Month: August 2022

Sioux Nation’s Lakota Sioux On Top In The Sweet Solera

Gallop Racing's 2-year-old distaffer Lakota Sioux (Ire) (Sioux Nation–Shemiyla {Fr} {GSW-Fr, $169,373}, by Dalakhani {Ire}) bounced back off a third in Royal Ascot's Listed Chesham S. to secure a career high in Saturday's G3 Jewson Sweet Solera S. at Newmarket, becoming the second black-type winner for her freshman sire (by Scat Daddy). She had earlier debuted with a May 20 third at Haydock before plundering a May 30 Lingfield maiden by 6 1/2 lengths in her penultimate start. The 10-3 second favourite was swiftly into stride and raced in a prominent third through the early fractions of this pattern-race bow. Cruising to the front in the centre of the track approaching the quarter-mile marker, she was driven along at the foot of the hill and kept on strongly under continued urging in the latter stages, all the while swishing her tail, to prevail by 3/4-of-a-length from Dandy Alys (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}). Lakota Sioux's victory was a fifth in the contest for the Johnston stable.

“Every time I see her in the paddock I think how the hell did I buy her for £15,000 as she is a gorgeous filly,” said Charlie Johnston. “She was difficult to break in early on and I remember it vividly as she was one of our worst problem children in the winter. The tail [swishing] has been a theme from day one. Joe Fanning has ridden her in most of her work, but he and every jockey that has ridden her does not come in and say she is not trying. You can't question her attitude there and she toughed it out well. This has been the plan since [Royal] Ascot and I thought this track would be ideal for her. “The [G2] May Hill [at Doncaster] looks the spot for her and, how she has finished there, maybe we should stick to seven [furlongs]. There is the [G2] Rockfel [at Newmarket's Rowley Mile track], but she is also in the [G1] Moyglare [at the Curragh].”

Lakota Sioux is the seventh of eight foals and one of six scorers from as many runners out of G3 Prix Allez France victrix Shemiyla (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}). The March-foaled bay is a half-sister to stakes-winning G1 Sydney Cup runner-up Sheraz (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and a yearling colt by Blue Point (Ire). Shemiyla, a half-sister to the dam of G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Shakeel (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}), is out of Listed Prix Madame Jean Couturie winner Shemala (Ire) (Danehill), herself one of four black-type performers produced by G1 Prix de Diane heroine Shemaka (Ire) (Nishapour {Fr}).

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
JEWSON SWEET SOLERA S.-G3, £60,000, Newmarket, 8-6, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:16.04, g/f.
1–LAKOTA SIOUX (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Sioux Nation
1st Dam: Shemiyla (Fr) (GSW-Fr, $169,373), by Dalakhani (Ire)
2nd Dam: Shemala (Ire), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Shemaka (Ire), by Nishapour (Fr)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (£15,000 Ylg '21 TATIRY). O-Gallop Racing; B-Fethard Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Charlie & Mark Johnston; J-James Doyle. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-2, $61,302. *1/2 to Sheraz (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), SW & GSP-Fr, G1SP-Aus, $437,731. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Dandy Alys (Ire), 128, f, 2, Dandy Man (Ire)–Alyssum (Ire), by New Approach (Ire). 1ST BLACK-TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (£45,000 Ylg '21 TATIRY). O-The Sunshine Partnership & Partner; B-Lodge Park Stud (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett. £12,900.
3–Mottisfont (Ire), 128, f, 2, Adaay (Ire)–Broadlands (GB), by Kheleyf. 1ST BLACK-TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-The End-R-Ways Partnership & Partners; B-The Lavington Stud (IRE); T-Hugh Morrison. £6,456.
Margins: 3/4, HF, NK. Odds: 3.33, 16.00, 16.00.
Also Ran: Ivory Madonna (Ire), Novakai (GB), Inanna (Ire), Alseyoob (Ire), Lady Alara (Ire), Divina Grace (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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No Nay Never’s Little Big Bear Destroys Phoenix Opposition

Not even favourite for Saturday's G1 Keeneland Phoenix S., it is no wild statement that TDN Rising Star Little Big Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never) could be the best juvenile Aidan O'Brien has had though his hands after a display of power to scintillate the Curragh faithful. Always in his comfort zone on the front under Ryan Moore as chief rival Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) blew the start, the June 15 Listed Windsor Castle S. and July 16 G3 Anglesey S. winner was shaken up by Ryan Moore to put the seal on the race approaching the furlong pole. Surging away, the 13-8 second favourite issued a seven-length beating to Persian Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), with half a length back to Shartash (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and another length to the 11-8 market-leader Bradsell.

“He couldn't have been more impressive–he did everything beautifully today,” Moore said. “These looked good and had the form in the book, so it looked a strong race but he was on a different level. He gave me a super feel the last day, he felt really good and it's hard to know what he's going to do. He's very exciting–he's a big, scopey horse and it's a surprise he was beaten the first day, but that happens and he's stepped forward every time since. There's every chance he'll be a Guineas horse next year–he's very straightforward and is doing that on pure ability.”

