Badri Ready to Roll in Shergar Cup Dash
It's onto the Shergar Cup meeting at Ascot.
A cracking run by Apollo One in the Stewards Cup last Saturday just finding one too good!
The Shergar Cup meeting is not a favourite of mine but we do back a well handicapped horse coming back to form this afternoon.
Badri is a well handicapped horse having lost his form with previous trainer Julie Camacho. He won off a rating as high as 100 last season and has fallen down to his current mark of 92. On his first run for new trainer Michael Herrington at Hamilton he finished off his racing nicely to place second on fast ground over 5 furlongs. Badri likes Ascot with a win and second place finish from three runs. To be honest I do not know much about his French Jockey Marie Velon. That’s a risk worth taking on Shergar Cup Day!
Ascot – 1:35
1 point each way Badri 4/1 Paddy Power, Betfair SB, Betfred, William Hill & Betfred, 4 places.
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Best of Luck,
Nicky
Past Results
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The Shergar Cup is an annual horse racing event held at Ascot Racecourse, usually during early August. The race is named in honour of Shergar, the horse that won the 1981 Derby and was killed in an IRA kidnap, and was originally sponsored by Shergar's owner, the Aga Khan. The event is currently sponsored by Dubai Duty Free.
The event was first held in 1999 at Goodwood Racecourse, but has been held at Ascot since 2000 (except in 2005, when Ascot was closed so the grandstand could be redeveloped). Unusually, for a horse racing event, it is a team competition, with jockeys invited to join the teams (two teams from 1999 to 2004; four teams from 2006) divided by their presenting countries or region, or their gender, and the winning team determined by their overall performance across six races. The winning team is presented with a silver trophy of Shergar, donated by the Aga Khan. Described as "racing's most popular event", it attracts around 30,000 spectators each year, and is recognized for attracting families and other new spectators beyond the usual race-going demographic.
Shergar Cup Dash winners over past 10 years
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Year
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Winner [draw]
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Age
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WGT
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SP
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Trainer
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Jockey
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Rogue Lightning [3]
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3
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9-6
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9/1
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Manaccan [7]
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3
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9-10
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7/2F
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Tis Marvellous [1]
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7
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9-13
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9/2J
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Stone Of Destiny [1]
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4
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9-4
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11/2
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Tis Marvellous [7]
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4
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9-13
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6/1
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Stake Acclaim [12]
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5
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9-6
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4/1J
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In Salutem [7]
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6
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9-7
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9/2F
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Secretinthepark [7]
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5
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9-0
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5/1
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Goldream [10]
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5
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9-3
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7/2F
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Ahtoug [1]
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5
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9-6
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11/2
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Best of Luck,
Nicky