King's Stand 2017 Result
15:40 Tuesday 20 June 2017 |
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KING'S STAND STAKES (Group 1) (1) |
Distance : 5f |
| Prize : £226,840 Age : 3yo+ Race Type : Flat | Going : Firm |
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Non Runners: ORNATE . |
Winning Owner: Stonestreet Stables/G Bolton/P Leidel |
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Time: 57.45s |
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Non Runners: ORNATE . |
Winning Owner: Stonestreet Stables/G Bolton/P Leidel |
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Time: 57.45s |
This wasn't such a cosmopolitan renewal of the King's Stand as we've sometimes had in recent years, with no southern hemisphere challenge and only 2 of the 17-strong field trained outside of Britain and Ireland, but it looked a deep race, last year's 1-2, Profitable and Cotai Glory, back again, as well as 2015-winner Goldream, but all of them faced more higher-rated rivals this time around, the pre-race ratings headed by a couple of Group-1 winning fillies in Lady Aurelia and Marsha, whilst Signs of Blessing was another who'd won at the top level last season and there were no shortage of other very smart, established sprinters with strong pattern form making up the numbers; they raced as one group, starting down the centre with some drifting far side by the finish, and there was no bias in the draw, whilst it was a trouble-free race too and very much a case of the cream rising to the top, with Lady Aurelia producing a quite brilliant and dominant display of speed, amongst the best ever performances in this race and one of the best ever from a filly in Timeform's 69-year history; the time was very fast, only just outside of Miss Andretti's course record.
This wasn't such a cosmopolitan renewal of the King's Stand as we've sometimes had in recent years, with no southern hemisphere challenge and only 2 of the 17-strong field trained outside of Britain and Ireland, but it looked a deep race, last year's 1-2, Profitable and Cotai Glory, back again, as well as 2015-winner Goldream, but all of them faced more higher-rated rivals this time around, the pre-race ratings headed by a couple of Group-1 winning fillies in Lady Aurelia and Marsha, whilst Signs of Blessing was another who'd won at the top level last season and there were no shortage of other very smart, established sprinters with strong pattern form making up the numbers; they raced as one group, starting down the centre with some drifting far side by the finish, and there was no bias in the draw, whilst it was a trouble-free race too and very much a case of the cream rising to the top, with Lady Aurelia producing a quite brilliant and dominant display of speed, amongst the best ever performances in this race and one of the best ever from a filly in Timeform's 69-year history; the time was very fast, only just outside of Miss Andretti's course record.