Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Newmarket - Sat 5th May 2012
14:00 14:30 15:10 15:45 16:20 16:55 17:30

14:30 Qatar Bloodstock Jockey Club Stakes 1m 4f
Weighed In - (Class 1), £100,000 added, 4yo+, 8 runners
Winner £56,710 2nd £21,500 3rd £10,760 4th £5,360
Going: Good to Soft Surface: Turf
Channel 4 Fab Four - Camelot, Vita Nova, Mandre and Lifetime all to win - 60/1

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 2m 39.66s
Off time: 14:33:18

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Al Kazeem	15/2
2nd	Quest For Peace (IRE)	12/1
3rd	Dunaden (FR)	9/2

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (2)	129111-	Dunaden (FR) 146	6	9-3	J P Murtagh	M Delzangles		9/2
2 (8)	518110-	Masked Marvel 216	4	9-3	William Buick	J H M Gosden	121	9/1
3 (1)	1/21222-	Al Kazeem 196	4	8-12	J Doyle	R Charlton	112	15/2
4 (3)	10376-4	Blue Bajan (IRE) 24	10	8-12	D Tudhope	D O'Meara	109	25/1
5 (4)	5122-	Fiorente (IRE) 284	4	8-12	R L Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	108	13/2
6 (7)	211126-	Meandre (FR) 216	4	8-12	M Guyon	A Fabre		11/8
7 (6)	3/31115-	Quest For Peace (IRE) 202	4	8-12	K Fallon	L M Cumani	114	12/1
8 (5)	7131-	Sadeek's Song (USA) 194	4	8-12	L Dettori	M Al Zarooni	103	14/1

Verdict

DUNADEN, winner of the Melbourne Cup in November, followed up in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase in December. He's also won four times on soft ground over this trip so conditions won't be a problem at HQ and Mikel Delzangles' globe-trotting six-year-old can make his first appearance in the UK a winning one. Last year's St Leger winner Masked Marvel's participation depends on the ground but Meandre should go well. Andre Fabre's grey won the Grand Prix de Paris last July, beating Irish Derby runner-up Seville, and was sixth in the Arc on his final start of 2011. Blue Bajan needs further but Al Kazeem, Fiorente and Sadeek's Song all had decent form as three-year-olds though Quest For Peace, who rattled up a hat-trick in Ireland and England before finishing fifth in the Canadian International at Woodbine, may be the pick of the home team on this occasion.

Formwatch

Dunaden (FR) (9-0) won at Sha Tin(HK) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gf in Dec beating Thumbs Up (9-0) by 3/4l, 13 ran.

Masked Marvel 14-1 (8-11) last of 16, 26l behind Danedream (8-8) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Oct.

Al Kazeem 5-2fav (8-10) Tracked leaders in 5th, improved over 2f out, soon led, headed over 1f out, not pace of winner, stayed on, 2nd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Beaten Up (8-10) at Newbury 1m 4f Grp 3 (1) gf in Oct.

Blue Bajan (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, hampered 4f out, headway over 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Electrolyser (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 6f Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) gs in Apr.

Fiorente (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge inside final 2f, edged right and led inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 10, nk behind Namibian (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 4f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Jul.

Meandre (FR) 12-1 (8-11) 6th of 16, 6l behind Danedream (8-8) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Oct.

Quest For Peace (IRE) 15-4 (8-7) Game finish along rail, 5th of 16, 8l behind Sarah Lynx (8-11) at Woodbine(USA) 1m 4f Grp 1 fm in Oct.

Sadeek's Song (USA) 4-1 (8-13) Tracked leading pair, went 2nd 8f out, led 3f out, narrowly headed approaching final 2f, rallied to lead again 1f out, stayed on well, won at Leicester 1m 4f cond Stakes (3) gf in Oct beating Colombian (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.