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Chepstow
Thunderer
3.45 Night On Earth 6.30 Helvezia
4.20 Four Adaay 7.00 Pretty Pickle
4.55 Holdenhurst 7.30 Brown Honey
5.30 Don’t Tell Claire 8.00 Night Time Girl
6.00 Jumaira Bay
Going: good-good to firm in places
Draw: no advantage Sky Sports Racing3.45 Novice Stakes (2-Y-O: £3,493: 5f) (9)
1 (6) 010 NIGHT ON EARTH 17 (D) A Balding 9-9 W Carver (5)
2 (1) SHALAA ASKER A Keatley 9-2 Killian Leonard
3 (7) 4 TILAAWAH 14 R Hannon 9-2 S Hitchcott
4 (3) CHICA BONITA M Johnston 8-11 F Norton
5 (4) COLOMBE H Candy 8-11 K Shoemark
6 (2)^50 DARK ALIBI 4 J Osborne 8-11 S Osborne (7)
7 (8) ENAITCHESS David Loughnane 8-11 T Greatrex (3)
8 (5) 45 MARY CASSATT 6 W Haggas 8-11 C Fallon (3)
9 (9) PORNSTAR MARTINI H Candy 8-11 G Wood
9-4 Tilaawah, 3-1 Night On Earth, 9-2 Mary Cassatt, 5-1 Chica Bonita, 14-
Colombe, Shalaa Asker, 16-1 Pornstar Martini, Enaitchess, 33-1 Dark Alibi.
4.20 Handicap (2-Y-O: £3,493: 5f) (6)
1 (2) 0622 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 9 (B) G Scott 9-9 C Fallon (3)
2 (1) 244 LOTHIAN 33 M Attwater 9-9 R Clutterbuck (7)
3 (5) 566 HOST 14 (B,BF) R Hannon 9-7 T Hammer Hansen (3)
4 (4)^435 CITY CODE 40 (B) R Beckett 9-6 H Crouch
5 (3) 554 FOUR ADAAY 15 B Millman 9-2 K Shoemark
6 (6) 464 HATTUSA 36 Archie Watson 8-13Pierre-Louis Jamin (5)
2-1 Accrington Stanley, 7-2 City Code, 4-1 Host, 5-1 Lothian, 7-1 Hattusa, 12-
Four Adaay.4.55 Handicap (£2,782: 6f) (17)
1 (16)010-0SECONDO 14 (V,CD) Robert Stephens 10-9-12 K Shoemark
2 (1)-0500MOLAAHETH 161 (T,C) Alexandra Dunn 4-9-10D Muscutt
3 (10)4140-DIAMOND SHOWER 304 (CD) J Flint 4-9-9 W Cox (3)
4 (5)^24003 SWISSAL 29 (D) J G O’Shea 5-9-9 C McKee
5 (7)2-000MORE THAN LIKELY 25 (D) Mrs N Evans 4-9-9 C Fallon (3)
6 (17)0-010COME ON GIRL 28 (D) A Carroll 3-9-6 H Crouch
7 (13)4-005HOLDENHURST 18 (P,D) W G M Turner 5-9-6E J Walsh
8 (9) 05001 WAQAAS 15 (D) M Usher 6-9-5 N Currie
9 (8)00-06OUR LORD 40 (B,D) M Attwater 8-9-4R Clutterbuck (7)
10 (4)0-005WE’RE REUNITED 13 (H,P) R Harris 3-9-
George Rooke (5)
11 (2)0-541PASTFACT 43 (P,CD) M Saunders 6-9-3 L Keniry
12 (3)-1015PORT NOIR 9 (T,C,D) Grace Harris 3-9-3 R Tate
13 (12) 15540 PEACHEY CARNEHAN 15 (V,CD) M Mullineaux 6-9-
J Garritty
14 (6) 64630 RED BRAVO 15 (E,T) M Loughnane 4-9-2 T Hammer Hansen (3)
15 (14)425-2MAD ENDEAVOUR 43 (B,D) W Kittow 9-9-0 F Norton
16 (11) 00000 IMHOTEP 4 (T) J Bradley 4-9-0 G Wood
17 (15) 03050 SATCHVILLE FLYER 29 (P,CD) J Bradley 9-8-7 Tyler Heard (7)
11-2 Mad Endeavour, 6-1 Pastfact, 7-1 Waqaas, 8-1 Swissal, 10-1 We’re
Reunited, Red Bravo, 12-1 others.5.30 Handicap (3-Y-O: £3,493: 7f) (10)
1 (9)-2231DON’T TELL CLAIRE 13 (D) D & C Kubler 9-12 L Keniry
2 (4)-1442TOMMY ROCK 13 (T) C Cox 9-9 H Crouch
3 (8)31-0KINSMAN 20 (D) W Haggas 9-9 C Fallon (3)
4 (5)6513-GOOD JOB POWER 290 (D) R Hannon 9-7 T Hammer Hansen (3)
5 (3)36-16GERT LUSH 25 (CD) R Teal 9-6 Michael Pitt (7)
6 (6)^32564 WHAT AN ANGEL 13 R Hannon 9-6 S Hitchcott
7 (2) 2544 EPIC ENDEAVOUR 23 W Muir 9-5 K Shoemark
