Martyn Meade’s 50-1 shot Dolphin Vista landed the Betfred Cambridgeshire at Newmarket racecourse
Dolphin Vista was having just his second start for Meade, but he sprung a 50-1 surprise in the big handicap of the day on the Rowley Mile
DOLPHIN VISTA sprung a 50-1 shock in the £160,000 Betfred Cambridgeshire on just his second start for trainer Martyn Meade.
The four-year-old – previously trained by Richard Fahey – was well clear on the stands’ side and he finished strongly enough to master the far-side group.
It was the kind of race bookies dream about with 100-1 outsider Sand Chorus finishing runner-up and 50-1 shot Cote D’Azur back in third. The Tricast paid more than £90,000.
Meade’s other runner Chelsea Lad finished well to grab fourth.
He said: “It's always a surprise in a race like this - so much can go wrong in a 35-runner handicap.
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“We’ve given him time, we’ve waited for his ground and then of course you have to run in a contest like this.
“It was a great ride by George Wood who stuck to his guns up the stands rail.”
Aidan O’Brien bagged both Group 1 races on the card to take his top-level tally to 20 for the season.
Clemmie – a sister of 2,000 Guineas hero Churchill – stormed up the hill to land the Cheveley Park under Ryan Moore. The 15-8 favourite could now head to the Breeder’s Cup.
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Moore was only an also-ran on Sioux Nation in the Middle Park Stakes as Seamie Heffernan led home a Ballydoyle one-two on US Navy Flag.
The 10-1 shot was up with pace from the start and he held off stablemate Fleet Review – ridden by O’Brien’s son Donnacha – in the closing stages.
O’Brien said: “US Navy Flag is not the biggest but he’s long and powerful.
“I think he could go sprinting next year but there’s nothing to say he couldn’t get seven furlongs or a mile.
Leicester City triumph
DONJUAN TRIUMPHANT made it a brilliant couple of days for Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
His QEII hope Beat The Bank won the Group 2 Joel Stakes at Newmarket on Friday and he bagged another decent prize when Andrew Balding’s ace nosed home in the 32Red Gold Cup.
The 13-2 shot grabbed Stake Acclaim right on the line to land the £90,000 Haydock prize - put on to replace last weekend’s abandoned Ayr Gold Cup.
“We'll probably have a look at the Darley Dewhurst.”
The big-race double took O’Brien within five of Bobby Frankel’s worldwide record of Group 1 wins in a year.
Paddy Power cut him to 5-4 from 5-2 to beat the former American trainer's haul.