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  Royal Ascot Hardwicke Stakes Bet | Betting | Horse Racing Results | Free Bets
The final day of Royal Ascot action sees Group 1 action in the form of The Golden Jubilee Stakes and Group 2 action with The Hardwicke Stakes and the final race on the card is The Queen Alexandra Stakes.
The Hardwick Stakes is a really good race for the 5th day of the Royal Ascot meeting and is for older horses over the 1 mile 4 furlong course and is a group 2.
The Royal Ascot betting on the Hardwick Stakes is always interesting as the runners are all well established and a lot will depend on the current form of the trainers and ground conditions.
www.royal-ascot-betting.com /hardwicke-stakes.php   (381 words)

  
  JockeySite.com
In the Coventry Stakes Graduation, he finished a handy second to Mac's Imp, with Willie Carson astride while the winner was ridden by Alan Munro.
However it was in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes that Generous proved he was a truly great horse comparable with the greats.
One was reminded of Nijinsky in the 1970 Champion Stakes and Shergar in the 1981 St.Leger, who were well beaten by horses who at one time they would have defeated like starters hacks.
www.jockeysite.com /stories/generous.htm   (1125 words)

  
 Bayardo
His daughter Rondeau was a stakes winner of nine races, including the Hardwicke Stakes and the Dullingham Plate, which she won twice.
Galicia's son, Lemberg, a year younger than Bayardo, was sired by Cyllene and captured the Dewhurst Stakes and Middle Park Stakes at two, and the Derby, Eclipse Stakes, St. James Palace Stakes, the Jockey Club Stakes, and the Coronation Cup at age three.
His best offspring were probably Hurstwood, winner of the Newmarket Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes and third in the Derby; Hot Knight, winner of the Limekiln Stakes and second in the Derby and St. Leger; and Medieval Knight, winner of the Coventry Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes.
tbheritage.com /Portraits/Bayardo.html   (4064 words)

  
 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Races (Lengths run).
   The Newmarket Stakes, 1 mile 2 furlongs.
   The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (at Leicester), rather less.
   The Hardwicke Stakes, the Goodwood Cup, 2 1/2 miles (in July), and the Doncaster Cup, 2.634 miles (in September), are long races.
www.bartleby.com /81/13992.html   (156 words)

  
 La Fleche
Her sole loss was the Derby, where she ran second to the 40 to 1 horse, Sir Hugo by three-quarters of a length; she later easily beat him in a canter in the St. Leger, as well as besting Orme in that race.
Retired to the stud, she produced the bay La Veine in the spring of 1895, and was bred, unsuccessfully, to Hampton.
At stud he got Swynford (1907), who won the St. Leger, the Eclipse Stakes, the Hardwicke Stakes twice, and was leading sire in England in 1923 and later a leading sire of broodmares.
www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/LaFleche.html   (945 words)

  
 "All I can say is wow..."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the post-war period, the Epsom graduates surrendered their dominance of the race to the emerging category of thoroughbred, the mile specialist, and, as such, the modern St James's Palace Stakes usually features colts that won or were placed in the English, Irish or French 2,000 Guineas.
The St James's Palace Stakes was upgraded to Group One status in 1988.
The St James's Palace Stakes, with a prize fund of £250,000 this year, is one of two Group One races on the opening day of Royal Ascot, Tuesday, June 20, 2006.
www2.godolphin.com /big_race_focus41.asp   (706 words)

  
 Arlington Park - Arlington Festival of Racing - horse racing in Illinois - Chicago Barn to Wire
The British-bred son of Sadler's Wells finished fourth in Saturday's Group II Hardwicke Stakes on the final day of the Royal Ascot meeting.
The Hardwicke is run at 12 furlongs, and Powerscourt is much better at the 10-furlong distance of the Arlington Million, and he loves the course at Arlington because it has some 'give' to it."
The daughter of 1989 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Sunday Silence was runner-up in the Group II Windsor Forest Stakes during the Royal Ascot at York meeting on June 15.
www.barntowire.com /2005/AProad050622.html   (983 words)

