Osborne to run miler withdrawn from Hunt Cup after rearing in stalls

The totesport Mile Heritage Handicap, run at Glorious Goodwood on Friday, July 31, has attracted a fantastic 63-strong entry, including the Jamie Osborne-trained Docofthebay, who seeks to make amends for missing the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot last time.

Docofthebay was withdrawn at the start of the Royal Hunt Cup after rearing in the stalls and becoming momentarily trapped in the structure.

Trainer Jamie Osborne revealed this morning: “The plan is to probably go to Goodwood with Docofthebay for the totesport Mile. The horse came back with a few pulled muscles after what happened at the start of the Royal Hunt Cup, so obviously we’re hoping for no setbacks.

“I felt that he was in good form going into the Hunt Cup. The horse had got himself well handicapped, basically because of poor placing. Races like the totesport Mile and the Royal Hunt Cup - fast run, big fields - they suit him. Some of the races we have run him in between times, they just haven’t suited his style.

“That being the case, I would like to continue campaigning him in these heritage handicaps. Having finished second in a Hunt Cup off 103 and being, I feel, just as good a horse sitting there off 97, wherever we go we would be hopeful that he’ll run well. “

Docofthebay ran second in the 2008 Royal Hunt Cup and also has a good record in three starts at Goodwood. He was second on his career debut at the course in August, 2006 and won the seven-furlong De Boer Handicap at Glorious Goodwood the following year. Last season, the five-year-old was not disgraced when fifth behind Raven’s Pass in the Group Two Totesport Celebration Mile.

Osborne continued: “He has a decent record at the course. We started him out there and he won over seven furlongs at this meeting two years ago. There’s an outside chance he could go for the John Smith’s Cup at York, but that is an outside chance and it is more probable that he will go for the totesport Mile.”

Totesport Mile entries

Form Horse Age Owner Trainer

312(2)-44 ACROSTIC 4 Leonidas Marinopoulos Luca Cumani

10-(5)342 ALBAQAA 4 Josephine Tattersall Richard Fahey

06206-5 ALFATHAA 4 Hamdan Al Maktoum William Haggas

5015-26 AXIOM 5 DIC Racing Syndicate Luca Cumani

00(2)211 BANGALORE GOLD (IRE) 3 Goldmine Racing Ltd David Myerscough IRE

226-153 BANKABLE (IRE) 5 Ramzan Kadyrov Gary Moore

(4)0(2)014 BENANDONNER (USA) 6 J C Parsons & Sinead Parsons Richard Fahey

1-20300 BENCOOLEN (IRE) 4 Eamon Maher David Nicholls

05-(2)065 BLYTHE KNIGHT (IRE) 9 Maxilead Limited John Quinn

0-(0)0346 CAPE HAWK (IRE) 5 Thurloe Thoroughbreds XVII Richard Hannon

21-031(1) CLOUDY START 3 Khalid Abdulla Henry Cecil

00/0(5)/-35 COURT MASTERPIECE 9 Maxilead Limited John Quinn

2361-10 CRACKDOWN (IRE) 3 Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston

4133-53 DERBAAS (USA) 3 Hamdan Al Maktoum Ed Dunlop

21-110 DESERT CREEK (IRE) 3 Saeed Suhail Sir Michael Stoute

(3)00(0)03 DOCOFTHEBAY (IRE) 5 Paul Dixon Jamie Osborne

4(6)0-400 DUBAI'S TOUCH 5 Salem Suhail Mark Johnston

2-01610 DUNN'O (IRE) 4 Dennis Shaw Clive Cox

(5)4-4510 ELLEMUJIE 4 Mrs J A Cornwell & John Smith Dean Ivory

34-5214 ESPIRITU (FR) 3 Sir Robert Ogden Jeremy Noseda

(2)-(0)2(3)10 EXTRATERRESTRIAL 5 G J Paver Richard Fahey

12-3151 FAREER 3 Hamdan Al Maktoum Ed Dunlop

14-2211 FIREBET (IRE) 3 Mrs H Steel Richard Fahey

(2)-(1)(2)(3)(4)1 FREMEN (USA) 9 Miss C King, Mrs A Seed & Ms Finola Devaney David Nicholls

