Rakti tops QEII field

Last year’s winner Rakti heads 53 entries for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket next month.

Rakti tops QEII field
Tue, 02 Aug, 2005 - 16:10

Last year’s winner Rakti heads 53 entries for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket next month.

The six-year-old will bid to become the first horse since Rose Bowl (1975-76) to record back-to-back victories in the Group One feature over a mile, which has been moved this season because of major redevelopment work at Ascot.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: NewmarketPlace: Rose BowlPlace: AscotPlace: Royal AscotPlace: YorkPlace: Maids CausewayPlace: DeauvillePlace: Glorious GoodwoodPerson: RaktiPerson: Michael Jarvis’Person: Aidan O’BrienPerson: ValixirPerson: GodolphinPerson: WhipperPerson: Robert ColletPerson: Robert PapinPerson: Ed DunlopPerson: DeveronPerson: SirPerson: PercyPerson: Richard HannonPerson: Sir Michael StoutePerson: O’BrienPerson: George WashingtonPerson: Ivan DenisovichPerson: Horatio NelsonPerson: Donna BliniPerson: Brian MeehanPerson: Mick ChannonPerson: WingsPerson: SilcaEvent: Queen Elizabeth II StakesEvent: Queen Anne StakesEvent: Coronation StakesEvent: Sussex StakesEvent: 2004 Prix Jacques le MaroisEvent: MeonEvent: Royal Lodge StakesEvent: Group Two Vintage StakesEvent: 2000 GuineasEvent: Group One Shadwell Stud Middle Park StakesEvent: Group One Sky Bet Cheveley Park StakesEvent: Cherry Hinton StakesEvent: Queen Mary StakesOrganisation: Barclays Bank PLC
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