| R7 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 09 September 2017 |
| QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes (Group 1) G1 3U OPEN ($1,751,250), 2011m 2:08.36 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 1. DECORATED KNIGHT (GB) 5yo Horse | R CHARLTON ANDREA ATZENI | 60.5 $26.00 | |||||||
| GALILEO (IRE) - PEARLING (USA) | ||||||||||
| SALEH AL HOMAIZI & IMAD AL SAGAR | 2nd | 3. POET'S WORD (IRE) 4yo Horse | SIR MICHAEL STOUTE JAMES DOYLE | 60.5 $11.00 | ||||||
| POET'S VOICE (GB) - WHIRLY BIRD (GB) | ||||||||||
| MR SAEED SUHAIL | 3rd | 9. EMINENT (IRE) 3yo Colt | MARTYN MEADE LANFRANCO DETTORI | 57.5 $4.00 | ||||||
| FRANKEL (GB) - YOU'LL BE MINE (USA) | ||||||||||
| Sir P J Vela & H J De Burgh | ||||||||||
| 4th | 2. MR MOONLIGHT MAGIC (GB) 4yo Horse | J S BOLGER K J MANNING | 60.5 $34.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 10. THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN DONNACHA O'BRIEN | 57.5 $51.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 8. THE CLIFFSOFMOHER (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN SEAMIE HEFFERNAN | 57.5 $10.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 7. CHURCHILL (IRE) 3yo Colt | AIDAN O'BRIEN RYAN MOORE | 57.5 $1.73 | |||||||
| 8th | 6. ZHUKOVA (IRE) 5yo Mare | DERMOT K WELD PAT SMULLEN | 59.0 $11.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 5. THE GREY GATSBY (IRE) 6yo Horse | DERMOT K WELD D P MCDONOGH | 60.5 $67.00 | |||||||
| 10th | 4. SUCCESS DAYS (IRE) 5yo Horse | KEN CONDON SHANE FOLEY | 60.5 $41.00 | |||||||
What a finish! From last to first, Decorated Knight swoops in the straight under jockey under Andrea Atzeni to land the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown for trainer Roger Charlton on Longines Irish Champions Weekend.
anotherblonde Says:
15/09/2017 8:41:40 PM
This race looked spectacular, but the clock tells the whole story. So many esteemed winners of this race, DK won in 2:08.36, in 1984 Sadler's Wells did it in 2:00.90. Dettori had won it 5 times before, so knew exactly what the fractions should be, hence his enterprizing ride. Clearly Eminent was no Fantastic Light. Will Dettori will ride again for Godolphin before he retires?
GBeret83 Says:
13/09/2017 9:42:41 PM
Despite earning one of the "win and your in" slots for the G1 Breeders Cup Turf for his win here in the G1 Irish Champion Stakes, trainer Roger Charlton told the Racing Post the following day that they're eyeing the G1 Breeders Cup Mile with Decorated Knight instead. Charlton went on to explain, "it's either the Breeders Cup or the Champion Stakes at Ascot, but we're leaning toward a trip to Del Mar because Decorated Knight prefers fast ground, which you tend not to get at Ascot in October." Chalton said the turn of foot shown by Decorated Knight in this race makes him very hopeful that a strongly run, two-turn mile on what's almost certain to be fast ground at Del Mar would suit Decorated Knight well. Charlton went on to say in the article that whichever race Decorated Knight runs in will be the final start of his career.