0-(5)0041 GIGANTICUS (USA) 6 D M James, Cavendish Inv Ltd, Matthew Green Barry Hills

0-12301 HORATIO CARTER 4 T Alderson Kevin Ryan

530-502 HUZZAH (IRE) 4 J Gale, J Finch, D Cole, R Dollar, D Powell Barry Hills

1/20(3)-01 JACK DAWKINS (USA) 4 Malih L. Al Basti Henry Cecil

0(4)(0)(0)(6)0 JACK JUNIOR (USA) 5 Jackie Love & David Nicholls David Nicholls

(0)10006 JOSEPH HENRY 7 Billy Hughes David Nicholls

402310 KAVACHI (IRE) 6 Bryan Pennick & Roy Martin Gary Moore

(4)641-66 KHOR DUBAI (IRE) 3 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

064000 KINGS POINT (IRE) 8 W R B Racing 61 (Claire King) David Nicholls

30-3603 LAA RAYB (USA) 5 Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston

60-40(1)3 LAST THREE MINUTES (IRE) 4 The Right Angle Club Ed Dunlop

0-46460 LOVELACE 5 Hamad Suhail Mark Johnston

0/5-1000 MANASSAS (IRE) 4 Mrs R Philipps Brian Meehan

(6)(1)(3)621 MARAJAA (IRE) 7 John D Jacques Willie Musson

126 MILITARIST (USA) 3 H R H Princess Haya of Jordan John Gosden

64(3)-(1)13 MIRRORED 3 Khalid Abdulla Sir Michael Stoute

012202 MUJOOD 6 Eden Racing Eve Johnson Houghton

(1)-1(3)4 MUTHEEB (USA) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

0110-12 PLUM PUDDING (IRE) 6 Hyde Sporting Promotions Limited Richard Hannon

01(1)1(3)- PRESCRIPTION 4 Cheveley Park Stud Sir Mark Prescott

(1)/(1)-01 RIGGINS (IRE) 5 Scuderia Rencati Srl Luca Cumani

(1)/322(1)-1 ROARING FORTE (IRE) 4 Flying Tiger Partnership William Haggas

01-10 ROMAN REPUBLIC (FR) 3 Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Mark Johnston

0(4)(0)040 ROYAL POWER (IRE) 6 David Nicholls David Nicholls

62-(1)412 SECRET SOCIETY 3 Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum Michael Bell

(1)(3)(1)2(2) SET THE TREND 3 Favourites Racing XXII Andrew Balding

61660-0 SMOKEY OAKEY (IRE) 5 Judi Dench and Bryan Agar Mark Tompkins

(5)-(1)(1)(1)R4 SPECTAIT 7 John P McManus Jonjo O'Neill

(1)-(1)(2)330 SPRING OF FAME (USA) 3 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

012010 TARTAN GIGHA (IRE) 4 Mrs I Bird Mark Johnston

(3)12550 TARTAN GUNNA 3 Mrs I Bird Mark Johnston

2-(1)2 TRYST 4 Cheveley Park Stud Sir Michael Stoute

5-(2)4050 VITZNAU (IRE) 5 Louis Stalder Richard Hannon

6304-01 WE'LL COME 5 Stephen Dartnell Michael Jarvis

320-240 WEBBOW (IRE) 7 Wentdale Limited Nigel Tinkler

0(1)(1)(5)-01 WELLINGTON SQUARE 4 Roger Barby & Sir T Cassel Hughie Morrison

(2)12(0)1-0 WILLOW DANCER (IRE) 5 G Godfrey & Mrs A Horner Walter Swinburn

2(3)-31 YIRGA 3 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

20-1 YORGUNNABELUCKY (USA) 3 Mrs S J Brookhouse Mark Johnston

63 Entries

1 Irish-trained