Racewatch: Shergar Cup

Race-by-race coverage of the Rest of the World's victory over Great Britain and Ireland at Ascot.

Final score: Rest of the World (ROW) 146-98 Great Britain and Ireland (GBI)

1345: Mile
1m

1 Pentecost, D Whyte (ROW), 7-1
2 Green Line, A Suborics (ROW), 8-1
3 Surprise Encounter, S Dye (ROW), 15-2
4 Island Light, M Kinane (GBI), 7-2 fav
10 ran

Frankie Dettori's Rest of the World team claimed a 1-2-3 in Ascot's first race to storm into a commanding 32-8 lead.

Mick Kinane on Island Light had been expected to get the home team off to a flying start but it was Pentecost, with South Africa's Dougie Whyte on board, that pulled away with only Green Line for company.

The second favourite eventually won it by half a length from Andreas Suborics' mount to earn ROW and Whyte 15 points. Australian-based jockey Shane Dye finished third on Surprise Encounter.

Winning trainer Andrew Balding said: "What a world-class ride from a world-class rider."

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1415: Distaff
6f

1 Lochridge, F Johansson (ROW), 11-2
2 Gaelic Princess, Y Take (ROW), 25-1
3 Forever Times, S Dye (ROW), 8-1
4 Vita Spericolata, M Kinane (GBI), 9-2
10 ran

Things went from bad to worse for the hosts in the second race. Beaten 32-8 in the first race, GBI could only pick up five points for Mick Kinane's second straight fourth place as ROW took another 1-2-3.

Swedish jockey Fredrik Johansson streaked home on Lochridge to complete a 51-1 double for trainer Andrew Balding.

Yutaka Take finished second on Gaelic Princess, three and a half lengths away, with Shane Dye a short head back in third on Forever Times.

"[Lochridge] is a fairly straightforward ride, but the jockey didn't do anything wrong and I think he quite enjoyed himself," said Balding.

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1450: Juvenile
7f

1 Kinnaird, K Fallon (GBI), 7-2
2 Chinsola, A Suborics (ROW), 2-1 fav
3 Think Tank, F Johansson (ROW), 3-1
4 Vienna's Boy, D Holland (GBI), 9-1
10 ran

Kieren Fallon recorded the home team's first win at the third time of asking with a typically powerful ride on Kinnaird in the Juvenile.

The champion jockey had a length and a half to spare over Suborics on Chinsola, with Johansson third on Think Tank, half a length away.

The scores for the third event were 20-20, leaving the Rest of the World 54 points clear and hot favourites to win the contest.

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1525: Stayers
2m 45yds

1 Shabernak, K Fallon (GBI), 7-1
2 Random Quest, D Holland (GBI), 10-1
3 Mana d'Argent, P Eddery (GBI), 7-4 fav
4 Unleash, F Dettori (ROW)
10 ran

Kieren Fallon landed his second straight win and led home a GBI 1-2-3 to give the hosts a slender chance of defending their Shergar Cup crown.

Fallon triumphed by five lengths on Shabernak, Random Quest and Darryll Holland came second, with captain Pat Eddery third on last year's winner Mana d'Argent.

Shabernak was having his first run over two miles and Fallon never had a moment's worry as Michael Bell's charge stormed clear in the straight.

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1600: Challenge
1m 4f

1 Capitano Corelli, S Dye (ROW), 20-1
2 Sergeant Cecil, K Fallon (GBI), 8-1
3 Muhareb, F Johansson (ROW), 10-1
4 Reveillez, P Eddery (GBI), 7-2 fav
10 ran

Australia's Dye partnered 20-1 chance Capitano Corelli to victory in the fifth race, but a stewards' inquiry was announced after possible interference in the 12-furlong contest.

Fallon was second on Sergeant Cecil, with Muhareb third for Johansson.

After the inquiry the result was allowed to stand, leaving the Rest of the World needing to get only one horse in the last race's top five to clinch the Shergar Cup.

But Johansson was deemed to have blocked Fallon and was banned for one day.

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1630: Sprint
6f

1 Move it, D Whyte (ROW), 9-2
2 Royal Beacon, Y Take (ROW), 20-1
3 Coconut Penang, P Eddery (GBI), 10-1
4 Somnus, K Darley (GBI), 8-11 fav

Dougie Whyte claims an upset win in the final race at Ascot to seal an upset victory for the Rest of the World team in the Shergar Cup.