Twilight Payment & Active Approach go after Curragh G1 honours
Leading stayer Twilight Payment and unexposed two-year-old Active Approach step up to G1 level on day two of Irish Champions Weekend at the Curragh this Sunday, September 10.
Both horses are trained by Jim Bolger and ridden by Kevin Manning, with Twilight Payment lining up in the Irish St Leger after coming home third in the G3 Trial for the 14-furlong contest, run over the same course and distance on August 19.
The four-year-old Teofilo colt, a Listed winner over two miles at the Curragh last year, has made the frame on all five of his appearances so far this year, including when finishing second behind Order Of St George in the 14-furlong Listed Saval Beg Stakes at Leapordstown in May.
He takes on nine others in the Irish St Leger, headed by the two most recent winners – Order Of St George and Wicklow Brave, plus G2 Yorkshire Cup scorer Dartmouth.
New Approach filly Active Approach steps up markedly in class in the seven-furlong G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes after finishing third in maidens on both her starts, most recently when keeping on behind subsequent G2 scorer Magical over a mile at Cork on August 8.
Her nine rivals include Magical, Newmarket G2 winner Clemmie and Royal Ascot runner-up Alpha Centurai.
Jimmy Hyland of Godolphin explained: “Twilight Payment has a bit to find with Order Of St George, but it was a good run to finish second to him in the Saval Beg Stakes earlier this season.
“He won a Listed race on heavy ground at the Curragh this time last year so softer conditions shouldn’t be an inconvenience. He has been training well and we are hoping that he can run a good race.
“Active Approach was third behind Magical and Mary Tudor on her latest start and both fillies went on to frank the form when finishing first and third in the G2 Debutante Stakes.
“The ground was good to yielding on Active Approach’s last run and similar conditions at the Curragh, together with the straight track, will suit her.
“We are hoping she can make the frame and gain some valuable black type.”
fonte : Godolphin
Il bello del venerdì: In Francia Glorious Journey, ad Ascot un Archi Romani ed un Frankel impressionano..
Il weekend sarà intenso già di per se, ma una interessante anticipazione l’abbiamo avuta venerdì ancora in Francia nel Prix la Rochette G3 a Saint-Cloud per i 2 anni sui 1400 metri dove c’era attesa per la favorita Feralia (Pedro The Great), molto chiacchierata, che non ha avuto nulla da opporre però al maschio altrettanto atteso inGlorious Journey (Dubawi) il quale in un solo colpo ha mantenuto l’imbattibilità dopo la vittoria al debutto a Newmarket, ed in più ha rilanciato i classici colori tradizionali amaranto e bianco di Sheikh Mohammed come abbiamo anticipato qualche settimana fa, ora appartenenti a sua figlia Sheikha Al Jalila. Glorious Journey, tra l’altro, è allenato da Charlie Appleby ed è il puledro che realizzò il top price a Tattersalls lo scorso anno con £2,6 milioni pagati per lui come prodotto della buonissima Fallen For You (Dansili). IL VIDEO QUI.
In Inghilterra, in particolare ad Ascot, ieri ha esordito vincendo tale Herculean. Si tratta di un sauro con una bella listona bianca sul muso, figlio di Frankel e della buona African Rose (Observatory), homebred di Juddmonte, allenato da Roger Charlton e con in sella Ryan Moore, che ha fatto tutto in maniera notevole in una maiden sui 7 furlongs e con un bel cambio di marcia si è liberato degli avversari per vincere comodamente con un paio di lunghezze e mezzo di margine. La mamma è stata vincitrice di Sprint Cup di Haydock G1 ed ha già prodotto Fair Eva. L’impressione è stata buona tanto che è stato inserito nel market del Derby e delle 2000 Ghinee dello scorso anno con quote rispettivamenet di 33/1 e di 25/1. Charlton ha dichiarato che dovrà migliorare ma ha i mezzi ed il fisico per farlo. IL VIDEO DELLA VITTORIA QUI.
Altro interessante prospetto, anche in chiave “italians” , lo abbiamo visto sempre ad Ascot ma in apertura di pomeriggio nelle Twinings Novice Auction Stakes di Classe 4 sui 1200 metri dove a vincere è stato il grigio Speak In Colours (Excelebration), nella foto, allenato da Marco Botti e di proprietà della scuderia Archi Romani di Paolo ed Emma Agostini. Il maschio di 2 anni era montato da Ryan Moore ed ha prodotto una bella accelerazione per vincere. Ha iscrizioni alle Mill Reef Stakes G2 del 23 Settembre a Newbury. Al debutto aveva ottenuto un terzo posto a Nottingham. Si tratta di un homebred della Archi Romani in quanto figlio di quella Maglietta Fina (Verglas) che è sorellastra del campione Tullius (Le Vie Dei Colori), ritirato da qualche settimana dalle competizioni. IL VIDEO DELLA VITTORIA QUI.
