Dossier Spécial Prix du Jockey-Club : la génération des futurs champions
Cette semaine est marquée par la course qui consacre le meilleur trois ans chaque année. Le Prix du Jockey-Club attirera tous les regards ce dimanche à Chantilly. Qui succèdera à New Bay lauréat l’an passé et sera à son tour sacré meilleur 3 ans en 2016 ?
Mardi 31 mai
Alain de Royer Dupré pour un septième sacre dans le Jockey Club
Alain de Royer Dupré est l’entraîneur en exercice le plus titré dans le Prix du Jockey Club avec six victoires au palmarès. Dimanche, avec Zarak, le professionnel cantilien tentera donc de remporter le Derby français pour la septième fois de sa carrière. Lire l’article complet en cliquant sur ce lien
Prix du Jockey Club : encore 27 poulains sur les rangs
Ce mardi ont eu lieu les premiers forfaits du Prix du Jockey Club (Groupe 1) qui se dispute ce dimanche à Chantilly. Avec 221 chevaux engagés, cette première sélection nous permet d’en savoir vraiment plus sur les éventuels partants déclarés ce vendredi. Ils sont pour le moment 27 restants dont 10 chevaux entraînés sur notre sol. Voir les restants engagés du Jockey Club en cliquant ici
Carnet de Pistes : Apilobar, la danse de la pluie
Apilobar rit, ses adversaires pleurent. Les pluies diluviennes qui se sont abattues en région parisienne depuis plusieurs jours font le jeu du pensionnaire de Fabrice Vermeulen. Avec un terrain à sa convenance, Apilobar sera un trouble-fête au départ du Prix du Jockey-Club dimanche 5 juin. Découvrez la vidéo en cliquant ici.
Lundi 30 mai
Prix du Jockey-Club : des Poules… à la consécration
En 10 ans, sur la période 2005-2015, qui correspond au changement de distance du classique français pour les trois ans deux chevaux sont parvenus à réaliser le doublé, Poule d’Essai/Jockey-Club.
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fonte : Equidià
Roger Charlton: will supplement Imperial Aviator for the French Derby
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Imperial Aviator to be added to French Derby
ROGER CHARLTON has revealed that wide-margin London Gold Cup winner Imperial Aviator will be supplemented for Sunday’s Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly.
It had been thought that Imperial Aviator would contest the Group 3 Tercentenary Stakes at Royal Ascot after making a mockery of his opening handicap mark at Newbury, but Charlton on Wednesday announced the horse would instead be fast-tracked to Group 1 company.
Murphy on board
“Imperial Aviator due to be supplemented tomorrow for Sunday’s Prix du Jockey-Club at Chantilly,” Charlton tweeted.
Confirming the decision to the Racing Post, Charlton said: “The plan is to supplement tomorrow all being well, and, at the moment, all is well.
“Oisin Murphy will travel over to ride him. I am pretty sure he will be better suited to the easy side than the fast side but it is an unknown dimension to the affair.”
Chantilly was subject to torrential rain at the start of the week and on Wednesday morning was described as heavy, with a penetrometer reading of 4.7
Imperial Aviator beat leading Investec Derby fancy Ulysses on his reappearance at Leicester in April on ground described as good to soft, which is the softest surface he has tackled so far.
O’Brien squad down to two
Aidan O’Brien removed eight of his ten entries for Sunday’s Prix du Jockey Club at the latest forfeit stage on Wednesday morning, with Epsom ante-post fancies US Army Ranger, Deauville and Idaho all disappearing from the Chantilly reckoning.
O’Brien’s remaining representatives for Sunday’s €1.5 million French Derby are Bravery - who is also engaged in the Investec Derby at Epsom – and Black Sea, who does not hold an Epsom engagement.
British contenders
The David Simcock-trained Algometer also remains in the lists for both Classic as 16 stood their ground for the Jockey Club ahead of Thursday’s supplementary stage, when Poule d’Essai third Dicton is expected to be added to the field.
The other British-trained horses still engaged are John Gosden’s Foundation, Richard Hannon’s Ventura Storm and Harry Dunlop’s Robin Of Navan.
Massaat – who is expected to run at Epsom – was another Derby contender taken out of the Jockey Club. However, owner Hamdan Al Maktoum could still be represented by the Freddy Head-trained Raseed.
