, stayed on one pace final 2f | ||||||||||
| 6th | 0(12) |   | 0.75 L | Guadalajara (GER) (Mare, , 125) | / 7 | L Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin | |||
| keen hold, held up in 8th, headway into 5th and bumped straight, weakened over 2f out | ||||||||||
| 7th | 0(7) |   | 5 L | Barolo (GB) (Gelding, , 128) | / 7 | J Murtagh | W R Swinburn Mrs P W Harris | |||
| keen hold, settled 6th, ridden 5f out, 8th and weakening straight | ||||||||||
| 8th | 0(6) |   | NK | Tungsten Strike (USA) (Gelding, , 128) | / 8 | R L Moore | Mrs A J Perrett Mr John Connolly | |||
| slowly into stride, tracked leading pair after 6f, went 2nd 8f out, pushed along 5f out, 4th and ridden straight, soon weakened | ||||||||||
| 9th | 0(5) |   | 19 L | Winged d'Argent (IRE) (Gelding, , 128) | / 8 | J Fanning | Charlie & Mark Johnston Mr Terry Warner | |||
| soon tracked leader until 8f out, 3rd and pushed along 6f out, 5th and ridden when jinked left entering straight, weakened quickly | ||||||||||
| 10th | 0(10) |   | 3 L | Akarem (GB) (Horse (entire), , 128) | / 7 | P Cosgrave | K R Burke Mrs M Gittins | |||
| always in rear | ||||||||||
| 11th | 0(9) |   | Dist | Motafarred (IRE) (Gelding, , 126) | / 6 | N Callan | M D Hammond Mr R D Bickenson | |||
| always last, lost touch final 4f, 12th and well behind straight | ||||||||||
| 0(1) |   | - | Media Puzzle (USA) (Gelding, , 128) | / 9 | P J Smullen | D K Weld Michael W J Smurfit | ||||
| held up in 9th, ridden 5f out, 10th and weakening straight, inside final furlong when pulled up | ||||||||||
