Jean Prat Glory For Pinatubo
Pinatubo | Scoop Dyga
Dropping back to the seven-furlong trip over which he proved so dominant in 2019, Godolphin’s Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) was duly back to winning ways in Sunday’s G1 Qatar Prix Jean Prat at Deauville. Vanquished at a mile when third in the G1 2000 Guineas and runner-up in the G1 St James’s Palace S., the 3-5 favourite was buried in the pack early by William Buick and was at his previous best as he threaded through rivals to take command a furlong out. Threatened by one of last year’s foes Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in the run to the line, the homebred pulled out extra to score by 3/4 of a length as Ballydoyle’s 40-1 shot pulled 2 1/2 lengths clear of another outsider in Malotru (GB) (Casamento {Ire}) in third.
“I never lost faith in Pinatubo and Sheikh Mohammed gave us a lot of confidence this week, saying if we were happy then to go again, it’s no problem,” Charlie Appleby said. “He delivered this time. When you have been champion 2-year-old, to get beaten in the Guineas is hard to take and then he had the stiff mile at Ascot, but I wouldn’t take anything away from the horses that beat us on both occasions, they are good horses. We are proud of him and will probably give him a little rest now and talk to Sheikh Mohammed. He was a little far back early, but was travelling as nicely as you’d hope in such a top race and he has that turn of foot and kick. When he found the gap, he went through it very nicely.”
Very few juveniles are capable of turning it on as Pinatubo had in the G1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National S. at The Curragh in September and after he had confirmed his status as generation kingpin in the G1 Dewhurst S. the following month at Newmarket the world was his oyster. Whether the month’s delay to the 2000 Guineas cost such a set and mature colt will never be known, but when the die was re-cast at Royal Ascot a fortnight later he had reversed the form of that June 6 Classic with the runner-up Wichita (Ire) (No Nay Never) only to find Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) too strong at the finish.
Just as Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) had done last year, Pinatubo almost had to win here and he had every excuse for failing to come through. Bumped and hassled by Kenway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) in the early stages as Buick sought to get some daylight, he was helped by the strong tempo set by his stablemate Well of Wisdom (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) who has class in his own right and looks the perfect pacemaker from here on. Working between rivals to subdue Wooded (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) approaching the last furlong, he had only Lope Y Fernandez to concern him from there with last week’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club-winning jockey Ioritz Mendizabal getting a real tune out of the colt who had been behind Pinatubo when second in the Listed Chesham S. and third in the G2 Vintage S. last term.
Appleby is still learning about his stable star and said, “This is what we saw from Pinatubo as a two-year-old. He travels and then has that electric turn of foot. William said that he was sat last at halfway with not a lot of room but, before he knew it, he was up there on the bridle again. We have always felt that Pinatubo is a very courageous horse. Going back to a mile is something that we need to talk about. He does travel extremely well and has that acceleration. He is going to be one of those milers that you are going to have to ride with so much confidence and just hope that you get there.”
Lope Y Fernandez’s rider said, “We had a very good trip and he’s a nice horse who was just beaten by a superior one on the day, so I have no excuses really. I just feel that on softer ground, he’d be better.” Wooded’s trainer Francis-Henri Graffard said of the eventual fourth, “At the two pole, he was travelling so nicely I was hoping but it is obvious to me now that he doesn’t stay seven. He has run a great race.”
Pinatubo’s dam Lava Flow (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}), a half-sister to the G1 Gran Criterium runner-up Strobilus (GB) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}), was able to win the 11-furlong Listed Prix de la Seine so it is probable that like Too Darn Hot he is not conforming to his pedigree. The second dam Mount Elbrus (GB) (Barathea {Ire}) also scored at listed level at 10 1/2 furlongs and is out of a half-sister to the G1 Prix de Diane heroine and outstanding producer Rafha (GB) (Kris {GB}).
That connects Pinatubo with the all-powerful sire Invincible Spirit (Ire) and his brother Kodiac (GB), so it could be that he draws from the family’s fount of speed as other members Gustav Klimt (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and James Garfield (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) did before him. This remarkable dynasty also features last Sunday’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), the G1 Pretty Polly S. heroine Chinese White (Ire) by Lava Flow’s sire Dalakhani, and the G1 Inglis Sires and G1 Blue Diamond S. hero Pride of Dubai (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}). Lava Flow’s 2-year-old filly is by Sea the Stars (Ire), while she also has a yearling filly by Teofilo (Ire).