  
 SA Horseracing Dot COM
He was the impressive winner of both the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot.
Royal Ascot was next on the agenda, with Doyen contesting the Group Two Hardwicke Stakes in June, 2004.
Doyen also ran in the 2004 Irish Champion Stakes, Emirates Airline Champion Stakes and on three occasions this year, but was unable to recapture the brilliant form he showed at Ascot.
www.sahorseracing.com /view.asp?id=48&col=23   (565 words)

  
 Welcome to Royal Ascot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
On the death of her father, The Queen inherited the Royal string of Flat racehorses, which at the time were mainly trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and Noel Murless in Newmarket and it did not take long for her first great horse to come along.
Other notable victories included the 1957 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Almeria, who went on to finish second in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, and Pall Mall who took in the 1957 New Stakes en route to victory in the 1958 2,000 Guineas and a successful career as a stallion.
The 1960's were a somewhat quieter time for the Royal thoroughbreds, although Aiming High landed the 1961 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot when ridden by Lester Piggott and Hopeful Venture won the 1968 Hardwicke Stakes.
www.royalascot.co.uk /index.php?page=page6-1&folder=pages&submenu=6&openlink=on   (531 words)

  
 Doyen Romps in Hardwicke for Streaking Godolphin | bloodhorse.com
Doyen's mission was made easier by the pre-race scratch of leading rival Gamut, reducing the Hardwicke field to six.
The time for the 1 1/2-mile Hardwicke on firm going was a course record 2:26.53.
Dettori brought the son of 4-year-old son of Sadler's Wells from the rear of the pack in the early going, taking control with about a quarter mile left and leaving the field behind with ease.
www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=23044   (220 words)

  
 SA Horseracing Dot COM
A small but select field will line up for the Hardwicke Stakes (3.05) tomorrow, including last year’s winner Doyen, who followed up that success by putting up what Timeform called “the best performance of the racing year in Europe” when he won the King George V1 and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot.
Doyen disappointed in his two runs after that, in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown and the Champion Stakes at Newmarket, but neither of those displays represents his true form and the way in which he demolished the King George field, headed by the American challenger Hard Buck, will live long in the memory.
Maraahel, who won the Gordon Stakes and was fourth in the St Leger last year, won in good style at Chester last time and Richard Hills, who is retained by his owner Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum, has chosen him in preference to Sheikh Hamdan’s other runner, Bandari.
www.sahorseracing.com /view.asp?id=11&col=23   (432 words)

  
 Cyllene
But being a daughter of Hermit was enough to warrant keeping her for a broodmare; one foal, Gulliver, won the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot, and another, Van Dieman's Land, ran third in Ayrshire's Derby.
He finished fifth to Cicero, Llangibby, and Signorino in the Newmarket Stakes, second to Oaks heroine Cherry Lass in the St. James Palace Stakes, second to Challacombe in the St. Leger, and second to St.
At stud, she was mated with the stallion Galloper Light, a son of Sunstar, and the produce was the filly Beam, winner of the Oaks Stakes in 1927.
www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/Cyllene.html   (4250 words)

  
 Sky Bet - Royal Ascot 2007
Dark Missile was a gutsy winner of the Wokingham Stakes under young William Buick.
Maraahel held off the late thrust of Scorpion for a repeat win in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot.
A strong ride from Royston Ffrench got Maze home in front in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot.
skybet.sportinglife.com /racing/ascot2007   (107 words)

