2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

58th King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 90 none horizontal center infobox Owner Mrs John Magnier.svg Dark Blue Duke Of Marmalade Owner Papal Bull Syndicate.svg Red and Beige diabolo, Red cap, Beige diamond Papal Bull Owner Mr Jaber Abdullah.svg Royal blue, white striped sleeves, white cap Youmzain Ascot Racecourse 26 July 2008 Duke of Marmalade (IRE) Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien (IRE) Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor 2007 2009 The 2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 26 July 2008. It was the 58th King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The winner was Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor's Duke of Marmalade, a four-year-old bay colt trained at Ballydoyle in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Johnny Murtagh. Duke of Marmalade's victory was the third in the race for his trainer jockey and owners. In addition, Michael Tabor had won the race independently with Montjeu (2000) and Hurricane Run (2006). The race The race attracted eight runners with Michael Stoute and Aidan O'Brien fielding two and three runners respectively. The Stoute team consisted of Ask, the winner of the Ormonde Stakes, Cumberland Lodge Stakes and Gordon Richards Stakes and Papal Bull who had won the Princess of Wales's Stakes and the Geoffrey Freer Stakes in 2007. The O'Brien contenders were the Hardwicke Stakes winner Macarthur, Red Rock Canyon who was running as a pacemaker, and the odds-on favourite Duke of Marmalade. The last named was unbeaten in three Group One races that year, having won the Prix Ganay, Tattersalls Gold Cup and Prince of Wales's Stakes. The other runners were the experienced international performer Youmzain (Preis von Europa, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud runner-up Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), the 2007 St Leger Stakes winner Lucarno and the 66/1 outsider Petara Bay. There were no challengers from continental Europe. Duke of Marmalade headed the betting at odds of 4/6 ahead of Youmzain (4/1), Lucarno (8/1) and Ask (10/1). Red Rock Canyon set the pace as expected from Lucarno and Macarthur, with Ask and Duke of Marmalade next and Youmzain and Papal Bull at the rear of the field in the early stages. Red Rock Canyon maintained his lead into the straight when he was overtaken by Duke of Marmalade, but Papal Bull made rapid progress on the outside and took a slight advantage inside the final furlong. Papal Bull and Duke of Marmalade went clear of the rest in the closing stages, with the Irish horse rallying on the inside to regain the lead near the finish and win by a neck. There was a gap of nine lengths back to Youmzain, who took third place by a length from Red Rock Canyon.https://www.racingpost.com/results/2/ascot/2008-07-26/459319 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Racing Post 26 July 2008 2014-04-10 Race details Sponsor: none Purse: £837,215; First prize: £482,545 Surface: Turf Going: Good to Firm Distance: 12 furlongs Number of runners: 8 Winner's time: 2:27.91 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse (bred) Age Jockey Trainer (Country) Odds 1 Duke of Marmalade (IRE) 4 Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 4/6 fav 2 nk Papal Bull (GB) 5 Olivier Peslier Michael Stoute (GB) 14/1 3 9 Youmzain (IRE) 5 Richard Hughes Mick Channon (GB) 4/1 4 1 Red Rock Canyon (IRE) 4 Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 125/1 5 1 Ask (GB) 5 Ryan Moore Michael Stoute (GB) 10/1 6 3½ Petara Bay (IRE) 4 Jim Crowley Terry Mills (GB) 66/1 7 nk Lucarno (USA) 4 Jimmy Fortune John Gosden (GB) 8/1 8 nk Macarthur (GB) 4 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien (IRE) 14/1 Abbreviations: nse = nose; nk = neck; shd = head; hd = head Winner's details Further details of the winner, Duke of Marmalade Sex: Colt Foaled: 12 March 2004 Country: Ireland Sire: Danehill; Dam: Love Me True (Kingmambo) Owner: Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor Breeder: Southern Bloodstock References King George 2008 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Category:2000s in Berkshire