Sunday, Deauville, France
QATAR PRIX JEAN PRAT-G1, €240,000, Deauville, 7-12, 3yo, c/f, 7fT, 1:23.03, g/s.
1–PINATUBO (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Shamardal
1st Dam: Lava Flow (Ire) (SW-Fr), by Dalakhani (Ire)
2nd Dam: Mount Elbrus (GB), by Barathea (Ire)
3rd Dam: El Jazirah (GB), by Kris (GB)
O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. €137,136. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 2yo Colt-Eur, Eng & Fr, G1SW-Eng & Ire, 9-7-1-1, €1,031,896. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Lope Y Fernandez (Ire), 128, c, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Black Dahlia (GB), by Dansili (GB). (€900,000 Ylg ’18 ARAUG). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-SF Bloodstock LLC (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €54,864.
3–Malotru (GB), 128, c, 3, Casamento (Ire)–Magika (GB), by Dubawi (Ire). O-Earle I Mack & Les Boyer; B-Wattlefield Stud Ltd & Partner (GB); T-Marco Botti. €27,432.
Margins: 3/4, 2HF, SNK. Odds: 0.60, 40.00, 68.00.
Also Ran: Wooded (Ire), Molatham (GB), Kenway (Fr), Arizona (Ire), Kinross (GB), Well of Wisdom (GB), Alson (Ger), Tropbeau (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Adlerflug’s In Swoop Pounces For Deutsches Derby Glory
In Swoop | Marc Ruhl
Stall Wasserfreunde’s domestic star Wonderful Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) was eclipsed, but Gestut Schlenderhan’s homebred In Swoop (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) stepped into the spotlight with a battling success in Sunday’s G1 Idee 151st Deutsches Derby at Hamburg, with the Francis-Henri Graffard trainee becoming France’s first winner of Germany’s Blue Riband. Employing patient tactics in rear off the tempo set by habitual frontrunner Kellahen (Ger) (Wiesenpfad {Fr}) for the most part, the 137-10 chance was under stern urging turning for home and kept on relentlessly for continued rousting in the straight to hit the front with just 50 yards remaining en route to a 3/4-of-a-length verdict from Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}). Grocer Jack (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who was threatened on all sides once setting sail for home inside the final quarter mile, kept on to finish the same margin back in third. The Henk Grewe-trained 2-1 favourite Wonderful Moon came from off the pace to threaten out wide in the straight, but faded late to finish just over three lengths off the winner in sixth.
In Swoop, who went untested as a juvenile, followed up a May 15 debut success tackling 11 furlongs at Lyon-Parilly with a third back over that strip in the June 6 G2 Prix Greffulhe in his only other start last time and franked Gestut Schlenderhan’s policy of spreading its talent further afield after an extensive overhaul of operations. Having emerged from tumultuous times and fresh from its own 150th anniversary in tandem with this contest itself last year, the stud extended its imposing record haul to 19 and, with Graffard at the helm of this project, a landmark win for France.
“He was a horse with little experience going into the race, but had improved quite a lot from the Greffulhe,” explained the Chantilly-based conditioner. “Ronan [Thomas] gave him a beautiful ride and it went exactly as we had planned, which was to avoid all the scrimmaging in the race. I knew he would quicken well from the top of the straight and I’m sure he will improve more. There is nothing for him now until September and the G1 Grand Prix de Paris, so we will bring him back for that.” The winning rider, celebrating a career high of his own, added, “We knew there’d be some pace beforehand so we decided it would be best to give him a chance to find his own rhythm. As expected, it was fast and that’s what he did. I started to get an idea where to go on the final bend and down the middle was the best way home. He can be a little bit lazy at times, but he’s a big baby who only started his season two months’ ago. He’s still learning, he hasn’t finished improving and I think he will get better race by race.”
