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Sunday April 2, 2017, Jinma Lake Racecourse, Chengdu, China: Sunday’s fourth running of the Chengdu Dubai International Cup presented by Longines was won by the Ali Rashid Al Rayhi-trained Skygazer under Royston Ffrench, while the meeting’s inaugural jockeys’ challenge went to the international raiders, 28-20.
Ffrench, who was claiming his second Chengdu Dubai International Cup after his victory in the same race in 2014, was delighted with his winning return to China.
“It’s fantastic to ride a winner here in Chengdu and it was a great performance from the horse,” said Ffrench. “It’s for my old boss and to be able to ride a winner for him makes it extra special.”
Ffrench’s mount in 2014 was also back in the money in Sunday’s second race, the Meydan Handicap over 2418m. A winner over 2200m at Abu Dhabi Racecourse this season, Mutual Force was partnered this time by Dutch jockey, Adrie de Vries, who with four wins across four meetings at Jinma Lake is the leading jockey of the Chengdu Dubai International Cup meeting.
The Chengdu Dubai International Cup race meeting, with a total prize purse of RMB3,750,000 was held at Jinma Lake Racecourse and represents a joint venture between Meydan Group, Sichuan Provincial Government, Chengdu Municipal Government, the Wenjiang District Government and China Guangsha Group.
It takes place in the Wenjiang District of Chengdu and features horses, jockeys and trainers from Dubai Racing Club.
The race day was attended by around 6000 spectators as well as dignitaries from Meydan Group and Chengdu’s government bodies.
For the first time the race meeting featured an international jockeys’ challenge which was played out over two races on the card, the Wenjiang Sprint and the Guangsha Handicap.
A group of five Chinese jockeys – Bate Bayier, Ma Liankai, Wang WenXun, Yu Xuewen and Chen YI, spent time riding out for Dubai Racing Club trainers in Dubai during the 2016-17 season before returning to Chengdu for the raceday.
They competed against nine jockeys who rode during the 2016-17 Dubai Racing Club season including Adrie de Vries from Holland, Pat Dobbs and Marc Monaghan from Ireland, Sam Hitchcott, Adam McLean and Royston Ffrench from the UK, South Africa’s Bernard Fayd’Herbe, Jesus Rosales from Argentina and France’s Gerald Avranche.
Twelve points were awarded for a win, six for second, four for third and two for fourth.
The opening contest on the five-race all turf card, the 1400m Wenjiang Sprint, was also the first leg of the jockeys’ challenge and was won by Chinese rider, Wenxun Wang on Damar, trained by Maria Ritchie. Damar was recording consecutive victories at Jinma Lake, having landed the same race in 2016 and was Ritchie’s first win of two on the day.
She doubled up with victory in the concluding Wenjiang-Meydan Classic over a mile courtesy of Muhtaram under Jesus Rosales.
The 1600m Guangsha Handicap was the second and concluding leg of the jockeys’ challenge and the maximum 12 points were won by Irish rider, Pat Dobbs on the Satish Seemar-trained, Sky Jockey.
HE. Engineer Mohammed Al Shehhi, Board Member, Meydan City Corporation & Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy attended the race day along with HE Hamad Buamim, President and CEO of Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Al Shehhi said: “It has been a great pleasure for us to return to Chengdu for the fourth running of the Chengdu Dubai International Cup and renew ties with our Chinese partners. We are very thankful for the wonderful hospitality and the warm reception we have received here.
“Today we were treated to some exciting racing action at Jinma Lake Racecourse and it is satisfying to see how this significant raceday for China has flourished and developed into a world-class event. This year we are also pleased to showcase Chinese jockeys for the first time through the Chengdu Dubai International Cup Jockeys’ Challenge.
“The Chengdu Dubai International Cup is also representative of the successful and dynamic economic engagement between Dubai and the UAE, and our Chinese partners. The opportunity to grow this relationship further is exciting, and we are keen to take our trade and economic partnership to even greater heights in years to come.”
