9:30 P.M. HK TIME (23.6.2012) Chesham Stakes (Listed) S1-1 (2:30 P.M. LOCAL TIME) (23.6.2012) Ascot Racecourse - Turf Track – 1400 Metres (Straight) For Two-Years-Old only. Weights: colts and geldings 129lb; fillies 124lb. Penalties: a winner of a Listed race 3lb; of a pattern race 5lb. Total Prize Money (GBP) £55,000 1st £31,190, 2nd £11,825, 3rd £5,918, 4th £2,948, 5th £1,479, 6th £742. (16 Starters) Expert Column by Wally Pyrah Irish trainer Jim Bolger has already tasted success at Royal Ascot this week with DAWN APPROACH – winner of the Coventry Stakes – and will be looking to double up with his exciting youngster MOVE TO STRIKE. This son of LAWMAN, spread-eagled his rivals when winning by nine lengths at the Curragh over 1200 meters on soft ground. He is sure to be suited by the extra distance, and it will be a surprise if he is beaten. Trainer Richard Hannon who has won two of the last five running’s of the Chesham Stakes is represented by JALAA who justified favouritism when making all in a small maiden race at Leicester last month. Hannon has made a good start for his new owner Hamdan Al Maktoum – four winners from his first five runners – and has Hamdan’s stable jockey Paul Hanagan in the saddle. Godolphin are represented THA’IR who got off the mark when making all in a small maiden race at Ripon last month. Frankie Dettori takes over this time and is sure to be a popular win and place choice. Trainer Mick Channon has a handful of runners lining up, headed by recent Epsom Woodcote Stakes winner CHILWORTH ICON. This juvenile showed plenty of courage when staying on too well for his rivals, and should appreciate the 1400 meters distance. Keep an eye on Channon’s EFFIE B, who ran well after being slowly away and then running on well behind subsequent Coventry Stakes fourth SIR PRANCEALOT in the 1000 meters National Stakes at Sandown. It’s significant that William Buick has been booked to ride. SELECTIONS: MOVE TO STRIKE, JALAA, EFFIE B & THA’IR Expert Column by Wendyll Woods Mick Channon has a good record at Royal Ascot, and his CHILWORTH ICON is of interest here. He won an informative contest, The Listed Woodcote stakes on Derby day, beating dual winner HEAVY METAL, who put in a fair performance in the Coventry Stakes earlier this week. The conditions of the race mean he needs to give weight to his other rivals, but he has place claims. Jim Bolger trained the unbeaten DAWN APPROACH to win the Coventry Stakes on Tuesday and has another live contender in this juvenile race. MOVE TO STRIKE was an impressive nine length winner on his second start, and looks well worth the step up to Listed company. Godolphin’s team could be represented by THA’IR and LOVELY PASS, another first time winner who was strongly fancied on debut. She ran on strongly to win by over two lengths and will be partnered by Silvestre de Sousa. Richard Hannon has made an excellent start since Sheikh Hamdan sent his horses to him and he saddles JALAA in this, who looked a very scopey individual when running on strongly to win on his debut at Leicester. His pedigree suggests he’ll be better once tackling a mile, but he looks a horse with a real future and following the good effort of SIR PRANCEALOT in the Coventry Stakes on Tuesday, Hannon and Hughes can team up with a winner here. SELECTIONS: JALAA, MOVE TO STRIKE, CHILWORTH ICON & LOVELY PASS Tipsters' Selection David Ashforth JULIAN MUSCAT Anthony Kemp William Hughes (Racing Post) (Racing Post) (Turf TV) (World Racing Service) 7 Tha’ir 4 Move To Strike 3 Jalaa 12 Effie B 4 Move To Strike 12 Effie B 1 Chilworth Icon 4 Move To Strike 16 Sadiigah 3 Jalaa 13 Fadeintoinfinity 15 Lovely Pass - 8 - 村莊圖標 陳亮鏞 132 夏禮賢 (4) Lifetime : 4 (2-1-0) Turf : 2 (2-0-0) NH Rules : 0 (0-0-0) 1 2012 : 4 (2-1-0) Non-Turf : 2 (0-1-0) GF+ : － CHILWORTH ICON (GB) 2 b c M R Channon M Harley 1st Up : － Dist : 0 (0-0-0) G : － Sixties Icon (GB) - Tamara Moon (IRE) (Acclamation (GB)) Earnings : HK$226,408 Track : 0 (0-0-0) Y : － (6.0) Owner(s): 7Rus Trk/Dist : 0 (0-0-0) S/Hvy : － Pos Date Race Details Track Dist/Course/Going Wt. Jockey Dr Race Time Finish & Odds Gear Winner/Second/Third Comments Margin 7/10 7Apr12 2yo mdn KEM, GB 1000 RH ST 129 C Catlin 1 0.59.92 7 9.3 20/1 Baileys Jubilee (GB) 124 s.s: last tl rdn and modest hdwy fnl 2f GBP6,000 Polytrack Marvelino (GB) 129 Mosstang (IRE) 129 1/9 20Apr12 2yo mdn BAT, GB 1010 LH GS 129 M Harley 8 1.04.85 1 2 11/2 Chilworth Icon (GB) 129 trckd ldrs: rdn to ld over 1f out: r.o: readily GBP4,819 Turf Poetic Princess (GB) 124 Citius (IRE) 126 2/4 2May12 2yo conditions KEM, GB 1000 RH ST 123 M Harley 5 0.59.67 2 1.8 10/1 Lyric Ace (IRE) 123 s.i.s: racd in 4th but sn in tch: hdwy 2f out: drvn GBP6,167 Polytrack Chilworth Icon (GB) 123 over 1f out: chsd wnr ins fnl f but easily outpcd Baddilini (GB) 127 1/7 2Jun12 Investec Woodcote S. 2yo EPS, GB 1200 LH GF 126 M Harley 4 1.08.43 1 SH 12/1 Chilworth Icon (GB) 126 chsd ldrs: rdn to chal 2f out: drvn ahd jst ins fnl f: Listed GBP25,000 Turf Heavy Metal (GB) 126 hrd pressd and bmpd ins fnl f: hld on wl and Liber (GB) 126 edgd rt nr fin Has plenty of experience, winning two of his four starts and putting on a brave display to land a Listed race over 1200m at Epsom earlier this month. This more conventional track may suit him better though some stamina concerns up to 1400m. 鄉下小子 杜力雅 129 夏偉卓 (16) Lifetime : 5 (1-2-0) Turf : 4 (1-2-0) NH Rules : 0 (0-0-0) 2 2012 : 5 (1-2-0) Non-Turf : 1 (0-0-0) GF+ : － HILLBILLY BOY (IRE) 2 b c W G M Turner R Hughes 1st Up : － Dist : 0 (0-0-0) G : － Haafhd (GB) - Erreur (IRE) (Desert King (IRE)) Earnings : HK$56,524 Track : 0 (0-0-0) Y : － (14.0) Owner(s): E A Brook Trk/Dist : 0 (0-0-0) S/Hvy : － Pos Date Race Details Track Dist/Course/Going Wt. Jockey Dr Race Time Finish & Odds Gear Winner/Second/Third Comments Margin 4/6 10Apr12 2yo mdn SOU, GB 1000 St ST 122 D E Egan 1 0.59.94 4 6.5 85/40F Somethingboutmary (GB) 121 s.i.s and rdn along in rr: hdwy and in tch 1/2-way: GBP3,443 Fibresan Stripped Bear (IRE) 124 sn rdn and btn wl over 1f out d Crystal Cove (GB) 129 2/10 18Apr12 2yo mdn BEV, GB 1000 St GS 120 D Da Silva 8 1.07.37 2 0.3 7/1 Ingleby Royale (GB) 116 wnt lft s: cl up: rdn to ld appr fnl f: sn drvn and GBP3,492 Turf Hillbilly Boy (IRE) 120 edgd lft and rt: hdd and no ex last 75yds Twilight Pearl (GB) 119 4/10 2May12 2yo mdn PON, GB 1000 LH H 124 D Da Silva 5 1.07.36 4 6.8 3/1 Lastchancelucas (GB) 122 chsd ldrs: pushed along and sltly outpcd over 2f GBP6,689 Turf Polski Max (GB) 129 out: sn rdn: kpt on u.p fnl f: nrst fin Steer By The Stars (IRE) 124 2/8 7May12 2yo mdn BAT, GB 1010 LH S 122 R While 5 1.05.15 2 0.5 15/8 Sign Of The Zodiac (IRE) 129 prom: rdn 2f out: ev ch fnl f: kpt on but no ex GBP2,459 Turf Hillbilly Boy (IRE) 122 towards fin Majestic Jess (IRE) 129 1/9 20May12 2yo mdn RIP, GB 1200 St GS 122 R While 9 1.18.14 1 2 9/4F Hillbilly Boy (IRE) 122 mde all: rdn over 1f out: edgd rt and kpt on strly GBP4,426 Turf Maputo (GB) 129 fnl f Two Pancakes (GB) 129 Certainly has experience on his side, running his sixth career start today. That experience counted when he got off the mark last time in a 1200m maiden, leading from gate to wire. However some stamina worries as he moves up to a testing 1400m today. 在水一方 向能 129 韓立勤 (6) Lifetime : 1 (1-0-0) Turf : 1 (1-0-0) NH Rules : 0 (0-0-0) 3 2012 : 1 (1-0-0) Non-Turf : 0 (0-0-0) GF+ : － JALAA (IRE) 2 b c R Hannon P Hanagan 1st Up : － Dist : 0 (0-0-0) G : － Street Cry (IRE) - Daneleta (IRE) (Danehill (USA)) Earnings : HK$42,578 Track : 0 (0-0-0) Y : － (5.0) Owner(s): Hamdan Al Maktoum Trk/Dist : 0 (0-0-0) S/Hvy : － Pos Date Race Details Track Dist/Course/Going Wt. Jockey Dr Race Time Finish & Odds Gear Winner/Second/Third Comments Margin 1/10 5Jun12 2yo mdn LEI, GB 1198 St GS 129 P Hanagan 10 1.14.38 1 2.5 2/1F Jalaa (IRE) 129 a.p: chsd ldr over 3f out: rdn to ld ins fnl f: r.o: GBP5,411 Turf Carlton Blue (IRE) 129 readily Stamford (GB) 129 A strong colt who has been switched to this target instead of Tuesday’s 1200m Coventry Stakes.