In Swoop marks the fourth Group 1 and first Deutsches Derby winner for his sire (by In the Wings {GB}). Kin to a 2-year-old filly by Australia (GB), he is the third pattern-race winner produced by G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Iota (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}), who is also the dam of In Swoop’s G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern-winning full-brother Ito (Ger) and G3 Ssangyong Counties Cup victress Igraine (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}). Iota is herself kin to G3 Grand Prix Premiere Aufgalopp victor Illo (Ger), G1 Preis von Europa placegetter Ioannina (GB) (Rainbow Quest) and to the dam of last year’s G2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft victor Itobo (Ger) (Areion {Ger}). In Swoop’s second dam Iora (Ger) (Konigsstuhl {Ger}) is the sole produce out of Listed Festa-Rennen runner-up Incitation (Be My Guest), who in turn is a daughter of Listed Fruhjahrs Stutenpreis victress Iberica (Ger) (Green Dancer). Descendants of the latter include G2 German 2000 Guineas hero Irian (Ger) (Tertullian) and GSW G1 Preis von Europa runner-up Ibicenco (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}), with this being the dam line of G2 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Idrissa (Ger) (Tamerlane {GB}).
Sunday, Hamburg, Germany
IDEE 151ST DEUTSCHES DERBY-G1, €650,000, Hamburg, 7-12, 3yo, c/f, 12fT, 2:34.97, g/s.
1–IN SWOOP (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Adlerflug (Ger)
1st Dam: Iota (Ger), by Tiger Hill (Ire)
2nd Dam: Iora (Ger), by Konigsstuhl (Ger)
3rd Dam: Incitation (Ger), by Be My Guest
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Gestut Schlenderhan; B-Stall Ullmann (IRE); T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Ronan Thomas. €390,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 3-2-0-1, €408,450. *Full to Ito (Ger), Hwt. Older Horse-Ger at 11-14f, G1SW-Ger & GSP-Fr, $321,458; and 1/2 to Igraine (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}), GSW-NZ, SW & MGSP-Aus, $218,379; and Iniciar (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Torquator Tasso (Ger), 128, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Tijuana (Ger), by Toylsome (GB). (€24,000 Ylg ’18 BBAGO). O-Gestut Auenquelle; B-Paul H Vandeberg (GER); T-Marcel Weiss. €130,000.
3–Grocer Jack (Ger), 128, c, 3, Oasis Dream (GB)–Good Donna (Ger), by Doyen (Ire). (€85,000 RNA Ylg ’18 BBAGS). O/B-Dr Christoph Berglar (GER); T-Waldemar Hickst. €78,000.
Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 13.70, 22.20, 11.30.
Also Ran: Kaspar (Ger), Notre Ruler (Ger), Wonderful Moon (Ger), Dicaprio (Ger), Adrian (Ger), Only The Brave (Fr), Soul Train (Fr), Prince Oliver (Fr), Anatello (GB), Furioso (Ger), Brian Boru (Ger), Kellahen (Ger), Frohsim (Fr), Near Poet (Ger), Toscano (Fr), Palm Springs (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
Shamardal’s Earthlight Back With A Bang In France
Earthlight is Shamardal’s second stakes winner of the day | Scoop Dyga
Recovered from an injury which forced the abandonment of any and all plans for this term’s rescheduled one-mile Classics, the belated reintroduction of Godolphin’s homebred Earthlight (Ire) (Shamardal) in Sunday’s Listed Qatar Prix Kistena at Deauville was as straightforward as starting odds of 2-5 might suggest and the Andre Fabre trainee maintained his perfect record, going six-for-six, with an impressive 2 1/2-length dismissal of Wanaway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) in the six-furlong dash. Settled under cover in sixth after an alert departure from the outside stall, last term’s G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S. hero eased into the clear at halfway and was hard on the steel until shaken up for control passing the eighth pole, powering clear with familiar gusto to score by daylight.
“It is a relief to see him win like he did,” said Godolphin’s Lisa Jane Graffard. “He was relaxed and very professional and you can see that the quality is still there. It has been almost a year off, but the lockdown and the setback might have been a blessing in disguise as it gave him more time to grow and mature. We will see how he comes out of the race and Sheikh Mohamed and Andre Fabre will decide on his near future.”
Earthlight is the first foal bred from G1 Fillies’ Mile runner-up Winters Moon (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), whose own dam Summertime Legacy (GB) (Darshaan {GB}) took the G3 Prix des Reservoirs and ran third in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary. Summertime Legacy has four stakes performers to her credit, headed by G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud victor Mandaean (GB) (Manduro {Ger}) and G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Wavering (Ire) (Refuse To Bend {Ire}). Summertime Legacy is herself the leading performer for Zawaahy (El Gran Senor), who in turn is kin to G1 Epsom Derby hero Golden Fleece (Nijinsky) and the stakes-producing Listed Modesty H. victrix Office Wife (Secretariat). From a family featuring GI Belmont S.-winning sire Jaipur (Nasrullah) and GSW sire Be My Guest (Northern Dancer), Winters Moon has a 2-year-old filly by Dubawi (Ire) and a yearling full-sister to Earthlight to come.
