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King’s Stand Stakes
Goldream >>>> Up 2lb to 113
Medicean Man >>>> Up 4lb to 112
Muthmir >>>> Remains on 112
The King’s Stand Stakes served up an exciting finish and there was very little between the first five home. Goldream is an admirable sprinter and he had ideal conditions that enabled him to post a career-best effort at the age of six. He was rated 113 following his win in the Group 3 Pearl Bloodstock Palace House Stakes at Newmarket earlier in the season and was nudged back up 2lb to that mark following this victory. Medicean Man ran a blinder in second in what must also be considered a best-ever effort at the age of nine. He’s back up 4lb to 112, the mark he came back from Dubai with last year. The race was rated around Muthmir, who was left on 112 following another good effort. This was only his second run at five furlongs and he looks capable of improving his rating before the season is out. Sole Power wasn’t at his best and his inability to bring his previous Royal Ascot form to the table resulted in the handicapper taking a dim view of the renewal. Gardiner-Hill said: “Sole Power records a figure of 110 – some way below his pre-race rating of 118 which he ran to when winning in Dubai in March. This interpretation of the form marks the 2015 race down as being a modest renewal. It is the lowest figure recorded by a winner since Dominica recorded a figure of 111 in winning the 2002 running.”
Goldream >>>> Up 2lb to 113
Medicean Man >>>> Up 4lb to 112
Muthmir >>>> Remains on 112
The King’s Stand Stakes served up an exciting finish and there was very little between the first five home. Goldream is an admirable sprinter and he had ideal conditions that enabled him to post a career-best effort at the age of six. He was rated 113 following his win in the Group 3 Pearl Bloodstock Palace House Stakes at Newmarket earlier in the season and was nudged back up 2lb to that mark following this victory. Medicean Man ran a blinder in second in what must also be considered a best-ever effort at the age of nine. He’s back up 4lb to 112, the mark he came back from Dubai with last year. The race was rated around Muthmir, who was left on 112 following another good effort. This was only his second run at five furlongs and he looks capable of improving his rating before the season is out. Sole Power wasn’t at his best and his inability to bring his previous Royal Ascot form to the table resulted in the handicapper taking a dim view of the renewal. Gardiner-Hill said: “Sole Power records a figure of 110 – some way below his pre-race rating of 118 which he ran to when winning in Dubai in March. This interpretation of the form marks the 2015 race down as being a modest renewal. It is the lowest figure recorded by a winner since Dominica recorded a figure of 111 in winning the 2002 running.”
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St James’s Palace Stakes
Gleneagles >>>> 122 (Ran to 118+)
Latharnach >>>>Up 9lb to 113
Consort >>>> Up 3lb to 112
Godolphin’s Latharnach was open to all sorts of improvement given his run in the St James’s Palace Stakes was just his fifth career start. He never looked like being good enough to beat Gleneagles here, but he ran on well to collar Consort for second and managed to get within two-and-a-half lengths of the dual-Guineas winner – a performance which sees his official rating increased by 9lb to 113. Consort is lightly-raced himself and he put up a bold bid from the front under Frankie Dettori, giving way to Gleneagles and Latharnach only in the closing stages. This was just his third run and he has been raised 3lb to 112, a rating he could usurp when stepped up in trip to 10 furlongs. Gardiner-Hill put the quality of the race into recent historical context saying: “Having looked at the last 10 year’s performances in the race I have settled on 118+ for Gleneagles (second lowest in last 10 years with only Most Improved’s 116 in 2012 lower).”
Gleneagles >>>> 122 (Ran to 118+)
Latharnach >>>>Up 9lb to 113
Consort >>>> Up 3lb to 112
Godolphin’s Latharnach was open to all sorts of improvement given his run in the St James’s Palace Stakes was just his fifth career start. He never looked like being good enough to beat Gleneagles here, but he ran on well to collar Consort for second and managed to get within two-and-a-half lengths of the dual-Guineas winner – a performance which sees his official rating increased by 9lb to 113. Consort is lightly-raced himself and he put up a bold bid from the front under Frankie Dettori, giving way to Gleneagles and Latharnach only in the closing stages. This was just his third run and he has been raised 3lb to 112, a rating he could usurp when stepped up in trip to 10 furlongs. Gardiner-Hill put the quality of the race into recent historical context saying: “Having looked at the last 10 year’s performances in the race I have settled on 118+ for Gleneagles (second lowest in last 10 years with only Most Improved’s 116 in 2012 lower).”
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Muthmir was the only horse in the first 7 who isnt 6yo or older..hard to believe the first 2 would improve much more than that
looked a weak SJP to me, winner aside
looked a weak SJP to me, winner aside
I will admit I have had some difficulty getting too the bottom of Gleneagles, the Guineas looked a poor event,I was not taken with the SJP, but if you take a step back from your ratings , you can only admire Gleneagles and very possibly the most underrated multiple Group1 winner you could find.The mile form is spot on at the moment with those around him,perhaps the ratings don't do him justice.Time Test for instance is a Group3 winner rated 130 wtf?
The Handicapper don't do hype the figures are correct but its a very good horse
Extremely difficult to rate champion 3yos when they race only against their own age group at level weights, or only against inferior 4yos (the best 3yos having gone to stud), and never race in handicaps.
Sprint races are much more competitive because sprinters stick around longer.
There's a lot of snob value attached to rating 10/12 furlong horses.
In 1995, John Dunlop won the Hardwicke with a 5yo who had been racing in Class 2 handicaps for 2 years, rated high 90s or around 100. When he won the Hardwicke, the handicapper raised him 17 pounds. I'd bet my life that if he'd gone back into one of the class 2 handicaps he'd been racing in a fortnight earlier, with an extra 17 pounds on his back, he'd have been stuffed.
Sprint races are much more competitive because sprinters stick around longer.
There's a lot of snob value attached to rating 10/12 furlong horses.
In 1995, John Dunlop won the Hardwicke with a 5yo who had been racing in Class 2 handicaps for 2 years, rated high 90s or around 100. When he won the Hardwicke, the handicapper raised him 17 pounds. I'd bet my life that if he'd gone back into one of the class 2 handicaps he'd been racing in a fortnight earlier, with an extra 17 pounds on his back, he'd have been stuffed.
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