  
 UK MAY 04
One of Songlark's big rivals for the Hardwicke stakes may well be PERSIAN MAJESTY (41) who ran as fast as the average Hardwicke winner to take third behind the two Godolphin horses.
She's won all five times she's run in these circumstances and is almost certainly capable of running a bit quicker than she did here and winning in class D or even C given her ground and the right sort of track.
The St James' Palace stakes often attracts a small field and is frequently run at a slow pace early on.
www.nickmordin.com /uk_may_04.htm   (8619 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Doyen breaks record in Hardwicke Stakes
Doyen brought the 2004 Royal Ascot meeting to a memorable close Saturday, trimming better than four-tenths of a second off the 21-year-old course record in winning the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes by six lengths.
Doyen, who began his career in France with trainer Andre Fabre before transferring to the Godolphin operation, swept to the front at the quarter-mile pole and sprinted clear, timed in 2:26.53 for 1 1/2 miles on firm turf.
The final Group 1 race of the meeting, the Golden Jubilee Stakes at six furlongs, had a truly international finish.
espn.go.com /horse/news/2004/0619/1825021.html   (350 words)

  
 eircom net - 2005-10-5 138274   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Doyen, last year's brilliant winner of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, has been retired to Darley's Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket.
Godolphin's five-year-old romped home by three-lengths in the mid-summer showpiece 15 months ago but has failed to make the frame in his five subsequent starts.
"He was the impressive winner of both the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot - when he broke the track record in the Hardwicke, he was on the bridle all of the way."
home.eircom.net /content/irelandcom/breaking/6453906?view=Printer   (109 words)

  
 JockeySite.com
In the Coronation Stakes, a repetition of the Derby took place again and jockey Randall was sacked.
She was rested till the Sussex Stakes where she blew up.Two days later, she won the Nassau Stakes in a canter.
Taylor trained her to win the Hardwicke Stakes, however in the Eclipse Stakes, Ard Patrick the previous year's Epsom Derby winner, beat her by a neck.
www.jockeysite.com /stories/sceptre.htm   (761 words)

  
 Royal Ascot Britannia Stakes | Betting | Britannia Stakes Results | Free Bets
The Britannia Stakes is a handicap for 3 year olds over the mile course.
The Royal Ascot betting on the Britannia Stakes is always very open and competitive with a very large field taking part.
Mostashaar was a very good winner of the 2005 Britannia Stakes as he was always well placed and he was a winner a long way from home and he took a position on the stands side entering the straight and went clear 2 furlongs out.
www.royal-ascot-betting.com /britannia-stakes.php   (360 words)

  
 Rosebud's pedigree: May Mangum to Myrtle Dee
VILLAGE MAID was dam of PLOUGHBOY (br c 1864 VAN GALEN)[a winner of the Manchester Cup 2414m=12f].
MARIA (b f 1939 BELSHAZZAR) a half sister to Minx and Melbourne was the 3rd dam of Belmont Stakes winner FENIAN (ch c 1866 MICKEY FREE).
Considered by some authorities the worst horse to have won the Epsom Derby in some 20 years - in fairness, a bad-legged animal who was very difficult to train (not unlike Brokers Tip in the USA).
www.yessng.net /pedigree_m2.html   (712 words)

  
 TurfTrax Microsite - Quick Results Page
Sir Michael Stoute has nominated French raider Hurricane Run as the one to beat in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.
Stoute, who will saddle the Hardwicke Stakes winner Maraahel in the mid-summer championship, believes last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero sets the standard, as long as he has recovered from a below-par effort in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.
The five-year-old has won his last two starts, taking the Huxley Stakes at Chester on his penultimate outing, and finished runner-up to Admiral in the 2004 King George V Stakes on his only other visit to the Berkshire track.
www.turftrax.com /microsite/sunonline/shownews.asp?id=117364   (328 words)

  
 Sport | Godolphin big guns in trouble
Doyen, the six-lengths winner of the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot last year, faces a crucial weekend gallop at Newmarket to determine if he will form part of Godolphin's powerful challenge on the Knavesmire next week.
The five-year-old returned to Ascot to lift the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes but subsequently lost his form.
Without a penalty in next Friday's Hardwicke he would be something to bet on if back to his best, but Doyen evidently has something to prove on that score.
sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5212496-108367,00.html   (578 words)