Frankel’s Herculean Is Up To The Task In Ascot Debut
Friday, September 8, 2017
| 3rd at ASC, Mdn, £12,000 | Charbonnel et Walker British EBF Maiden S. | (7f) | Winner: Herculean (GB), c, 2 by Frankel (GB) |
Herculean | racingfotos.com
By Sean Cronin
3rd-ASC, £12,000, Mdn, 9-8, 2yo, 7fT, 1:33.29, sf.
HERCULEAN (GB) (c, 2, Frankel {GB}–African Rose {GB} {Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 5-7f, G1SW-Eng, GSW & G1SP-Fr, $401,755}, by Observatory) broke well and settled under cover in fourth until beyond halfway in this first go. Stoked up approaching the two pole, the 11-10 favourite led with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and was ridden out to score by 1 3/4 lengths from Wadilsafa (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Out of G1 Haydock Sprint Cup-winning French highweight sprinter African Rose (GB) (Observatory), the homebred chestnut if a full-brother to last term’s G3 Princess Margaret S. victress and G2 Rockfel S. runner-up Fair Eva (GB), and half to a yearling colt by Kingman. African Rose is herself a full-sister to GSW G1 Prix Marcel Boussac second Helleborine (GB) and they are both daughters of G3 Lancashire Oaks third New Orchid (Quest for Fame {GB}), who in turn is a half-sister to G1 Dewhurst S.-winning sire Distant Music (Distant View). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $10,171. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Roger Charlton.
Rochette Success For Dubawi’s Glorious Journey
| 2nd at SCD, Gr. Stk, €80,000 | G3 Prix La Rochette | (7f) | Winner: Glorious Journey (GB), c, 2 by Dubawi (Ire) |
Glorious Journey | Scoop Dyga
By Tom Frary
Soon after they had been officially launched, Sheikha Al Jalila Racing’s maroon-and-white silks were off the mark and they graced the winner’s enclosure at Saint-Cloud as the big-money purchase Glorious Journey made virtually all to capture this prize. Having raced in the Godolphin blue when beating the useful Grand Koonta (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and Take Me With You (Scat Daddy) on his sole start over six furlongs at Newmarket June 10, the bay soon took over front-running duty from A Quiet Man with James Doyle intent on setting his own pace. Only Feralia emerged with a genuine threat in the straight, but Glorious Journey gave generously to hold that rival and double his tally. “He’s always been a nice horse and very promising, but I didn’t run him for three months after his debut as I thought he needed time,” trainer Charlie Appleby said. “He is a 3-year-old really, so his future is next year but he could possibly have another run this season. It is not a certainty.”
Glorious Journey was the co-highest priced yearling at last year’s Tattersalls October Sale when selling to John Ferguson for 2.6million guineas and is the first winner for his G1 Coronation S.-winning British highweight Fallen For You. The second dam is the MGSP and Listed Silver Trophy winner Fallen Star, who is a half-sister to the G1 Lockinge S.-winning sire Fly to the Stars (GB) and to the dam of the G2 German 2000 Guineas winner Peace At Last (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Fallen Star’s daughter Fallen In Love (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was runner-up in the G2 Lancashire Oaks and produced Loving Things (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) who was third in that Haydock feature and also won the G3 Prix de Flore, while another of her offspring Shine Like a Star (GB) (Fantastic Light) was responsible for the SW & MGSP Light Up Our World (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and MGSP Light Up My Life (Ire) (Zamindar). The dam has a yearling colt by Frankel (GB) and a colt foal also by Dubawi to come.
Friday, Saint-Cloud, France
PRIX LA ROCHETTE-G3, €80,000, SCD, 9-8, 2yo, 7fT, 1:26.42, gd.
1–GLORIOUS JOURNEY (GB), 126, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Fallen For You (GB) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 7-9.5f & G1SW-Eng, $286,833), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Fallen Star (GB), by Brief Truce
3rd Dam: Rise and Fall (GB), by Mill Reef
*1st stakes win. (2,600,000gns Ylg ’16 TATOCT). O-HH Sheikha Al Jalila Racing; B-Normandie Stud Ltd (GB); T-Charlie Appleby; J-James Doyle. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €45,288. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Feralia (Fr), 122, f, 2, Pedro the Great–Centralienne, by Dixie Union. (€12,000 Ylg ’16 AROCT). O-Bertrand Belinguier; B-SNC Regnier (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. €16,000.
3–A Quiet Man (Ire), 126, c, 2, Literato (Fr)–Priceless Baby (Ire), by Peintre Celebre. (€47,000 Ylg ’16 AROCT). O-Antoine Gilibert, Fabrice Chappet & Benoit Chalmel; B-Ecurie Haras du Cadran & Malcolm Parrish (IRE); T-Fabrice Chappet. €12,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3HF, 2. Odds: 1.50, 1.10, 2.90.
Also Ran: Calva d’Auge (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
fonte : TDN
