Month: August 2021

Son of Quiet Reflection Debuts at The Curragh

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Sunday's Observations features a son of MG1SW Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}).

1.25 Curragh, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, 7fT
BLUEGRASS (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is the first foal out of the G1 Commonwealth Cup and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup heroine Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) to race for Coolmore, who paid 2.1million gns for her at the 2017 Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Representing the Smith/Magnier/Tabor/Westerberg partnership, the January-foaled colt debuts in the maiden in which Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) sprung to TDN Rising Stardom 12 months ago.

 

1.55 Curragh, Cond, €28,000, 2yo, f, 7fT
HISTORY (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is one of two Ballydoyle runners in this Loder Irish EBF Fillies' Race and the one to make her debut, with Ryan Moore understandably opting for her winning stablemate Concert Hall (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the daughter of Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). History was the second highest-priced lot at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 at 2.8million gns, due to the fact that she is the first foal out of the multiple graded-stakes winner Prize Exhibit (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) who is a full-sister to the high-class G1 Sussex S. hero Mohaather (GB).

 

1.58 Deauville, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2fT
DREAMFLIGHT (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is a significant Andre Fabre newcomer at Deauville August which is always such a breeding ground for future luminaries, being a son of the G2 Prix de la Nonette winner and dual GI Diana S. runner-up Dream Peace (Ire) (Dansili {GB}). Bought by Lady Bamford for 2.7million gns at the 2013 Tattersalls December Mares Sale, she has yet to produce a genuine star but her 3-year-old Guru (GB) (Kingman {GB}) has shown talent and there is time.

 

2.33 Deauville, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT
RACLETTE (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is a second Fabre project by the Juddmonte great, this time carrying the same silks as a daughter of the four-times Grade I heroine Emollient (Empire Maker). Among her peers is 3s Race Horse Management's Fall in Love (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), a Hiroo Shimizu-trained half-sister to last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) who at €450,000 was the top-priced filly sold at the Arqana Deauville October Yearling Sale. Jean-Claude Rouget saddles two Al Shaqab representatives headed by Taihah (Ire) (Shalaa {Ire}), a daughter of the G1 Coronation S. and G1 Prix Rothschild heroine Qemah (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), while Situveux (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) is a Wertheimer homebred trained by Carlos Laffon-Parias who combined with her half-brother, the Yeomanstown Stud resident Shaman (Ire) (Shamardal).

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Bella Sofia Blasts Home in Test

Modestly bred Bella Sofia got the better of the bluebloods Saturday to make the grade in this prestigious event for sophomore fillies. An 11 1/4-length debut romper at Belmont May 6, the dark bay settled for second after showing the way in a competitive running of the Jersey Girl S. downstate a month later. She bounced back, and paired up the 94 Beyer Speed Figure she earned on debut, when crushing first-level allowance foes by 6 1/4 lengths back at Big Sandy July 11.

Away on top from her wide draw, Bella Sofia stalked Bob Baffert-trained invader Illumination (Medaglia d'Oro) through an opening quarter in:22.84 before allowing Souper Sensational to sneak up the fence and briefly apply more pressure. The pacesetter shook free through a :45.70 half, but Bella Sofia sidled up to her right flank once again as they spun for home. The battle was brief, and Bella Sofia leveled off and kicked away in midstretch as Souper Sensational re-rallied for second and GI Kentucky Oaks runner-up and GI Acorn S. winner Search Results (Flatter) never seriously threatened in third.

“We just let [Luis Saez] ride her the way he wants to ride her,” said winning conditioner Rudy Rodriguez. “We drew a very good post and we're just thankful for the opportunity.

“I know we asked a lot. We're just happy to have her in the barn. The day she broke her maiden, she put everybody away impressively. She was training good. You know when you draw the outside, you pretty much just let the jockey figure out what they want to do. She broke better than anybody. I thought she was going to be out front when she broke that good. She was nice and comfortable and she was running very well for him and when he asked her, she was there for him.”

Saez said, “She broke perfectly. We were looking for that spot right there to sit and make a run into the stretch. She did it so well and so beautifully. She came through the stretch pretty smoothly. I knew [Illumination] had some speed, so the plan was to break from there, relax and make one move with her. She's a pretty nice filly.”

Saturday, Saratoga
LONGINES TEST S.-GI, $500,000, Saratoga, 8-7, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:21.54, ft.
1–BELLA SOFIA, 118, f, 3, by Awesome Patriot
                1st Dam: Love Contract (MSP, $202,040),
                                by Consolidator
                2nd Dam: Option Contract, by Forty Niner
                3rd Dam: Infinite, by Majestic Light
 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I
 WIN. ($20,000 2yo '20 OBSOPN). O-Michael Imperio, Vincent
Scuderi, Sofia Soares, Gabrielle Farm, Mazel Stable Partners,
LLC & Matthew J. Mercurio; B-Two Tone Farms (KY); T-Rudy R.
Rodriguez; J-Luis Saez. $275,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0,
$405,100. Werk Nick Rating: C. 
   Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Souper Sensational, 120, f, 3, by Curlin
                1st Dam: Kateri, by Indian Charlie
                2nd Dam: Sue's Good News, by Woodman
                3rd Dam: Montera, by Easy Goer
'TDN Rising Star' ($725,000 Ylg '19 FTSAUG). O-Live Oak
Plantation; B-Newtownanner Stud (KY); T-Mark E. Casse.
$100,000.
3–Search Results, 124, f, 3, by Flatter
                1st Dam: Co Cola (GSP), by Candy Ride (Arg)
                2nd Dam: Yong Musician, by Yonaguska
                3rd Dam: Alljazz, by Stop the Music
($310,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.;
B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $60,000.
Margins: 4 1/4, 1HF, 2. Odds: 4.20, 13.30, 1.60.
Also Ran: Always Carina, Obligatory, Illumination, Zaajel, Make Mischief. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

