Elidor, ridden by Martin
Harley who was having his first Royal Ascot success, won a very competitive
12-furlong King George V Handicap for trainer Mick Channon.
Channon reflected on an
amazing day at Royal Ascot: "Racing has a knack of throwing up great
stories - Lady Cecil winning with Riposte and then The Queen with Estimate.
"It is a hard place
to get in this winner's enclosure and I am glad to be here."
Channon said of the
three-year-old Cape Cross colt who was winning for the first time in seven
starts: "Elidor had the form in the book - we have waited a long time
since he came second in the Lingfield Derby trial.
"I thought we might
have gone up retrospectively when the horse we were third to at Pontefract,
Libertarian, won the Dante and finished second in the Derby. Luckily, the
handicapper did not put him up.
"Elidor has been a
smashing horse and was very unlucky not to win at Doncaster two starts ago and
the horse that beat him came a decent third in the Ormonde Stakes.
"This horse is a stayer,
he will get better the further he goes and needs two miles now. We will see
what the handicapper does and take it from there. He is a nice horse."
Harley declared: "It
is a fantastic feeling to win at Royal Ascot - I will never forget my first one
at this meeting - the first is always the best.
"It was quite a rough
race from half-way but he picked up really good a furlong and a half out."
5.35pm
King George V Handicap
£75,000
total prize fund. For 3yo rated 0-105, 1m 4f. Weights: highest weight not less
than 9st 7lb. Minimum weight: 8-0. Penalties: after June 8th, a winner 4lb; a
winner of 2 races 7lb. Penalty value 1st £46,687.50 2nd £13,980.00 3rd
£6,990.00 4th £3,495.00 5th £1,747.50 6th £877.50.
1) ELIDOR
(John and Julia Aisbitt) Mick Channon 3-9-00 Martin Harley [10] 20/1
2) SPACE
SHIP (Lady Rothschild) John Gosden 3-9-03 William Buick [15] 16/1
3) BOLD
SNIPER (The Queen) Sir Michael Stoute h3-9-02 Ryan Moore [16] 7/2 Fav
4) CAP
O'RUSHES (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-9-07 Mickael Barzalona [21] 25/1
5)
ANOTHER COCKTAIL (Michael Kerr-Dineen) Hughie Morrison 3-9-05 Jimmy Fortune [2]
6)
SALUTATION (IRE) (Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-8-10
Joe Fanning [19]
7)
EXCELLENT RESULT (IRE) (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor 3-9-06 Silvestre de Sousa
[7]
8) SOVIET
ROCK (IRE) (Jackie & George Smith) Andrew Balding 3-9-01 Thomas Brown (5)
[11]
9) RED
RUNAWAY (The Hon Ronald Arculli) Ed Dunlop 3-8-07 James Doyle [17]
10)
SPILLWAY (Virginia Neale) Eve Johnson Houghton 3-9-00 Tom Queally [13]
11)
PETHER'S MOON (IRE) (John Manley) Richard Hannon 3-9-02 Richard Hughes [9]
12)
ESHTIAAL (USA) (Hamdan Al Maktoum) Brian Meehan 3-9-06 Paul Hanagan [1]
13) CARRY
ON SYDNEY (Sydney Arms Partnership) Richard Hannon 3-8-12 Pat Dobbs [14]
14)
PASAKA BOY (RWH Partnership) Jonathan Portman 3-9-01 Richard Kingscote [18]
15)
GREELEYS LOVE (USA) (Crone Stud Farms Ltd) Mark Johnston 3-8-11 Jamie Spencer
[3]
16)
NUMBER ONE LONDON (IRE) (Stewart Jones) Brian Meehan 3-8-08 Kieren Fallon [6]
17)
SHREWD (Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum) Michael Bell 3-9-03 James McDonald [12]
18) BLUE
WAVE (IRE) (Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston b3-8-12 Fran
Berry [4]
18
ran
Non-runner:
Royal Skies (Going)
Time: 2m
30.81s
Distances:1,
sh, ¾, ½, sh, ½, ½, nk, ½, ½, ½, 1¼, hd, 2, 2, ½ , 1
Breeder:
Ashley House Stud
Breeding:
Cape Cross (IRE) - Honorine (IRE) (Mark Of Esteem (IRE))
Tote
Win £27.60 Place £4.90 £4.80 £1.50
£5.50 Exacta £608.40
Winning
trainer:-Name: Channon, Michael Roger Date of birth: 28/11/48 Trains
at: West Ilsley, Berks Date of first training licence: 1990 First
Flat Winner: Golden Scissors, Bridlington Bay Maiden, Beverley, March 30,
1990 First Jumps Winner: Wessex Warrior, Wincanton, March 30, 1990 Background:
International footballer, assistant trainer to John Baker and Ken Cunningham-Brown
Seriously injured in a fatal road accident on returning from Doncaster Sales in
August 2008. Classic Wins: Irish 1,000 Guineas (2012 Samitar) Major
wins include: Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cherry Hinton Stakes (2008
Please Sing), Darley Dewhurst Stakes (2000 Tobougg), Field Marshall Stakes
(1994 Great Deeds), Gimcrack Stakes (1998 Josr Algharoud), Great Voltigeur
Stakes (2006 Youmzain), Lowther Stakes (1998 Bint Allayl, 2001 Queen's Logic),
Moyglare Stud Stakes (2002 Mail The Desert), Nunthorpe Stakes (1994 Piccolo),
Lotus Evora Rockfel Stakes (2003 Cairns, 2008 Lahaleeb, 2009 Music Show)
Shadwell Cheveley Park Stakes (1999 Seazun, 2001 Queen's Logic), Kingdom Of
Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes (2007 Majestic Roi), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2008
Youmzain), Veuve Cliquot Vintage Stakes (2008 Orizaba), Etihad Airways Falmouth
Stakes (2010 Music Show) Premio Gran Criterium (2011 Nayarra) First Royal
Ascot win: Great Deeds (June 18, 1993 - Windsor Castle Stakes) Royal
Ascot wins (18): Windsor Castle Stakes (1993 Great Deeds, 1999 Kalindi,
2003 Holborn), King's Stand Stakes (1995 Piccolo), Queen Mary Stakes (1998 Bint
Allayl, 2001 Queen's Logic, 2005 Flashy Wings), Coventry Stakes (2000 CD
Europe); Ribblesdale Stakes (2000 Miletrian), St James's Palace Stakes (2003
Zafeen), Albany Stakes (2003 Silca's Gift, 2007 Nijoom Dubai, 2011 Samitar),
Chesham Stakes (2005 Championship Point), Ascot Stakes (2006 Baddam), Queen
Alexandra Stakes (2006 Baddam), Wolferton Handicap (2007 Championship Point),
King George V Handicap (2013 Elidor) Wins in a season (1990-2012): 16;
22; 27; 41; 74; 71; 56; 40; 71; 72; 90; 67; 123; 143; 98; 103; 127; 85; 108;
101; 92; 109 Wins in 2013: 30
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