Clive Brittain, who will
celebrate his 80th birthday on December 15, danced to the winner's
podium after Rizeena swept past the front-running American challenger Sweet
Emma Rose to win the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes.
He rates Rizeena, winner
of her last three races, alongside one his best horses, Sayyedati, successful
in five Group Ones including the 1000 Guineas.
The Newmarket trainer
said: "This victory is not unexpected - we have known this filly is useful
for some time. I was as certain as you can be when you have a field of top
horses against you that she would run a big race. She has been working
extremely well and improved from work to work.
"Thanks go to Rosina,
the girl who looks after Rizeena and practically lives with her and to Miblish.
"She had a tendency
to cut her action off - she was wanting to go too quickly - and for the last
three months she has had Miblish (fifth in today's Prince Of Wales's Stakes) as
a lead horse - he is a great walker and mover. He has taught her how to walk
and get rhythm. And that rhythm has injected a bit of speed.
"When we saw the
speed we knew she would be good enough to come here. She took on the colts last
time and I had no fears about that. I think she would have been a danger to the
colts in the Coventry Stakes but we came here.
"If the owner agrees,
the next race will be the Moyglare (7f, Group One, the Curragh, Ireland),
following the same route I took with Sayyedati. She will stay seven furlongs.
"Then she will come
back for the Cheveley Park Stakes (6f, Group One, Newmarket). Today has proved
she has got class - she has had to make up five lengths on a very fast horse.
She has had to stick her neck out and race.
"You don't have to
win your race in the first four furlongs, rather the last one.
"She was good enough
to beat a horse rated 105 (Miblish) on the gallops. I am often accused of
pitching horses in too deep. I train my horses with the hope they can be Listed
or Group performers. I give them all the same chance.
"My horses are a
little bit green when they come to the races because they don't see any
others! A win such as this makes you want to get up at 3.30am in the
mornings. Every horse gets a polo mint at 4am and then again at 8pm when I go
around again."
James Doyle, celebrating
an astonishing 891.5/1 treble today after not having a Royal Ascot winner
previously, was a late choice for the two-year-old filly, with Ryan Moore
having been claimed to ride Bye Bye Birdie.
Brittain added: I lost
Ryan Moore. He was going to ride the filly until 24 hours before the race when
he was claimed. I rang James's agent and said that I wanted someone who could
come and sit on the filly beforehand to see she was something special.
"I had to have a
jockey who knew he had a chance and was not on a donkey. If you fill a jockey's
mind that he has a chance then he goes out and rides with confidence. My usual
Royal Ascot runner is a 33/1 chance and 500/1 if it is the Derby!
"James rode Rizeena
in steady exercise with Miblish up Warren Hill and they quickened up from three
to the four furlong markers and she picked him up like that. I chose the horse
and the jockey!"
Doyle was smiling broadly
afterwards: "It is just amazing. I have not really taken it all in to be
honest. It is what you aspire too. I am very happy and thanks to all the
connections who have given me the chance today - without them it would be
tough.
"I thought coming
today that I would definitely have one winner - Al Kazeem - and I thought this
filly had an outstanding chance. The Royal Hunt Cup is a bit of a lottery but
it worked out. I am loving every minute."
He then went off to ride
in a maiden at Kempton Park.
SWEET
EMMA AND ONE CHANCE DO IT FOR TRAINERS
American trainer Wesley
Ward and Newmarket-based Tim Pitt had good reason to feel a sense of relief
after fillies they train finished placed in the Gr.2 Queen Mary Stakes.
Ward's journey across the
Atlantic would have proved rather disappointing had he not gone home with some
prize money, and after Ogermeister's 15th place in yesterday's
Windsor Castle Stakes he needed a tonic. Sweet Emma Rose provided it by
blitzing from the stalls and clinging on to second behind winner Rizeena. Pitt
had a slightly different pressure, for he is still rebuilding his career after
a brilliant summer with sprinter Les Arcs in 2006 was followed by a split from
owner Willie McKay, who owned his training base near Doncaster. One Chance's
third place today was vindication of Pitt's judgement when buying the filly for
120,000gns at the yearling sales last autumn.
Ward, who plans to run No
Nay Never in tomorrow's Norfolk Stakes, said of Sweet Emma Rose: "The plan
was to go like a bullet from the gate and we wanted this fast ground. That
helped her, and what she lacks in talent she gains in her heart.
