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Qatar Racing Champion Stakes (Group 1)
Group 1, Class 1, 1m2f (1m1f212y), Flat, 3yo+, £737,230, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Mostly Cloudy
- Stalls
- Straight - Far side; Round - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Ombudsman No. 5, stall 2
William Buick · John & Thady Gosden
✓ Top rated ✓ Course & distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (7/34, 14 days)
Ombudsman heads our ratings on 132, narrowly ahead of Calandagan on 130, and that edge is enough to make him the one to beat in a six-runner Class 1 contest over ten furlongs on good ground. Calandagan is the chief danger, only a couple of pounds adrift, while Almaqam on 127 and Constitution River on 124 also have to be respected if the leader is below his best. Bay City Roller is only a pound further back and Devil's Advocate looks outclassed on 105, which leaves the race looking a fight between the top four. Ombudsman is the selection.
Runners
Kieran Shoemark
Ed Walker 5/45
Almaqam arrives consistent, with a second two starts back and a win four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 127 ranks him third of six, but a fourth last time out and 35 days off are the main risk.
- Sire
- Lope De Vega (IRE)
- Dam
- Talmada (USA) by Cape Cross
- Owner
- Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum
- Foaled
- 20 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 45 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 127, Speed 116
Oisin Murphy
George Scott 3/15
Bay City Roller has been in the frame in each of his last five starts, with a second last time out and a win three starts back, and he is fit after 13 days off, having run over today's trip and going. Carrying 133 lb from draw 5, though, he is hard to fancy, as our figures rank him fifth of six.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Bloomfield (IRE) by Teofilo
- Owner
- Victorious Forever
- Foaled
- 6 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 15 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 123, Speed 108
C. Soumillon
Francis-Henri Graffard 8/30
Calandagan won three of his last five, including two starts back, and was second last time out, so he looks a serious threat, having already run over today's trip and on this going. The one risk is an 84-day absence, which leaves fitness the question.
- Sire
- Gleneagles (IRE)
- Dam
- Calayana (FR) by Sinndar
- Owner
- Aga Khan Studs Scea
- Foaled
- 27 Jan 2021
- Stable
- France
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 30 runs (27%)
- Ratings
- Perf 130, Speed 122
Robert Havlin
John & Thady Gosden 7/34
Devil's Advocate is winless in his last five, with two sevenths in his last two starts and 59 days off, so he is hard to fancy. He has run over today's trip and going, and a second four starts back shows some ability, but our rating of 105 has him last of six.
- Sire
- Too Darn Hot (GB)
- Dam
- Precious Ramotswe (GB) by Nathaniel
- Owner
- Godolphin
- Foaled
- 1 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 34 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 105, Speed 108
William Buick
John & Thady Gosden 7/34
Ombudsman won three of his last five, taking the last of those wins two starts back, and was a fourth last time out, so the 59-day break is the one query. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 132 puts him top of six, making him the one to beat from draw 2.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- Syndicate (GB) by Dansili
- Owner
- Godolphin
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 34 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 132, Speed 117
Ryan Moore
Aidan O'Brien 5/62
Constitution River arrives with three wins in his last five starts, then a third last time out and another third two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The risk is a 35-day break; he carries 129 lb from draw 3.
- Sire
- Wootton Bassett (GB)
- Dam
- Chuppy (FR) by Le Havre
- Owner
- M Tabor D Smith Mrs J Magnier Westerberg
- Foaled
- 28 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Cashel, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 62 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 124, Speed 111
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.