Teofilo’s Subjectivist Dominates The Gold Cup

[Wandering Eyes]

There was to be no fourth Gold Cup for Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) as the king of Royal Ascot surrendered his crown to the impressive Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) on Thursday. While the three-times winner was stuck in traffic on the inside three out, the Mark Johnston runner was already cutting loose under Joe Fanning and while Frankie eventually got the 5-6 favourite in the clear he was too far adrift at the top of the straight to make a difference. Subjectivist, who was coming here off a break having followed up his G1 Prix Royal-Oak win in the G2 Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan Mar. 27, was a worthy winner whatever the fortunes of the Gosden icon and the 13-2 shot hit the line typically strongly to record a five-length verdict over Princess Zoe (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}), with Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}) half a length away in third and Stradivarius 1 3/4 lengths further behind in fourth.

Thursday, Royal Ascot, Britain
GOLD CUP-G1, £375,625, Ascot, 6-17, 4yo/up, 19f 210yT, 4:20.28, g/f.
1–SUBJECTIVIST (GB), 127, c, 4, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Reckoning (Ire) (MSP-Eng), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Great Hope (Ire), by Halling
3rd Dam: Aspiration (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
(62,000gns Ylg '18 TAOCT). O-Dr Jim Walker; B-Mascalls Stud (GB); T-Mark Johnston; J-Joe Fanning. £213,017. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr & GSW-UAE, 17-6-4-2, $1,008,597. *1/2 to Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}), MGSW & G1SP-Eng, $525,105; and Alba Rose (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Princess Zoe (Ger), 125, m, 6, Jukebox Jury (Ire)–Palace Princess (Ger), by Tiger Hill (Ire). O-Patrick F Kehoe & Mrs P Crampton; B-Gestut Hony-Hof (GER); T-Tony Mullins. £80,759.
3–Spanish Mission, 128, h, 5, Noble Mission (GB)–Limonar (Ire), by Street Cry (Ire). ($125,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP; 60,000gns RNA 2yo '18 TATBRE). O-Team Valor LLC & Gary Barber; B-St Elias Stables LLC (KY); T-Andrew Balding. £40,417.
Margins: 5, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 6.50, 28.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Stradivarius (Ire), Emperor of The Sun (Ire), Nayef Road (Ire), Santiago (Ire), Serpentine (Ire), Twilight Payment (Ire), Rip Van Lips (Ire), Amhran Na Bhfiann (Ire), Ben Lilly (Ire). Scratched: Trueshan (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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