The 2022 edition of the $1 million, Grade 1 Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes, an opening weekend staple at Keeneland and run since 1986, drew a full field of 12 plus four also-eligibles.
Month: October 2022
Commissioning Looks To Maintain Order In The Fillies’ Mile
John and Thady Gosden had an unsually quiet season with their 2-year-olds until Isa Salman and Abdulla Al Khalifa's Commissioning (GB) (Kingman {GB}) came along and blew the scene apart in the G2 Rockfel S. a fortnight ago. Friday's G1 bet365 Fillies' Mile also on Newmarket's Rowley Mile appears hers for the taking on Friday if she can reproduce that kind of performance in such a competitive edition of that prize.
Like her, Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum's TDN Rising Star Bright Diamond (Ire) (El Kabeir) debuted in style on the July Course here and after winning by nine lengths Aug. 6. lost nothing in defeat when third from a compromising position in the seven-furlong G3 Prestige S. at Goodwood three weeks later. “She didn't get the run of the race at Goodwood as we were a bit slowly away, the first two were always the first two and we were the only horse to make ground up on them,” trainer Karl Burke said. “I think if she'd jumped better she'd have probably beaten them.”
The Megsons' rags-to-riches sensation Polly Pott (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) adds a twist to this tale, having provided a grand finale to the career of Harry Dunlop in Doncaster's G2 May Hill S. Sept. 8. Is this a step too far for the 21,000gns Book 2 bargain or is there a tear-provoking moment in store to follow Alpinista's triumph on Sunday? At the other end of the spectrum, Ballydoyle's Library (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is of course impossible to ignore despite her underwhelming second in Leopardstown's Listed Ingabelle S. Sept. 10, with the step up to a mile sure to suit and any amount of improvement to come.
Lose Yourself In The Oh So Sharp
In the seven-furlong G3 Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp S., there is a fascinating clash of the unbeaten Tom Clover-trained Newbury conditions scorer Crystallium (GB) (Expert Eye {GB})–only 22,000gns at the Book 2 Sale–and the Rockfel third Rage Of Bamby (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), with several budding stars such as the Sept. 24 Curragh maiden winner Small Oasis (GB) (Sioux Nation) from the Michael Grassick stable and the Ralph Beckett-trained July Course winner Lose Yourself (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). “We think she could be special, but the ground would be a big worry,” Grassick admitted on Thursday. “She's a far better filly with a bit of juice in the ground, so hopefully the ground doesn't get too quick for her.” Beckett's strike-rate on the Rowley Mile in the autumn is formidable and his juveniles seem especially tuned in this season, while there is also Roisin Henry's impressive Doncaster novice winner Midnight Mile (Ire) (No Nay Never), of whom Richard Fahey said, “We've been minding her as she's a filly for the future, but she's been working well.”
Crowned Prince?
Newmarket also stages the G3 Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Cornwallis S. over five furlongs, where Middleham Park's impressive Listed Harry Rosebery S. winner Prince Of Pillo (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}) could become that breakthrough good horse that trainer Keith Dalgleish seems destined for. The G2 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge S. sees Cheveley Park Stud's brilliant if unpredictable Sacred (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) look to inch William Haggas towards the trainers' championship. Her emphatic display in Newbury's Listed Dubai Duty Free Cup over this seven-furlong trip Sept. 16 was the Sacred we know best. “If she runs a big race then we might be tempted to travel to the Breeders' Cup, but she'll tell us I suppose,” the Stud's managing director Chris Richardson said. “We appreciate Keeneland can have soft ground at that time of year and it's not like it would have been had the Breeders' Cup been at Santa Anita, for example, but we'll keep the window of opportunity open for now anyway.”
There is also the 10-furlong G3 Newmarket Pony Academy Pride S., where Shadwell's improving Listed John Musker Fillies' S. winner Shaara (GB) (Shamardal) is the exciting one.
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Godolphin Snaps Up A Dubawi Colt Out Of Group 1 Winner God Given For 1.5m Gns
Dubawi (Ire) progeny have been some of the highlights of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, and his son of God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) brought 1.5m gns at Park Paddocks on Thursday. Godolphin was the winning buyer of the St Albans Bloodstock-bred. Consigned by Whatton Manor Stud, lot 504 is a half-brother to G3 Solario S. hero Silver Knott (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). His dam God Given, who won the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio, is a half-sister to four-time Group 1 winner and sire Postponed (Ire), also by Dubawi. The colt's third dam is G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Bianca Nera (GB) (Salse).
. # @whattonmanor consigned this colt with Godolphin coming out on top. This yearling's half-brother, Silver Knott, won the G3 Solario Stakes. pic.twitter.com/2pobAhWjdM
— TDN (@theTDN) October 6, 2022
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Bidding Now Open for Fasig-Tipton October Digital Selected Sale
Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 30 entries for its October Digital Selected Sale, which may now be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is officially open and will close Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. ET.
The catalogue offers selected horses of racing age and breeding stock.
“The October Digital catalogue includes another first for our digital platform – the opportunity to purchase a 50% interest in a Breeders' Cup-bound undefeated 2-year-old filly,” said Leif Aaron, Director of Digital Sales. “Showgirl Lynne B is now a winner of all three of her starts–including a stakes win–and is pointing for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf next.”
“Buyers will also find good quality among the breeding stock entries, at a time of year when breeders are beginning to make their 2023 mating plans,” Aaron added.
Entries catalogued include:
Olive Branch (Hip 6): Young daughter of Speightstown was a debut winner at two at Belmont and graded stakes placed in the GII Adirondack S. at Saratoga. She's a half-sister to graded stakes winner Moonlight d'Oro, and out of a full-sister to graded stakes winner Wilburn. She's offered in foal to Bolt d'Oro, current co-leading first crop sire by black-type stakes winners and black-type stakes performers.
Showgirl Lynne B – 50% Interest (Hip 9): A 2-year-old daughter of Constitution from the family of champion Escena, she's a winner of three races in three starts on both turf and synthetic, including the Sharp Susan S. at Gulfstream. She is pointing for the Breeders' Cup next, with a first preference of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Ulikeapples (Hip 15): Three-year-old racing/broodmare prospect impressively won allowance race on turf at Monmouth on Sept. 17, earning at 12 Ragozin figure. She is next entered to run in the Honey Bee S. this Friday at the Meadowlands. By Nyquist, she is out of graded stakes winner Richiegirlgonewild. She is a half-sister to stakes winner Super Allison, the dam of Bernabreezy, a stakes placed three-year-old filly this year.
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