Sunday, Deauville, France
QATAR PRIX KISTENA-Listed, €38,000, Deauville, 7-12, 3yo, 6fT, 1:10.29, gd.
1–EARTHLIGHT (IRE), 123, c, 3, by Shamardal
1st Dam: Winters Moon (Ire) (G1SP-Eng), by New Approach (Ire)
2nd Dam: Summertime Legacy (GB), by Darshaan (GB)
3rd Dam: Zawaahy, by El Gran Senor
O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Mickael Barzalona. €19,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng & Fr, 6-6-0-0, €463,835.
2–Wanaway (Fr), 125, f, 3, Galiway (GB)–Matwan (Fr), by Indian Rocket (GB). O/B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Pascal Bary. €7,600.
3–Crew Dragon (Fr), 123, c, 3, Poet’s Voice (GB)–Vintage Red (Fr), by Turtle Bowl (Ire). (€75,000 RNA Ylg ’18 ARAUG). O/B-Berend van Dalfsen (FR); T-Mauricio Delcher Sanchez. €5,700.
Margins: 2HF, 1HF, 1. Odds: 0.40, 16.00, 10.00.
Also Ran: Queen Kahlua (GB), Hurricane Ivor (Ire), Gadea (Ire), Jolie (Fr), Additional (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
First Group One For Cieren Fallon As Oxted Wins the July Cup
Oxted | Racing Post
Last year’s champion apprentice Cieren Fallon completed his meteoric rise to prominence on Saturday when steering Oxted (GB) (Mayson {GB}) to glory in Newmarket’s G1 Darley July Cup, one of the top races to evade his legendary jockey father. Having his first ride in a pattern race when partnering the Roger Teal-trained 4-year-old to success in the G3 Abernant S. over this six-furlong trip on the Rowley Mile June 5, the budding talent had the 12-1 shot positioned near the early pace before committing on the approach to two out. Staying on strongly up the rising ground, Oxted had 1 1/4 lengths to spare over Sceptical (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) at the line, with the 2-1 favourite Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire}) a neck away in third.
“I’m speechless, I can’t believe it,” Fallon commented. “I was just a passenger on a very good horse today. Mr Teal and the team back home have done an incredible job. There was a lot of pressure going into a group one like this. I spoke to my dad beforehand and my jockey coach Michael Tebbutt and went into the office to see my boss Mr Haggas too. I’m very lucky to have the support around me that I have to keep me progressing. Dad said to keep it simple, jump out, stay in a straight line, don’t take him back, don’t push and keep him travelling. Hold him together to the dip then let him go and see what’s underneath you. That’s what I did today.”
Kieren Fallon was full of praise for his son and also William Haggas, who took the youngster under his wing from the early stages of his career. “He’s got it–I know he’s got it,” he said of ‘Junior’. “He’s got so much confidence–I wish I had half his confidence when I was riding. William [Haggas] has done so much with him behind the scenes. He has sent him to Australia and he has sent him to America. He’s doing everything to get him where needs to be at. He works hard and he’s dedicated, but without William he wouldn’t be having this success. He’s done a great job with him.”
Lightly-raced for a sprinter, Oxted traded at 20-1 when caught late by Khaadem (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and finishing runner-up on his third career start in Newbury’s six-furlong Listed Carnarvon S. last May. Only sixth on good-to-soft ground that may have undermined him in the G3 Hackwood S. back over the same course and distance the following month, the bay sunk when last of four on the same going in a Doncaster conditions event in early August. Undeterred by that eclipse, he was out again 15 days later to run second in a handicap over this track and trip before tackling Doncaster’s prestigious Portland H. and giving five pounds and a half-length beating to the previous year’s winner A Momentofmadness (GB) (Elnadim) in the 5 1/2-furlong test in September.
