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15:15 Ascot

Longines Sagaro Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 7f 209y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £80,000 added
  • Winner: £45,368
  • 2nd: £17,200
  • 3rd: £8,608
  • 4th: £4,288
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 37.52s
  • Off Time: 15:16:16
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Coltrane (IRE)

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Wise Eagle (IRE)

    18/1

      1(5)
      Silk - White, Emerald Green hoops, Dark Blue sleeves and cap

      Coltrane (IRE)

      200 CD
      11/4
      • Form 114212-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 116

      held up in rear, in touch, headway into close 4th over 4f out, pushed along and led 2f out, ridden and drew away final furlong, readily

      2(3)
      Silk - Yellow, royal blue cross belts, royal blue and yellow chevrons on sleeves, royal blue cap

      Trueshan (FR)

      21 BFDCD
      Evens
      • Form 11321-2
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 121

      tracked leaders, headway to lead over 6f out, ridden and headed 2f out, gradually weakened

      3(2)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue epaulets, Dark Blue and Orange striped sleeves, Orange cap

      Nate The Great

      67 D
      50/1
      • Form 20961-5
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 108

      handy, pushed along well over 3f out, weakened 2f out

      4(4)
      Silk - Orange, pink epaulets

      Rajinsky (IRE)

      21 DCD
      12/1
      • Form 13419-1
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 108

      led, headed over 6f out, remained close up, ridden 3f out, dropped away and eased 1f out

      5(6)
      Silk - Red, yellow seams, red sleeves, yellow stars, red cap, yellow star

      Wise Eagle (IRE)

      25 p D
      18/1
      • Form 61141-1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 103

      held up in rear, in touch, came wide home turn, pushed along 2f out, headway to chase leader 1f out, stayed on but no impression and soon well held

      6(1)
      Silk - Purple, light blue chevron, light blue and black check sleeves and cap

      El Habeeb (IRE)

      39 C
      5/1
      • Form 02161-5
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 110

      tracked front pair, lost position 4f out and dropped towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on from 1f out, took 3rd closing stages

      Previous results

      2022
      (4)
      Silk -

      Princess Zoe (GER)

      17/2
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-13

      2021
      (7)
      Silk -

      Stradivarius (IRE)

      4/7
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-2

      In depth

      Verdict

      A Listed winner last year, Nate The Great was a fair fifth in a very lucrative handicap at Riyadh at the start of the year but he was well behind stable companion Coltrane in the Lonsdale Cup at York last August. The latter surprisingly beat TRUESHAN in the Doncaster Cup last year only for the placings to be reversed in the Long Distance Cup here in October. Alan King’s classy stayer couldn’t get past Rajinsky at Nottingham three weeks ago but it will be a surprise if Hugo Palmer’s seven-year-old comes out on top again in this. Wise Eagle is a prolific winner but may be a little out of his depth in this company and Dubai Gold Cup fifth El Habeeb may still have something to prove over 2m.

      Formwatch

      Coltrane (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) In touch with leaders, shaken up and good headway over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, faced sustained challenge inside final furlong, headed final 110yds, ran on, 2nd of 8, hd behind Trueshan (9-9) at Ascot 2m Grp 2 (1) gs in Oct.

      Trueshan (FR) 4-9fav (9-10) Raced keenly, held up in 4th, good headway centre over 3f out, went 2nd 3f out, every chance from 2f out, ridden over 1f out, found no extra towards finish, held on for 2nd, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Rajinsky (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 6f lst stks (1) sft in Apr.

      Nate The Great 16-1 (8-11) 5th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Silver Sonic (8-12) at Riyadh 1m 7f hcp gf in Feb.

      Rajinsky (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Made all, pressed final 2f, ridden over 1f out, battled on gamely and found extra towards finish, won at Nottingham 1m 6f lst stks (1) sft in Apr beating Trueshan (9-10) by 1/2l, 5 ran.

      Wise Eagle (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) In touch, headway 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden out, edged right towards finish, won at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (2) gs in Apr beating Metier (9-1) by 1/2l, 14 ran.

      El Habeeb (IRE) (8-9) 5th of 15, 6 3/4l behind Broome (9-1) at Meydan 2m Grp 2 fst in Mar.