"She loves turf and I
hope she's going on to bigger things in the future. Where that might be depends
on what happens with No Nay Never tomorrow, because if he wins I would like to
take him to France for the Prix Morny, and then I would look for another race
on the card for this filly.
"We wanted to win
today, but this is Royal Ascot and to have a good showing is important. After
yesterday's showing by Ogermeister I was scratching my head, but this filly has
got me excited again."
Pitt said of One Chance:
"That is very sweet, because this filly is owned by a proper man - Tom
Burridge - who has put a lot of faith in me. She's not better than a Group Two
filly, but he gave me the cheque book and we went and bought her. He wanted an
Invincible Spirit filly and she fitted the bill.
"She looked quick at
the sales, and we knew that if she didn't work out as a two-year-old we would
be scratching our heads. That's not to say she won't get better, but she's done
the deed today by finishing placed at Royal Ascot.
"The race went as
planned - there was pace on our side and our filly is quick into her stride.
Now we'll have a look at the programme, but I doubt she wants to go any further.
We'll probably avoid the Molecomb and look at races like the Cornwallis Stakes.
With a bit more cut she would be better."
5.00pm
Queen Mary Stakes (Group Two)
£100,000
total prize fund. For 2yo fillies, 5f. Weights: 8st 12lb. Penalty value 1st
£56,710.00 2nd £21,500.00 3rd £10,760.00 4th £5,360.00 5th £2,690.00 6th
£1,350.00
1)
RIZEENA (IRE) (Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum) Clive Brittain 2-8-12 James
Doyle [16] 6/1
2) SWEET
EMMA ROSE (USA) (Hat Creek Racing) Wesley Ward USA bt2-8-12 Joel Rosario [1]
16/1
3) ONE
CHANCE (IRE) (Recycled Products Limited) Tim Pitt 2-8-12 Andrea Atzeni [6] 66/1
4) FIG
ROLL (Des Anderson) Richard Hannon 2-8-12 Pat Dobbs [4]
5) REROUTE
(IRE) (Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum) Ed Walker 2-8-12 Robert Winston [11]
6)
SURVIVED (Cheveley Park Stud) William Haggas 2-8-12 Graham Lee [5]
7) ALUTIQ
(IRE) (Qatar Racing Limited) Eve Johnson Houghton 2-8-12 Jim Crowley [22]
8)
VENTURA MIST (Middleham Park Racing XXIV) Tim Easterby p2-8-12 Duran Fentiman
[3]
9)
KAIULANI (IRE) (T Radford) Mick Channon 2-8-12 Martin Harley [17]
10) FAST
(Julie Wood) Richard Hannon 2-8-12 Dane O'Neill [19]
11) FIRE
BLAZE (IRE) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 2-8-12 Mickael Barzalona [2]
12) BYE
BYE BIRDIE (Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith) Aidan O'Brien IRE
p2-8-12 Ryan Moore [20]
13)
BLITHE SPIRIT (Liam & Tony Ferguson) Eric Alston 2-8-12 Pat Smullen [9]
14)
BELDALE MEMORY (IRE) (Qatar Racing Limited) Clive Cox 2-8-12 Jamie Spencer [8]
4/1 Fav
15)
ROBYNELLE (Mac Asphalt Ltd) Keith Dalgleish 2-8-12 Silvestre De Sousa [24]
16)
LORIMER'S LOT (IRE) (Lorimer Walford) Tim Walford 2-8-12 Daniel Tudhope [7]
17) ORIEL
(Highclere Thoroughbred Racing - Petrushka) Richard Hannon 2-8-12 Richard
Hughes [18]
18)
DIAMOND LADY (B Bedford, P Hanly, D Bird, D Bedford) Jo Hughes 2-8-12 Cathy
Gannon [15]
19)
QUATUOR (IRE) (Edwards, Hughes, Jenkins, Roberts) Tom Dascombe 2-8-12 Richard
Kingscote [12]
20)
SANDSMAN'S GIRL (IRE) (Danethorpe Racing Partnership) James Given 2-8-12 Tom
Queally [13]
21)
BAYTOWN KESTREL (Rebecca McEntee) Phil McEntee 2-8-12 Adam Kirby [21]
