Month: June 2023

Zarak’s Straight Powers To Union-Rennen Triumph, Mr Hollywood Second

Gestut Karlshof homebred Straight (Ger) (Zarak {Fr}–Seductive {Ger}, by Henrythenavigator) was back among familiar foe in Sunday's G2 Sparkasse KolnBonn-188th Union-Rennen, Germany's premier G1 Deutsches Derby trial, at Cologne and delivered a powerful performance to garner the 11-furlong feature by daylight.

Straight was steadied in rear from flagfall and was detached from his rivals through halfway. Tanking forward once into the home straight, the 46-5 chance quickened impressively to gain control entering the final furlong and powered clear of his rivals to hit the line with a five-length buffer back to G3 Bavarian Classic victor and 'TDN Rising Star' My Hollywood (Ire) (Iquitos {Ger}). Straight had opened up with a Dec. 3 debut tally going nine furlongs at Baden-Baden before running third upped to 10 back there for the May 20 G3 Derby Trial in his only other start last time.

The win was Andreas Wohler's fifth in the contest, his most recent being with subsequent G1 Deutsches Derby hero Laccario (Ger) (Scalo {GB}) in 2019. “He is still a big baby and has not really matured yet, but today's peformance was excellent,” the trainer said. “Eduardo Pedroza is riding in Italy today, Jozef [Bojko] had ridden him before and it was Bruno Faust's explicit wish that he was to ride the colt.” Bojko added, “I knew I was sitting on a good horse, and everything went really well for him today. He has kept improving all the time and his last fast work was really good, so I had a good feeling that he would run a good race.” Karlshof's Holger Faust continued, “We were really relaxed before the race and planned to give him as easy a race as possible by holding him up and making use of his speed. We now have a good feeling for [the G1 Deutsches Derby at] Hamburg, but the Derby is one hell of a mad race.”

Pedigree Notes
Straight is the eighth pattern-race winner for his sire (by Dubawi {Ire}). Produced by a daughter of G1 Premio Lydia Tesio victrix Sortilege (Ire) (Tiger Hill {Ire}), he is a half to the unraced 2-year-old colt Star Striker (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a yearling colt by Brametot (Ire) and a weanling colt by Counterattack (Aus). His dam Seductive (Ger) (Henrythenavigator) is a winning half-sister to last year's G3 Premio Guido Berardelli victor Sirjan (Ger) (Zarak {Fr}). The March-foaled homebred bay's third dam Sahel (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) is a full-sister to the G1 Deutsches Derby-winning pair Samum (Ger) and Schiaparelli (Ger) and G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine and G1 Deutsches Derby second Salve Regina {Ger}). Sanwa (Ger), another full-sister, is the dam of G1 Deutsches Derby hero Sea The Moon (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) while her descendants include this year's G2 Derby Italiano winner Goldenas (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}).

Sunday, Cologne, Germany
SPARKASSE KOLNBONN – 188TH UNION-RENNEN-G2, €70,000, Cologne, 6-11, 3yo, 11fT, 2:11.86, gd.
1–STRAIGHT (GER), 128, c, 3, by Zarak (Fr)
1st Dam: Seductive (Ger), by Henrythenavigator
2nd Dam: Sortilege (Ire), by Tiger Hill (Ire)
3rd Dam: Sahel (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€40,000 RNA Ylg '21 BBAGS). O/B-Gestut Karlshof (GER); T-Andreas Wohler; J-Jozef Bojko. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, €52,000. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Mr Hollywood (Ire), 128, c, 3, Iquitos (Ger)–Margie's Music (Fr), by Hurricane Run (Ire). (€15,000 Ylg '21 BBAGS). O-Wanja Soren Oberhof & Sebastian Weiss; B-Gestut Ammerland (GER); T-Henk Grewe. €15,500.
3–Nachtgeist (Ire), 128, c, 3, Highland Reel (Ire)–Neele (Ire), by Peintre Celebre. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Stall Nizza; B-Ursula & Jurgen Imm (IRE); T-Waldemar Hickst. €8,000.
Margins: 5, 1 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 9.20, 1.90, 38.20.
Also Ran: Napolitano (Ire), Skylo (Ger), Aspirant (Ger), Weracruz (Ger), I Fight For Lips (Ger), Vintage Moon (Ger).

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Breizh Sky Comes Good In The Paul De Moussac

Finally getting his ideal conditions and ride, TDN Rising Star Breizh Sky (Fr) (Pedro The Great) had his head back in front in Sunday's G3 Prix Paul de Moussac at ParisLongchamp. Dogged mainly by ill fortune since his success in Deauville's Listed Prix Roland de Chambure in July, the Alain Jathiere colour-bearer was reverting to seven furlongs following his creditable third in this venue's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains last month. Allowed to stride to the front from his disadvantageous wide draw by Maxime Guyon, the Alessandro and Giuseppe Botti-trained 5-1 shot kept finding to ward off his G3 Prix Djebel conqueror Good Guess (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) by 1 1/4 lengths.

