2010 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

65th King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 90 none horizontal center infobox Owner Highclere Thoroughbred Racing.svg Light blue, dark blue armlets, dark blue cap Harbinger Owner Mr Derrick Smith.svg Purple, white seams, striped sleeves, purple cap Cape Blanco Owner Mr Jaber Abdullah.svg Royal blue, white striped sleeves, white cap Youmzain Ascot Racecourse 24 July 2010 Harbinger (GB) Olivier Peslier Michael Stoute (GB) Highclere "Admiral Rous" 2009 2011 The 2010 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 24 July 2010. It was the 60th King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The winner was the Highclere "Admiral Rous" syndicate's Harbinger, a four-year-old bay colt trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Michael Stoute and ridden by Olivier Peslier. Harbinger's victory was the first for his jockey and owner and the fifth for Stoute after Shergar (1981), Opera House (1993) Golan (2002) and Conduit (2009). The race Michael Stoute trained three of the six runners for the race, with the Epsom Derby winner Workforce being made the 8/11 favourite and the Joel Stakes winner Confront being employed as a pacemaker. His third runner, Harbinger, had won the John Porter Stakes, Ormonde Stakes and Hardwicke Stakes in 2010 and was made the 4/1 second favourite. Ryan Moore, who had ridden Harbinger in all his previous races, opted to partner Workforce, allowing the French jockey Olivier Peslier to take the ride on the four-year-old. The other runners were Cape Blanco, who had defeated Workforce in the Dante Stakes and subsequently won the Irish Derby, Youmzain, three times runner-up in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the French filly Daryakana, winner of the Hong Kong Vase. Confront set a strong pace from Workforce and Cape Blanco, with Harbinger in fourth. When the pacemaker weakened early in the straight Cape Blanco briefly took the lead as Workforce began to struggle, but Peslier produced Harbinger with a strong run on the outside to gain the advantage approaching the final furlong. In the closing stages Harbinger drew away from his opponents to win by eleven lengths in a time of 2:26.78. Both the winning margin and the winning time established new records for the race. Cape Blanco stayed on to take second, three and a quarter lengths ahead of Youmzain, with Daryakana fourth, Workforce fifth and Confront last of the six runners.https://www.racingpost.com/results/2/ascot/2010-07-24/508069 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes result Racing Post 24 July 2010 2014-04-09 Race details Sponsor: Betfair Purse: £984,700; First prize: £567,700 Surface: Turf Going: Good Distance: 12 furlongs Number of runners: 6 Winner's time: 2:26.78 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Harbinger (GB) 4 Olivier Peslier Michael Stoute (GB) 4/1 2 11 Cape Blanco (IRE) 4 Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 9/2 3 3¼ Youmzain (IRE) 7 Richard Hughes Mick Channon (GB) 12/1 4 nk Daryakana (IRE) 4 Gerald Mosse Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR) 14/1 5 2¼ Workforce (GB) 3 Ryan Moore Michael Stoute (GB) 8/11 fav 6 6 Confront (GB) 5 Richard Mullen Michael Stoute (GB) 100/1 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head Winner's details Further details of the winner, Harbinger Sex: Colt Foaled: 12 March 2006 Country: United Kingdom Sire: Dansili; Dam: Penang Pearl (Bering) Owner: Highclere "Admiral Rous" Breeder: A. K. H. Ooi References King George 2010 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Category:2010s in Berkshire