 

Very few juveniles are able to put such sizeable margins between them and their contemporaries over this sort of trip at this level, with the stable's George Washington (Ire) (Danehill) the last to do so when scoring by eight lengths in 2005 when there was another Coventry winner in Red Clubs (Ire) (Red Ransom) in opposition. The Juddmonte trio of superjuveniles Frankel (GB), Zafonic and Xaar (GB) were able to distance their rivals over further, but it takes something special to open up daylight at six furlongs especially when the line-up appeared so strong beforehand. Bradsell's sluggish start may have aided the winner's cause to a small degree, but there is nothing that can be subtracted from this vastly superior show of strength from Ballydoyle's new idol.

As much as Little Big Bear's wins at Naas and Royal Ascot marked him as above-average, perhaps the greatest early sign that he is held in the highest regard was the fact that connections were unwilling to risk him on fast ground at Newmarket's July Festival. Taken out of the G2 July S. ultimately won by Persian Force, the imposing bay came here to issue a warning that he could be a colossus in the Anglesey over 63 yards further and backed that up with this impressive production.

Whether Little Big Bear goes up in trip or down remains to be seen, but plans are elastic as O'Brien revealed after greeting his 17th Phoenix hero on a landmark day for the family as Joseph saddled his 1000th winner. “The lads can decide what they want to do. He has plenty of options and he can do anything I suppose,” he said of the G1 Nunthorpe S. and G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National S. entry. “He's a big, powerful, strong horse. He cruises and quickens, is strong and mature. Before the race we had a bit of a scare with him when he came up here. He kicked a wall and the clip of the shoe went into the sole of his foot. He was a little bit tender when the shoe was put back on. It could have gone either way very easily, so it was a great call by John Halley and Lynn Hillyer to let him run.”

“Ryan said when he let him go it was all over,” added O'Brien, who had earlier made way for Little Big Bear to be the sole representative by withdrawing Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never). “He loves good ground so he can show his speed. It was a very good race, but he has serious class. From day one we thought he was a bit special and different. At Ascot we thought he would get away with five, even though we were happy going six with him. I'm not sure we ever had one to do that in this race. It was a deep field and we were going to find out today. Ryan was very complimentary about him and he's a realist, so there aren't many he would be that complimentary about.”

Little Big Bear's dam, the Listed Prix de Liancourt winner and G3 Prix Cleopatre runner-up Adventure Seeker (Fr) (Bering {GB}) whose first foal was the G3 Hobart Cup runner-up Andrea Mantegna (Giant's Causeway), is kin to the G3 Princess Margaret S.-placed Along Again (Ire) (Elusive City). The third dam is the French champion and 1983 US Horse of the Year All Along (Fr), courtesy of her G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, GI Turf Classic, G1 Rothmans International and GI Washington D. C. International victories. Also connected to the G2 Prix Greffulhe winner Along All (GB) (Mill Reef) and the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains-placed Art Francais (Lyphard's Wish {Fr}), Adventure Seeker has yearling and colt full-brothers to Little Big Bear to come, with the former part of the Camas Park Stud draft in the upcoming Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1.

Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland
KEENELAND PHOENIX-G1, €300,000, The Curragh, 8-6, 2yo, c/f, 6fT, 1:11.27, gd.
1–LITTLE BIG BEAR (IRE), 131, c, 2, by No Nay Never
     1st Dam: Adventure Seeker (Fr), by Bering (GB)
     2nd Dam: American Adventure, by Miswaki
     3rd Dam: All Along (Fr), by Targowice
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. (€320,000 Ylg '21 ARAUG). O-D Smith,Mrs J Magnier,M Tabor,Westerberg; B-Camas Park Stud & Summerhill (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €180,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, $300,650. *1/2 to Andrea Mantegna (Giant's Causeway), GSP-Aus, $352,585. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Persian Force (Ire), 131, c, 2, Mehmas (Ire)–Vida Amorosa (Ire), by Lope de Vega (Ire).
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (€75,000 Wlg '20 GOFNOV; €225,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR). O-Amo Racing Limited; B-Tom Lacy (IRE); T-Richard Hannon. €60,000.
3–Shartash (Ire), 131, c, 2, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Shamreen (Ire), by Dubawi (Ire).
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-H H Aga Khan; B-His Highness The Aga Khan's Studs S.C. (IRE); T-Johnny Murtagh. €30,000.
Margins: 7, HF, 1. Odds: 1.63, 4.00, 18.00.
Also Ran: Bradsell (GB), Apache Outlaw (Ire). Scratched: Blackbeard (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Summer Breezes: Aug. 7, 2022

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at both Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attracts its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Already this year at Saratoga, City Man (Mucho Macho Man), Mo Strike (Uncle Mo) and Empress Tigress (Classic Empire)–each a graduate of the 2-year-old sales–have already struck at stakes level, while the likes of juvenile purchases and 'TDN Rising Stars' Taiba (Gun Runner), We The People (Constitution) and Onesto (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) have also left their mark on graded/group competition this season. To follow are the horses entered for Sunday:

Sunday, August 7, 2022
Saratoga 1, 1:05 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price, Breeze
Chiringo (Bolt d'Oro), OBSMAR, $260,000, click
C-Britton Peak, agent; B-Steven W Young, agent
Classic Creation (Classic Empire), OBSAPR, $60,000, click
C-Kings Equine, agent; B-Seth Morris

Saratoga 5, 3:21 p.m. ET
Peace Cruiser (Violence), FTMMAY, $180,000, see below
C-Pick View LLC, agent; B-Easter/Taproot, for Riley Mott
Renegade Rebel (Nyquist), OBSAPR, $700,000, click
C-Eisaman Equine, agent; B-D J Stable LLC

 

 

Del Mar 3, 6:05 p.m. ET
Crypto Man (Funtastic), OBSAPR, $120,000, click
C-Scanlon Training & Sales, agent; B-Omni Racing
Ice Storm (Frosted), OBSAPR, $37,000, click
C-Parrish Farms, agent; B-Equilete Inc
Mucino (Nyquist), OBSAPR, $115,000, click
C-Wavertree Stables Inc (Ciaran Dunne), agent;
B-Doug O'Neill, agent for Alejandro Mercado

Del Mar 6, 7:37 p.m. ET
Broadway Girls (Army Mule),  OBSJUN, $60,000, click
C-Top Line Sales LLC, agent; B-Dennis O'Neill
Getthemoney (Midnight Lute), OBSAPR, $230,000, click
C-S G V T'breds (S Venosa), agent; B-PT Syndicate 1/Janet Lyons

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U S Navy Flag Sires First Stakes Winner At Deauville

Ocean Vision became the first stakes winner for his three-time Group 1-winning sire (by War Front) with a rallying victory in the Listed Prix de la Valley d'Auge at Deauville on Saturday. A winner at first asking at Dundalk in April, the bay was fourth in his next two starts including the May 21 G3 Marble Hill S. at the Curragh to subsequent Group 2 winner Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never).

One of the longer shots on the board, the Tim Donworth trainee raced near the tail of the field down the straight until half-way. Shifted out, he began to edge past rivals up the extreme outside, until just pipping the group-placed Vicious Harry at the line. His Donworth-trained stablemate Kokachin was just touched off for second in a blanket finish.

“Jim Ryan called me and told me he had a horse for me that he thought would be better suited by the ground in France,” explained trainer Tim Donworth. “That was two months ago and ever since he arrived I had this race in mind for him. I had worked him recently with the filly [Kokachin] and I felt they both had a good chance of getting a share of the money. He is a horse that's slow at the start, but capable of finding more and more in the latter stages providing there is a good pace.  That is what I said to Maxime [Guyon] and he rode a great race. I have no words, it's pure magic, my first listed race for my first Deauville meeting and my parents are here. We will see what could be next, the filly seems to be on her best distance, but the colt might go further.”

The third winner of eight foals, Ocean Vision is the first offspring of the listed-placed Balaagha to earn black-type with Saturday's victory. From the extended family of Grade I winners Echo Zulu (Gun Runner), Echo Town (Speightstown) and Engine One (Our Michael), she has a yearling colt by El Kabeir still to come. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

PRIX DE LA VALLEE D'AUGE-Listed, €55,000, Deauville, 6-19, 2yo, 5fT, TIME, gd.
1–OCEAN VISION (IRE)127, c, 2, by U S Navy Flag
                1st Dam: Balaagha, by Mr. Greeley
                2nd Dam: Ech Echo Echo, by Eastern Echo
                3rd Dam: Kashie West, by Sir Ivor
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-J Kirkland & Mrs G Ryan; B-Mighty Universe Ltd. (Ire); T-Tim Donworth; J-M Guyon. €27,500. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, €44,579.
2–Vicious Harry (Fr), 127, c, Harry Angel (Ire)–Umneeyatee
(Aus), by Encosta de Lago (Aus). (€28,000 Ylg '21 ARQOCT).
O-Cuadra Mediterraneo; B-Medya SARL & T Tekce (Fr); T-M
Delcher Sanchez. €11,000.
3–Kokachin (Ire), 123, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Rio Festival, by First
Defence. 1ST BLACK TYPE. (€75,000 RNA Ylg '21 GOFSEP).
O-Ecurie High Heels Racing & Kaniz Bloodstock Investments;
B-Roundhill Stud (Ire); T-Tim Donworth. €8,250.
Margins: SNK, HD, 1 1/4. Odds: 22.00, 5.10, 13.00.
Also Ran: Exxtra (Fr), Eddie's Boy (GB), Al Dasim (Ire), Amanda's Choice (GB), Ocean Cloud (Ire), Can To Can (Ire), Goeva (Fr).

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