Richard Hannon wins the @BetVictor Hungerford Stakes, but not with the one you might have expected!

The improving Witch Hunter storms home from off the pace to land the G2 feature, while stablemate Chindit, sent off 2-1 fav, was left trailing in third.@NewburyRacing pic.twitter.com/NFDnis31Vf

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 19, 2023

“He won at Royal Ascot and you can't get better then that, but he's improved all year,” Hannon said of the winner. “I'm a bit disappointed with Chindit, but he's not as good when confronted with a rain-softened surface. Chindit was the best horse and you couldn't see Witch Hunter winning, but looking back he was very unlucky not to win the all-weather championships at Lingfield, while Jamie Spencer gave him a great ride at Ascot. Chindit will go to Mr Poonawalla's stud in India.”

Pedigree Notes
Witch Hunter, who is kin to the Listed Criterium du FEE winner Medley Chic (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), is out of the G3 Prix d'Arenberg scorer Sorciere (Ire) (Orpen). She is the leading performer out of Serandine (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}), a half to the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Shaka (GB) (Exit To Nowhere) who was responsible for the listed scorer Seralia (GB) (Royal Academy), in turn the dam of three black-type performers headed by Exit To Nowhere's G3 Prix de Psyche winner Serisia (Fr).

Serisia produced the G1 Norton S. and G1 Ranvet S.-winning Australian champion miler Contributor (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), while this is also the family of this year's G2 King Edward VII S. winner and G1 Derby and G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S.-placed King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Sorciere's yearling colt by Hello Youmzain (Fr) had sold for €90,000 24 hours prior to this race to Marco Bozzi Bloodstock at the Arqana Deauville August Sale.

Saturday, Newbury, Britain
BETVICTOR HUNGERFORD S.-G2, £110,000, Newbury, 8-19, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:25.24, g/s.
1–WITCH HUNTER (FR), 134, g, 4, by Siyouni (Fr)
     1st Dam: Sorciere (Ire) (GSW-Fr, $120,169), by Orpen
     2nd Dam: Serandine (Ire), by Hernando (Fr)
     3rd Dam: Serafica (GB), by No Pass No Sale (Ire)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. (€115,000 Ylg '20 ARDEAY; €145,000 2yo '21 ARQDEA). O-William Stobart; B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Limited (FR); T-Richard Hannon; J-Sean Levey. £62,381. Lifetime Record: 23-4-6-4, $284,743. *1/2 to Medley Chic (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), SW-Fr, $136,052. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–New Endeavour (Ire), 129, g, 3, New Bay (GB)–Moody Blue (Ire), by Invincible Spirit (Ire).
1ST GROUP TYPE. (€68,000 Wlg '20 GOFNOV; €200,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR; £260,000 HRA '23 GOFLO). O-Gai Waterhouse, Adrian Bott & partners; B-Oghill House, Sledmere Stud & D Hyland (IRE); T-Roger Varian. £23,650.
3–Chindit (Ire), 134, h, 5, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Always A Dream (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). (65,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-Villoo Poonawalla Greenfield Farms; B-J C Bloodstock & R Mahon (IRE); T-Richard Hannon. £11,836.
Margins: 1, 3 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 12.00, 8.00, 2.00.
Also Ran: Mammas Girl (GB), Misty Grey (Ire), Rodaballo (GB), Mostabshir (GB), Marbaan (GB), Pogo (Ire).

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Hungerford Headlines Newbury Action

Saturday sees the seven-furlong specialists have their turn in the spotlight as Newbury stages a wide-open renewal of the G2 BetVictor Hungerford S. One of these wouldn't be right without Gary and Linnet Woodward's beloved Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), who sets a marginal standard on his successes in the May 28 G3 John Of Gaunt S. at Haydock and June 25 G3 Criterion S. at Newmarket, as well as his latest third in the G2 Lennox S. at Goodwood. There are some potential improvers lurking, however, including Jon and Julia Aisbitt's May 14 Listed Carnarvon S. winner Tiber Flow (Ire) (Caravaggio) who was crying out for extra distance when eighth in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot June 17. Newbury also stages the G3 BetVictor Geoffrey Freer S. over an extended 13 furlongs and the Listed Denford S. which as the Washington Singer has acted on several occasions in the past as a marker of future Classic talent. Godolphin's Victory Dance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) has already looked the part when second in Newmarket's G2 Superlative S. July 9 and remains in the picture for next month's G1 Vincent O'Brien National S.

All Set For Thilling Jacques Le Marois

Sunday's G1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois at Deauville is set to be a high-class affair, with some elite 3-year-olds headed by Godolphin's G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S. hero Coroebus (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Cheveley Park Stud's G1 Coronation S. heroine Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Joseph O'Brien shortens up the four-times Group 1 winner State Of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), while Ralph Beckett pitches Marc Chan and Andrew Rosen's G1 Falmouth S. scorer Prosperous Voyage (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) into a rematch with Inspiral. Along with Ballydoyle's July 17 G2 Minstrel S. scorer Order Of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) and the G1 Sussex S. fourth Bathrat Leon (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), she helps set up a potential strong pace scenario while the French rely mainly on The Aga Khan's unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star' Erevann (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) who was last seen winning Chantilly's G3 Prix Paul de Moussac June 19.

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