DALHAM Hall Stud’s outstanding stallion Dubawi (by Dubai Millennium) has made a quick start to the new turf season and his good recent run included a blacktype double at Newmarket on Wednesday.
Anna Nerium, who won a Group 3 contest at Salisbury last year, advertised her classic potential with an impressive three-length score in the Listed bet365 European Free Handicap over seven furlongs.
The Richard Hannon-trained chesnut was bred by Stowell Hill Ltd, she is out of Anna Oleanda (by Old Vic) and her siblings include the unbeaten but tragically ill-fated juvenile Group 3 winner Piping Rock.
Her dam’s siblings feature Anno Luce, who is the pattern-winning dam of Grade 1 Champion Hurdle heroine Annie Power (by Shirocco), and they also include several mares from whom notable winners descend.
These include Anna Matrushka (by Mill Reef), the unraced ancestor of Group/Grade 1 stars Anna Monda (by Monsun), Ace (by Danehill Dancer), Epaulette (by Commands), Helmet (by Exceed And Excel), and National Defense (by Invincible Spirit). Just over 70 minutes after Anna Nerium’s win, Godolphin homebred Soliloquy made it a Dubawi double when taking the Group 3 Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes in promising style.
The Charlie Appleby-trained bay has won two of her three starts, she is out of Australian-bred Group 1-placed stakes winner Dysphonia (by Lonhro) and that mare’s grandam, Murmurs (by Zamazaan), is an unraced half-sister to the dam of Group 1-winning miler Sir Kinloch (by Rhythm).
Dawn rises to the occasion
JUVENILE champion, classic hero and young Kildangan Stud stallion Dawn Approach (by New Approach) reached an important career landmark on Sunday when his first-crop daughter Musis Amica won the Group 3 Prix de la Grotte at ParisLongchamp.
Godolphin’s homebred and unbeaten classic prospect is the first stakes winner for her sire.
She is trained by Andre Fabre, is a half-sister to Group 2 Prix Eugene Adam winner Harland (by Halling), and out of Group 2 Prix de Mallaret third White Star (by Darshaan), who is a daughter of US Grade 1 heroine White Star Line (by Northern Dancer). This is the family of Group 1 winners Preseli (by Caerleon) and Valley Of Gold (by Shirley Heights) and also, most notably, Northern Trick (by Northern Dancer).
That Arc-placed classic heroine was a three-parts sister to White Star Line and is the mare from whom Group/Grade 1 winners Cloth Of Stars (by Sea The Stars), Light Shift (by Kingmambo), Main Sequence (by Aldebaran), Shiva (by Hector Protector) and Ulysees (by Galileo) descend.
Masar stars for Urban Sea family
GODOLPHIN’s homebred Masar ran away with the Group 3 bet365 Craven Stakes over a mile at Newmarket, a second pattern win for the exciting son of Dalham Hall Stud stallion New Approach (by Galileo).
The second foal of Group 2 UAE Derby and Group 3 UAE Oaks heroine Khawlah (by Cape Cross), his third dam is classic-placed stakes winner Melikah (by Lammtarra), and so he is inbred 3x4 to that mare’s phenomenal dam, the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe star Urban Sea (by Miswaki).
Being from the immediate family of Galileo (by Sadler’s Wells), Sea The Stars (by Cape Cross), King’s Best (by Kingmambo), Tamayuz (by Nayef), Tertullian (by Miswaki) and Adlerflug (by In The Wings), Masar has obvious future appeal as a stallion should he fulfil his considerable potential and earn a place a stud when his racing days come to an end.
This is a branch of the family of Pharrell (by Manduro), who won the Group 3 Prix Noailles at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.
By the sire of Vazirabad and also from a branch of the family of the family of Group 1 Prix du Cadran scorer Bannaby (by Dyhim Diamond), that Jean-Claude Rouget-trained bargain buy – he was a €15,000 Arqana yearling – could be a high-class stayer in the making.
Freshman update
THERE have been very few two-year-old races so far this year but already three freshman sires are off the mark.
Rathasker Stud’s Bungle Inthejungle (by Exceed And Excel) was first, his initial winner coming at Dundalk at the end of March.
The Willie McCreery-trained €15,000 Goffs Orby Sale graduate Jungle Jane, is out of Funcheon Vale (by Acclamation), a half-sister to the mile Grade 3 winner Miss Vegas (by Efisio).
A few days later, Jungle Inthebungle made a winning debut at Lingfield. The Mick Channon-trained colt, who was runner-up at Kempton on Wednesday, is an €8,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale graduate and comes from the family of notable sprinter Tina’s Pet (by Mummy’s Pet).
The Kuroshio (by Exceed And Excel) filly Daphinia won at Wolverhampton. Her third dam is classic star Escaline (by Arctic Tern).
SPRINT STAR
Kildangan Stud’s dual Group 1 sprint star Slade Power (by Dutch Art) is the sire of Charlie Appleby-trained Newmarket debut winner Strings Of Life.
Godolphin’s homebred bay is out Nashama (by Pivotal), who is a half-sister to Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes winner Centennial (by Dalakhani). She represents a branch of the family of 1000 Guineas heroine Sleepytime (by Royal Academy) and may be Royal Ascot-bound.
Ranger rules for Lawman
BALLYLINCH Stud’s classic sire Lawman (by Invincible Spirit) added to his blacktype tally when Forest Ranger beat the Aidan O’Brien-trained top-level winner Deauville by half a length in the Group 3 bet365 Earl of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday.
Gelded after his final start of 2017, when he was a dual Group 3-placed winner, the bay was bred by Yeguada De Milagro Sa and he is trained by Richard Fahey, who snapped him up for just 26,000gns from Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
Fahey also trained his stakes-placed full-sister Home Cummins, who won four times from six and a half to eight and a half furlongs, and the pair are out of Alava (by Anabaa), who won a listed contest over an extended nine furlongs in France when trained by Carlos Laffon-Parias.
Grandam Cerita (by Wolfhound) was multiple listed-placed at a mile and her string of blacktype siblings include Group 3 Prix de Flore heroine Tamise (by Time For A Change).