Edited from a Newmarket releaseThe two group I events at Newmarket on Champions' Day, Saturday, Oct. 18, promise to provide superb end-of-season highlights to the 2003 flat season following the forfeit stages, details of which were announced Oct. 1. There are 40 horses going forward for the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes, this year carrying £400,000 in prize money, and 40 juveniles remaining in the season's top 2-year-old event, the £230,000 Darley Dewhurst Stakes. Emirates Airline Champion Stakes acceptors include the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and Budweiser Irish Derby (Ire-I) winner Alamshar, Vodafone Derby (Eng-I) victor Kris Kin, last year's Epsom winner High Chaparral, Seabiscuit St Leger (Eng-I) winner Brian Boru and Sagitta One Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) heroine Russian Rhythm. The lightly raced Ikhtyar, the apple of trainer John Gosden's eye, is another entered as are the 2001 winner Nayef, German group I scorer Ransom O'War, 2002 Fillies' Mile heroine Soviet Song, Yesterday, winner of the Irish One Thousand Guineas (Ire-I) in May, the Amanda Perrett-trained Carnival Dancer, a dual group III winner in France this year, last year's Darley Dewhurst Stakes victor Tout Seul and dual French group I winner Vespone, who has not run since being purchased by Godolphin. The 2003 Darley Dewhurst Stakes promises to be an outstanding event. Aidan O'Brien's keeps 13 in the race, namely Acropolis, Antonius Pius, Colossus, the well-regarded Grand Reward, Haydn, Magritte, Newton, Old Deuteronomy, The Mighty Tiger, Troubadour, Tumblebrutus, Tycoon and Wolfe Tone. But whichever horses O'Brien chooses to run he will have it far from his own way with other entries including Coventry Stakes winner Three Valleys, the David Loder-trained Kheleyf, his stablemate Byron, recent winner of the group II Mill Reef Stakes at Doncaster, Doncaster's group II Champagne Stakes winner Lucky Story, trained by Mark Johnston, group II Gimcrack Stakes victor Balmont, Saturday's group II Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes winner Snow Ridge, French raider Diamond Green and the Dermot Weld-trained Grey Swallow. Lisa Hancock, Newmarket's Managing Director, said: "Year after year the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes and Darley Dewhurst Stakes attract line-ups that help determine which horses will be crowned champions of their generations and both races in 2003 promise plenty."
The Emirates Airline Champion Stakes
Class A, group I, £400,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo+, 1m 2f Newmarket, Oct. 18, 2003. Entries closed August 13 (77 entries), forfeit stage Sept. 30 (40 entries remain), £24,000 supplementary entry stage Oct. 13, five-day confirmation stage Oct. 13, final declaration stage 10.00am Oct. 16. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Sept. 29, 2003. Horse/Age/Owner/Trainer
ALAMSHAR (IRE), 3, HH Aga Khan, John Oxx
BLACK SAM BELLAMY (IRE), 4, Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
BRIAN BORU, 3, Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
CARNIVAL DANCER, 5, Cheveley Park Stud, Amanda Perrett
CARPANETTO (IRE), 3, Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
CHANCELLOR (IRE), 5, Bill Gredley, Barry Hills
DANDOUN, 5, Prince AA Faisal, John Dunlop
DANO-MAST, 7, Stald Composit, Flemming Poulsen
FAR LANE (USA), 4, Khalid Abdullah, Barry Hills
FIRST CHARTER, 4, Saeed Suhail, Sir Michael Stoute
HANAMI, 3, G B Partnership, James Toller
HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE), 4, Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
HIGHDOWN (IRE), 4, Godolphin, Saeed bin Suroor
HOLD THAT TIGER (USA), 3, Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
IKHTYAR (IRE), 3, Hamdan Al Maktoum, John Gosden
IMPERIAL DANCER, 5, Imperial Racing, Mick Channon
INDIAN CREEK, 5, Seymour Cohn, David Elsworth
INDIAN HAVEN, 3, Peter Gleeson, Julian Smith & Loz Conway, Paul D'Arcy
ISLINGTON (IRE), 4, Exors of the late Lord Weinstock, Sir Michael Stoute
IZDIHAM (IRE), 4, Hamdan Al Maktoum, Marcus Tregoning
