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SPECIAL DUTY completed a Classic double for France but had to rely on the stewards after passing the post a nose behind the Henry Cecil-trained 66-1 outsider Jacqueline Quest.
Jacqueline Quest had shot into the lead coming into the Dip but 9-2 favourite Special Duty, sporting the colours of Khalid Abdullah, was charging after her under jocke Stephane Pasquier and the pair were joined together at the furlong pole. RELATED LINKS » Race result 1,000 Guineas replay Jacqueline Quest then started to drift to her right under a left-hand drive from jockey Tom Queally, bumping Special Duty and taking her towards the centre of the course. The pair flashed across the line together with Jacqueline Quest originally given the verdict by a nose but the stewards' siren sounded just moments later. A tense scenario followed with each side unsure who had claimed the prize but the siren then sounded again, to reveal that the result had been reversed. William Nunneley, stipendiary steward at Newmarket, said: "When you've got such a short distance between two horses you have to make a decision. "When you look at how Jacqueline Quest drifts right-handed and they've touched. Tom Queally has his whip in his left hand and didn't pull it through, it wasn't too difficult a decision, they've gone almost halfway across the track." Jacqueline Quest becomes the first Guineas horse to lose the race in the stewards' room since Nureyev in 1980 when,ironically, the race went to another Khalid Abdullah-owned runner in Known Fact. The field had split soon after leaving the stalls with the larger group heading for the far side while the smaller group, which contained the first five home, racing up the stands' rail. Criquette Head-Maarek: four wins PICTURE: Edward Whitaker Blue Maiden, Music Show and Seta all made challenges to lead on the far side but their efforts were worthless as the action unfolded on the stands' side. Gile Na Greine and Sent From Heaven, who had also raced prominently in the stands-side group, claimed third and fourth respectively. Winning trainer Criquette Head-Maarek was gaining her fourthvictory in the race after Ma Biche in 1983, Ravinella in 1988 and Hatoof in 1992. Special Duty, who is the second winner of the race for Abdullah after Wince in 1999, also mirrors the achievements of Hatoof in being beaten in the Prix Imprudence before going on to land the 1,000 Guineas. Head said: "[Stephane] Pasquier thought that if the horse had not come across then he would have won. Her heart is bigger than herself - it's incredible. "I didn't think [the bump] was that bad watching it live but then I saw the replay and I thought we had a chance. "There are two weeks between now and the French Guineas somaybe she will go to Longchamp. I will have to talk to the [the owner]." She added: "I feel very sorry for the others because for a while they thought they had the race." |
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good job she was drawn low else we would have done our conkers.
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well.done.jamesp
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well done james
a deserved return for you but im not so sure it was the correct result |
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Jamesp......Very Well Done...Young Sir !
You recognised a champion in the wings (before Ladcrooks).....I managed £250 at 8/1 in October. But felt sorry for Henry. What a trainer of fillies the man is....But also a great run from the Bolger Filly. |
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I keep an eye on times And Discounted MAKFI, because his time was 0.40 seconds slower than the fillies trial half hour later.....so by my reconning Special Duty would have won the 2,000gns....I kept faith in the Dewhurst Form over the Racing Post Trophy, again because of the time. But ended up with several losers 2nd 4th & 7th but missed MAKFI....wish I'd talked with Peter O'Sullivan on Saturday Morning !!!
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JAMESSP MARSHMUGGER & Everyone else on here who had her
WELL DONE GUYS The correct result IMVHO Feel very sorry for Noel though - heartbreaking |
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Well done james,Hugely enteraning and informative all the way through.
Bring on the next one. |
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top bombing jamesp....well done ;-)
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Well done jamesp - and well done stewards whose public school education doubtless imbued them with a sense of fair play even stronger than their loathing of the French :)
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Wd jamesp.
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Well that was unbelievable.
Every since the bookies started paying double result the amount of horses thrown out has reduced to a minute level. To allow a favourite and a long backed favourite, to get the race in the stewards room over a 66/1 shot is nigh on miraculous, the bookies reps must not have been able to get out of the bar in time to get to the stewards room So. well played the integrity of today's stewards who appeared unswerved by sentiment and well played all players. After yesterdays surprise result it's nice to get one for the long term player... |
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well done jamesp and all the others who were confident she was a top filly .even if she was beat a nose right result in end ,everything written here spot on 1st class ,raise a glass to the special one cheers .
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Hope the (French) Champagne is flowing James
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Some guys have all the luck . . . .
The result was heartbreaking for Jacqeline Quest's owner Noel Martin, who named the filly after his dead wife. Martin, who is a quadriplegic after a concrete block was thrown through his windscreen by neo-Nazis causing him to crash into a tree in 1996, was interviewed on Channel 4 before the result was reversed. |
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noel martin is a big man who has endured real heartbreak,
i'm sure that he will be philosophical about the result of one horserace, his achievement in racing is already immense, i'm also sure that we all wish him further success, both in life and in racing |
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I am just getting in after celebrating last night and have a few points to make. Firstly, well done to everyone who has landed a coup on this filly, esp james p who flagged her up long ago. Second, in my 25 years of following racing, I was convinced the Cecil filly would keep the race and am still shell shocked the placings were reversed. It really could have gone either way and the stweards should be applauded for making a bold decision when the easy thing would have been to let the result stand. Thirdly, didn't Pasquier give Special Duty an average ride ? The filly was last with two to go and he gave her an awful lot to do and was v lucky that Tom Queally bailed him out. Finally,I believe it was a very weak Guineas and I think Special Duty is the only Group 1 filly to take out of the race , the rest are rubbish, draw bias or not
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In a way it's a pity the filly won with an objection cos it seems to have taken the focus off the greatness of the original post. In the next 10 years I doubt we'll see anyone put up a horse at 50/1 with a well reasoned argument to win a race 6 months later, that actually then wins. Genius James, genius.