8 (10)4-420BLESSED 13 (BF) H Candy 9-2 G Wood
9 (7) 25141 WRATH OF HECTOR 8 (B,D) M Appleby 8-10T Ladd (3)
10 (1)4-104IVADREAM 30 R Charlton 8-10 T Greatrex (3)
4-1 Don’t Tell Claire, 11-2 Tommy Rock, 6-1 Kinsman, Wrath Of Hector, 7-1 Good
Job Power, 8-1 What An Angel, 10-1 Epic Endeavour, Ivadream, 12-1 others.6.00 Maiden Stakes (Div I)
(£3,493: 7f) (10)
1 (6) 3-BOMA GREEN 457 C Fellowes 3-9-5 C Fallon (3)
2 (2)^0 DECEPTION VALLEY 7 M Channon 3-9-5 G Bass (7)
3 (4)5-232JUMAIRA BAY 20 (BF) R Varian 3-9-5 E J Walsh
4 (5) 52 KING’S KNIGHT 26 C Hills 3-9-5 K Shoemark
5 (10) 4-MODMIN 352 M Tregoning 3-9-5 F Norton
6 (8)^0 WOODCOCK 68 H Candy 3-9-5 G Wood
7 (9)^00 HANNALITE 13 Ali Stronge 3-9-0 H Crouch
8 (3) 0 KIWI ROYALE 13 R Teal 3-9-0 D Muscutt
9 (7) REDREDROBIN M Saunders 3-9-0 R Tate
10 (1) 00 SAIGON SUZI 23 D & C Kubler 3-9-0Adam J McNamara
Evens Jumaira Bay, 11-4 King’s Knight, 10-3 Boma Green, 10-1 Modmin, 33-
Redredrobin, 50-1 Hannalite, Deception Valley, 66-1 others.6.30 Maiden Stakes (Div II)
(£3,493: 7f) (9)
1 (2)^6 EL RAY 28 (T) K Ryan 3-9-5 K Shoemark
2 (3) 00 HELIX 17 David Loughnane 3-9-5 T Greatrex (3)
3 (4) 60 MONASH 23 Ed Walker 3-9-5 H Crouch
4 (6) 0 ABILENE PARADOX 13 R Teal 3-9-0 N Currie
5 (1)^30 HELVEZIA 35 R Beckett 3-9-0 C Fallon (3)
6 (9)^2 LUCKYANGEL 63 M Mullineaux 3-9-0 J Garritty
7 (7)363-MUST BE AN ANGEL 241 (W) S Kirk 3-9-0 D Muscutt
8 (5) 0 RHUBARB 61 R J Price 3-9-0 George Rooke (5)
9 (8) 05 TRUSTY RUSTY 14 R Harris 3-9-0 L Keniry
15-8 Must Be An Angel, 7-2 Luckyangel, 4-1 Helvezia, 7-1 Monash, 8-1 Trusty
Rusty, El Ray, 25-1 Abilene Paradox, 50-1 Helix, 66-1 Rhubarb.7.00 Fillies’ Handicap (£3,493: 1m) (11)
1 (6) 00000 AGENT OF FORTUNE 18 (P,D) G L Moore 5-10-5 R Clutterbuck (7)
2 (2) 5-2PRETTY PICKLE 73 (H,BF) W Haggas 3-9-12C Fallon (3)
3 (11)10-50ZEPHYRINA 41 (C) D & C Kubler 4-9-11 Adam J McNamara
4 (8)34-44WILLA 12 (B) R Hannon 3-9-11 J Fahy
5 (7)20-04KYLLACHYS TALE 37 (CD) R Teal 6-9-10 D Muscutt
6 (5)6-143OKSANA ASTANKOVA 19 (BF) M Channon 3-9-7 G Bass (7)
7 (3)^056 SACRED BELIEF 29 E Dunlop 3-9-7 K Shoemark
8 (1)-0623FORONCEINMYLIFE 18 (H) J Osborne 3-9-6 S Osborne (7)
9 (9)0-04EXHALATION 23 M Johnston 3-9-6 F Norton
10 (4) 444 MORROOJ 65 (BF) R Varian 3-9-5 E J Walsh
11 (10)30-21AMAZON PRINCESS 2 A Newcombe 3-8-11(6ex) George Rooke (5)
5-2 Pretty Pickle, 5-1 Willa, 6-1 Oksana Astankova, 7-1 Exhalation, Morrooj,
10-1 Amazon Princess, 12-1 Foronceinmylife, Sacred Belief, 14-1 others.7.30 Handicap (£3,493: 1m 2f) (12)
1 (7)^43152 EMBRACE THE MOMENT 12 (P,D) I Williams 4-9-9 G Ashton (7)
2 (1)03-02BROWN HONEY 12 I Mohammed 4-9-9 C Fallon (3)
3 (5)^26266 MOTAWAAFEQ 23 (B,P) M Appleby 4-9-9 T Ladd (3)
4 (4)-0065ZEYZOUN 165 (H) Alexandra Dunn 6-9-8 D Muscutt
5 (3) 65203 ROTHERWICK 12 (P,D) P & O Cole 8-9-6 K Shoemark
6 (8) 15000 LIGHTNING ATTACK 12 (D) A Newcombe 4-9-5 George Rooke (5)
7 (2) 52551 CROESO CYMRAEG 25 (D) H Evans 6-9-4K Lundie (5)
8 (9)20-30CAREY STREET 28 J J Quinn 4-9-0 T Greatrex (3)