MARTEDÌ 31 MAGGIO 2016 Epsom, verso il Derby. Sabato c’è la Classicissima inglese, ecco i 18 rimasti ed i 4 supplementati. Venerdì le Oaks.
Quella che si aperta, è la settimana del Derby dei Derby. Quello di Epsom. Il più tradizionale, il più antico. Quello che dal 1780 si corre ad Epsom Downs, nel Surrey, sulla distanza del miglio, 4 furlongs e 10 yard. Esattamente sui 2400 metri. Sabato 4 Giugno, ore 16,30 locali, è in programma una edizione che si sta pian piano delineando. Come atteso, il vincitore delle Dante Stakes G2 Wings Of Desire (Pivotal), è stato supplementato proprio ieri al costo di £75,000. Il Pivotal di John Gosden è solo l’ultimo dei 4 che spenderanno i famosi £75,000 per partecipare, che faranno salire il montepremi alla cifra di £1,545,000, la corsa più ricca in Inghilterra. Il fratello pieno di Eagle Top avrà in sella Frankie Dettori. Gli altri supplementati sono Red Verdon (Lemon Drop Kid) per Ed Dunlop, Cloth Of Stars (Sea The Stars) per Andre Fabre dalla Francia, ed Humphrey Bogart (Tagula) per Richard Hannon già annunciati supplementati nei giorni precedenti. Con questi citati, salgono a 18 gli eventuali partecipanti al Blue Ribbon e a fare la parte dello Stefano Botti d’Inghilterra ci ha pensato Padre Aidan O’Brien che ne ha inseriti ben 7, tutti nei rimasti: Il vincitore del Chester Vase G3 US Army Ranger (Galileo) ed il suo runner up Port Douglas (Galileo), questo probabilmente con compiti di battistrada. Gli altri ingressi sono per il secondo delle Dante Deauville (Galileo), il vincitore delle Gallinule G3 Beacon Rock (Galileo), il quarto ed il quinto delle Irish 2000 Guineas Bravery (Galileo) e Shogun (Fastnet Rock), poi ancora Idaho(Galileo).
Owen Burrows sellerà Massaat (Teofilo), il quale cercherà di migliorare il secondo posto nelle 2000 Ghinee alle spalle di Galileo Gold. Dentro rimane anche il talentuoso Harzand (Sea The Stars), così come Moonlight Music (Cape Cross) ed Algometer (Archipenko), vincitori e piazzati dei trials irlandesi. Terzo nel Derby Trial Stakes dietro Humphrey Bogart è stato Across The Stars (Sea The Stars), per il quale Kieren Fallon, a 51 anni, cercherà di fare il massimo possibile annunciando di essere carico dicendo che non cambierebbe mai nulla per una monta nel Derby, stavolta per Sir Michael Stoute. Sempre in tema di fantini, nelle scorse settimane Andrea Atzeni ha ricevuto una telefonata proprio da Sir Michael Stoute per montare il Niarchos Ulysses (Galileo e Light Shift), vincitore di una maiden per 8 lunghezze. Si diceva che il contender principale dell’allenatore Classicissimo fosse Midterm, poi infortunatosi nelle Dante, ma fonti locali ci indicano che era proprio Ulysses il cavallo di Stoute per il Derby. Tra gli altri che ci saranno anche Biodynamic (New Approach), quarto di US Army Ranger a Chester.
Tutto questo il sabato quando insieme al “THE DERBY” si correrà la Coronation Cup G1. Tornerà in pista Postponed (Dubawi), ancora nei rimasti della prova da £400,000 intitolata a sua Maestà Queen Elizabeth II. Postponed è reduce dalla vittoria nello Sheema Classic G1 a Meydan. Tra gli altri ecco anche 3 femmine terribili: Simple Verse (Duke Of Marmalade) per Ralph Beckett, Found (Galileo) per Aidan O’Brien mentre David Elsworth proporràArabian Queen (Dubawi). Questi sono i sicuri di partecipare, i rimasti sono 10.
