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GOLD CUP (gr. 1)

ASCOT , ENG

  • Purse: £246,175
  • Date: June 17, 2010
  • Class: Grade 1
  • TV:
  • Age: 4 yo's & up
  • Race: 3
  • Distance: 20F
  • Post Time:
1 Rite of Passage (GB) Margin: TrueNicks: A £141,925

2004 | Chestnut Gelding | Giant's Causeway   - Dahlia's Krissy, Kris S.

  • Breeder:Newsells Park Stud
  • Owner: DR R LAMBE
  • Trainer: WELD DERMOT
  • Jockey: SMULLEN PAT

Sire: Giant's Causeway  , Chestnut, 1997. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,078,989. Lifetime: 771 yearlings sold, median $140,000.

Broodmare Sire: Kris S., Dark Bay or Brown, 1977.

Sale History: Tattersall's October 2005 Yearling Sale, $35,104.

2 Age of Aquarius (IRE) Margin: neck TrueNicks: A++ £53,800

2006 | Bay Colt | Galileo (IRE) - Clara Bow (FR), Top Ville (IRE)

  • Breeder:Berend van Dalfsen
  • Owner: MRS MAGNIER, TABOR, SMITH,MORDUKHOVITCH
  • Trainer: O'BRIEN AIDAN
  • Jockey: MURTAGH JOHNNY

Sire: Galileo (IRE), Bay, 1998. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $2,245,373. Lifetime: 750 yearlings sold, median $156,181.

Broodmare Sire: Top Ville (IRE), Bay, 1976.

Sale History: Agence Francaise De Vente Du Pur-Sang, Deauville August, 2007 Yearling Sale, $1,878,240.

3 Purple Moon (IRE) Margin: 6 TrueNicks: A++ £26,925

2003 | Chestnut Gelding | Galileo (IRE) - Vanishing Prairie, Alysheba

  • Breeder:Gestut Sohrenhof
  • Owner: CRAIG BENNETT
  • Trainer: Cumani Luca
  • Jockey: FALLON KIEREN

Sire: Galileo (IRE), Bay, 1998. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $2,245,373. Lifetime: 750 yearlings sold, median $156,181.

Broodmare Sire: Alysheba, Bay, 1984.

Sale History: Agence Francaise De Vente Du Pur-Sang, Deauville August, 2004 Yearling Sale, $677,215.

Time: 4:16.92   Track: Good

Others: BANNABY (FR); ASK; KASBAH BLISS (FR); KITE WOOD (IRE); TASTAHIL (IRE); DARLEY SUN (IRE); MANIFEST; AKMAL; MONTAFF.

FinishHorseJockeyTrainer
1Rite of Passage (GB)SMULLEN PATWELD DERMOT
2Age of Aquarius (IRE)MURTAGH JOHNNYO'BRIEN AIDAN
3Purple Moon (IRE)FALLON KIERENCumani Luca
4BANNABY (FR)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
5ASKUNKNOWNUNKNOWN
6KASBAH BLISS (FR)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
7KITE WOOD (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
8TASTAHIL (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
9DARLEY SUN (IRE)UNKNOWNUNKNOWN
10MANIFESTUNKNOWNUNKNOWN
11AKMALUNKNOWNUNKNOWN
12MONTAFFUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

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