Result 17:00 · Ascot

Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap)

Class 2Handicap1mSoft3yo+ · 28 ran£108,937 to the winner

Result

Official · time 1m 43.01s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Portage (IRE)	James Doyle	M Halford	—	11.0	15.0
2	Librisa Breeze	Robert Winston	Dean Ivory	1¼L	9.00	8.12
3	Mitchum Swagger	George Baker	David Lanigan	1½L	15.0	18.0
4	Azraff (IRE)	Andrea Atzeni	M Botti	2L	21.0	43.6
5	Battle Of Marathon (USA)	Adam Kirby	John Ryan	2½L	26.0	38.8
6	Bossy Guest (IRE)	S De Sousa	Mick Channon	3L	51.0	90.0
7	Instant Attraction (IRE)	J Garritty	Jedd O'Keeffe	3¼L	17.0	26.9
8	Early Morning (IRE)	Gerald Mosse	Harry Dunlop	3½L	51.0	120.1
9	Carry On Deryck	James McDonald	Saeed bin Suroor	4L	21.0	29.8
10	Earth Drummer (IRE)	Shane Kelly	David Loughnane	4¼L	26.0	71.6
11	Glory Awaits (IRE)	J P Spencer	David Simcock	4½L	23.0	27.3
12	Spark Plug (IRE)	S M Levey	Brian Meehan	5L	34.0	66.4
13	Mr Owen (USA)	Oisin Murphy	F Rohaut	5¼L	21.0	27.0
14	Hasanour (USA)	Shane Foley	M Halford	5½L	26.0	46.4
15	Donncha (IRE)	Tom Marquand	Robert Eddery	6L	11.0	14.2
16	Man Of Harlech	David Probert	A M Balding	6½L	29.0	46.8
17	Secret Brief (IRE)	W Buick	C Appleby	7L	13.0	22.6
18	Emell	P J Dobbs	R Hannon	7L	51.0	200.0
19	Boomshackerlacker (IRE)	Pat Cosgrave	George Baker	8L	34.0	55.0
20	Captain Cat (IRE)	Edward Greatrex	Roger Charlton	9¼L	34.0	80.0
21	Gm Hopkins	R Havlin	John Gosden	9½L	13.0	16.0
22	Convey	R L Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	12¼L	7.50	8.81
23	Spirit Raiser (IRE)	Frederik Tylicki	J R Fanshawe	12¾L	21.0	31.3
24	Hors De Combat	George Wood	J R Fanshawe	13¾L	21.0	27.9
25	Basem	Jimmy Fortune	Saeed bin Suroor	15¼L	23.0	36.0
26	Balty Boys (IRE)	Callum Shepherd	Brian Ellison	18¾L	15.0	25.0
27	Solar Deity (IRE)	Pat Smullen	Jane Chapple-Hyam	24¾L	51.0	127.6
28	Algaith (USA)	Paul Hanagan	Owen Burrows	43¾L	67.0	184.1

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1 (18)

Gm Hopkins

5yo · 9-12 · OR 112

762418 J R Havlin T John Gosden —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 May 16	Newbury	1m	Good	C1	8/12	6¾L	17.0
27 Apr 16	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C1	1/8	—	3.50
31 Oct 15	Newmarket	1m	Soft	C1	4/9	4¼L	3.25

2 wins from 10 · placed 4

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Basem

5yo · 9-10 · OR 110

11334 J Jimmy Fortune T Saeed bin Suroor —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Sep 15	Goodwood	1m 2f	Soft	C1	4/5	9L	2.20
22 Aug 15	York	1m 1f	Good	C1	3/9	1½L	9.00
31 Jul 15	Goodwood	1m	Good To Firm	C2	3/18	3¾L	6.00

2 wins from 5 · placed 4

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Battle Of Marathon (USA) p

4yo · 9-10 · OR 110

648352 J Adam Kirby T John Ryan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Apr 16	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C1	2/8	¾L	15.0
13 Apr 16	Newmarket	1m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	5/9	3½L	15.0
02 Apr 16	Doncaster	1m	Soft	C2	3/22	¾L	51.0

0 wins from 6 · placed 2

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Mr Owen (USA)

4yo · 9-9 · OR 109

No form J Oisin Murphy T F Rohaut —

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Mitchum Swagger

4yo · 9-8 · OR 108

11229 J George Baker T David Lanigan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Apr 16	Leicester	7f	Good To Soft	C1	9/10	8½L	4.50
31 Oct 15	Newmarket	1m	Soft	C1	2/9	hd	4.50
16 Oct 15	Haydock Park	1m	Good To Soft	C3	2/16	nk	2.50

