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Outstanding Entry for Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup
05/04/12 Recent Dubai World Cup night Group One winners Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup (Sponsored By Investec) at Epsom Downs on Saturday, June 2.
The historic mile and a half contest is this year run on 2011 Coronation Cup hero St Nicholas Abbey in the Grade One Breeders’ Cup Turf at Churchill Downs in November.
Fellow four-year-old World Domination, trained by Sir Henry Cecil, was a ready debut winner at Newbury in April, 2011, but failed to build on such a bright start in the Fame And Glory, who took the spoils in 2010, and last year’s winner St Nicholas Abbey who finished a neck behind Cirrus Des Aigles in Dubai.
A formidable potential challenge from O’Brien also features So You Think, whose eight Group One wins include a pair of Cox Plates and last season’s Coral-Eclipse, plus Treasure Beach, who was beaten a head by Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington, Australia, in November and his trainer Ed Dunlop could also be represented by Testosterone, a Group Two winner for her previous handler Pascal Bary.
Jukebox Jury dead-heated in the Group One Irish St Leger in September for Mark Johnston, while the Marco Botti-trained Jakkalberry and Beaten Up, from the stable of William Haggas, finished third and sixth respectively in behind Cirrus Des Aigles in Dubai. The entry is completed by Quest For Peace, a Group Three winner at Ascot for Luca Cumani in October, and the Tom Dascombe-trained Junoob, a Listed scorer at Lingfield in February. |
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