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16.07

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Dubai Duty Free Cup Stakes (Listed Race)

  • Prize money: £34026
  • 0m 7f 0y
  • Class 1
  • 10 runners
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Dubai Duty Free Cup Stakes (Listed Race)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

Form: -44232 D

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 4lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 105

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2nd

3

(7)

22nd Aug 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

15:19 Newmarket (July)

Elarak

9st 3lb

J: David Probert

T: Charles Hills

Low-mileage 4yo who finished close up in valuable 7f handicaps at Royal Ascot and here (both good to firm) on last two appearances; doesn't have that much to find with the principals on this return to Listed company but has never run in a sprint before.

9/2

3rd

3

(15)

11th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 2

15:25 Newmarket (July)

Elarak

9st 12lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Charles Hills

Record of 3-9 includes two wins at the Newmarket tracks; good second, beaten only a neck, in the 7f handicap at Royal Ascot (good to firm) most recently; due to go up 3lb in future; strong contender.

7/2

Form: 4-0023

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 4lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 104

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3rd

3

(4)

5th Sep 2026

Soft

0m 7f 212y

Class 1

13:25 Haydock

Fondo Blanco

9st 5lb

J: Ray Dawson

T: Roger Varian

Dual winner on ground slower than good, including a C&D handicap last September; back on good to soft he chased home a handicap snip last weekend at Goodwood; he'll give his running but that's unlikely to be good enough.

18/1

2nd

2

(8)

29th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 2

14:00 Goodwood

Fondo Blanco

9st 9lb

J: Jack Mitchell

T: Roger Varian

Progressed into a useful sort last term but has a doubt over current form, having posted two duck eggs (both at Ascot) this season; best watched unless the market suggests a revival is likely.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: -51277 D

Last run: 6 days

W: 9st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 107

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7th

2

(4)

12th Sep 2026

Good To Soft

0m 7f 6y

Class 1

14:55 Doncaster

Myal

9st 6lb

J: David Allan

T: Steph Hollinshead

Useful 7f performer and flagbearer for his stable; best form this term when winning at Thirsk and second at Haydock (Listed) in the spring; the only C&D scorer in this field but faces a stiff task upped in grade, being bottom on ratings.

33/1

7th

2

(7)

11th Jul 2026

Good

0m 7f 1y

Class 1

15:52 Chester

Myal

9st 7lb

J: David Allan

T: Steph Hollinshead

Likeable 5yo who has a strike-rate of 7-19 and was runner-up behind an impressive winner in a Listed race at Haydock (7f, good) in May; should be in the mix again and his only previous visit to Chester resulted in a C&D win.

13/2

Form: 109108 D

Last run: 34 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 106

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8th

8

(5)

15th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

15:10 Newbury

Northern Champion

9st 2lb

J: Ashley Lewis

T: Ed Walker

Back on the up with hard-fought 7f Listed win at Chester (good) in July, before finishing down the field in Stewards' Cup at Goodwood; returning to this trip should suit but he has a fair bit to find on the figures.

33/1

22th

3

(9)

1st Aug 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 2

15:35 Goodwood

Northern Champion

9st 9lb

J: Ashley Lewis

T: Ed Walker

Two wins in Dubai early in the year before coming up short in Group 1 company in March and June; back on the up with a 7f Listed win at Chester three weeks ago; this looks a tough task under 6lb penalty though.

16/1

Form: 638-20

Last run: 90 days

W: 9st 4lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 108

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25th

1

(30)

20th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 2

17:00 Ascot

Spy Chief

9st 12lb

J: William Buick

T: John & Thady Gosden

Often leads; showed high-class form on good to firm ground last summer, runner-up in the Group 3 Jersey (7f) at this meeting, then involved in a tight finish for third place in the Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket (6f) despite racing away from the main action for much of the way; had some excuses later but he was back on track when a close second in a 6f Listed race at Salisbury recently; can go well from rail draw.