Caption: Sky Gazer(IRE) (Ali Rashid Al Rayhi- Royston Ffrench) wins the Chengdu Dubai International Cup presented by Longines (Photo credit, dubai racing club and Neville Hopwood) |
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Dubawi’s Benbatl Earns TDN Rising Star Tag in Doncaster Romp
| 2nd at DON, Mdn, £5,000 | Purple Vouchers Maiden Stakes (Div I) | (7f) | Winner: Benbatl (GB), c, 3 by Dubawi (Ire) |
Benbatl | Racing Post
By Sean Cronin
2nd-DON, £5,000, Mdn, 4-2, 3yo, 7f, 1:25.65, gd.
+BENBATL (GB), c, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Nahrain (GB) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 9.5-11f, G1SW-Fr, GISW-US, SW-Eng & GSP-Ire, $1,041,961), by Selkirk
2nd Dam: Bahr (GB), by Generous (Ire)
3rd Dam: Lady of the Sea (GB), by Mill Reef
Benbatl enjoyed the bulk of public confidence, going off as the 15-8 chalk for this 12-runner affair, and justified those short odds in emphatic style. Bouncing out of the gate to stalk the pace in second under Josephine Gordon, he powered by the pacesetting Jewel House (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) passing the quarter-mile marker and quickened clear under negligible urging before gearing down late to account for Made of Honour (Ire) (Casamento {Ire}) by a hugely impressive seven lengths. “He’s a very nice horse and did that easily, but is still a bit green,” explained Gordon. “He’d maybe appreciate a bit more juice in the ground and would have been happy enough to travel out in front. He is very forward and is only going to improve.” The homebred bay is the first scorer produced by G1 Prix de l’Opera and GI Flower Bowl Invitational-winning British highweight Nahrain (GB) (Selkirk), whose own dam Bahr (GB) (Generous {Ire}) earned her stripes in the G2 Ribblesdale S. and G3 Musidora S. as well as hitting the board in the G1 Epsom Oaks, G1 Irish Oaks and GI Flower Bowl Invitational. The G1 Epsom Derby entry shares his third dam, Lady of the Sea (GB) (Mill Reef), with G1 Toorak H. victor Our Rokkii (NZ) (Roc de Cambes {NZ}) and the antipodean connection is enhanced by fourth dam La Mer (NZ) (Copenhagen II {GB}), a multiple champion and G1SW New Zealand Horse of the Year. Benbatl is a half-brother to the 2-year-old colt Ta Allak (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and a yearling colt by Dansili {GB}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,058.
Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Godolphin; B-Darley (GB); T-Saeed bin Suroor.
Kendargent’s Jimmy Two Times Impressive In Edmond Blanc
| 5th at SCD, Gr. Stk, €80,000 | G3 Prix Edmond Blanc | (8f) | Winner: Jimmy Two Times (Fr), c, 4 by Kendargent (Fr) |
Jimmy Two Times | Scoop Dyga
By Sean Cronin
Tried only once at this trip when an inconclusive 10th in Deauville’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains last May, Jimmy Two Times moved back up from sprinting and made light of any stamina concerns with an authoritative success to open up an array of options. Before his Classic flop, the grey had finished a head second to the eventual G1 Commonwealth Cup and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup heroine Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) in the six-furlong G3 Prix Sigy at Chantilly in April and he bounced back afterwards with a smooth win in the Listed Prix Marchand d’Or over 6 1/2 furlongs at that venue. Next up was another score in the seven-furlong G3 Prix de la Porte Maillot also at Deauville in July and he was doing his best work late on when third in the 6 1/2-furlong G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest during the August festival at the Normandy track. No match for Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) when fourth in the G1 Prix de la Foret also at seven at Chantilly in October, he returned in rude health to suggest he has made another leap forward during his winter respite.
