R4 GB - YORK | 22 August 2001 |
Gimcrack Stakes G2 2 OPEN ($188,500), 1207m 1:11.23 |
FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 9. ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) 2yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN M KINANE | 57.0 $3.75 | |||||||
DANEHILL (USA) - OFFSHORE BOOM (GB) | ||||||||||
SIR ALEX FERGUSON & MRS JOHN M | 2nd | 7. HO CHOI (GB) 2yo Gelding | MISS L A PERRATT J CARROLL | 56.0 $34.00 | ||||||
PIVOTAL (GB) - WITCH OF FIFE (USA) | ||||||||||
Mr Alan Guthrie | 3rd | 2. TWILIGHT BLUES (IRE) 2yo Gelding | B J MEEHAN BRETT DOYLE | 56.0 $34.00 | ||||||
BLUEBIRD (USA) - PRETTY SHARP (GB) | ||||||||||
Mrs Susan Roy | ||||||||||
4th | 6. WALDENBURG (USA) 2yo Colt | JOHN GOSDEN LANFRANCO DETTORI | 56.0 $2.63 | |||||||
5th | 1. SADDAD (USA) 2yo Colt | SIR MICHAEL STOUTE RICHARD HILLS | 56.0 $7.00 | |||||||
6th | 3. ANNA WALHAAN (IRE) 2yo Gelding | M R CHANNON STEVE DROWNE | 56.0 $13.00 | |||||||
7th | 5. KULACHI (IRE) 2yo Colt | M R CHANNON KIERON FALLON | 56.0 $13.00 | |||||||
8th | 4. PRINCE DAYJUR (USA) 2yo Gelding | R HANNON R HUGHES | 56.0 $10.00 | |||||||
9th | 8. MISTER COSMI (GB) 2yo Gelding | M JOHNSTON K DARLEY | 58.0 $15.00 |
The winner of five Group Ones at three in 2002, Rock of Gibraltar was also a champion as a juvenile. This victory in York's Gimcrack Stakes was followed by Group Ones at Longchamp and Newmarket.