Juddemonte Interantional Stakes

*Juddmonte even!

Think the Japanese horse will take the beating
race fitness is a worry but it looked good at Meydan

gl chaps

Delacroix to confirm the form for me.
who knows what to expect from the Japanese horse.

u wouldn't be too surprised at another "York horse "   Segal mentioned last night  some act on the surface and some it's wheelspin.

He did look good in Meydan NEC. Calandgan was prob a touch under par that day but he did win very well.

Japanese horse for me as well, medium stakes

Gl all

**** horse getting a bit lit up at start not the best sign...

Danon Decile for me also

got the tactics right today

Ombudsman....impressive !

Did the pacemaker run out of petrol or did Havlin panic when he realised he might win?

Impressive.

Pacemaker, Birr Castle, prices for those looking later

2.86    £10.00               
2.94    £1.00               
2.96    £1.00               
3            £2,054.44       
3.05            £387.05       
3.1            £1,776.80       
3.15            £2,472.59       
3.2            £514.27       
3.25            £220.04       
3.3            £467.36       
3.35            £304.23       
3.4            £111.85       
3.45            £155.84       
3.5            £144.41       
3.55            £556.17       
3.6            £131.40       
3.65            £392.00       
3.7            £114.92       
3.75            £541.27       
3.8            £132.63       
3.85            £94.76       
3.9            £279.88       
3.95            £189.03       
4            £612.07       
4.1            £470.28       
4.2            £329.03       
4.3            £466.28       
4.4            £112.34       
4.5            £223.29       
4.6            £61.88       
4.7            £558.34       
4.8            £229.84       
4.9            £124.69       
5            £1,684.82       
5.1            £1,019.65       
5.2            £373.57       
5.3            £198.76       
5.4            £228.08       
5.5            £324.72       
5.6            £222.60       
5.7            £683.60       
5.8            £250.43       
5.9            £111.99       
6            £578.45       
6.2            £242.62       
6.4            £311.81       
6.6            £243.71       
6.8            £149.40       
7            £463.36       
7.2            £83.40       
7.4            £180.05       
7.6            £132.89       
7.8            £153.29       
8            £164.56       
8.2            £96.41       
8.4            £251.72       
8.6            £84.90       
8.8            £102.37       
9            £164.16       
9.2            £158.18       
9.4            £112.46       
9.6            £111.17       
9.8            £98.18       
10            £367.11       
10.5            £217.70       
11            £276.37       
11.5            £119.73       
12            £183.13       
12.5            £120.05       
13            £155.66

240/1 BSP

I thought the pacesetter would hold on; the others were so far back.

well done WP

Would connections be tempted to go for the Arc after that? The Champion stakes does look the better fit but I think the Arc looks a very winnable race for horse with the class of this lad

I had a little bit for fun on Birr Castle after the other recent pacemaker upsets - traded out IR but only down to 100 - I wasn't expecting him to go that close or short.

I layed Quirat at Goodwood and I had laid Birr Castle today and I was thinking "Oh not again". I think Buick and others got luckier today.

N-east Correspondent 20 Aug 25 15:30 
Think the Japanese horse will take the beating
race fitness is a worry but it looked good at Meydan

tailed off.

Cheers NEC. Good start to the L15. Also threw a quid on him IR

objection by the clerk of the scales to M Barcelona.

Did win @ Longchamp last year,10F though.

The Japanese horse was very keen to Post

That's the issue, would the trip stretch him and blunt his turn of foot? But he wasn't stopping today or at Ascot, he actually won going away that day.

Well played Whippin

He is the outstanding 10f horse of the season.
Irish Champion next?
Maybe Coolmore will try Whirl against him there?

well done whippin

WD Whippin.

I did wonder why Godolphin with another 130 horses in training in the UK had to bring a pacemaker from France. Gave everyone a fright from a typical Havlin ride. As Ramruna said, did he panic?

Aug 20, 2025 -- 3:40PM, Ramruma wrote:

Did the pacemaker run out of petrol or did Havlin panic when he realised he might win?

He barely gets the 10f in a truly run race over that distance. Yes I say that despite having two of his wins over the trip.

@ramruma

"Did the pacemaker run out of petrol or did Havlin panic when he realised he might win?"

Ran out of petrol I think, judging by sectionals on Racing UK - Ombudsman and Delacroix began closing him down after 6f.

https://www.racingtv.com/results/2025-08-20/york/1535

"Did the pacemaker run out of petrol or did Havlin panic when he realised he might win?"

20L clear 3f out..5L clear 1f out..wd lads for realising.

To think the well beaten Godolphin colt outworked the pacemaker!

Delashay • July 25, 2025 9:35 AM BST
Cualificar has worked well under Goyen ahead of the Deauville Group 2, went with Birr Castle and easily went by over 1,800.

It was fairly close to another Gp 1 embarrassment for the principal runners and jockeys; Havlin and Birr Castle nearly nicked it, I believe. Even though beaten and finished 3rd, the other jockeys allowed Havlin too much of a soft lead - I hope the data eg ratings supports it.