2 wins from 5 · placed 4

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Captain Cat (IRE) b

7yo · 9-2 · OR 107

424156 J Edward Greatrex (5) T Roger Charlton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Apr 16	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C1	6/8	4¼L	15.0
25 Mar 16	Lingfield Park	1m	Standard	C2	5/12	4½L	6.00
24 Feb 16	Kempton Park	1m	Standard	C2	1/4	—	3.75

1 win from 12 · placed 2

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Algaith (USA)

4yo · 9-6 · OR 106

753119 J Paul Hanagan T Owen Burrows —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Oct 15	Newmarket	1m 1f	Good	C1	9/9	22¼L	21.0
13 Sep 15	Bath	1m	Firm	C3	1/5	—	3.00
17 Aug 15	Chelmsford City	1m	Standard	C3	1/6	—	3.50

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

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Convey p

4yo · 9-6 · OR 106

49722 J R L Moore T Sir Michael Stoute —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 May 16	Haydock Park	7f	Good	C1	2/9	nk	7.00
12 May 16	York	1m	Good To Firm	C1	2/19	nk	11.0
23 Apr 16	Leicester	7f	Good To Soft	C1	7/10	6¾L	13.0

0 wins from 5 · placed 2

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Carry On Deryck

4yo · 9-6 · OR 106

57134 J James McDonald T Saeed bin Suroor —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Jun 15	Ascot	1m	Good To Firm	C2	4/28	2L	34.0
23 May 15	Haydock Park	1m	Good	C2	3/12	1L	26.0
07 May 15	Chester	7f 110y	Soft	C2	1/5	—	11.0

1 win from 5 · placed 2

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10 (1)

Balty Boys (IRE) b

7yo · 9-0 · OR 105

608370 J Callum Shepherd (5) T Brian Ellison —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 May 16	York	1m	Good To Firm	C1	16/19	9¾L	41.0
27 Apr 16	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C1	7/8	9¼L	23.0
16 Apr 16	Thirsk	7f	Soft	C3	3/5	5¾L	8.00

2 wins from 13 · placed 5

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Portage (IRE)

4yo · 9-5 · OR 105

001251 J James Doyle T M Halford —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Jun 16	Curragh	1m 2f	Good To Firm	—	1/6	—	2.75
26 Sep 15	Newmarket	1m 1f	Good	C2	5/34	2¼L	5.50
30 Aug 15	Curragh	1m	Yielding To Soft	—	2/22	1¾L	5.50

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

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12 (3)

Secret Brief (IRE)

4yo · 9-4 · OR 104

677331 J W Buick T C Appleby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Apr 16	Doncaster	1m	Soft	C2	1/22	—	13.0
04 Sep 15	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C2	3/7	1L	5.00
15 Aug 15	Doncaster	7f	Good	C2	3/16	1¾L	15.0

1 win from 9 · placed 5

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Bossy Guest (IRE)

4yo · 9-4 · OR 104

338077 J S De Sousa T Mick Channon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 May 16	Goodwood	1m 2f	Good	C1	7/8	5L	13.0
13 Apr 16	Newmarket	1m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	7/9	6L	21.0
21 Aug 15	York	7f	Good To Soft	C1	11/14	11L	10.0

1 win from 8 · placed 3

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Hors De Combat

5yo · 8-11 · OR 104

243650 J George Wood (7) T J R Fanshawe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 May 16	York	1m	Good To Firm	C1	10/19	4¾L	13.0
27 Apr 16	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C1	5/8	3¾L	9.00
10 Oct 15	Newmarket	1m 1f	Good	C1	6/9	7½L	5.50

0 wins from 8 · placed 3

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Spark Plug (IRE) p

5yo · 9-4 · OR 104

876565 J S M Levey T Brian Meehan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Jun 16	Nottingham	1m 110y	Good To Firm	C2	5/8	5L	6.00
14 May 16	Newbury	1m	Good	C2	6/13	5¾L	7.50
17 Oct 15	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C2	5/20	5¾L	26.0

1 win from 9 · placed 2

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Spirit Raiser (IRE)

5yo · 9-3 · OR 103

231261 J Frederik Tylicki T J R Fanshawe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Jun 16	Nottingham	1m 110y	Good To Firm	C2	1/8	—	5.00
25 Sep 15	Newmarket	1m	Good	C1	6/10	6¼L	7.50
05 Sep 15	Kempton Park	1m	Standard To Slow	C2	2/16	1½L	6.00

3 wins from 8 · placed 6

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Donncha (IRE)

5yo · 8-12 · OR 101

360425 J Tom Marquand (3) T Robert Eddery —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 May 16	York	1m	Good To Firm	C1	5/19	2½L	9.00
02 Apr 16	Doncaster	1m	Soft	C2	2/21	nk	15.0
17 Oct 15	Ascot	1m	Good To Soft	C2	4/20	5L	21.0

