Sport : Horse Racing

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Ascot - Wed 20th Jun 2012
14:30 15:05 15:45 16:25 17:00 17:35

15:45 150th Anniversary Of Prince Of Wales's Stakes 1m 2f
Weighed In - (Class 1), £500,000 added, 4yo+, 11 runners
Winner £283,550 2nd £107,500 3rd £53,800 4th £26,800
Going: Good Surface: Turf
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Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 2m 3.86s
Off time: 15:50:17

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	So You Think (NZ)	4/5
2nd	Carlton House (USA)	7/2
3rd	Farhh	6/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (10)	1113-32	Big Blue Kitten (USA) 59	4	9-0 t1	J P Murtagh	Chad Brown		50/1
2 (2)	21/134-1	Carlton House (USA) 20	4	9-0	R L Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	119	7/2
3 (11)	1-12123	City Style (USA) 81	6	9-0	M Barzalona	M Al Zarooni	116	33/1
4 (4)	4421-15	Colombian (IRE) 20	4	9-0	William Buick	J H M Gosden	115	40/1
5 (8)	1/1-1	Farhh 46	4	9-0	L Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	114	6/1
6 (1)	1458-33	Planteur (IRE) 24	5	9-0	C Soumillon	M Botti	121	10/1
7 (9)	1310-37	Reliable Man 24	4	9-0 t1	G Mosse	A de Royer-Dupre		12/1
8 (5)	143436	Robin Hood (IRE) 18	4	9-0 v	J A Heffernan	A P O'Brien	99	200/1
9 (7)	1426-41	So You Think (NZ) 24	6	9-0	J P O'Brien	A P O'Brien	125	4/5
10 (3)	3597-16	Sri Putra 38	6	9-0	N Callan	R Varian	115	66/1
11 (6)	19-6443	Wigmore Hall (IRE) 41	5	9-0	J P Spencer	M L W Bell	115	33/1

Verdict

SO YOU THINK has won four Group 1's since joining the Ballydoyle team though he's been beaten on the two occasions he's raced here including when long odds-on a year ago. He's also disappointed on other occasions including in the Dubai World Cup in March where Planteur was in front of him and Marco Botti's charge looks good each-way value though if So You Think is at his best he should win. Reliable Man was behind Planteur at Longchamp last time and would be better on much softer ground. Carlton House reappeared to land the Group 3 Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in good style and, still very lightly-raced, it's possible he could make this sort of trip his own this campaign and rates a big threat. Winning a Thirsk handicap wouldn't be an automatic step-up to this sort of class but Farhh has been very impressive in all three starts and wouldn't be running here unless connections thought he could do himself justice.

Formwatch

Big Blue Kitten (USA) 15-2 (8-6) 3 wide 2nd turn, 2nd of 7, 11l behind Wise Dan (8-11) at Keeneland(USA) 1m 1f Group 3 in Apr.

Carlton House (USA) 10-11fav (9-0) Raced keenly, tracked leaders, headway between horses over 1f out, led just inside final furlong, ran on, readily, won at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gf in May beating Sagramor (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.

City Style (USA) 25-1 (9-0) 3rd of 15, 4 1/2l behind Cityscape (9-0) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gd in Mar.

Colombian (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 6, 5l behind Carlton House (9-0) at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gf in May.

Farhh 5-4fav (9-2) Mid-division, smooth headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, drew clear inside final furlong, impressive, won at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gs in May beating Osteopathic Remedy (8-12) by 6l, 16 ran.

Planteur (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Golden Lilac (8-12) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gd in May.

Reliable Man 10-1 (9-2) 7th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Golden Lilac (8-12) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gd in May.

Robin Hood (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Stumbled start, led, clear 10f out until ridden 4f out, headed entering final 3f, weakened over 2f out, soon behind and eased, tailed off, last of 6, well behind St Nicholas Abbey (9-0) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gf.

So You Think (NZ) 2-11fav (9-1) Settled in 3rd off clear leader, closer 4f out and led entering straight, in command from over 1f out and stayed on well to stretch clear, very easily, won at Curragh 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gd in May beating Famous Name (9-1) by 6l, 5 ran.

Sri Putra (9-1) 6th of 8, 14l behind Crackerjack King (9-1) at Capannelle(ITY) 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) in May.

Wigmore Hall (IRE) 15-2 (9-7) Close up, effort between horses entering final furlong, ridden and not quicken towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Marcret (9-0) at Chester 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) sft in May.