Stroll For Stradivarius At Doncaster

[Wandering Eyes]

   After the withdrawal of Dee Ex Bee (GB) (Farhh {GB}) due to fast ground on Town Moor, Friday’s G2 Doncaster Cup was a non-contest in every way and Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) duly turned up, sauntered to victory without extending himself and made it 10 wins on the bounce with the old-fashioned “stayers’ triple crown” another achievement to add to the rest. Sent off at 1-9 in the absence of his season-long rival, Bjorn Nielsen’s homebred was in front initially before being handed a lead from Cleonte (Ire) (Sir Percy {GB}). Sent alongside that rival approaching the furlong pole, the chestnut asserted for a 1 3/4-length success. “He’s a lovely horse and he’d got too fresh at home so we had to come here even though I had no intention of doing so,” John Gosden said. “If we hadn’t and waited for Champions Day and it turned heavy there he wouldn’t run. To win these three Cup races [Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup and Doncaster Cup] as Le Moss did puts him in that sort of department. Great horse.”

Friday, Doncaster, Britain
MAGNERS ROSE DONCASTER CUP S.-G2, £100,000, Doncaster, 9-13, 3yo/up, 17f 197yT, 3:59.28, g/f.
1–STRADIVARIUS (IRE), 136, h, 5, by Sea the Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Private Life (Fr) (MSP-Fr), by Bering (GB)
2nd Dam: Poughkeepsie (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells
3rd Dam: Pawneese (Ire), by Carvin II
(330,000gns RNA Ylg ’15 TATOCT). O/B-Bjorn Nielsen (IRE); T-John Gosden; J-Lanfranco Dettori. £56,710. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Eng, 19-14-1-2, $3,172,379. *1/2 to Persian Storm (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), Hwt. 3yo-Ger at 9.5-11f & MGSW-Ger, $121,198; Rembrandt Van Rijn (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), GSP-Eng, $167,081; and Magical Eve (Ger) (Oratorio {Ire}), SP-SAf. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Cleonte (Ire), 131, g, 6, Sir Percy (GB)–Key Figure (GB), by Beat Hollow (GB). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Ecurie de Meautry (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £21,500.
3–Max Dynamite (Fr), 131, g, 9, Great Journey (Jpn)–Mascara (Ger), by Monsun (Ger). (€200,000 3yo ’13 ARARC). O-Mrs S Ricci; B-SARL Ecurie Haras de Quetieville (FR); T-Willie Mullins. £10,760.
Margins: 1 3/4, 2HF, 2HF. Odds: 0.10, 16.00, 14.00.
Also Ran: Barsanti (Ire), Sneaky Getaway (Ire). Scratched: Dee Ex Bee (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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