6.25pm
£19,000 Winners Are Welcome At Betdaq Conditions Stakes 6f, Polytrack, the
seventh Fast-Track Qualifier
The 5/4
favourite Alutiq, owned by Qatar Racing, trained by Eve Johnson Houghton in
Oxfordshire and ridden by Jamie Spencer, got up close home to win going away by
a half-length from Oriental Relation (James Given/Graham Lee) in the feature
£19,000 Winners Are Welcome At Betdaq Conditions Stakes over six furlongs on
Polytrack at Kempton Park on Wednesday, January 15.
As this
was a Fast-Track Qualifier, the filly gained a guaranteed free place in the
£150,000 32Red.com Three-Year-Old Final over seven furlongs on Good Friday at
Lingfield Park on the new £1-million All-Weather Championships Finals Day.
Oriental
Relation, a 5/1 chance who had won on his two previous starts, attempted to
make all and gained a clear lead when Lee kicked on in the straight. Alutiq,
held up in fourth of the six runners, came with a good run to go second by the
distance and, making relentless progress, caught the leader close to home to
win in 1m 12.29s, a fast time compared to earlier races on the Kempton Park
card. The winner last raced when seventh in the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes
at Newmarket on September 28.
Eve Johnson
Houghton commented: "I was thrilled with Alutiq tonight. On this evidence,
she should get seven furlongs but obviously there are no guarantees.
"I
need to talk to Sheikh Fahad or David Redvers, but I imagine we will put her
away and wait for the Good Friday Final.
"Alutiq
runs well when fresh and does not need much work. She wants firm ground on turf
so we might as well wait for that as well. The plan was to qualify tonight for
the All-Weather Championships and then have another break."
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