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SALISBURY'S 2004 totesport SOVEREIGN STAKES

Posted July 15th 2005

Salisbury's top race, the Group 3 totesport Sovereign Stakes, has been confirmed statistically as one of the leading races in the country of 2004.

The average rating of the first four horses to finish - Norse Dancer, Lucky Story, Hurricane Alan and Passing Glance - was 118, and only 14 of the 26 Group 1 races for three year olds and upwards had a higher rating. It also equalled the rating of the leading Group 2 race of 2004, Newmarket's Princess of Wales's Stakes.

Jeremy Martin, Clerk of the Course at Salisbury, said: "We knew at the time that the totesport Sovereign Stakes was a good race, but to see the BHB's data and be the joint fifteenth highest rated race in the country last year is something we are very proud about.

This was also achieved in its first year as a Group 3 event, having previously been a Listed contest. The race appears very well established."

Previous winners, as a Listed race, were Passing Glance, Priors Lodge and Umistim.

The totesport Sovereign Stakes is over a mile for three year olds and upwards colts and geldings, and this year's renewal takes place on Thursday, August 11. Like last year, the race will be worth £60,000 guaranteed, £10,000 above the Group 3 minimum value.

For more information, please contact Jeremy Martin, 01722 326461 or 07880 744999.

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