9 (12) 04120 PIONEERING 49 (B,D) G L Moore 6-8-12 H Crouch
10 (11)3500-SIR CANFORD J217 (W,P,D) Ali Stronge 4-8-8 F Norton
11 (6) 05300 MURAAQEB 48 (P,D) J Bradley 6-8-7 R Tate
12 (10)0-263ZEST OF ZAMBIA 6 D Burchell 4-8-4 Doubtful
3-1 Embrace The Moment, 7-2 Brown Honey, 4-1 Croeso Cymraeg, 5-1 others.8.00 Handicap (£2,782: 1m 4f) (12)
1 (5) 32163 COMPETITION 9 (T,D) M Appleby 8-10-2 T Ladd
2 (11)14-46CELTIC CLASSIC 61 (B,D) P & O Cole 4-10-0M Tabti (7)
3 (9) 16030 BIRD TO LOVE 3 M Usher 6-9-12 Isobel Francis (7)
4 (4)^04120 TELEKINETIC 19 A Carroll 5-9-11 T Greatrex
5 (1)0/500AUMERLE 14 (T) S Lycett 8-9-11 Charlie Price (3)
6 (6)53-01ESSGEE NICS 24 R Brisland 7-9-6Pierre-Louis Jamin (5)
7 (3)0-041NIGHT TIME GIRL 8 I Mohammed 3-9-6 C Fallon
8 (7)0-042ISLAND NATION 14 Mrs H Main 3-9-6 S Cherchi (5)
9 (10)5300/PERCY THROWER J19 S-J Davies 6-9-4 S Osborne (7)
10 (2)0530-DAS KAPITAL 245 J Berry 5-9-3 T Hammer Hansen
11 (8)0-545SEVENTII 12 R Eddery 6-9-2 Selma Grage (7)
12 (12)000-0LONGVILLE LILLY 204 T Wall 5-9-1 W Carver (3)
11-4 Night Time Girl, 7-2 Competition, 6-1 Essgee Nics, 7-1 others.Sam Tomkins, the Catalans Dragons
and England full back, has called for
stricter social-distancing rules to be
imposed on Super League players to
avoid the season being potentially
derailed.
Six members of Hull FC’s squad
and two coaching staff tested positive
for Covid-19 after last Sunday’s match
against Salford Red Devils, with five
of those having played in that fixture.
Matches involving Hull and Salford,
scheduled for this weekend, have
subsequently been postponed with
both squads having been stood down.
The outbreak at Hull was another
blow to the Super League — which
returned to action this month after
being suspended in March — after
cash-strapped Toronto Wolfpack’s
withdrawal from the competition.
There have been calls for an
increase in testing from once to twice
a week, as is the case in the Premier
League, EFL and Premiership rugby
union. Yet Tomkins feels that more
stringent guidelines for players are
required to prevent a spread of
Tomkins: Get strict or lose season
coronavirus throughout Super
League. The 31-year-old pointed to
the conditions in place in Australia’s
National Rugby League (NRL), where
players are barred from visiting
restaurants, cafés and bars.
The NRL recently fined some of
the biggest names in the game,
including Wayne Bennett, the South
Sydney Rabbitohs coach, after they
were found to have breached
Covid-19 biosecurity protocols.
“Testing twice a week would
help but I’d also like to see a
similar blueprint to the
NRL, where players are
forced to isolate as
much as possible,”
Tomkins, who will
return for Catalans in
today’s match against
Wakefield Trinity,
said. “There are
hefty fines for
NRL players
who breach the
guidelines and it would be
sensible to do that in Super
League. Everyone wants theseason to carry on and finish with
the Grand Final. For that to
happen, we are all going to
have to make more sacrifices.