Looking to have progressed again in the Abernant, Oxted broke professionally here and formed a line of four ridden prominently alongside Golden Horde, Lord of the Lodge (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) and Hello Youmzain (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}) before the G1 Commonwealth Cup took charge against the rail. Passing three out, Golden Horde and Hello Youmzain came under the pump but Fallon had plenty left and Oxted was soon dragging that Royal Ascot-winning duo into the red running downhill. Looking like his “old man” as he built more momentum heading back out of the “dip”, Fallon had his mount in an unstoppable rhythm to carve out his first group 1-winning experience.
For Roger Teal, this was the culmination of months of build-up and a few days of heightened excitement. “His work was blistering in the week and my son Harry’s words were ‘he wins the July Cup dad’–he was breathtaking and it gave us the confidence coming here,” he said. “I was a bit worried about the ground, but we got lucky with it drying up this morning. When he won the Portland last year, this was the target and we knew we had him short going to the Abernant and he still won nicely. We decided to miss Ascot especially to come to this race, but yards of our size don’t normally get the glory in races like this.”
“Everyone has worked hard and things go wrong daily in racing, but you have to keep picking yourself up when you have horses like this and Kenzai Warrior and Gussy Mac,” Teal added. “We’ve got his half-brother in the yard and he’s a bull now. We’re punching above our weight, but it’s down to the hard work of the team and our owners have also been terrific throughout lockdown. I’ve had a lot of questions asking why we were still using Cieren as he couldn’t use his claim, but he’s just gelled with this horse and if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. I said to the owners we couldn’t take him off until he got beat on him. Cieren is inexperienced, but he’s very calm. Haydock is on the agenda [the G1 Sprint Cup] and there’s a race in Deauville [the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest], but we’ll see how he comes out of today.”
Oxted, who was bought back for £400,000 at last year’s Goffs London Sale, is out of the useful handicapper Charlotte Rosina (GB) (Choisir {Aus}) who raced for this stable and won over this course and distance. The dam, whose family includes the G2 Grosser Preis von Deutschland and G2 Premio Ellington winner Captain Horatius (Taufan), also has the as-yet unraced 3-year-old colt Whiskey Jar (GB) (Equiano {Fr}) and the 2-year-old Chipstead (GB), who is a full-brother to Oxted.
Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
DARLEY JULY CUP S.-G1, £250,000, Newmarket, 7-11, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:09.59, gd.
1–OXTED (GB), 132, g, 4, by Mayson (GB)
1st Dam: Charlotte Rosina (GB), by Choisir (Aus)
2nd Dam: Intriguing Glimpse (GB), by Piccolo (GB)
3rd Dam: Running Glimpse (Ire), by Runnett (GB)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (£400,000 RNA 3yo ’19 GOFLON). O-S Piper, T Hirschfeld & D Fish; B-Homecroft Wealth Racing (GB); T-Roger Teal; J-Cieren Fallon. £141,775. Lifetime Record: 9-4-2-0, $290,097. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sceptical (GB), 132, g, 4, Exceed and Excel (Aus)–Jealous Again, by Trippi. (£2,800 3yo ’19 GOFAUG). O-James McAuley; B-Godolphin (GB); T-Denis Hogan. £53,750.
3–Golden Horde (Ire), 126, c, 3, Lethal Force (Ire)–Entreat (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (£65,000 Ylg ’18 GOUKPR). O-Al Mohamediya Racing; B-CN Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Clive Cox. £26,900.
Margins: 1 1/4, NK, 1HF. Odds: 12.00, 3.60, 2.00.
Also Ran: Khaadem (Ire), Hello Youmzain (Fr), Brando (GB), Sir Dancealot (Ire), Namos (Ger), Equilateral (GB), Threat (Ire), Lord of the Lodge (Ire), Southern Hills (Ire). Scratched: Shine So Bright (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
Dubawi’s Master of the Seas Dominant In the Superlative
Master of the Seas | Racing Post
Newmarket’s G2 bet365 Superlative S. was the launchpad for Dubawi (Ire) in 2004 and 16 years on his son Master of the Seas (Ire) came to the fore in the latest edition on Saturday. Sent off at 4-1 having won a soft-ground maiden over this seven-furlong trip on the Rowley Mile June 18, the bay tracked the pace up the centre and was travelling with menace when sent forward apporaching the final two furlongs. In front soon after, he drew away to score with authority by three lengths from Devious Company (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}), with Seventh Kingdom (GB) (Frankel {GB}) a length away in third.