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Christ, it was actually 8 months!!
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Nine actually Charlton
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well played james(and the others) top bombing
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For anyone whoever doubts the consistant flashes of brilliance from a certain Mr Mordin here is his early july 2009 offering ..
SPECIAL DUTY GETS INTERESTING FOR 1000 GUINEAS SPECIAL DUTY (37) had run second in fast time to the smart Sorciere in the Listed Prix Yacowlef at Deauville on her racecourse debut. She apparently got knocked coming out of the stalls in that race and trainer Criquette Head feels she would have won but for that. This certainly seems credible following Special Duty's win in fast time in the Prix Robert Papin. I had thought that the Italian raider Orpen Shadow would outpace everything in the big race as he'd showed tremendous pace to win the Group 3 Premio Primi Passi on his latest start, which was his fourth win in four outings. But Special Duty ranged alongside him right from the start and forced him to go a step faster than he found comfortable. The result was that the Italian horse tired late into fourth while Special Duty kept moving well all the way to the line to win in fast time. This was a Group 1 class performance from Special Duty and marks her out as an even more serious threat to Canford Cliffs than Sorciere in the upcoming Prix Morny. Indeed I'm now wondering whether Canford Cliffs will have the pace to go with Special Duty in the Morny over six furlongs having seen what she did to Orpen Shadow here. In the longer term I now have my eye on Special Duty as a live candidate for the 1000 Guineas. Her sire stayed beyond a mile and gets plenty of horses which do the same. And her dam is a half sister to two US Grade 1 winners over nine furlongs. Special Duty is a decent size for a two year old filly and I can very well see her staying a mile later on. The big clue about whether she'll go to Newmarket for the Guineas will be if she takes up her entry in the Cheveley Park. Criquette Head, like Andre Fabre and other French trainers, believe that it's best to give a horse experience of Newmarket at two before tackling the Guineas. Two of Criquette Head's three 1000 Guineas winners won the Cheveley Parks Stakes at two. And three of the last four French-trained winners of the Cheveley Park went on to win the fillies' Classic. Give her physique, pedigree and the form she showed here together with the record of her trainer, it's surprising the bookies haven't marked up Special Duty for the 1000 Guineas. I'd be very tempted by 25-1 or more at this stage. B-) Different gravy. |
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Well done James a great result for you and anyone else that followed you in, congratultions.
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Just got back from HQ and what a controversial weekend it's been.I have gone from the heights of joy to the depths of despair within a few minutes.To all the SD fans you got the result you required and well done to you all.Amazing that stall one was a disadvantage on the Saturday but on Sunday the race boiled down to a 5 horse race with those drawn low at a significant advantage coupled with the fact that brain dead jockeys on the higher drawn horses decided to go to the far side incredibly, after what they saw in the previous race.The form of the race is not worth a bag of marbles imo with the french filly not able to beat a 97 rated horse with 88 and 105 rated horses close up behind.As for the the Stewards decision,well I've seen a lot worse on a daily basis and I didn't think Pasquier stopped riding and the horse did not lose any momentum.On the other side the winner did take the second across the course.For me SD had over 1f and a half to get past JQ and couldn't.Henry looked devastated by the decision but what a gentleman he is.Chatting to other racegoers and considering the favourite got the race,I found more support for JQ to keep the race.Whether that was an English thing I'm not so sure.Should have known it was going to be a bad day when there was a power cut at the Bedford Lodge Sunday morning.The result of the 1000G certainly darkened my mood further.
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Got to be a BIG LAY next time out...basically won a 7 runner G3 race (at best).
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TMB only the jocks made stall 1 a disadvantage on the saturday.
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I think there's an element of truth in that Geoff.It did not stop Jack My Boy in the sprint did it.Would Elusive Pimpernel have gone close to winning if he had come down the stands rail,imo no.
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The fact is Special Duty should have got the race, the only reason people feel different is because the uk stewards are usually way too spineless. Quealley made no attempt to straighten his horse as basically it is the norm for anything to be let go in this country.
No matter what the people who backed her on this thread got the winnings they deserved cos Cecil's filly took her way across the track and she only lost a nose which if she'd been allowed to go straight was more than distance she lost by. Well done to all backers especially Jamesp ! |
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According to the racing post poll it was 50-50
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There have been a lot of non-stayers among the posters ion this forum (imo)
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one of the highlights of my punting career, I was on holiday in Australia in january that year and was phoning my son to bet it, had been betting it since the Cheveley, every time I won I kept betting her, James P always kept the forum up to date on her progress but when she ran her prep race if I can remember correctly at Deauville she didn't run too well and dented my confidence, so when she got beaten by a whisker in the guineas it was rock bottom to the gut feeling, then a stewards announced a bit of hope then elation when the result was change in Special Dutys favour, never forget it. cheers.
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I’ve noticed from reading various sources that lots get missed out with this cut ‘n paste journalism. The article on the post with this headline misses out some key remarks made by connections.
Croix Du Nord's trainer unconcerned about relative inexperience as he bids to end Japan's quest for a first Arc The same can be said for the article with this title : 'She can go up another gear' - Minnie Hauk hardens as Arc favourite after Aidan O'Brien gives star filly green light It makes me question why? |
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Oppss!
But anyway Jaq Quest should have won that Guineas. |