Saturday 22 June · Royal Ascot, England
14:30 Chesham Stakes (Listed)
- Distance
- 0m 7f 0y
- Going
- Good (Good to Firm in places)
- Class
- 1
- Prize
- GBP 90000
- Runners
- 14
Race preview
PINATUBO accounted for a good field, which included the subsequent Windsor Castle second Platinum Star, on his debut at Wolverhampton. The son of Shamardal did not appear to be suited by the speed test over 6f in the Woodcote at Epsom last time out but showed his class to win. He should favour this more conventional track, and the extra furlong is also a positive. Lope Y Fernandez was an impressive winner on his debut at the Curragh and has to be respected. It is interesting that connections who are usually very patient with their horses decide to run the maiden Heaven Forfend. Six furlongs would have been too sharp for this son of Frankel on debut at Newbury and that runner-up effort was boosted when the fourth ran well in the Coventry on Tuesday. Others to consider are Harpocrates, Mohican Heights and Year Of The Tiger.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinatubo | 11 | James Doyle | C Appleby | 9 3 | 3-1 | |
| 2 | Lope Y Fernandez | 1 | R L Moore | A P O'Brien | 9 3 | 5-4 | |
| 3 | Highland Chief | 1 | Raul Da Silva | P & O Cole | 9 3 | 14-1 | |
| 4 | Sun Power | 51 | S De Sousa | R Hannon | 9 3 | 33-1 | |
| 5 | Harpocrates | 23 | D O'Brien | A P O'Brien | 9 3 | 12-1 | |
| 6 | Heaven Forfend | 2 | Oisin Murphy | Sir Michael Stoute | 9 3 | 20-1 | |
| 7 | Year Of The Tiger | 2 | Seamie Heffernan | A P O'Brien | 9 3 | 10-1 | |
| 8 | Rose Of Kildare | 24112 | L Dettori | C & M Johnston | 8 12 | 8-1 | |
| 9 | United Front | 44 | Wayne Lordan | A P O'Brien | 9 3 | 50-1 | |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | 22 | D Tudhope | K Dalgleish | 9 3 | 66-1 | |
| 11 | Zmile | 4 | James McDonald | M L W Bell | 8 12 | 66-1 | |
| 12 | Montanari | David Probert | A M Balding | 9 3 | 66-1 | ||
| 13 | Ardenlee Star | 1 | T Hamilton | R A Fahey | 9 3 | 80-1 | |
| 14 | Dramatic Sands | 2 | Edward Greatrex | A Watson | 9 3 | 25-1 | |
| NR | Dark Kris | 52 | S W Kelly | R Hughes | 9 3 | ||
| NR | Joker On Jack | 17 | Tyler Gaffalione | Wesley Ward | 9 3 | ||
| NR | Mohican Heights | 1 | J P Spencer | D M Simcock | 9 3 |