“In Super League, everyone
is just doing what the
government is saying — you can go
to restaurants and meet people in
pubs and cafés. Therefore people
are going to do it.”
Adam Pearson, the Hull FC owner,
believes that a player visiting his
unwell baby in hospital last week led
to him contracting the virus before
passing it to team-mates. “As rugbyplayers we are in exceptional
circumstances because we are in such
close contact throughout the week in
training,” Tomkins said.
“One person at Hull has got
coronavirus and eight people in the
organisation now have it. That just
proves it is very easy to pass it on, so I
believe there should be some extra
measures. We all want to keep playing
and paying the bills, but if we
continue getting positive tests then it
won’t be long before wages are cut
and people are losing jobs.”
Tomkins and his Perpignan-based
team-mates have been living in
similar conditions to the UK in terms
of social distancing. Catalans’ ability
to host matches and continue
travelling to England to play will not
be affected by the country being
added to the quarantine list.
With Toronto, Hull and Salford
absent, there will be a scaled-down
fixture list at St Helens this weekend,
with double-headers on both days
and all four matches live on Sky. The
Super League clubs are attempting to
complete the season and, crucially,
fulfil their broadcast obligations to
Sky, with the Grand Final scheduled
for November 28 at Old Trafford.Fixtures
SPORTING
HERO
of the week
He Knows No Fear
300-1 horseWho doesn’t love an underdog?
In a world where powerhouse
trainers such as Aidan O’Brien
and John Gosden seem to be
sweeping up more prizes than
ever, it was heartening to see He
Knows No Fear, a 300-1 shot, win
at Leopardstown on Thursday —
and, in doing so, become the
biggest-price winner since
records began.
As the odds suggest, the three-
year-old colt was an unlikely
hero: the product of an unproven
stallion and a largely
underwhelming broodmare;
trained by a man without a Flat
winner in nine years; a distant
12th on his only previous visit to
the racecourse, at Limerick last
month.
“We had a few quid on him at
Limerick but he broke badly,” Jim
Gorman, racing manager to the
winning owner and trainer, Luke
Comer, said, explaining why they
did not back the horse on this
occasion.
However, Alan Mulligan, a
stable lad who works at Comer’s
yard in Co Meath, did manage to
cash in. He put €100 (about £90)
each way on He Knows No Fear
with Ladbrokes, won €36,
and is planning a lavish holiday
when the coronavirus crisis is
over.
“I’d be going to a travel agent
this evening if I could,” he told
the Daily Mirror after the race.
“There will be a bottle of
champagne drunk tonight. I’m
ecstatic, to be honest — on cloud
nine.”Chris Hayes, left, rode the colt to
a shock victory at LeopardstownRugby league
Ross Heppenstall
British record books rewritten
at Monaco’s Diamond LeagueTomkins wants more isolation
among playersDespite a summer drought
in competition caused by
the coronavirus and
worldwide lockdowns that
have prevented them from
training, athletes recorded
impressively fast times at
the Diamond League in
Monaco last night, including
a world record in the men’s
5,000m and a British record
for Laura Muir (Rebecca
Myers writes).
Muir beat Kelly Holmes’s
record in coming second to
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon in
the 1,000m, while Britons
Laura Weightman and Jake
Wightman also challenged
two bastions of the national
record books, Paula
Radcliffe and Mo Farah,
with personal best times,
placing them both second
in the national all-time
rankings.
There was also a second-
place finish for Andrew
Pozzi in the hurdles, with a
personal best time. The
world record in the 5,000m
was broken by Ugandan
Joshua Cheptegei, 16 years
after it was set.There were
disappointments, however,
for Adam Gemili and
Katarina Johnson-
Thompson. The former, who
finished fourth at the World
Championships in Doha last
year, came fourth again in
the men’s 200m with a
time of 20.68sec. Noah
Lyles, 23, came first with a
world leading time of
19.76sec, while his younger
brother, Josephus, 22, came
second.
Johnson-Thompson, who
became world champion in
Doha last October, exited
the high jump after
failing three attempts at
1.88m.
At least two athletes were
unable to participate in the
event — the first to take
place after Diamond
League cancellations in
Eugene, London, Paris,
Rabat, Gateshead and
Shanghai — after testing
positive. One of them was
the reigning 3,000m
steeplechase Olympic
champion Conseslus
Kipruto.Today
Wakefield Trinity v Catalans Dragons,
4.15pm
Huddersfield Giants v Warrington
Wolves, 6.30pmTomorrow
St Helens v Castleford Tigers, 4.15pm
Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos,
6.30pm
All matches live on Sky Sports ArenaPozzi, left, ran a personal best when finishing second in the 110m hurdles in Monaco last nightVALERY HACHE/POOL/AFP/GETTY IMAGES