  
 Thoroughbred Times: Today's News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Refuting any attempt to relinquish his advantage, High Accolade found something extra in his bag of tricks, and galloped unchallenged to the finish in the 1½-mile event for three-year-olds and older in 2:35.59 on a firm turf course.
Venerable campaigner Compton Bolter, whose travels led him to victory in the Dubai Duty Free Arc Trial at Newbury on August 20, managed to edge out Indian Creek, victor of the Hardwicke Stakes (Eng-G2) at Royal Ascot on June 21, by a head to land the runner-up position.
On June 20, he posted a two-length victory in the King Edward VII Stakes at Ascot after winning the Predominate Stakes at Goodwood on May 20.
www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=38272&subsec=3   (738 words)

  
 Royal Ascot - Final Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Tatling was disappointing in the King's Stand Stakes along with Var, but they have to be shortlist material again for the feature race of the day with Byron, Somnus, Etlaala and Patavellian among the other dangers, but we will give the vote to Balmont.
Etlaala didn't get any luck in the Temple Stakes last time so he is another to consider, although he is tackling 6f for the first time today.
Somnus needed the run over this course and distance last time and he had a great season last year, but he wouldn't want the ground too firm and unless the heavens open then we are prepared to take him on.
www.gamblog.co.uk /2005/06/royal-ascot-final-day.htm   (1575 words)

  
 Sceptre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
But in her third race she could only finish third in the Champagne Stakes.
Sussex Stakes, the filly was reported to be ill after the race.
St Leger the horse made history by winning her fourth classic race of the season, the ease of the win was also mightily impressive.
www.racinginfo.uk.com /horses/sceptre.htm   (429 words)

  
 TRC NOTEBOOK - March 26, 1998
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Silver Charm has been installed by Ladbrokes as the 11-8 favorite for Saturday's third running of the $4 million Dubai World Cup at Nad al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai.
Stevens won Ascot's Hardwicke Stakes last year aboard Predappio, beating Breeders' Cup Turf winner Pilsudski, and is hoping for rides on all four days again.
The $600,000 Grade II Jim Beam Stakes, the track's biggest race, is Saturday, March 28, the same time as Kentucky tips off against Stanford.
www.isd1.com /trc/trc98/trc0326.html   (908 words)

  
 UK MAY 05
Something is now set to go for the Group 3 Jersey Stakes over the same distance and he should have a real chance if most of the better entrants go for the St James' Palace Stakes as they normally do.
She didn't have to run anywhere near that fast to win the Musidora Stakes because she was allowed to set a slow pace.
But at seven furlongs he could shoot for races like the Jersey stakes against his own age group where he'd be one of the fastest horses in the line up.
www.nickmordin.com /uk_may_05.htm   (7762 words)

  
 uk casinos, betting, gambling, gaming and horse racing are here with GamblingUncovered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While Kalanisi tackles the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, Medicean runs in the Queen Anne Stakes, in which he will attempt to win the race the Aga Khan owned stablemate took a year ago.
Enthused and Karasta, fifth and 13th in 1,000 Guineas, are engaged in the Coronation Stakes and Jersey Stakes respectively, Gay Heroine, who ran in the Oaks, heads for the Ribblesdale Stakes, while No Excuse Needed is on target to return from injury in the St James’s Palace Stakes.
Hannon’s strength in depth in the sprinting division is such that he could saddle four in the Cork and Orrery and five in the Wokingham Handicap.
www.gamblinguncovered.co.uk /outputarticle.php?id=68   (354 words)

  
 Maraahel Holds off Scorpion in Hardwicke Stakes | bloodhorse.com
Maraahel Holds off Scorpion in Hardwicke Stakes
Maraahel won the Hardwicke Stakes (Eng-II) at Royal Ascot for two consecutive years by holding off favored Scorpion by a half-length Saturday.
When asked about a plan for his Hardwicke winner, Stoute replied, “There is the King George back here next month, but (owner) Sheikh Hamdan has asked me to leave him in the Eclipse as well.
news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=39484&source=rss   (299 words)

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