Pedigree Notes:

Bella Sofia cost just $20,000 at last year's pushed-back OBS July sale off a :10 2/5 breeze and completed a graded stakes double for that auction Saturday, scoring one race after $30,000 2019 graduate War Like Goddess (English Channel) impressed in the GII Glens Falls S.

She is the lone Northern Hemisphere stakes winner for Awesome Patriot (Awesome Again), who also has two Group winners, including one at the highest level, in Chile. A $350,000 yearling, GSP juvenile and stakes winner around two turns on synthetic for Bob Baffert, Awesome Patriot is a full-brother to GI Preakness S. winner Oxbow and is closely related to Paynter (Awesome Again), sire of Saturday's GI Whitney S. winner Knicks Go. He began his career in Kentucky, shuttled to Chile and appears to have most recently stood in Ohio. Awesome Patriot has six yearlings and did not breed any mares in 2020.

Bella Sofia's dam Love Contract was just a $3,000 yearling herself who was claimed twice en route to better than $200,000 in earnings. Her prior two foals are both winners, but have run for as cheaply as $4,000 and $5,000, respectively. Love Contract produced a V. E. Day colt last April.

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War Like Goddess Goes From Last To First In Grade 2 Glens Falls

In her trademark style, Bill Mott-trained War Like Goddess took the Grade 2 Glens Falls in a last-to-first thriller Aug. 7 at Saratoga Race Course under Julien Leparoux. The 4-year-old filly broke well in the 1 1/2 mile contest and settled in at the back of the pack as Dalika (GER) sprinted to a controlling position, stretching out to a five-length lead early and controlling the pace past the stands the first time and all through the backstretch. Call Me Love and Luck Money stayed together in second and third, eventually also separating from the remaining competitors. The field began clustering back together at the final turn as Leparoux asked War Like Goddess for run, swinging at least five wide into the stretch. The filly responded easily, passing fellow closers to prevail by 3 1/4 lengths at the wire.

My Sister Nat (FR) was second, followed by Temple City Terror and Luck Money.

War Like Goddess came to the race off a win in the G3 Bewitch at Keeneland and the G3 Orchid at Gulfstream. the race brings her to a lifetime record of five wins from six starts. Mott trains War Like Goddess for owner George Krikorian.

The filly was bred in Kentucky by Calumet Farm and is the daughter of English Channel and North Light (IRE) mare Misty North. She was a $1,200 weanling from the Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services consignment at Keeneland November, where she was purchased by Falcon L&L Stables and Lawrence Hobson. She as then sold for $30,000 as a 2-year-old at the 2019 OBS June sale, where H N D Bloodstock purchased her from the Hemingway Racing and Training consignment.

The final time was 2:27.55, with fractional times of 2:03.64, 1:38.84, 1:13.02, and :49.05.

War Like Goddess was the favorite and paid $3.70, $2.70, and $2.30. See the full chart here.

G2 Glens Falls Quotes

Bill Mott, winning trainer of War Like Goddess (No. 3, $3.70*): “She ran well. We freshened her up a little bit and brought her back today. She moved forward for us and beat a nice bunch of fillies today.

“Our filly was pulling a little bit and they were going slow up front, so you always hope they can close into that slow kind of pace. She was good enough. I saw a good finish similar to what we saw in the [Grade 3] Bewitch [won last out in April at Keeneland].”

Glens Falls Quotes, courtesy NYRA press office

George Krikorian, winning owner of War Like Goddess (No. 3): “I give all the credit to my bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. He called me one day and told me, 'I saw this filly, she looks really nice. She might need some time but when she grows up, I think she'll be a special horse.' He was right. She's been pretty special so far. She's bred for this distance, for sure.”

Julien Leparoux, winning jockey aboard War Like Goddess (No. 3): “She gave some kick in the end. I think today she broke good. We got bumped, so we were last because of the little bump in the beginning. But she still had the kick, so that was nice to see. I think she's going improve for it.

“She's very nice. I think she can endure any kind of ground and even when she was pulling a bit on me early on, she's fresh. She had a very nice kick, so I'm very excited to be able to ride her. She felt great.

Jose Ortiz, jockey aboard runner-up My Sister Nat (No. 5): “I had a good trip, but honestly, when I took back a bit, I knew it was going to be tough to beat the winner. My horse tried hard, but she was second-best.”

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