Racecards
15:15 Ascot
Longines Sagaro Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 209y
- Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £80,000 added
- Winner: £45,368
- 2nd: £17,200
- 3rd: £8,608
- 4th: £4,288
- Form 114212-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 116
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
held up in rear, in touch, headway into close 4th over 4f out, pushed along and led 2f out, ridden and drew away final furlong, readily
- Form 11321-2
- Age 7
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 121
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
tracked leaders, headway to lead over 6f out, ridden and headed 2f out, gradually weakened
- Form 20961-5
- Age 7
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey W Buick
handy, pushed along well over 3f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 13419-1
- Age 7
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer H Palmer
- Jockey Harry Davies
led, headed over 6f out, remained close up, ridden 3f out, dropped away and eased 1f out
- Form 61141-1
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 103
held up in rear, in touch, came wide home turn, pushed along 2f out, headway to chase leader 1f out, stayed on but no impression and soon well held
- Form 02161-5
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer K P De Foy
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
tracked front pair, lost position 4f out and dropped towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on from 1f out, took 3rd closing stages
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A Listed winner last year, Nate The Great was a fair fifth in a very lucrative handicap at Riyadh at the start of the year but he was well behind stable companion Coltrane in the Lonsdale Cup at York last August. The latter surprisingly beat TRUESHAN in the Doncaster Cup last year only for the placings to be reversed in the Long Distance Cup here in October. Alan King’s classy stayer couldn’t get past Rajinsky at Nottingham three weeks ago but it will be a surprise if Hugo Palmer’s seven-year-old comes out on top again in this. Wise Eagle is a prolific winner but may be a little out of his depth in this company and Dubai Gold Cup fifth El Habeeb may still have something to prove over 2m.
Formwatch
Coltrane (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) In touch with leaders, shaken up and good headway over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, faced sustained challenge inside final furlong, headed final 110yds, ran on, 2nd of 8, hd behind Trueshan (9-9) at Ascot 2m Grp 2 (1) gs in Oct.
Trueshan (FR) 4-9fav (9-10) Raced keenly, held up in 4th, good headway centre over 3f out, went 2nd 3f out, every chance from 2f out, ridden over 1f out, found no extra towards finish, held on for 2nd, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Rajinsky (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 6f lst stks (1) sft in Apr.
Nate The Great 16-1 (8-11) 5th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Silver Sonic (8-12) at Riyadh 1m 7f hcp gf in Feb.
Rajinsky (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Made all, pressed final 2f, ridden over 1f out, battled on gamely and found extra towards finish, won at Nottingham 1m 6f lst stks (1) sft in Apr beating Trueshan (9-10) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Wise Eagle (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) In touch, headway 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden out, edged right towards finish, won at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (2) gs in Apr beating Metier (9-1) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
El Habeeb (IRE) (8-9) 5th of 15, 6 3/4l behind Broome (9-1) at Meydan 2m Grp 2 fst in Mar.