April, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Shock At Leopardstown As Mehmas Filly Strikes

Sunday's G3 Ballylinch Stud “Priory Belle” 1000 Guineas Trial was one of the most competitive in recent times, with last year's G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Shale (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) topping the list, and so it was with a deal of surprise that the winner was duly announced as the 80-1 shot Keeper of Time (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) for the John Feane stable. Fifth on her 3-year-old bow in the well-contested Madrid H. over this seven-furlong trip at The Curragh Mar. 21, the bargain €3,000 purchase at the 2019 Goffs February Mixed Sale was settled on the rail in mid-division early by Ronan Whelan. Working her way to the front with 150 yards remaining, she was determined to hold on by a head from the strong-finishing Mehnah (GB) (Frankel {GB}), as the 66-1 shot Sense of Style (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) finished a length back in third. “Kevin Manning thought she ran a cracker in the Madrid at the Curragh and she toughed it out well today,” Feane said after greeting his first group winner. “The better ground helped and she wants good ground. She's probably a filly that would suit America or somewhere like that. There were offers for her before, but there will probably be more on the table after this.”

Last month's Cheltenham festival and the Aintree Grand National meeting that immediately preceded this fixture hammered home the point that Irish-trained horses are in the ascendancy more than ever before. There have been frequent occasions over the past year when even the small Irish yards were able to land decent prizes and this was just another to underline just how much strength in depth there is in the country's racing. Keeper of Time was largely unremarkable at two, finishing adrift of St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) on debut over six furlongs at The Curragh in August and last of 11 on her second start in the course-and-distance Listed Ingabelle S. on the Irish Champions Day card. Winning her maiden back over six just five days later at Naas, she was out again 10 days after that when seventh in the G3 Weld Park S. reverting to this trip at The Curragh. Her latest effort in the Madrid was boosted when the seventh-placed Erzindjan (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) scored at Gowran Park in the interim, but there was little suggestion she could find sufficient improvement to upset this host of bluebloods.

Keeper of Time is the second foal out of the Shadwell-bred Motheeba (Mustanfar), a 2,000gns cast-off at the 2011 Tattersalls Horses-in-Training Sale two months before she achieved a listed placing in Italy. A half to the Listed John Musker Fillies' S. runner-up Jabhaat (Hard Spun), she is a granddaughter of the G3 Princess Margaret S. winner Muhbubh (Blushing Groom {Fr}) whose best progeny was the GII Tom Fool H.-winning sire Kayrawan (Mr. Prospector). The latter's full-sister Sayedat Alhadh was to go on to throw the G2 Diadem S.-winning sire Haatef (Danzig), his stakes-producing and G3 Athasi S.-winning full-sister Walayef and the listed scorer and G1 Moyglare Stud S. runner-up Shimah (Storm Cat), in turn the dam of the smart sprinter Mushir (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Muhbubh is also the ancestress of the G2 Rockfel S. winner Sayedah (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), the G2 Duke of York S. winner and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup third Magical Memory (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) and to Sandreamer (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) who also captured the Princess Margaret. Motheeba's 2-year-old filly by Mastercraftsman (Ire) was bought for 52,000gns by Kevin Ross Bloodstock at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale.

Sunday, Leopardstown, Ireland
BALLYLINCH STUD PRIORY BELLE 1,000 GUINEAS TRIAL S.-G3, €55,000, Leopardstown, 4-11, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:28.29, gd.
1–KEEPER OF TIME (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Motheeba (SP-Ity), by Mustanfar
2nd Dam: Ishraak, by Sahm
3rd Dam: Muhbubh, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. (€3,000 Ylg '19 GOFFEB). O-John Nolan; B-D & E Phelan (IRE); T-John Feane; J-Ronan Whelan. €33,000. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-0, $51,035. Werk Nick Rating: First SW from this cross. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Mehnah (GB), 128, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Asheerah (GB), by Shamardal. O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (GB); T-Kevin Prendergast. €11,000.
3–Sense of Style (Ire), 128, f, 3, Zoffany (Ire)–Attire (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (€110,000 Ylg '19 GOFOR). O-Mrs B V Sangster & Mrs John Magnier; B-B V Sangster (IRE); T-Joseph O'Brien. €5,500.
Margins: HD, 1, 3/4. Odds: 80.00, 6.00, 66.00.
Also Ran: Zaffy's Pride (Ire), Shale (Ire), Joan of Arc (Ire), Amber Kite (Ire), Messidor (Ire), More Beautiful, Empress Josephine (Ire), Loch Lein (Ire), Hazel (Ire), Sziget (Ire), My Generation, Allagar (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Champion White Filly Sodashi Remains Undefeated With Oka Sho Triumph To Kick Off Japanese Classics

