Ascot Stakes 2023 Result
17:00 Tuesday 20 June 2023 |
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ASCOT STAKES (HERITAGE HANDICAP) (2) |
Distance : 2m 3f 210y |
| Prize : £51,540 Rated : (0-100) Age : 4yo+ Race Type : Flat | Going : Good |
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Non Runners: EAST ASIA (IRE) . |
Winning Owner: Mr D J Burke & Mr P Alderson |
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Time: 4m 32.05s |
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Non Runners: EAST ASIA (IRE) . |
Winning Owner: Mr D J Burke & Mr P Alderson |
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Time: 4m 32.05s |
It's no rarity for this race to take until the home turn to develop, putting a premium on track position and finishing speed - not to mention plain old luck - rather than out-and-out stamina, but the absence of a Coltrane this year didn't prevent another cracker, the in-foal winner proving especially well handicapped to come from where she did as the gaps opened as required on the inside, with a quartet with no shortage of form in good-class handicaps under both codes filling 4 of the next 5 positions, a recent recruit to another jumps-oriented yard in Gordon Elliott claiming the other.
It's no rarity for this race to take until the home turn to develop, putting a premium on track position and finishing speed - not to mention plain old luck - rather than out-and-out stamina, but the absence of a Coltrane this year didn't prevent another cracker, the in-foal winner proving especially well handicapped to come from where she did as the gaps opened as required on the inside, with a quartet with no shortage of form in good-class handicaps under both codes filling 4 of the next 5 positions, a recent recruit to another jumps-oriented yard in Gordon Elliott claiming the other.