Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 15:45 bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes 1m 2f 7y

  • Weighed In - (Class 1), £55,000 added, 4yo+, 6 runners
  • Winner £31,190 2nd £11,825 3rd £5,918 4th £2,948
  • Going: Heavy Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 2m 24.60s
  • Off time: 15:47:31
Pos Horse Odds
1st Colombian (IRE) 10/3
2nd Poet 15/8
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
2 (2) 434421- Emerald Green, Black chevrons on sleeves Colombian (IRE) 175 Distance Winner 4 9-0 William Buick J H M Gosden 115 10/3
4 (1) 78-2780 Orange, mauve stars on sleeves, mauve cap, orange stars Lyssio (GER) 35 Distance Winner 5 9-0 h J-P Guillambert M J Attwater 96 50/1
5 (4) 68413-6 RED, BLACK stars, RED sleeves Poet 20 Distance Winner 7 9-0 R L Moore C G Cox 113 15/8
8 (5) 65110-2 Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves Twice Over 9 Beaten Favourite Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 7 9-0 T P Queally Sir H R A Cecil 125 6/4
9 (7) 140- Green, Pink Sash, White Sleeves World Domination (USA) 316 4 9-0 J P Spencer Sir H R A Cecil 101 9/1
10 (6) 50-4095 Black, mauve hoop, mauve cap Sos Brillante (CHI) 11 7 8-11 M Coumbe T T Clement 76 200/1
Non runners
1 (8)1/21222-Al Kazeem49-0R CharltonNon Runner112
3 (10)813611-Hunter's Light (IRE)49-0Saeed bin SuroorL Dettori110
6 (9)262455-Retrieve (AUS)59-0Saeed bin SuroorM Barzalona109
7 (3)233597-Sri Putra69-0R VarianJ Fortune114

Verdict

Twice Over, dual winner of the Champion Stakes and successful in last year's Juddmonte International at York, will be all the better for his run behind Questioning in a Group 3 at Newmarket nine days ago. He won the Coral-Eclipse over C&D in 2010 and is the clear form pick but he's never raced on really heavy ground before. We'll take him on with POET, who is a real mud lark and was clearly in need of the run when last of six on his reappearance at Longchamp. Ryan Moore will have him at the sharp end from the outset here and he may stay on too strongly for his rivals. There should be more to come from Al Kazeem and Colombian this year, while Hunter's Light won four times last year and looks the pick of the Godolphin pair. Sri Putra often runs well in this grade but is on a long losing run.

Formwatch

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.

Colombian (IRE) (9-2) won at Le Croise-Laroche(FR) 1m 2f 3yo lst stk (1) hvy in Nov, 9 ran.

Hunter's Light (IRE) 8-11fav (9-0) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, soon hard ridden, hung left towards finish, just held on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Nov beating Circumvent (9-2) by shd, 9 ran.

Lyssio (GER) 50-1 (9-0) Raced wide in touch, improved to track leaders over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 11th of 13, 8l behind Premio Loco (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f Group 3 (1) pol in Mar.

Poet 7-1 (8-11) last of 6, 10l behind Giofra (8-8) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 2f Grp 2 (1) gd.

Retrieve (AUS) 6-1 (9-3) Held up far side, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 9l behind Slumber (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 2f Listed stks 3yo (1) gd in Oct.

Sri Putra 100-1 (9-3) In rear, kept on from over 1f out, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 7l behind Cirrus Des Aigles (9-3) at Ascot 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gd in Oct.

Twice Over 6-5fav (8-12) In touch, headway to track leaders over 3f out edged left and led 2f out, pressed inside final furlong, carried right towards finish, headed post, 2nd of 9, hd behind Questioning (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 (1) gs.

World Domination (USA) 8-1 (8-12) Pulled hard and prominent, led over 8f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, soon weakened, tailed off, last of 10, well behind Nathaniel (8-12) at Royal Ascot 1m 4f 3yo Grp 2 (1) gs in Jun.

Sos Brillante (CHI) 22-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden halfway, one pace final 2f, 5th of 9, 6l behind Powerful Presence (9-3) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.

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