Undefeated champion filly Sodashi, Japan's trailblazing white Thoroughbred, launched her 2021 at Hanshin Racecourse on Sunday with a neck victory over Satono Reinas in the 81st running of the Group 1 Oka Sho, the Japanese 1,000 Guineas that kicks off the series of classic races for 3-year-old fillies.

The daughter of the grey American-bred Kurofune set a new course record of 1:31.1 for the 1,600 meters (about one mile). Owned by her breeder, Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd. and trained by Naosuke Sugai, Sodashi was ridden to victory by Hayato Yoshida. She was the second choice in the wagering behind Satono Reinas, a Deep Impact filly ridden by Christophe Lemaire.

Sodashi broke quickly and was prominent throughout the Oka Sho, traveling along the rail in third or fourth position on the right-handed course while Satono Reinas did not get away cleanly and was far back in the field 18. After reaching the straight, Yoshida shifted Sodashi off the rail and found a seam in the three path, taking command with about 300 meters remaining and then just having enough to withstand the late run of Satono Reinas, who was flying in the final yards and just missed.

The Oka Sho is the first leg of the fillies' Triple Crown in Japan, which continues with the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks at 2,400 meters) and the Shuka Sho (2,000 meters). Six fillies have swept the series, most recently by Daring Tact, who became the first undefeated filly to complete the sweep last year.

“It's a great feeling,” said jockey Yoshida. “There was a lot of pressure with many doubting how strong a white filly could be, so I'm thrilled we were able to prove them wrong. I was a bit worried that the fast track would be a disadvantage, but she responded beautifully and ran well holding off the others closing in on us which I saw and made me drive her to the wire. Her potential is limitless and I look forward to her future starts.”

Sodashi, produced from the white King Kamehameha mare Buchiko, is now undefeated in five career starts.

With Japanese racecourse attendance still limited, only 3,137 were on hand to witness Sodashi's victory. Wagering on the Oka Sho totaled roughly $166.7 million and the day's handle was $247.7 million.

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Dawn Approach’s Poetic Flare In Charge At Leopardstown

Back at the Leopardstown venue at which he had won the G3 Killavullan S. in October, Jim Bolger's homebred Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) proved best in Sunday's Listed Ballylinch Stud “Red Rocks” 2000 Guineas Trial S. Sent off the 3-1 second favourite, the bay was quickly in an ideal spot in second under Kevin Manning and when committed approaching the furlong pole gave generously to score by 1 1/2 lengths from Ace Aussie (Ire) (Australia {GB}), with Monaasib (GB) (Bobby's Kitten) a short head away in third. “He is a very uncomplicated horse who is very switched off and goes up through the gears nice,” his rider commented. “He only does what he is asked to do and is one of those you enjoy riding–he can do it from anywhere. I think he'll benefit even more when he steps up another furlong. There were plenty in there that were well-fancied and it read like a proper trial.”

Poetic Flare, who was off the mark on day one of the 2020 Irish turf flat season at Naas last March, was remarkably next seen taking part in the G1 Dewhurst S. at Newmarket off a near seven-month absence and fared respectably when 10th appearing to tire late on. A week later, he was here for the Killavullan putting 2 1/2 lengths between him and the smart filly Zaffy's Pride (Ire) (Pride of Dubai {Aus}) who would run so well to be fourth in the G3 1000 Guineas Trial 30 minutes later. Bolger has a strong hand in the Guineas with the G1 Futurity Trophy winner Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) also in the mix and his daughter Una Manning had some news on that matter. “I'm told he could go anywhere. He hasn't decided which of the Guineas, he'll go to Newmarket or the Curragh but the two of them won't run in the same race,” she said. “He hasn't been away anywhere this year for a gallop, so he's absolutely delighted. We were confident he wouldn't have any problems handling the ground. Last year we just had to play the cards we were dealt and he had to run on soft ground, but he's not ground-dependent.”