22)
CORNCOCKLE (Rockcliffe Stud) Richard Hannon 2-8-12 Sean Levey [10]
23) GO
GLAMOROUS (IRE) (Robert & Nina Bailey) Ron Harris 2-8-12 S J Drowne [14]
23
ran
Non-runner:
Excel's Beauty (Withdrawn)
Time:
59.29s
Distances:
2, 1, ½, hd, ¾, nse, 1, nk, 1, hd, 2, sh, ¾, nk, ½, 1, ¾, hd, ½, 1, nk, ½,
Breeder:
Round Hill Stud
Breeding:
Iffraaj - Serena´s Storm (IRE) (Statue Of Liberty (USA)
Tote
Win
£7.60 Place £3.00 £4.90
£24.00 Exacta
£129.70
Winning
trainer:-Name: Brittain, Clive Edward Born: Calne, Wiltshire, 15/12/33 Trains
at Carlburg Stables, Newmarket, Suffolk Background: Brittain first
earned money out of horses at the age of eight, breaking in ponies. He served
his apprenticeship with Sir Noel Murless, for whom he worked as a groom for 23
years. Wife Maureen was Murless' secretary, and she eventually became secretary
for Brittain. Helped by some gambling winnings, largely gleaned from Altesse
Royale's win in the 1971 Oaks, he set up as a trainer from Pegasus House
Stables in Newmarket in 1972, having his first winner, Vedvyas, at Doncaster on
April 1 of that year. Three years later he moved across town to his current
yard, which was purchased for him by his then principal patron, Captain Marcos
Lemos. Date of first licence: 1972 First winner: Vedvyas,
Doncaster, April 1, 1972 British Classic wins: (6) 1000 Guineas (1984
Pebbles,1993 Sayyedati); 2000 Guineas (1991 Mystiko); Vodafone Oaks (1992 User
Friendly), St Leger (1978 Julio Mariner, 1992 User Friendly) Other major
wins include: Breeders' Cup Turf (1985 Pebbles), Champion Stakes (1985
Pebbles), Chester Vase (1995 Luso, 2003 Dutch Gold, 2005 Hattan), Cheveley Park
Stakes (1992 Sayyedati), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1985 Pebbles), UAE Equestrian
And Racing Federation Falmouth Stakes (1992 Gussy Marlowe, 2006 Rajeem), German
1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1993 User Friendly),
Grosser Volkswagen Preis von Baden (2004, 2005 Warrsan), Hong Kong
International Vase (1997 Luso); Irish 1,000 Guineas (2000 Crimplene), Italian
Derby (1991 Hailsham, 1995 Luso), Japan Cup (1986 Jupiter Island), Juddmonte
International (1991 Terimon), Meon Valley Stud Fillies Mile (1999 Teggiano);
Nassau Stakes (2000 Crimplene), Prix Jacques Le Marois (1993 Sayyedati), Prix
Jean Prat (1988 Lapierre), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1997 Air Express), St
James's Palace Stakes (1974 Averof, 1976 Radetzky), Sussex Stakes (1995
Sayyedati), Vodafone Coronation Cup (2003 and 2004 Warrsan), Yorkshire Oaks
(1992 User Friendly) First Royal Ascot win: Averof (June 6, 1974 - St
James's Palace Stakes) Royal Ascot Wins (17): St James's Palace Stakes
(1974 Averof, 1976 Radetzky), Queen Anne Stakes (1978 Radetzky, 1991 Sikeston,
1993 Alflora), Queen's Vase (1982 Evzon), Coronation Stakes (2000 Crimplene),
Royal Hunt Cup (1985 Come On The Blues), Hardwicke Stakes (1985 Jupiter
Island), Chesham Stakes (1987 Lapierre, 1995 World Premier, 2010 Zaidan),
Ribblesdale Stakes (1992 Armarama), Britannia Handicap (1992 Efharisto), King
Edward VII Stakes (1996 Amfortas), Jersey Stakes (2003 Membership), Queen Mary
Stakes (2013 Rizeena) Wins (1983-2012):45: 33: 51: 39: 38: 40: 36: 42:
53: 63: 37: 37: 51: 35: 26: 23: 40: 27: 28: 31: 41: 28: 32; 48; 28; 27; 44; 41;
19; 16 Wins This Year: 10
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