4/28/2010 Sagaro S.(G3) Illustrious Blue

28 Apr 2010 Ascot
Moss Bros Sagaro Stakes(Group 3)(Class 1)(4yo+)
£36,900.50, £13,988.00, £7,000.50, £3,490.50, £1,748.50, £877.50
2m /Winning Time: 3:29.08 (Good)

			HORSE/SP	AGE	WGT	TRAINER/JOCKEY	OR	TS	RPR
«	1 10		Illustrious Blue 16/1	7	9-1	W J Knight	106	*	*
			b/br h Dansili - Gipsy Moth (Efisio)			Jim Crowley
			Held up in rear until switched to outside and strong run from over 2f out, chased leader final furlong, led under pressure final 100yds, stayed on gamely (op 14-1)
«	2 7	½	Aajel (USA) 13/2	6	9-1	M P Tregoning	100	*	*
			gr g Aljabr (USA) - Awtaan (USA) (Arazi)			Martin Dwyer
			Led, pushed along and quickened pace from 6f out, hard ridden from 2f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong until headed and one pace final 100yds (op 8-1 tchd 6-1)
«	3 3	1	Electrolyser (IRE) 15/2	5	9-1	C G Cox	98	*	*
			gr h Daylami (IRE) - Iviza (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)			Adam Kirby
			Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, chased leader inside final 2f, no impression and stayed on same pace into 3rd final furlong (op 8-1 tchd 17-2)
«	4 8	3	Montaff 14/1	4	8-11	M R Channon	102	*	*
			b c Montjeu (IRE) - Meshhed (USA) (Gulch)			Alan Munro
			In touch mid-division, pushed along 3f out, headway to chase leaders inside final 2f, no impression and one pace from over 1f out
«	5 2	4½	Yes Mr President (IRE) 5/1	5	9-1	M Johnston	108	*	*
			b g Montjeu (IRE) - Royals Special (IRE) (Caerleon)			Joe Fanning
			Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final 2f (op 9-2)
«	6 6	4	Oasis Knight (IRE) 12/1	4	8-11 v	M P Tregoning	104	*	*
			b c Oasis Dream - Generous Lady (Generous)			Richard Hughes
			Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened from 2f out (op 16-1 tchd 20-1 in a place)
«	7 4	1¼	Akmal 9/2F	4	9-0	J L Dunlop	106	*	*
			ch g Selkirk (USA) - Ayun (USA) (Swain)			Richard Hills
			Pulled hard, in touch, pulled way into 2nd 10f out, ridden inside final 3f, not reach leader and weakened quickly inside final 2f (op 5-1)
«	8 1	10	Askar Tau (FR) 5/1	5	9-6 v	M P Tregoning	110	*	*
			b g Montjeu (IRE) - Autriche (IRE) (Acatenango)			Ryan Moore
			In rear and ridden 4f out, some progress into mid-division under pressure 3f out, never any threat and weakened from 2f out (op 7-2)
«	9 5	4	Balkan Knight 28/1	10	9-1	D R C Elsworth	101	*	*
			b g Selkirk (USA) - Crown Of Light (Mtoto)			Dane O'Neill
			Ridden 4f out, behind most of way (op 33-1)
«	10 9	17	Mojave Moon 15/2	4	8-11 v	Mahmood Al Zarooni	108	*	*
			br g Singspiel (IRE) - Moon Cactus (Kris)			Ahmed Ajtebi

10 ran TIME 3m 29.08s (slow by 6.58s) Total SP 112%
1st OWNER: Mr & Mrs I H Bendelow BRED: B J And Mrs Crangle TRAINER: W J Knight
2nd OWNER: Hamdan Al Maktoum
3rd OWNER: Mr And Mrs P Hargreaves
TOTE toteswingers:1&2:£13.10, 1&3:£17.00, 2&3:£10.30 WIN £20.00 PL £4.10, £2.70, £2.60; Ex £120.20; CSF £111.85 TRIFECTA £848.60 Part won. Pool: £1,146.87 - 0.10 winning units.

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Illustrious Blue gives Knight Ascot double
By David Baxter 3:59PM 28 APR 2010
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Report: Ascot, Wednesday
Moss Bros Sagaro Stakes (Group 3) 2m, 4yo+

ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE (16-1) gave William Knight a big-race double on the card whenswooping late to claim long-time leader Aajel (13-2) on his first try at the two-mile trip.

The seven-year-old was recording his second Group 3 success, after victory at Goodwood last summer, and completed a quickfire double for the trainer following King Of Dixie's Listed win in the previous race, the Paradise Stakes.

Jim Crowley had been prominent throughout on King Of Dixie, but he was content to drop into last place from the off, as Aajel was sent on early by Martin Dwyer.

The field were tightly clustered off a steady pace with a circuit left to run but, as they went down the far side of the course, Richard Hills pulled out 9-2 favourite Akmal and moved up into second, with Yes Mr President in third.

With six furlongs left, Dwyer increased the pace with Akmal and Hills happy to continue in behind, and the pair remained in the front two berths swinging off the final bend.

It appeared that Akmal was the biggest danger, but he folded tamely when asked for a race-winning effort, with Electrolyser coming out of the pack to challenge.

However, down the wide outside Crowley was making rapid headway on Illustrious Blue to cut down the leader, and got in front inside the final furlong to score.

The gallant Aajel held on to second, with Electrolyser (15-2) third.

Knight said: "I wish all days could be like this. To have a double at Ascot with Group 3and Listed wins - it doesn't get much better than that.

"He [Illustrious Blue] has slightly surprised me today, but we always said we would give two miles a try and we thought we may as well try it at the start of the season.

"He is in the Yorkshire Cup and that could be the right place to go now."