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13:45 Newbury

Dubai International Airport World Trophy Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 34y
  • Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £60,000 added
  • Winner: £34,026
  • 2nd: £12,900
  • 3rd: £6,456
  • 4th: £3,216
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 59.31s
  • Off Time: 13:45:07
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Maid In India (IRE)

12/1

    2
    Silk -

    Dakota Gold

    15/8

      3
      Silk -

      Hit The Bid

      15/2

        1(5)
        Silk - Grey, light green seams, hooped sleeves, light green cap

        Keystroke

        27 t
        11/1
        • Form 181036
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 109

        slowly into stride, in rear, switched left 2f out, headway and hung left over 1f out, never on terms

        2(7)
        Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, white sleeves, black stars and cap

        Dakota Gold

        13 D
        15/8
        • Form 0-51111
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 110

        prominent, led 4f out, headed 3f out, driven over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, unable to quite catch winner

        3(8)
        Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

        Equilateral

        10 D
        7/2
        • Form 342761
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 108

        held up, headway over 2f out, never threatened

        4(3)
        Silk - Black, pink cross belts and armlets, pink cap, black star

        Hit The Bid

        6 t D
        15/2
        • Form 1-22768
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 107

        prominent, led 3f out, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish

        5(6)
        Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap

        Judicial (IRE)

        21 DCD
        13/2
        • Form 5-70161
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 107

        chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out

        6(1)
        Silk - Yellow, black diamond, diamonds on sleeves

        Ornate

        21 D
        14/1
        • Form 163076
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 103

        led 1f, driven over 2f out, soon weakened

        7(4)
        Silk - White, orange chevron, yellow and orange hooped sleeves, yellow cap, white diamond

        Blue Uluru (IRE)

        14 D
        11/1
        • Form 14091-3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 102

        chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place

        8(2)
        Silk - Light Blue, White hollow box, check cap

        Maid In India (IRE)

        91 BFD
        12/1
        • Form 2145-10
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 100

        chased leaders, switched right 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, held on

        Previous results

        2018
        (5)
        Silk -

        Mr Lupton (IRE)

        11/4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-1

        2017
        (10)
        Silk -

        Take Cover

        8/1
        • Age 10
        • Weight 9-1

        2016
        (7)
        Silk -

        Cotai Glory

        5/2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1

        In depth

        Verdict

        This wouldn’t be the strongest Group 3 ever staged here. Equilateral has always been held in high regard and came good in a Listed race at Doncaster 10 days ago but only had a head to spare over the rallying Queen’s Gift, beaten three-quarters-of-a-length by Judicial in a similar contest at Beverley earlier. Queen’s Gift is trained by Michael Dods, who runs the much-improved DAKOTA GOLD in this. The five-year-old had no problem with the step up to Listed company last time at York and can complete the five-timer. Hit The Bid has won twice at this level and should be approaching peak fitness so Darren Bunyan’s charge makes more appeal than the other Irish raider, Blue Uluru, and the others.

        Formwatch

        Keystroke (9-4) 6th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Spinning Memories (8-12) at Deauville 6f Grp 3 gd in Aug.

        Dakota Gold 11-8fav (9-2) Hampered start, made virtually all, hard driven when pressed over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at York 6f lst stks (1) gd in Sep beating Danzeno (9-2) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.

        Equilateral 9-4 (9-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along switched left inside final furlong, ridden and stayed on to lead final strides, won at Doncaster 5f lst stks (1) gf in Sep beating Queens Gift (9-6) by hd, 7 ran.

        Hit The Bid 14-1 (9-4) Raced in 5th early, 9th before halfway, pushed along under 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 8th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Fairyland (9-0) at Curragh 5f Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Sep.

        Judicial (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well, won at Beverley 5f lst stks (1) gd in Aug beating Queens Gift (8-11) by 3/4l, 10 ran.

        Ornate 6-1 (9-2) Led until over 1f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Judicial (9-2) at Beverley 5f lst stks (1) gd in Aug.

        Blue Uluru (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Soon prominent, raced near side, pushed along from 2f out, kept on without matching front pair inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Cityman (8-10) at Navan 5f hcp gf in Sep.

        Maid In India (IRE) 3-1fav (9-7) Prominent, towards stands side, weakened well over 1f out, 15th of 16, 8 1/4l behind Rebecca Rocks (9-4) at Ayr 5f lst fll stks (1) gd in Jun.