3 wins from 11 · placed 5

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Emell b

6yo · 9-1 · OR 101

486802 J P J Dobbs T R Hannon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 May 16	Goodwood	7f	Good	C2	2/14	2L	9.00
07 May 16	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	18/26	9½L	26.0
23 Apr 16	Leicester	7f	Good To Soft	C1	8/10	8¼L	41.0

1 win from 17 · placed 4

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Man Of Harlech h

5yo · 9-0 · OR 100

410445 J David Probert T A M Balding —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Apr 16	Doncaster	1m	Soft	C2	5/22	5¼L	11.0
25 Mar 16	Lingfield Park	1m 2f	Standard	C2	4/9	3¼L	17.0
25 Jan 16	Wolverhampton	1m 1f 110y	Standard	C2	4/5	3¼L	3.25

2 wins from 11 · placed 4

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Hasanour (USA)

6yo · 9-0 · OR 100

011502 J Shane Foley T M Halford —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 May 16	Naas	7f	Good	—	2/14	2L	17.0
13 Sep 15	Curragh	1m 2f	Good	—	10/21	6L	7.50
10 Jul 15	Navan	1m 2f	Good To Firm	—	5/11	1L	4.33

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

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Glory Awaits (IRE) b

6yo · 8-13 · OR 99

788094 J J P Spencer T David Simcock —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 May 16	York	1m	Good To Firm	C1	4/19	2L	21.0
09 Oct 15	Newmarket	7f	Good To Soft	C1	9/10	12L	34.0
19 Sep 15	Ayr	6f	Good	C2	14/25	5¼L	34.0

0 wins from 7 · placed 1

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Instant Attraction (IRE)

5yo · 8-13 · OR 99

903822 J J Garritty T Jedd O'Keeffe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Jun 16	Epsom Downs	1m 110y	Good To Soft	C2	2/12	½L	7.00
30 Apr 16	Thirsk	1m	Soft	C2	2/15	shd	7.50
23 Apr 16	Haydock Park	1m	Good	C2	8/15	10¼L	13.0

2 wins from 15 · placed 8

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Boomshackerlacker (IRE)

6yo · 8-13 · OR 99

000 J Pat Cosgrave T George Baker —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Aug 15	Goodwood	7f	Soft	C2	18/19	9¾L	21.0
17 Jun 15	Ascot	1m	Good To Firm	C2	12/30	8¼L	67.0
29 Mar 15	Curragh	1m	Heavy	—	19/23	38½L	26.0

0 wins from 3 · placed 0

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Solar Deity (IRE)

7yo · 8-13 · OR 99

331446 J Pat Smullen T Jane Chapple-Hyam —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Mar 16	Wolverhampton	1m 110y	Standard	C2	6/12	2L	11.0
24 Feb 16	Kempton Park	1m	Standard	C2	4/4	7¾L	8.00
15 Feb 16	Wolverhampton	1m 1f 110y	Standard	C2	4/7	1¾L	7.50

1 win from 16 · placed 8

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Azraff (IRE)

4yo · 8-13 · OR 99

454021 J Andrea Atzeni T M Botti —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 May 16	Newbury	1m	Good	C2	1/13	—	17.0
16 Apr 16	Chelmsford City	1m	Standard	C2	2/7	1¾L	5.50
02 Apr 16	Doncaster	1m	Soft	C2	17/21	20L	10.0

1 win from 11 · placed 5

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Early Morning (IRE)

5yo · 8-12 · OR 98

231001 J Gerald Mosse T Harry Dunlop —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Apr 16	Lingfield Park	1m	Standard	C3	1/9	—	4.00
26 Sep 15	Newmarket	1m 1f	Good	C2	27/34	21L	41.0
05 Sep 15	Kempton Park	1m	Standard To Slow	C2	13/16	10¼L	5.50

3 wins from 7 · placed 5

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Earth Drummer (IRE)

6yo · 8-12 · OR 98

686305 J Shane Kelly T David Loughnane —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
07 May 16	Ascot	7f	Good To Firm	C2	5/26	2¾L	51.0
30 Apr 16	Thirsk	1m	Soft	C2	15/15	21½L	13.0
16 Apr 16	Chelmsford City	1m	Standard	C2	3/7	1¾L	6.00

0 wins from 7 · placed 2

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Librisa Breeze

4yo · 8-11 · OR 97

1D51D1 J Robert Winston T Dean Ivory —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Apr 16	Wolverhampton	1m 110y	Standard	C3	1/7	—	3.50
10 Oct 15	York	1m 1f	Good To Soft	C2	DSQ	hd	13.0
21 Sep 15	Kempton Park	1m	Standard To Slow	C4	1/10	—	8.00

3 wins from 7 · placed 4

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