Diana Jones after triple - Friday 09, July-2004

Diana Jones will be going after a breeders’ hat-trick of Pinnacle Feeds Midsummer Creole Classic winners when the feature race runs off at the Garrison Savannah tomorrow.
The wife of former champion jockey and now successful trainer Chally Jones, Diana bred the 2002 and 2003 winners Return To Sender and Sweet Dreams.

Three of the 12-horse field were bred by her: Annie’s Song, owned by All Star Racing and trained by husband Chally; Earthmover, owned by Sir Charles Williams and Elias Haloute and trained by Andrew Nunes; and Songbird, jointly owned by the Joneses and trained by Chally.

Fillies have dominated this race in recent years, winning the last three events, starting with Spook in 2001, Return To Sender in 2002 and Sweet Dreams last year. Tomorrow’s race will also be dominated by fillies – representing nine of the 15 horses entered.

Sir Charles Williams’ Lady Constance, winner of the Banks Barbados Guineas, first leg of the Triple Crown, has been installed joint pre-race favourite with the outstanding Kabul.

Sir Charles’ lone win of the Midsummer Classic came via Secret Habitat, in 1993, and he will be looking to one of his three entries, Snooky Lou, Smokehouse Sue or Lady Constance, with the latter having the best chance of the three, to provide him with his second win. Veteran handler Bill Marshall, the most successful trainer in the event, will be going after his eighth winner.

His wins came via Country Squire (1985), Liquid Bliss (1987), Coo-Bird (1989), Seeing Red (1990), Credit Note (1991), Secret Habitat (1993), and Swift And Sure (1997).

Marshall will be represented by Captain PJ, Super Style and Starburst. Either one of the three is capable of taking the event if he runs up to his best form.

Owner DeVere Davis, who won with Coo-Bird in 1989, is looking to Super Style to give him his second win.

Entries and weights for Pinnacle Feeds Day:

Race 1: Pinnacle Feeds Liquid Bliss Trophy; WI-bred two-year-olds; 1 000 metres.

1. Band Ruler 123; 2. Ribo Tango 123; 3. Wild Style 123; 4. Cheer Leader 120; 5. Don Anglesonny 123; 6. El Mundo Puro 123.

Race 2: Pinnacle Feeds Paddy Bird Trophy (Condition), D2 M’dns, E1-F2, 1 100 metres.

1. Mira Mira 124, 2. More Honores 132, 3. Southern Glory 132, 4. Highland Waters 132, 5. Brandon Prince 133, 6. Never Say Yes 121, 7. Long Bay 130, 8. Reef Knot 129, 9. Modus Operandi 122

Race 3: Pinnacle Feeds Incitatus Trophy (Condition), E1 & E2 M’dns, F1-F3, 1 570 metres.

1. One Time 120, 2. Wild Kisser 106, 3. Morir Sonando 105, 4. Classic Deputy 114, 5. Lubricator 122, 6. Ms Offshore Banker 116, 7. Caesar 114, 8. Nice Reality 107, 9. Roberto Noble 130, 10. Crystalite 105

Race 4: Pinnacle Feeds Credit Note Trophy (Condition), F2 Winners & Maidens, F3 (WI-bred F3 M’dns not eligible), 1 100 metres.

1. Giovanetti 123, 2. High Maintenance 110, 3. Swade 119, 4. Red Alert 119, 5. Whispering 13, 6. Cry Me A River 113, 7. Coral Princess 115, 8. Royal Deputy 133, 9. Bangalore 133, 10. Mabrouk 113, 11. Salanga 105

Race 5: Pinnacle Feeds Coo-Bird Trophy H/cap, D1-E1, 1 800 metres.

1. Who’s Wavering 117, 2. Sugar Daddy 117, 3. Foxy Lady 112, 4. Beach Port 102, 5. Foxcote 130, 6. Noble Import 123, 7. Secret Prince 121

Race 6: Pinnacle Feeds Ginger Lily Trophy (Condition), WI-bred three-year-olds & Over, F3-G2 M’dns, 1 100 metres.

1. Scorch Them 113, Spirit Of Gold 124, 3 Home Alone 116, 4. Blazing Colours 105, 5. Cote D’azour 125, 6. Sonata 133, 7. Prima Donna 111, 8. Rocco 121, 9. Band Dancer 113, 10. Morir Sonando 120, 11. Sugar Anne 113, 12. Bonnie Parker 105, 13. Vanilla Sky 110, 14. River Ridge 107, 15. Ryan’s Fancy 123

Race 7: Pinnacle Feeds Midsummer Creole Classic, WI-bred three-year-olds, 1 800 metres.

1. Before Time 121, 2. Captain PJ 124, 3. Earthmover 124, 4. Suite Dancer, 5. Lady Constance 121, 6. Zero Rated 124, 7. Scarlet Prince 124, 8. Kabul 124, 9. Octavia 121, 10. Songbird 121, 11. Super Style 121, 12. Starburst 121, 13. Snooky Lou 121, 14. Smokehouse 121, 15. Annie’s Song 121

Race 8: Pinnacle Feeds Sporting Life Trophy (Condition), G1-G2 Winners, imported three-year-olds & over, G1&G2 M’dns, 1 100 metres.

1. Bewitched 132, 2. Winforce 116, 3. Flying Antique 125, 4. Spiced Rum 126, 5. Adora 122, 6. Fearless Dancer 130, 7. Flushing Meadows 130, 8. Esperanza 126, 9. True Colours 13, 10. Express Chariot 122, 11. Tora Bora 124

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