Venerdì in programma le Oaks e per la corsa delle Querce sono 11 le femmine rimaste all’ultimo stage, in attesa di ufficializzazione delle monte. La favorita è Minding (Galileo), incappata in una sconfitta al Curragh sul pesante ma fortissima candidata alla vittoria finale. A 7/1 c’è Even Song(Mastercraftsman) sempre per il Coolmore mentre Turret Rocks (Fastnet Rock) capeggia la candidatura di Jim Bolger. O’Brien sellerà anche Somehow(Fastnet Rock) e Seventh Heaven (Galileo) per il Coolmore e How High The Moon (Fastnet Rock) per Mrs Richard Henry & Mrs John Magnier. Tra le chance interessanti c’è quella di Architecture (Zoffany) con Frankie Dettori per Hugo Palmer, con note di italianità nel pedigree. La mamma della femmina è Brigayev (Fasliyev), allevata da Massimo Passamonti, già madre di Norbanus. Mick Channon spedisce Harlequeen (Canford Cliffs) con Silvestro De Sousa, mentre Osin Murphy sarà su Diamonds Pour Moi (Pour Moi) per Ralph Beckett. A 66/1 c’è Australian Queen (Fastnet Rock) con Jamie Spencer dello stesso team di Arabian Queen, mentre Godolphin ha supplementato nei giorni scorsi Skiffle (Dubawi), vincitrice di un trial a Goodwood che ha convinto Charlie Appleby a spendere £75,000 sterle.
EpsomFRI 3 JUN 2016
GOING: GOOD (Good to firm in places) (GoingStick 7.5). (Showers)
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INVESTEC WOODCOTE STAKES (LISTED RACE) (CLASS 1) (2yo) 17 runners 6f Good CH4 Race Conditions: £50,000 guaranteed For 2yo Weights colts & geldings 9st; fillies 8st 9lb Penalties a winner of a Listed race 3lb; of a Pattern race 5lb Entries 17 pay £ 250 |
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INVESTEC WEALTH & INVESTMENT STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (4yo+) 19 runners 1m2f18yGood CH4 Race Conditions: £50,000 guaranteed For 4yo+ Weights highest weight not less than 9st 10lb See Note belowMinimum weight 8-0 Penalties after May 21st, a winner 6lb NOTE: Any horse rated above 110 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 10lb Subsequently, the excess over 110 in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse without limitation to the highest weight to be carriedFire Fighting’s Handicap Mark 106 Entries 19 pay £ 250 |
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Long Handicap: Demonstration 7-12
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INVESTEC DIOMED STAKES (GROUP 3) (CLASS 1) (3yo+) 15 runners 1m114y Good CH4 Race Conditions: £70,000 guaranteed For 3yo+ Weights 3yo colts & geldings 8st 7lb; fillies 8st 4lb; 4yo+ colts & geldings 9st 5lb; fillies 9st 2lb Penalties after August 31st, 2015, a winner of a Group 3 race 3lb; of a Group 2 race 5lb; of a Group 1 race 7lb Entries 15 pay £ 700 |
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INVESTEC MILE (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (4yo+ 0-105) 25 runners 1m114y Good CH4 Race Conditions: £40,000 guaranteed For 4yo+ Rated 86-105 (also open to such horses rated 85 and below)Weights highest weight 9st 7lb Minimum weight 8-2 Penalties after May 21st, each race won 6lb Sound Advice’s Handicap Mark 105 Entries 25 pay £ 200 |
Long Handicap: Custom Cut 0-0
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INVESTEC OAKS (GROUP 1) (FILLIES) (CLASS 1) (3yo) 61 runners 1m4f10y Good CH4 Race Conditions: £450,000 guaranteed For 3yo fillies Weights 9st Entries 61 pay £ 1500 Confirmed 11 |
Minding (purple) was an easy winner of the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket
PICTURE: Martin Lynch (racingpost.com/photos)
Even Song not declared to face Minding in Oaks
IMPRESSIVE 1,000 Guineas winner Minding features among nine declarations for Friday’s Investec Oaks at Epsom, but stablemate Even Song, who had been the 7-1 joint-second favourite, does not run.
RELATED LINKS, Investec Oaks card
Minding, who suffered a shock defeat to Jet Setting in the Irish 1,000 Guineas less than a fortnight ago, will be joined by stablemates Seventh Heaven and Somehow at Epsom.