Keen early trapped wide under restraint from Vincent Cheminaud racing worse than mid-division, Jimmy Two Times who has a 2-year-old half-sister by Authorized (Ire) was able to deliver a telling surge down the outer from the 300-metre to the furlong pole as he grabbed the lead with a decisive winning move. Instead of tiring in the run to the line, he instead stayed the extra distance strongly en route to an emphatic dismissal of the solid yardsticks Dicton and Attendu in race record time. “The distance was a question mark, but he had been finishing nicely in all his races so I thought he would stay,” trainer Andre Fabre commented. “He got into a good rhythm in the race, so that allowed him to settle and produce his turn of foot. He goes on any ground and although the [G2] Prix du Muguet [at Saint-Cloud May 1] is a possibility, I will also consider the [G1] Lockinge S. [at Newbury May 20].”
Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX EDMOND BLANC-G3, €80,000, SCD, 4-2, 4yo/up, 8fT, 1:37.78 (NSR), gd.
1–JIMMY TWO TIMES (FR), 128, c, 4, by Kendargent (Fr)
1st Dam: Steel Woman (Ire), by Anabaa
2nd Dam: Saperlipoupette (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr)
3rd Dam: Emmanuelle (Fr), by Margouillat (Fr)
(€85,000 Ylg ‘14 AROCT). O-Haras de Saint-Pair; B-Francis Teboul & Jean Boniche (FR); T-Andre Fabre; J-Vincent Cheminaud. €40,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr, 11-5-2-1, €234,364. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Dicton (GB), 126, c, 4, Lawman (Fr)–Saying, by Giant’s Causeway. O-Robert Ng; B-Wertheimer & Frere (GB); T-Gianluca Bietolini. €16,000.
3–Attendu (Fr), 128, c, 4, Acclamation (GB)–Gwenseb (Fr, by Green Tune. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (FR); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. €12,000.
Margins: 3HF, NK, NK. Odds: 3.60, 7.00, 6.50.
Also Ran: Kourkan (Fr), Dhevanafushi (GB), Djiguite (Fr), Maimara (Fr), Aim to Please (Fr), Narnia Dawn (Ire), Rakhsh (Fr), via Cassia (GB). Scratched: Taareef.
Godolphin Doubles Up at Doncaster With Frankel’s Dream Castle
| 3rd at DON, Mdn, £5,000 | Purple Vouchers Maiden Stakes (Div II) | (7f) | Winner: Dream Castle (GB), c, 3 by Frankel (GB) |
Dream Castle | Racing Post
By Sean Cronin
3rd-DON, £5,000, Mdn, 4-2, 3yo, 7fT, 1:25.58, gd.
+DREAM CASTLE (GB) (c, 3, Frankel {GB}–Sand Vixen {GB} {GSW-Eng, $119,931}, by Dubawi {Ire}) made a sharp exit and raced freely before finding a chaperone to track the pace after the initial exchanges of this unveiling. Nudged along at the two-furlong pole, the 4-7 favourite quickened to the fore approaching the final eighth and kept on powerfully in the closing stages to score by an impressive 3 1/2 lengths from To Dibba (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).
“There’s a little bit of [sire] Frankel about him in his character and the trainer and his team have done a good job settling the horse down and preparing for today,” explained rider Oisin Murphy. “Today was a learning curve, I was pleased with that effort and it’ll stand him in good stead for the future. The race went perfectly and it was important he had a good experience.” The homebred bay, who holds entries in the May 6 G1 2000 Guineas, May 27 G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and July 1 G1 Irish Derby, is the first winner produced by G2 Flying Childers S. heroine Sand Vixen (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and is a half-brother to a 2-year-old colt by Exceed and Excel (Aus). Sand Vixen is herself a half-sister to the stakes-winning G3 Greenham S. placegetter So Will I (GB) (Inchinor {GB}) and to the dam of last term’s G3 Prix Eclipse runner-up King of Spades (Fr) (Foxwedge {Aus}). He hails from a family which includes G1 St Leger third and sire Scallywag (GB)(Sea Hawk II {Fr}) as well as 1964 St Leger-winning sire Indiana (GB) (Sayajirao {GB}) and 1958 Belmont S.-winning sire Cavan (Ire) (Mossborough {GB}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,058.
Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Godolphin; B-Darley (GB); T-Saeed bin Suroor.
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