11/1

2nd

7

(7)

23rd May 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

19:15 Salisbury

Spy Chief

9st 7lb

J: Kieran O’Neill

T: John & Thady Gosden

Highly tried after trouncing Almeraq in a Yarmouth novice (6f, good to firm; receiving 7lb) last June, finishing second in the Jersey Stakes nine days later and not beaten far in the July Cup the following month; finished his 3yo campaign quietly but possible he'll kick on again this year.

5/1

Form: 0-0321 D

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 4lb

5 yo Colt

OR: 100

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1st

4

(4)

22nd Aug 2026

Good To Soft

0m 7f 127y

Class 2

14:05 Chester

Whip Cracker

9st 6lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Richard Hughes

0-16 on turf but usually runs his race; runner-up at this track (10.5f, good) when last seen in May; may find this on the sharp side having not been seen in races less than 1m since his juvenile days.

7/1

2nd

7

(12)

8th May 2026

Good

1m 2f 70y

Class 2

13:30 Chester

Whip Cracker

9st 4lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: Richard Hughes

Without a win since his second start as a 2yo, but several good efforts since as when beaten a length into third of 24 in the Newbury Spring Cup (1m, good ) last month; Ryan Moore keeps the ride and rain shouldn't be an issue, but the draw could have been kinder.

6/1

Form: 22-957 D

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 101

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5th

11

(2)

27th Jun 2026

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

14:10 Newcastle (AW)

Zoum Zoum

9st 5lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Ralph Beckett

Ran poorly on his reappearance at Salisbury (6f, good) five weeks ago; best efforts give him a squeak and he is effective on AW but others appeal more for win purposes.

16/1

9th

8

(5)

23rd May 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

19:15 Salisbury

Zoum Zoum

9st 7lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: Ralph Beckett

Just missed out in this race on his reappearance 12 months ago (good to firm); ended 2025 with two good second-place finishes in Listed company at Doncaster and Southwell; each-way shout once again.

6/1

Form: -27103 D

Last run: 49 days

W: 9st 1lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 107

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3rd

2

(5)

31st Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

14:25 Goodwood

Catullus

9st 3lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Charlie Appleby

Campaigned mostly at 7f; had wind/gelding operations prior to easily justifying favouritism in Goodwood handicap; second best (behind Andab) in the near-side group in the Jersey Stakes since; the only course winner in this field and there are 1m/1m1f scorers on the dam's side of his pedigree.

12/1

10th

7

(14)

20th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

16:20 Ascot

Catullus

9st 3lb

J: William Buick

T: Charlie Appleby

Disappointing when favourite at Meydan in February, but returned from wind surgery and a gelding operation with a much improved effort to win 17-runner handicap at Goodwood (7f, good) with stacks in hand; that looks solid form and a repeat would give him major claims for a stable that won this race in 2021 and 2022.

8/1

Form: 1-1101 CD

Last run: 62 days

W: 8st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 93

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No Results Found

Form: 311- CD

Last run: 328 days

W: 8st 10lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 92

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1st

3

(2)

25th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

14:00 Newbury

Leading Dancer

9st 2lb

J: William Buick

T: K R Burke

Kept on strongly for third at Doncaster (7f, good) last month and had no trouble making all when 8-15 in four-runner novice at Newcastle (7f, AW) 16 days later; useful prospect.

9/4

1

(1)

28th Sep 2025

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 3

17:05 Newcastle (AW)

Leading Dancer

9st 2lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: K R Burke

Well-bred filly; pleasing start to her career when keeping on strongly for third, behind a couple of fillies who had already shown a useful level of ability, at Doncaster 16 days ago (7f, good); leading claims with that run behind her.

1/3

Betting Forcast

9/2 Elarak, 6/1 Fondo Blanco, 16/1 Myal, 25/1 Northern Champion, 11/4 Spy Chief, 14/1 Whip Cracker, 25/1 Zoum Zoum, 11/4 Catullus, 10/1 All Moonshine, 14/1 Leading Dancer