The Aidan O’Brien-trained three-year-old will be bidding to become the first filly since Kazzia in 2002 to complete the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks double.
How High The Moon is the only other absentee.
Hot favourite
Minding has been installed as the 10-11 favourite with Paddy Power to bounce back from her shock defeat at the Curragh last month and provide her trainer with a sixth win in the Oaks.
She could become the first filly to be sent off as an odds-on favourite in the Oaks since Reams Of Verse triumphed at 5-6 in 1997, while Friday’s Group 1 will be the first single-figure field since Ouija Board beat six rivals to score in 2004.
Biggest dangers
Skiffle is bidding to emulate six-time Group 1 winner Snow Fairy by proving victorious in the Oaks having been supplemented after winning the Height of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood. She is the general 6-1 second favourite.
She stayed on powerfully to win over 1m2f at Goodwood and is expected to be well suited by the step up in trip at Epsom, while soft conditions are likely to place a further emphasis on stamina.
Speaking on Tuesday, John Ferguson, chief executive for owners Godolphin, said: “Skiffle is by Dubawi, whose offspring handle ease in the ground, and also her dam Princess Dansante was effective in soft ground in France.
“She’s a quality filly whose progress has been remarkable. She emerged from Goodwood working and looking like an Oaks filly. We couldn’t be happier.”
Other contenders
The stoutly bred Turret Rocks is also expected to improve for the step up in trip from a mile and is the 7-1 third favourite, while 11-1 shot Architecture is tasked with providing trainer Hugo Palmer with a second British Classic following Galileo Gold’s 2,000 Guineas success last month.
The nine-runner field is completed by Australian Queen, Diamonds Pour Moi and Harlequeen.
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INVESTEC SURREY STAKES (LISTED RACE) (CLASS 1) (3yo) 16 runners 7f Good RUK Race Conditions: £40,000 guaranteed For 3yo Weights colts & geldings 9st; fillies 8st 9lb Penalties a winner of a Listed race 4lb; of a Group 3 race 6lb; of a Group 1 or Group 2 race 9lb Entries 16 pay £ 200 |
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INVESTEC SPECIALIST BANK STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (3yo 0-100) 25 runners 7f GoodRUK Race Conditions: £30,000 guaranteed For 3yo Rated 81-100 (also open to such horses rated 80 and below)Weights highest weight 9st 7lb Minimum weight 8-2 Penalties after May 21st, each race won 6lb Calder Prince’s Handicap Mark 99 Entries 25 pay £ 150 |
Long Handicap: Jimenez 7-12, Lorelina 7-1, Smuggler’s Moon 0-0
Epsom SAT 4 JUN 2016
GOING: GOOD (Good to firm in places) (GoingStick 7.5). (Showers)
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INVESTEC PRIVATE BANKING HANDICAP STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (3yo 0-105) 22 runners 1m2f18y Good CH4 Race Conditions: £50,000 guaranteed For 3yo Rated 0-105 Weights highest weight not less than 9st 7lbMinimum weight 8-0 Penalties after May 28th, each race won 6lb Champagne City’s Handicap Mark 96Entries 22 pay £ 250 |
Long Handicap: Rocaverde 0-0
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PRINCESS ELIZABETH STAKES (SPONSORED BY INVESTEC) (GROUP 3) (FILLIES & MARES)(CLASS 1) (3yo+) 10 runners 1m114y Good CH4 Race Conditions: £70,000 guaranteed For 3yo+ fillies & mares Weights 3yo 8st 8lb; 4yo+ 9st 6lb Penaltiesafter August 31st, 2015, a winner of a Group 3 race 3lb; of a Group 2 race 5lb; of a Group 1 race 7lb Entries 10 pay £ 700 |
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II CORONATION CUP (SPONSORED BY INVESTEC) (GROUP 1) (CLASS 1) (4yo+) 28 runners 1m4f10y Good CH4 Race Conditions: £400,000 guaranteed For 4yo+ Weights colts & geldings 9st; fillies 8st 11lb Entries 28 pay £ 1500 Confirmed 10 |
