British 2yo Racing - 2015 Race Result :- 178 : Tue, June 16th - Ascot 5:35, 5f Listed (1), "Windsor Castle Stakes"

BRITISH 2yo RACING - 2015 Season Race Result

Race 178 : Tue, June 16th
Ascot 5:35, 5f Listed (1), "Windsor Castle Stakes"

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[Est] is the B2yoR Rating. Green indicates a 55+ level,
Cream between 30 & 54, Pink less than 30.
Wnr = previous/LATER 2yo Winner. Letter is Race Type.
Hf = Position at Halfway. Green indicates making places to the finish.

GOING	TIME	RcPc	Video	VP
GF	60.04 [Compare]	2	Link	Link

	Horse	SP	[EST]	LB	Run	Wnr	Trainer	Dw	Hf	LBL	Run Notes
1	Washington DC	5	52.0	-	4		A. P. O'Brien	6	2	4.0
2	Areen	14	51.7	0.1	3	m	K. A. Ryan	3	12	7.5
3	Steady Pace	4	49.5	0.8	3	m	S. B. Suroor	14	7	6.5
4	Soapy Aitken	5	45.0	2.4	3	v	C. G. Cox	4	4	5.7	Supp 6/1,
5	Ruby Notion	10	35.5	3.9	2		W. A. Ward	10	1	-4.0	BkWL, QEff Erl & Ld, 5Clr+1f FrSd, , CP Bull, SLg, ShNk SWk?, High ActnF
6	Orvar	8	38.2	4.6	2	m	R. Hannon (Jnr)	17	17	9.5	Supp 9/1,
7	Opal Tiara	14	29.4	5.8	3	a	M. R. Channon	24	25	11.7	NewOwner,
8	Nelspruit	25	29.9	7.3	4	m	R. Hannon (Jnr)	7	13	0.0
9	Halsall	100	28.4	7.8	4	a	D. O'Meara	12	18	10.0
10	Silver Wings	33	26.2	8.6	5	m	P. D. Evans	1	3	5.5
11	Roll On Rory	25	26.2	8.6	3	m	R. J. Ward	26	21	10.5
12	Stamp Hill	66	25.6	8.8	3	M	J. P. Murtagh	18	24	11.5
13	Ravenhoe	25	25.3	8.9	6	d	M. Johnston	21	9	6.7
14	Socialites Red	100	18.8	9.4	3	A	S. P. J. Dixon	11	14	8.0
15	Harvard Man	20	18.5	11.2	3	m	B. J. Meehan	9	8	6.5	AP Blanket,
16	Archimedes	50	18.4	11.2	4	m	P. F. I. Cole	25	15	9.0
17	Wedge	100	16.9	11.7	3	m/N	R. Hannon (Jnr)	22	23	11.0
18	Just Glamorous	100	16.6	11.8	2		R. Harris	5	10	7.0
19	Lathom	33	11.3	13.6	3	m/V	R. A. Fahey	13	6	6.2
20	Ard San Aer	14	9.8	14.1	3		J. S. Bolger	16	19	10.2
21	Sahreej	33	3.1	16.3	4	m/N	B. W. Hills	8	16	9.2
22	Dream Dreamer	33	-16.9	21.3	5	m	J. A. Osborne	2	11	7.2	, WTRB = Jk said Hrs Stopped Quickly ins-2f
23	Aragon Knight	100	-12.0	21.3	4		H. S. Main	23	5	6.0
24	Hot Stuff	100	-12.1	21.4	2		G. Baker	19	22	10.7
25	Caledonian Gold	100	-18.6	21.9	2		P. W. D'Arcy	15	20	10.5
26	Sir Theodore	100	-17.4	23.1	3	N	D. Morris	27	27	13.2
27	Its In The Rain	50	-27.1	26.4	5		M. Palussiere	20	26	12.0

SUMMARY

GF by Race Time with GStick updated to be 8.5 Far & Stands sides, 8.3 Centre. GGF at 08:15am as on Decs. Watering on Sunday but no Details. GStick 8.0 Centre & Far Side, 8.2 (faster) on Stands Side.

Stalls Centre.

=== Pre Race ===

Halsall not sold at the 'London Sale' the evening before the race with No Bid recorded.

=== Post Race ===

Initial thoughts. Field spread across course. Ruby Notion took off from stall 10 (centre to Far Side) and 4-5L clear after 1f (if they ever have 4f races at ASCT...). RN hanging right a bit across to the low draws and that seemed to drag the far side group, as a whole, ahead of the high draws racing in a stands side group. 3 of first 4 home from low draws with Steady Pace edging right from a centre draw across the the outer edge of that group. Aragon Knight kicked clear of the stands side group from before halfway to try to chase the pace. Orvar left with too much to do to close up from well off the pace and isolated.

Areen & Steady Pace both ran in the National Stakes LTO along with Coventry winner Buratino all having issues in that race and not showing what they could achive. King Of Rooks had the run of that race to finish clear of that trio and is already the odds on favourite for Thursda's Norfolk Stakes.

Good bit of jk comparison late on with Spencer trying to get Areen to go faster by junmping around more and adding more unnecessary energy to the system. Moore carried on in his rhythm asking Washington DC while looking across at Frank with the disdain of Roger Federer whacking a cross-court past a Sunday hacker. These sort of bid field, strong pace and high energy races play well to Spencer's OSFA 'style' and long priced places by him at the meeting fairly common.

=== Post VRev ===

Around halfway the field spread from far rail to Stds-Cent Strip and in an echelon, with the far side ahead, the centre mid way back and the stands side of the spread well back. The pace too strong and the 6-8th and 11-12th home all examples of horses who got well behind the pacesetting group on the Far Side (led by Ruby Notion) while racing stands side. They all made notable places and ground back by the finish line with the echelon from Far Rai back to stands side starting to 'straighten up' across the track.

8 of the field made VTLs after Halfway (19 lost relative ground) and in order of ground gained they were = Areen, Opal Tiara, Steady Pace, Orvar, Washington DC, Soapy Aitken, Stamp Hill & Roll On Rory. At this point, if Royal Ascot would pay to provide Sectional Ratings we could look at the figures and see what 'Sectional Markups' were being applied to individual horses and what the last 2f 'Finishing %' was. Just visually you might wonder whether Opal Tiara might have been better off in the Albany, for eg. Also, just how valid the striking forward move Areen made just into the last 2f was. Areen extending that effort well into the last 1f.