Racing: Daggers Drawn bypasses Gimcrack for Doncaster
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Your support makes all the difference.Daggers Drawn, winner of the Richmond Stakes and favourite for next year's 2,000 Guineas, is likely to make his next appearance in the Laurent Perrier Champagne Stakes over seven furlongs at Doncaster's St Leger meeting.
His connections have opted for the Doncaster event rather than six furlongs Gimcrack Stakes at York next week. The end-of-season target for Daggers Dawn will be the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October. The Diesis colt runs in the colours of the Cliveden Stud, whose manager Philip Freedman said: "We are going for the Champagne Stakes because the timing fits in better for the Dewhurst. If we had gone for the Gimcrack Stakes it would be a long break before the Dewhurst."
"Some people seemed to think we were wrong going for the Richmond and should have gone for the Lanson Champagne Stakes (over seven furlongs). It looks like we made the right decision there but I'm sure the extra distance is not going to be a problem.
"Daggers Drawn is absolutely fine and working well at present. We're looking forward to his next run."
Ante-post punters breathed a sigh of relief after yesterday's declaration stage for the Ebor at York next Wednesday. All the leading fancies stood their ground for the pounds 100,000-added handicap, in which 30 horses were declared. The only absentee among the top 10 in the betting is the John Gosden-trained Three Cheers.
His stable companion Media Star has headed the betting since an impressive victory at Goodwood last month, with the runner-up Puce, trained by Luca Cumani, next in the list.
Michael Stoute has left Purist and Mohawk River in the race.
EBOR HANDICAP ACCEPTORS: Kutta (R Armstrong) 5-9-10, Taufan's Melody (Lady Herries) 6-9-6, Gordi (D Weld, Ire) 4-9-6, Better Offer (Mrs A.Perrett) 5-9-0, Further Flight (B Hills) 11-9-0, Beauchamp Jade (H Candy) 6-8-12, Daraydan (M Pipe) 6-8-12, Willie Conquer (R Akehurst) 5-8-8, Purple Splash (P Makin) 7-8-7, Top Cees (Mrs J Ramsden) 7-8-6, Mohawk River (M Stoute) 4-8-4, Media Star (J Gosden) 4-8-2, Docklands Limo (B McMath) 4-8-0, Puce (L Cumani) 4-7-12, Dreams End (P Bowen) 9-7-11, Shaft of Light (Lord Huntingdon) 5-7-11, Purist (M.Stoute) 3-7-10, Bimsey (R.Akehurst) 7-7-10, Far Ahead (J Eyre) 5-7-10, Premier Night (S Dow) 4-7-9, Colour Code (Mrs A Swinbank) 5-7-9, Heritage (J Gosden) 3-7-8, Raffles Rooster (A Newcombe) 5-7-6, Prairie Falcon (B Hills) 3-7-5, Foundry Lane (Mrs M Reveley) 6-7-3, Herr Trigger (Dr J Scargill) 6-7-0, Ciro's Pearl (M Tompkins) 3-6-12, Totem Dancer (J Eyre) 4-6-11, Midyan Blue (J Eustace) 7-6-7, Turgenev (R Bastiman) 8-6-5.
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