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INVESTEC CORPORATE BANKING “DASH” (HERITAGE HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (3yo+) 46 runners5f Good CH4 Race Conditions: £100,000 guaranteed For 3yo+ Weights highest weight not less than 9st 10lb Minimum weight 8-0 Penalties after May 7th, a winner 4lb; of two or more races 7lb NOTE: Any horse rated above 110 (or 117 if such a horse is a 3yo) shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 10lb Subsequently, the excess over 110 (or 117 if such a horse is a 3yo) in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse without limitation to the highest weight to be carried Steps’s Handicap Mark 112Entries 46 pay £ 140 Confirmed 31 |
Long Handicap: Field Game 7-13, Taajub 7-12, Pearl Acclaim 7-9, A Momentofmadness 7-8, Crosse Fire 7-3, Fine ‘n Dandy 6-12
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INVESTEC DERBY (GROUP 1) (ENTIRE COLTS & FILLIES) (CLASS 1) (3yo) Winner £751,407 485 runners 1m4f10y Good CH4 Race Conditions: £1,325,000 guaranteed For 3yo entire colts & fillies Weights colts 9st; fillies 8st 11lb Entries485 pay £ 500 Confirmed 18 Penalty value 1st £751,407.00 2nd £284,875.00 3rd £142,570.00 4th £71,020.005th £35,642.00 6th £17,887.00 |
Epsom: the Derby takes place at Epsom on Saturday
PICTURE: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)
Chance Epsom going could change to soft
THE going at Epsom was described as good to soft, soft in places after 22.2mm of rain fell at the course on Tuesday and there is a chance that conditions could deteriorate further as between 2-5mm of rain is forecast Wednesday lunchtime.
RELATED LINKS, Investec Derby card , Investec Derby betting
Speaking on Wednesday morning, clerk of the course Andrew Cooper said: “We’re not going to get anything like we did yesterday but it is drizzling and overcast at the moment.
“At lunchtime there is the risk of something more organised and we could be looking at between 2-5mm.”
When asked what impact such rainfall could have on the going, Cooper said: “Were we to get towards the upper end of that estimate I would say the next stop would be soft, but we are not there yet.”
Betting updates
In light of the deteriorating conditions, punters have latched onto proven soft-ground performers.
Harzand, an impressive winner of the Ballysax Stakes on heavy ground, was trimmed from 20-1 to 16-1 on Tuesday and that price is likely to come under pressure as he was trading at 15-1 on the Betfair exchange on Wednesday morning.
Harzand’s participation has yet to be confirmed, however.
“We’ll make a decision before declaration time on Thursday. If Harzand doesn’t go to Epsom he’ll be trained for the Irish Derby,” trainer Dermot Weld said on Tuesday.
US Army Ranger, who was weak in the betting throughout the day on Tuesday, was trading at a shade over 6-1 on Betfair on Wednesday morning.
Stoute not concerned
Sir Michael Stoute is hopeful that the Epsom ground won’t inconvenience his Derby pair Ulysses and Across the Stars who were out cantering on Wednesday morning.
He said: “Obviously we would all like good ground but I’m sure the ground will dry up by the weekend. One good thing is that they didn’t water before they had the rain which could have been tricky.”
On the opposition on Saturday Stoute added: “There are lightly raced types like US Army Ranger and Wings Of Desire that could be anything in the race but I’m sure it will be won by a good horse as it always is.”
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INVESTEC ASSET FINANCE STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (4yo+ 0-100) 28 runners 1m4f10yGood RUK Race Conditions: £30,000 guaranteed For 4yo+ Rated 81-100 (also open to such horses rated 80 and below)Weights highest weight 9st 7lb Minimum weight 8-2 Penalties after May 28th, each race won 6lbPolarisation’s Handicap Mark 100 Entries 28 pay £ 150 |
Long Handicap: Steppe Daughter 8-1
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INVESTEC ASSET MANAGEMENT HANDICAP STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (4yo+ 0-100) 36 runners 6f Good RUK Race Conditions: £30,000 guaranteed For 4yo+ Rated 81-100 (also open to such horses rated 80 and below)Weights highest weight 9st 7lb Minimum weight 8-2 Penalties after May 28th, each race won 6lb Ashpan Sam’s Handicap Mark 100 Entries 36 pay £ 150 |
Long Handicap: Crew Cut 8-1, Great Fun 8-0, Monumental Man 7-13, Pour La Victoire 7-11, Pettochside 7-10
fonte : RacingPost
