American star could have a go at York; ASCOT UPDATE: YESTERDAY'S ACTION.Byline: YATES DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. JEALOUS AGAIN could launch an ambitious challenge for the Nunthorpe Stakes at York on August 21 after blitzing her Queen Mary Stakes The Queen Mary Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June. rivals on Wednesday. Wesley Ward's juvenile scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. to a brilliant fivelength victory over Misheer in the five-furlong fillies' test. Kingsgate Native struck a blow for the junior division when taking the five-furlong Group 1 two years ago, while 'Pocket Rocket' Lyric Fantasy landed the York feature in 1992. "It's not something I'm used to - the two-year-olds taking on the older horses," Ward admitted yesterday. "But I see she would get a lot of weight at York, and it's interesting - it's something we are looking into." RYAN MOORE will be free to ride in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on July 4 - despite receiving a four-day suspension at Royal Ascot yesterday. The champion jockey was handed the ban for causing accidental interference aboard Hampton Court Stakes winner Glass Harmonium harmonium: see reed organ. harmonium or reed organ Free-reed keyboard instrument in which wind from a foot-operated bellows causes metal reeds to vibrate. Pitch is determined by the size of the reed; there are no pipes. . But the British Horseracing Authority's Jon Ryan explained: "The Eclipse is a Group 1 race, so the ban can be split, and he will be sidelined on July 2, 3, 5 and 6." JOHNNY MURTAGH is now the 4-6 favourite with totesport to win the London Clubs Trophy for the leading rider at Royal Ascot 2009 - despite missing the final two days of the meeting. The Irishman rode his fourth winner of Royal week when Yeats made history with a fourth Gold Cup success. That success took Murtagh one clear of Richard Hughes and three ahead of Ryan Moore, who share second favouritism at 7-2. Frankie Dettori, who opened his account aboard Flying Cloud, is 14-1. TOTEPOOL turnover for the third day of Royal Ascot was down 1.1% on last year at pounds 1,612,827. This compares favourably to the crowd which was 9.2% down on last year and the actual number of tote bets on course was up 5.5%. CAPTION(S): STAR AND STRIPES Jealous Again and John Velazquez win on Wednesday |
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