Its funny what difference a week can make. The second round of the Calumet Cup unearthed a warm favorite for the 1600m flat event, in the shape of Julius’ Gordon de Bonaguil. Just seven days later and the Barnes Stable owned, Hyderabad showed the colt may not have things all his own way come finals day.
The lightly raced Hello Pakata colt had shown improved form of late and continued that trend here with a narrow victory. It is certainly true however that the winner very much had conditions in his favor on this occasion and may need to improve further still if he is to confirm that form in the end of season final.
Results and standings after round 3:
Flat
1000m: Quick Deal – Qualified for final, Roxia bzh Apache (Max Dynamic) Qualified for final, Slovak’s Son (Calumet Farm) Qualified for final, Civil Servant – 11 points, Vegas Killer – 8 points, Kakodæmon – 8 points, Artemisia – 5 points, ThrillerWins MD – 5 points, MustBeTheChivas – 4 points, Maico – 3 points, Rockuza – 1 point, Hello Ma’am – 1 point, Pearl Rock – 0 points
1600m: Gordon de Bonaguil (Julius) Qualified for final, Hyderabad (Barnes Stable) – Qualified for final, Slovak’s Son – 22 points, Quick Deal – 17 points, ThrillerWins MD – 12 points, Civil Servant – 12 points, Beltane – 10 points, Maico – 10 points, Kakodæmon – 8 points, Artemisia – 8 points, Roxia bzh Apache – 4 points, Rockuza – 3 points, LagaMissGaga – 2 points, Pearl Rock – 1 point, LagaPrincess dArona – 0 points
Hurdles
1000m: Moonshine (Barnes Stable) Qualified for final, Flower Child (Calumet Farm) Qualified for final, Hokelsoteur Alkuoz – 7 points, Anastasia – 6 points, Ali Baba – 5 points, Digitalis – 4 points, Zephyr – 4 points, Casa d’Starronn MD – 3 points, Cranberry – 2 points, Hoke du Poke – 2 points, Moloko – 2 points, Fortunate Alex – 2 points, Acronichal Rising – 4 points
1600m: Moonshine (Barnes Stable) Qualified for final, Flower Child (Calumet Farm) – Qualified for final, Leap Of Faith – 15 points, Hokelsoteur Alkuoz – 8 points, Jorvik – 7 points, Moloko – 7 points, Digitalis – 5 points, Acronichal Rising – 6 points, Fortunate Alex – 5 points, LagaSam Tiblanc – 0 points, LagaJosephinePartou – 0 points, Casa d’Starronn MD – 0 points
Trot
1000m: Violette Rastas (Max Dynamic) Qualified for final, N Joi (Chase Bloodstock) – Qualified for final, Urban Fugitive – 3 points, Jeanie Jam Rastas – 2 points, Shannon – 1 point, Amsterdam – 0 points, Rising High – 0 points
1600m: Adrenalin (Chase Bloodstock) Qualified for final, Violette Rastas (Max Dynamic) Qualified for final, Technotronic (Chase Bloodstock) Qualified for final, Urban Fugitive – 7 points, Unity – 6 points, LagaLaValeureuse – 2 points, Jeanie Jam Rastas – 2 points, Sornette d’or Videur – 1 point, LagasDiaman – 1 point, Amsterdam – 0 points, Bangkok – 0 points, LagasLegnd – 0 points