KAIETEUR (USA), 4, Susan McCarthy, Brian Meehan
KALAMAN (IRE), 3, HH Aga Khan, Sir Michael Stoute
KRIS KIN (USA), 3, Saeed Suhail, Sir Michael Stoute
LUNDY'S LANE (IRE), 3, Saeed Manana, Clive Brittain
MIDDLEMARCH (IRE), 3, Robert Sangster/Michael Tabor/Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
MINGUN (USA),3, Niarchos Family, Aidan O'Brien
MUBTAKER (USA), 6, Hamdan Al Maktoum, Marcus Tregoning
MUQBIL (USA), 3, Hamdan Al Maktoum, John Dunlop
NAHEEF (IRE), 4, Godolphin, Saeed bin Suroor
NAYEF (USA), 5, Hamdan Al Maktoum, Marcus Tregoning
NYSAEAN (IRE), 4, Fieldspring Racing, Richard Hannon
OLDEN TIMES, 5, Prince AA Faisal, John Dunlop
RAKTI, 4, Gary Tanaka, Michael Jarvis
RANSOM O'WAR (USA), 3, Stall Capricorn, Erika Mader
RUSSIAN RHYTHM (USA), 3, Cheveley Park Stud, Sir Michael Stoute
SOVIET SONG (IRE), 3, Elite Racing Club, James Fanshawe
STATUE OF LIBERTY (USA), 3, Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
TOUT SEUL (IRE), 3, Eden Racing Fulke Johnson Houghton
VESPONE (IRE), 3, Godolphin, Saeed bin Suroor
YESTERDAY (IRE), 3, Sue Magnier & Roisin Henry, Aidan O'Brien 40 entries remain after the September 30 forfeit stage
12 Irish-trained
1 Danish-trained
1 German-trainedThe Darley Dewhurst Stakes
Class A, group I, £400,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo+, 1m 2f Newmarket, Oct. 18, 2003. Entries closed August 13 (77 entries), forfeit stage Sept. 30 (40 entries remain), £24,000 supplementary entry stage October 13, five-day confirmation stage Oct. 13, final declaration stage 10.00am Oct. 16. Form figures sipplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Sept. 29, 2003.. Form/Horse/Age/Owner/Trainer
ACROPOLIS (IRE), Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
PIUS (USA), Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
BACHELOR DUKE (USA), Duke of Devonshire James Toller
BALMONT (USA), Sanford Robertson, Jeremy Noseda
BAYEUX (USA), Sheikh Mohammed, David Loder
BRUNEL (IRE), Highclere Thoroughbred Racing X, William Haggas
BYRON, Sheikh Mohammed, David Loder
CAPE FEAR, Kennet Valley Thoroughbred II, Brian Meehan
COLOSSUS (IRE), Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor, Aidan O'Brien
DIAMOND GREEN (FR), Lagardere Family, Andre Fabre
FANCY FOXTROT, Joe Allbritton, Brian Meehan
GRAND REWARD (USA), Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier & Beverley Lewis, Aidan O'Brien
GREY SWALLOW (IRE), Rochelle Quinn, Dermot Weld
HAAFHD, Hamdan Al Maktoum, Barry Hills
HAYDN (USA), Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
IMPERIAL STRIDE, Saeed Suhail, Sir Michael Stoute
KHELEYF (USA), Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, David Loder
KINGSWORD (USA), Saeed Suhail, Sir Michael Stoute
LEICESTER SQUARE (IRE), Sheikh Mohammed, Mark Johnston
LEITRIM HOUSE, Gallagher Equine Ltd., Brian Meehan
LUCKY STORY (USA), Abdullah BuHaleeba, Mark Johnston
MAGRITTE (IRE), Sue Magnier & Mrs David Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
MAHMOOM, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, Mick Channon
MILK IT MICK, Paul Dixon, Jamie Osborne
MUTAWAFFER, Hamdan Al Maktoum, Barry Hills
NEWTON (IRE), Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor, Aidan O'Brien
OLD DEUTERONOMY (USA), Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
PEARL OF LOVE (IRE), Mick Doyle, Mark Johnston
PETARDIAS MAGIC (IRE), Sarah Diane Warren, Eoghan O'Neill
RULE OF LAW (USA), Sheikh Mohammed, David Loder
SABBEEH (USA), Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, Michael Jarvis
SNOW RIDGE (IRE), Exors of the late Lord Weinstock, Marcus Tregoning
TAHREEB (FR), Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, Marcus Tregoning
TASHKIL (IRE), Hamdan Al Maktoum, John Gosden
THE MIGHTY TIGER (USA), Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
THREE VALLEYS (USA), Khalid Abdullah, Roger Charlton
TROUBADOUR (IRE), Robert Sangster & Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
TUMBLEBRUTUS (USA), Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor, Aidan O'Brien
TYCOON, Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien
WOLFE TONE (IRE), Sue Magnier, Aidan O'Brien40 en