Charlie Appleby, who also trained the ill-fated Dubawi colt Quorto (Ire) to land this two years ago, may have found another challenger for division leader on this evidence. There were echoes of a certain 2019 champion juvenile in his post-race comments. “He has been very straightforward and, dare I say it, one of the horses that has been under the radar slightly. He was entered to run in France next Tuesday in a listed race, but did a nice piece of work on Thursday so we thought that we should aim our sights a little higher and run here,” he explained. “He does everything very simply. He goes out with the string and, whatever we pair him up with, he finds it easy to gallop well with them. He handled soft ground on the Rowley Mile, when Brett Doyle said he was both very professional and willing. Those are two nice boxes to tick with a racehorse and I told William today not to be frightened to let him roll is he was travelling. He said that he probably hit the front too soon, but everything else just fell away.”
“He has done nothing wrong in two starts and is a lovely specimen by Dubawi,” he added. “We will get back and see how he pops out of this, but the likelihood is that we will hopefully go down the same route as Pinatubo and take a look at the G1 [Vincent O’Brien] National Stakes [at The Curragh] in September. It is unlikely that he will go to Goodwood and we will probably give him a bit of a break. He is a big horse and a bit more time won’t do him any harm. It is a bit early to be getting too excited where we might be next year, but he is definitely a horse that has got the right attitude and physique to see him go beyond a mile with a bit of luck.”
Master of the Seas becomes the fifth black-type performer for the talented dam Firth of Lorne (Ire) (Danehill), who captured the Listed Prix des Sablonnets and was runner-up in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches. Also third in the G3 Prix de la Grotte, GII San Gorgonio H. and GIII Cardinal H., she was quick to transmit her quality with her first three foals being winners and the third Etive (Elusive Quality) scoring at listed level in Germany having just failed to emulate her dam when second in the Sablonnets. Her fourth foal Falls of Lora (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}) took the G3 UAE Oaks and Listed Distaff S. and was third in the G2 Cape Verdi before producing Cascadian (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), the G1 Prix Jean Prat runner-up who annexed the G3 Doncaster Prelude and was third in the G1 Kennedy Cantala.
Firth of Lorne’s best progeny was possibly Latharnach (Iffraaj {GB}), who was runner-up in the G1 St James’s Palace S. for this stable and third in the G3 Thoroughbred S., while she also threw the listed-placed Tipstaff (GB) by Falls of Lora’s sire Street Cry. Like the G3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise third Shmoose (Ire) (Caerleon), she is a daughter of the G3 Cherry Hinton S. scorer and G1 1000 Guineas runner-up Kerrera (Ire) (Diesis {GB}) who is also the second dam of the G2 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) and G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen (German 2000 Guineas) winner Dupont (GB) (Zafonic) and his full-brother and fellow sire Pacino (GB) who also took that German Classic and was runner-up in the G1 Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1. Also connected to the G2 Gimcrack S.-winning sire Rock City (Ire), Firth of Lorne’s yearling is a daughter of Ribchester (Ire).
Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
BET365 SUPERLATIVE S.-G2, £40,700, Newmarket, 7-11, 2yo, 7fT, 1:23.95, gd.
1–MASTER OF THE SEAS (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Firth of Lorne (Ire) (SW & G1SP-Fr, MGSP-USA, $163,189), by Danehill
2nd Dam: Kerrera (Ire), by Diesis (GB)
3rd Dam: Rimosa’s Pet (GB), by Petingo (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £23,081. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $34,333. *1/2 to Falls of Lora (IRE) (Street Cry (IRE)), GSW-UAE & SW-Eng, $246,417; Latharnach (Iffraaj (GB)), SW & G1SP-Eng, $217,472; Etive (Elusive Quality), SW-Ger & MSP-Fr, $126,693; and Tipstaff (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}), SP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Devious Company (Ire), 127, c, 2, Fast Company (Ire)–Seren Devious (GB), by Dr Devious (Ire). (£45,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Russell Jones; B-Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Tom Dascombe. £8,751.
3–Seventh Kingdom (GB), 127, c, 2, Frankel (GB)–Nayarra (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire). O-Prince A A Faisal; B-Nawara Stud Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden. £4,379.
Margins: 3, 1, 3/4. Odds: 4.00, 7.00, 6.00.
Also Ran: Saint Lawrence (Ire), Ventura Tormenta (Ire), King Zain (Ire), Snash (Ire), Hudson River (Ire), Bright Devil (Ire), Miami Joy (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
fonte : TDN
