Race ID:3854.3415 A capacity cowd filled the grandstand at Surrey to witness the 10th<\/SUP> renewal of the Grade 3 Sussex Handicap and see the Royal family in a rare public appearance. \u00a0<\/SPAN>A field of eleven went to post in a \u201cwide open\u201d affair that had the crowd buzzing with anticipation.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>From the outset, SILENT AND SMOOTH(IRE)<\/B> finalfix2 <\/I><\/B>jumped to a quick lead and began the task of creating seperation in the opening half mile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Clearly the strategy of choice, jockey Risquez <\/B>continued to carve out a rapid pace, opening up a six length lead as the horses entered the far turn.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Entering the stretch, the field began to gather itself for the final charge to the wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>ENCHANTERS ENDGAME(KY) alverton<\/I><\/B>, who stalked the rapid pace in second throughout, now had the leader in his sights as jockey Aniel took dead aim.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Several others were set down as well including third place finisher DYNA IN DUBAI(KY) desperdo<\/I><\/B>, I DON\u2019T GIVE A DAN(ENG) tyedye<\/I><\/B> and ALLUMNER (deajai2)<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Running the fastest speed figure of his career (114), ENCHANTERS ENDGAME(KY) <\/B>smashed the Sussex Handicap Stakes record with a time of 1:40:4.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Place THE OIL RULES ALL (KY) tao<\/I><\/B> on your \u201cwatch list\u201d as he finished a fast closing sixth after gaining almost 9 lengths through the stretch \u2026 his rapid improvement continues<\/I>. Hladun\u2019s<\/SPAN><\/U><\/B> Pre-Race Analysis: ENCHANTERS ENDGAME(KY) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>alverton\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/I>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN> \u201cThis strapping roan son of Badge of Silver has won eight of twelve starts and has only missed the board once in his brief career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He comes into this race off a surging win in The Clique Ralph Handicap covering today\u2019s distance in 1:41:2 for a speed figure of 109.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His lone graded effort to date came in the Grade III Haw Haw Derby where he finished a fourth on a tiring track listed as \u201cgood\u201d.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has earned triple digit speed figures over his last seven consecutive starts and there\u2019s no reason to expect a drop off here. A strong contender.\u201d SILENT AND SMOOTH(IRE)\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>finalfix2<\/I>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN> \u201cTwo for two as a two year old, this son of Shamardal began his three year old season with five consecutive second place finishes in allowance company.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Now four, he has had some Stakes experience sprinkled onto his resume with his best finish to date being a fourth in the Grade II Jockey Club Classic on a yielding course in which he attempted to wire the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If he can get loose it may be his best tactic today and this race has little speed to contend with.\u201d DYNA IN DUBAI(KY)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>desperado<\/I>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN> \u201cA roan son of Dynaformer, this four year old is riding a three race win streak.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most recently, he comes out of The Bailey Beach Challenge Stakes (GA) at today\u2019s distance of grass covering it in a smart 1:41:1 to win going away under a hand ride.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In two previous graded appearances he finished well back however, that was much earlier in his career and he is clearly not the same horse.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last race, his first as a four year old, may be signaling greater improvement on the horizon and he is the dark horse in here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Watch out!\u201d <\/SPAN><\/U><\/B>\u00a0<\/P> POST RACE NOTES<\/SPAN><\/U><\/B>: Royal Family Presents Trophy to Winning Connections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/SPAN>Grade III Sussex Handicap<\/SPAN><\/B>
$125,000
4 Years Olds & Up
Turf:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8.5 furlongs