October, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Juju’s Map, Special Reserve To Ship Back To Louisville After Stakes Triumphs

The two stakes winners on Friday, opening day of Keeneland's 17-day Fall Meet – Albaugh Family Stables' Juju's Map, the 4¼-length winner of the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades, and Paradise Farm Corp. and David Staudacher's Special Reserve, winner of the Grade 1 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix, both spent the night at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., following their triumphs.

“She's good and happy this morning,” reported Tessa Bisha, assistant to Brad Cox about Juju's Map, who earned a starting berth in the $2 million Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies to be run at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., Nov. 5. “She is leaving this morning to go back to Churchill Downs.”

Special Reserve, who earned a fees-paid berth into the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint on Nov. 6 at Del Mar, is scheduled to return to trainer Mike Maker's main base at the Trackside Training Center in Louisville, Ky. Maker indicated that Special Reserve would ship to Del Mar on Oct. 31.

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Letruska Puts In Final Preparations For Sunday’s Spinster At Keeneland

St. George Stable's Letruska jogged once around the main track at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., Saturday morning as she readied herself for a run in Sunday's $500,000 Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster.

A winner of four consecutive races, including three Grade 1s, Letruska schooled in the Paddock during Friday afternoon's third race and was a bundle of energy.

“That is normal for her,” trainer Fausto Gutierrez said. “We like to school two or three days before a race and on race day, she is good.”

Since winning the Grade 1 Personal Ensign Presented by Lia Infiniti on Aug. 28 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Letruska has recorded two bullet works here in preparation for the Juddmonte Spinster. The stakes will serve as her final prep race for the $2 million Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., on Nov. 6.

“I like to spend a lot of time here, and she knows this track very well,” said Gutierrez, who initially brought Letruska to Keeneland in May after she defeated champion Monomoy Girl in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.

Letruska did the bulk of her work here prior to winning the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., in June and the Personal Ensign.

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Frankel’s Mostahdaf Stars In The Darley

It may have been Godolphin's day up to the nine-furlong G3 Darley S., but the closer of Future Champions Day at Newmarket belonged to Shadwell's exciting prospect Mostahdaf (GB) (Frankel {GB}) as he rewarded the patience of connections with this career-best. Beaten only once so far when meeting trouble in running in 12th in the G1 St James's Palace S. at Royal Ascot June 15, the homebred half-brother to Nazeef (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) had shown the benefit of a subsequent break when returning with a success in Sandown's Listed Fortune S. over a mile on soft ground Sept. 15. Always travelling within himself just off the pace on the wing throughout the early stages, the 3-1 second favourite was committed by Jim Crowley on the front end with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining. Readily asserting from there, the homebred kept the course-and-distance Cambridgeshire H. winner Bedouin's Story (GB) (Farhh {GB}) comfortably at bay to score by 1 3/4 lengths. “He's done nothing wrong during his career. He was boxed in when he ran in the St James's Palace Stakes and never got a run, so that was the end of that,” John Gosden said. “His best trip is a mile and a quarter–we've always thought that–and I was going to run him in the Champion Stakes at Ascot next week, but I was overruled and that's why we ran here.”

Introduced over seven furlongs on Newcastle's Tapeta Mar. 16, Mostahdaf followed an easy win there with a defeat of well-regarded peers including the subsequent Listed Dee S. winner El Drama (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in a mile conditions race on Kempton's Polytrack Apr. 5 which used to be known as the Easter S. when carrying listed status. After earning his Royal tilt in the Listed Heron S. at Sandown May 20, he was badly interfered with when launching his challenge two out and lost all chance as Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) cut loose. His reappearance in the Fortune showed he had gone the right way since that reversal and this display was even smoother despite taking on proven older horses with more experience. “He's a classy horse and probably a horse for next year, but we will have a look at the race in Bahrain [the International Trophy],” Gosden Sr added. We'll have a talk about that with connections. He would go on good-to-firm and good-to-soft, he just wouldn't want it firm. Nazeef did exceptionally well as a four year old. She went from a Chelmsford handicap to winning two group 1s at four and not many do that. You do look at the family trait.”

Mostahdaf's aforementioned half-sister Nazeef improved with age and experience and annexed last year's G1 Falmouth S., G1 Sun Chariot S. and G2 Duke of Cambridge S., so the future looks bright for the latest progeny of Handassa (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) to fly the flag of the Listed Garnet S. winner. She is kin to the GII San Gabriel S. winner and GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile-placed Desert Stone (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and his full-brother Euginio (Ire) who also took this prize in 2018 only to be disqualified due to a positive sample for a prohibited substance. The third dam Star (GB) (Most Welcome {GB}) produced the G1 July Cup-winning sire Pastoral Pursuits (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}) and his G1 Haydock Sprint Cup-winning full-brother Goodricke (GB). Handassa's yearling colt is by Dark Angel (Ire), while she also has a 2021 full-brother to Mostahdaf.

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
DARLEY S.-G3, £80,000, Newmarket, 10-9, 3yo/up, 9fT, 1:52.03, gd.
1–MOSTAHDAF (IRE), 125, c, 3, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Handassa (GB) (SW-Ire), by Dubawi (Ire)
2nd Dam: Starstone (GB), by Diktat (GB)
3rd Dam: Star (GB), by Most Welcome (GB)
1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Limited (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Jim Crowley. £45,368. Lifetime Record: 6-5-0-0, $150,424. *1/2 to Nazeef (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 7-9 1/2f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eng at 7-9 1/2f, MG1SW-Eng, $409,959. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Bedouin's Story (GB), 129, g, 6, Farhh (GB)–Time Crystal (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. (90,000gns Wlg '15 TATFOA). O-Godolphin; B-Dukes Stud & Overbury Stallions Ltd (GB); T-Saeed bin Suroor. £17,200.
3–Finest Sound (Ire), 129, g, 4, Exceed and Excel (Aus)–Amplifier (GB), by Dubawi (Ire). O/B-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum (IRE); T-Simon & Ed Crisford. £8,608.
Margins: 1 3/4, 1 1/4, HD. Odds: 3.00, 3.30, 25.00.
Also Ran: Barney Roy (GB), Tyson Fury (GB), Military Style, Brentford Hope (GB), Khartoum, Baradar (Ire), King Vega (GB). Scratched: Lough Derg (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Icone d’Aubrelle Brings €150,000 at Latest Auctav Sale

The latest Auctav Flash Sale saw winning 3-year-old gelding Icone d'Aubrelle (Fr) (Cokoriko {Fr}) bring €150,000 from Highflyer Bloodstock. A winner at Bordeaux-le-Bouscat, Icone d'Aubrelle is from a versatile Aga Khan female family that has performed with credit on the Flat and over jumps.

“He's not a particularly precocious horse but he has a lot of improvement. I really liked when he won in Bordeaux after making a huge mistake at the penultimate hurdle. He will have a break for six months to let him grow and strengthen. He will then be trained in England for an English owner,” explained bloodstock agent David Powell.

Dual winner Purplepay (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) was withdrawn and is targeting the G1 Criterium International at Saint-Cloud on Oct. 23.

“We are very pleased with the sale of Icone d'Aubrelle,” said Auctav General Director Arnaud Angeliaume. “This 3-year-old gelding really appealed to us and we thank all those who showed interest in him and Highflyer Bloodstock for this purchase. We would obviously have liked to see the auction with Purplepay but we respect the decision and the ambitions of her connections.

“Auctav is delighted that 100% of the horses presented during our Flash Sales have sold. It's a concept that works, both for sellers who can organize auctions in a matter of days, and for buyers who are offered horses on the up.”

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