Result 15:40 · Ascot

Hardwicke Stakes

Group 21m 4fGood4yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 2m 31.09s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Defoe (IRE)	Andrea Atzeni	R Varian	—	3.75	4.10
2	Nagano Gold (GB)	Christophe Soumillon	Vaclav Luka Jr	½L	26.0	35.2
3	Mirage Dancer (GB)	P J Dobbs	Sir Michael Stoute	1½L	7.00	8.03
4	Morando (FR)	S De Sousa	A M Balding	4½L	13.0	14.7
5	Masar (IRE)	James Doyle	C Appleby	4¾L	4.00	4.80
6	Southern France (IRE)	R L Moore	A P O'Brien	8¼L	5.50	5.90
7	Salouen (IRE)	Oisin Murphy	Sylvester Kirk	9L	9.00	11.0
8	Communique (IRE)	Franny Norton	Mark Johnston	21L	15.0	17.8

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1 (2)

Communique (IRE)

4yo · 9-1 · OR 114

125714 J Franny Norton T Mark Johnston —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 May 19	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good	C1	4/9	7½L	26.0
04 May 19	Newmarket	1m 4f	Good	C1	1/7	—	13.0
13 Apr 19	Newbury	1m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	7/9	15¼L	12.0

6 wins from 19 · placed 11

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Defoe (IRE)

5yo · 9-1 · OR 118

113421 J Andrea Atzeni T R Varian —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 May 19	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good	C1	1/9	—	12.0
04 May 19	Newmarket	1m 4f	Good	C1	2/7	1¼L	4.50
13 Apr 19	Newbury	1m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	4/9	4L	3.25

8 wins from 14 · placed 11

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Masar (IRE)

4yo · 9-1 · OR 121

131131 J James Doyle T C Appleby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Jun 18	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good	C1	1/12	—	17.0
05 May 18	Newmarket	1m	Good	C1	3/14	1¾L	3.50
19 Apr 18	Newmarket	1m	Good	C1	1/6	—	4.50

4 wins from 6 · placed 6

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Mirage Dancer (GB)

5yo · 9-1 · OR 116

152121 J P J Dobbs T Sir Michael Stoute —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 May 19	Goodwood	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C1	1/4	—	1.67
22 Sep 18	Newbury	1m 3f	Soft	C1	2/7	shd	3.00
03 Aug 18	Goodwood	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C1	1/7	—	2.20

4 wins from 12 · placed 9

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Morando (FR)

6yo · 9-1 · OR 117

052118 J S De Sousa T A M Balding —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 May 19	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good	C1	8/9	15½L	9.00
09 May 19	Chester	1m 5f 110y	Soft	C1	1/6	—	4.00
27 Oct 18	Newbury	1m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	1/10	—	9.00

6 wins from 15 · placed 9

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Nagano Gold (GB) t

5yo · 9-1 · OR 105

No form J Christophe Soumillon T Vaclav Luka Jr —

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Salouen (IRE)

5yo · 9-1 · OR 116

832413 J Oisin Murphy T Sylvester Kirk —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 May 19	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good	C1	3/9	5½L	11.0
11 May 19	Ascot	1m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	1/4	—	1.67
28 Jul 18	Ascot	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C1	4/7	13¼L	21.0

3 wins from 17 · placed 11

Course winner: 1 win from 4 here

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8 (1)

Southern France (IRE)

4yo · 9-1 · OR 113

243732 J R L Moore T A P O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 May 19	York	1m 6f	Good To Firm	C1	2/8	¾L	6.50
28 Apr 19	Navan	1m 6f	Yielding	—	3/9	1L	3.00
13 Oct 18	Newmarket	2m 2f	Good To Firm	C2	7/33	10¾L	5.00

2 wins from 9 · placed 7

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