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15:00 Newmarket

Shadwell Rockfel Stakes (Fillies' Group 2) (Class 1)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £109,000 added
  • Winner: £61,814
  • 2nd: £23,435
  • 3rd: £11,728
  • 4th: £5,842
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 27.23s
  • Off Time: 15:04:39
  • 10 Ran
1(10)
Silk - Royal blue, orange disc, striped sleeves and cap
  • Form 5212
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 101

pulled hard, held up, headway chasing leaders 5f out, disputing 2nd and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

2(2)
Silk - Dark Blue, Red disc, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap
16/1
  • Form 124
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0

held up towards rear, some headway far side of group 2f out, never threatened

3(8)
Silk - Black, Grey sleeves, Black stars
100/1
  • Form 63
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0

edgy and sweating, took keen hold in touch, weakened over 2f out

4(4)
Silk - Light blue, brown hoop and armlets
  • Form 31591
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 86

soon led, narrowly headed over 4f out, chased winner, pushed along halfway, every chance 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

5(7)
Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

Gavota

30 D
5/1
  • Form 11
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 95

held up towards rear, headway when not clear run over 2f out, unbalanced in dip inside final 2f, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went never nearer 3rd towards finish

6(3)
Silk - Light blue, black seams, white sleeves and cap
25/1
  • Form 11
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 81

chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon one pace, plugged on inside final furlong, lost 3rd towards finish

7(6)
Silk - Red, white sash, royal blue cap
  • Form 74312
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 99

soon tracking leader, led over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, held on gamely, all out

8(5)
Silk - Claret, gold braid, claret sleeves, claret cap, gold tassel
4/1
  • Form 1
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0

chased leaders 5f

9(1)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and MAROON (quartered), halved sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap
2/1
  • Form 122163
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 110

raced alone towards far side of centre, chased leaders, 2nd over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, just held

10(9)
Silk - Yellow, Black and Yellow striped sleeves, White cap

Roulette

57 D
33/1
  • Form 61
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0

steadied start, held up in rear, pushed along halfway, some headway inside final 3f, never involved, weakened 2f out

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

NYALETI has been placed in this grade over 6f and a mile. She was also second over this trip in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot and Mark Johnston’s trail-blazer is the one they all have to beat in this. Butterscotch has only won a Naas maiden so far but improved again last time at the Curragh when only finding stablemate Clemmie, who beat the selection in the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes here in the summer, too good. Fellow Irish raider Lightening Quick beat a big field on her debut at Leopardstown while Gavota has been impressive in her two runs to date. She’s held in high regard but this is a huge step up in class. Juliet Capulet has solid form at a decent level but doesn’t have much in hand on Capomento on collateral form and also looks held by the selection.

Formwatch

Butterscotch (IRE) 3-1 (9-0) Led, ridden 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Clemmie (9-0) at Curragh 6f Grp 3 fll stks (1) gd in Jul.

Capomento (IRE) (8-11) 4th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Polydream (8-11) at Deauville 7f Grp 3 gd in Aug.

Club Tropicana 12-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, no extra and lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Poetic Charm (9-2) at Kempton 7f fll stks (3) pol in Sep.

Elizabeth Bennet (IRE) 6-4fav (9-7) Raced wide, close up, headway 2f out, edged right and ran on to lead inside final furlong, won at Kempton 6f (4) pol in Aug beating George (9-4) by 1l, 6 ran.

Gavota (9-5) In touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, quickened clear inside final furlong, impressive, won at Lingfield 7f fll stks (5) gd in Aug beating Unchaining Melody (8-12) by 6l, 9 ran.

Hikmaa (IRE) 4-6fav (8-12) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to lead towards ifnish, won at Chelmsford City 6f stks (4) pol in Sep beating Gold Filigree (8-11) by 3/4l, 8 ran.

Juliet Capulet (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Led until over 2f out, soon rallied, every chance over 1f out, kept on under pressure, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Tajaanus (9-0) at Newmarket 7f Grp 3 fll stks (1) gs in Aug.

Lightening Quick 6-1 (9-0) Chased leader, 5th halfway, ridden into 3rd over 1f out, progress to 2nd final 150 yards, ran on well to strongly challenge leader closing stages, led final strides, won at Leopardstown 7f mdn fll Good - Yielding in Sep beating Bye Bye Baby (9-0) by nk, 18 ran.

Nyaleti (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 8, nk behind Laurens (9-0) at Doncaster 1m Grp 2 fll stks (1) gs in Sep.

Roulette Evensfav (9-0) Made virtually all, ridden clear over 1f out, just held on, all out, won at Goodwood 7f mdn fll stks (2) sft in Aug beating Ripley (9-0) by nk, 6 ran.