Poetic Flare is out of Maria Lee (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), whose dual listed-winning filly Glamorous Approach (Ire) is by Dawn Approach's sire New Approach. She is a full-sister to Bring Back Matron (Ire), who in turn produced the Listed Eyrefield S. winner Dubai Sand (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and hails from the family of the Listed Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial S. winner Speirbhean (Ire) (Danehill). She achieved fame by producing the aforementioned champion and successful sire Teofilo and the G2 Cape Verdi scorer Poetic Charm (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Maria Lee's 2-year-old Frazil (Ire) is a full-brother to Poetic Flare, while she also has a yearling filly by U S Navy Flag.

BALLYLINCH STUD RED ROCKS 2,000 GUINEAS TRIAL S.-Listed, €42,500, Leopardstown, 4-11, 3yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:28.02, gd.
1–POETIC FLARE (IRE), 131, c, 3, by Dawn Approach (Ire)
1st Dam: Maria Lee (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)
2nd Dam: Elida (Ire), by Royal Academy
3rd Dam: Saviour, by Majestic Light
O-Mrs J. S. Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE); J-Kevin Manning. €25,500. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire, 4-3-0-0, $75,333. *1/2 to Glamorous Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), SW-Eng, SW & MGSP-Ire, $224,182.
2–Ace Aussie (Ire), 131, c, 3, Australia (GB)–Queenscliff (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (€125,000 Ylg '19 GOFOR). O-Zhang Yuesheng; B-Longfield Stud (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. €8,500.
3–Monaasib (GB), 131, c, 3, Bobby's Kitten–Mullein (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). (£65,000 Ylg '19 GOFFPR). O-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd; B-Landmark Racing Limited (GB); T-Kevin Prendergast. €4,250.
Margins: 1HF, NO, 1. Odds: 3.00, 18.00, 5.50.
Also Ran: Notre Belle Bete (GB), Laws of Indices (Ire), Magnanimous (Ire), Horoscope (Ire), Charterhouse (GB), Matchless (Ire), Merchants Quay (Fr), Snapraeterea (Ire), A Case of You (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result.

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OBS Revises Spring Sale Under Tack Schedule After Weather Cancellation

The first session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Ocala, Fla., has been cancelled. With severe impending weather approaching it has been determined that cancellation is the best and safest course of action for both horses and people.

The Under Tack Show will now be held over six sessions beginning Monday, April 12, and continuing through Saturday, April 17, with all sessions starting at 8:00 a.m. ET.

Revised Schedule:
Hip No. 1 – 203 Monday, April 12, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Hip No. 204 – 406 Tuesday, April 13, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Hip No. 407- 608 Wednesday, April 14, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Hip No. 609 – 811 Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Hip No. 812 – 1014 Friday, April 16, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Hip No. 1015 – 1217 Saturday, April 17, 2021 8:00 a.m.

The Sale remains set for Tuesday, April 20, through Friday, April 23, with each session beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET. Hip numbers 1-304 go on the block Tuesday, Hips 305-608 will be offered Wednesday, Hips 609-912 sell Thursday and Hipss. 913-1217 will sell on Friday.

The Under Tack Show will be streamed live via the OBS website at obssales.com and via the TDN, DRF, Blood-Horse and Past The Wire websites. The workouts will be recorded and can be viewed on the website, in their entirety or by individual hip number. They will also be available in the Video Room as well as several kiosks in the breezeway and covered walking ring. Visitors to Ocala will find the videos available for in-room viewing at The Courtyard by Marriott, Holiday Inn & Suites, Homewood Suites, Hampton Inn & Suites, Residence Inn and the Ocala Hilton, plus lounge viewing is available at the Hilton. Under Tack Show results are posted on the OBS website.

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