Breizh Sky, who had gained his TDN Rising Star tag with an eight-length debut win over six furlongs at Saint-Cloud before following up in the Roland de Chambure, had looked on form to have levelled off when going down narrowly in the G3 Prix la Rochette and when third in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere over this course and distance. Again missing out in the Djebel on his return also at this distance at Deauville in April, the feeling persisted that he was being continually found out by the lack of a strong pace to run at under hold-up tactics.

This reversion to front-running seemed to unlock his latent talent and Alessandro Botti is hoping he can use it as a stepping stone back to the big time. “He is such a good and brave horse and really deserved to win this,” he said. “After his good performance in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, my first idea was to go straight to the [G1] Prix Jean Prat but he was doing so well that I was tempted by this. We will go to the Jean Prat now and enjoy this victory.”

Pedigree Notes

Breizh Sky is out of Anna Danse (Fr) (Anabaa), a granddaughter of Danse Bretonne (Fr) (Exit To Nowhere)  who was responsible for the G3 Prix Gladiateur winner and G1 Prix du Cadran runner-up Varevees (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}) and was the second dam of last year's G1 Preis der Diana heroine Toskana Belle (Fr) (Shamalgan {Fr}). Danse Bretonne is kin to the G3 Prix Edmond Blanc and G3 Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord winner and GI Man O'War S. runner-up and sire Kaldounevees (Fr). Anna Danse's unraced 2-year-old filly by Birchwood (Ire) is named Breizhy Girl (Fr), while she also has a yearling filly by Attendu (Fr) named Breizh Danse (Fr).

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX PAUL DE MOUSSAC-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 6-11, 3yo, 7fT, 1:20.55, g/s.
1–BREIZH SKY (FR), 126, c, 3, by Pedro The Great
     1st Dam: Anna Danse (Fr), by Anabaa
     2nd Dam: Danse Quatz (Fr), by Johann Quatz (Fr)
     3rd Dam: Danse Bretonne (Fr), by Exit To Nowhere
1ST GROUP WIN. TDN Rising Star. (€14,000 RNA Ylg '21 ARAUG). O-Alain Jathiere, Louis Baudron et al; B-Haras des Evees, Daniel Chero & Mme Claudie Cherdo (FR); T-Alessandro & Giuseppe Botti. €40,000. Lifetime Record: MG1SP-Fr, 8-3-2-2, €242,665. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Good Guess (GB), 128, c, 3, Kodiac (GB)–Zykina (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (420,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Hisaaki Saito; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Fabrice Chappet. €16,000.
3–Cawdor (GB), 126, c, 3, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Delivery (GB), by Rail Link (GB).
1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ireland (GB); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €12,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 2HF, HD. Odds: 5.00, 6.70, 10.00.
Also Ran: Showay (Fr), Belbek (Fr), Ocean Vision (Ire) & Half Half (Fr), Valimi (Fr), Cambronne (Fr). Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Frankel Filly Lights Up Goodwood, Irish Oaks Next?

Impressive when off the mark by 4 3/4 lengths on debut at Haydock last month, Shadwell's Al Asifah (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Aneen {Ire}, by Lawman {Fr}) was prompting Classic talk after making light work of her first black-type test in Sunday's Listed Weatherbys Digital Solutions British EBF Agnes Keyser Fillies' S. at Goodwood. Not missed in the market as the 4-7 favourite for the 10-furlong contest, the John and Thady Gosden-trained relative of the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas-winning sire Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) was settled a few lengths off the pace by Jim Crowley. Making facile progress to take control two out, the homebred needed no urging to put her stamp on affairs and stormed clear of Empress Wu (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) to score by 6 1/2 lengths with her rider stood in the irons.

Al Asifah, the second of four foals out of the listed-placed Aneen who is a half to four black-type performers headed by the aforementioned Awtaad, could be Curragh-bound with connections eyeing the upcoming Classic. “It was fabulous–she could be very good,” Shadwell's racing manager Angus Gold said. “We haven't had time to discuss it yet, and we will talk to Sheikha Hissa, but a very obvious thing if we want to be bold would be to talk about supplementing her for the Irish Oaks. Timing-wise, it was just a pity she had immaturity issues, her muscle enzymes were a bit high for a while so they have just gone steady with her and typically taken their time.”

“Everything about her, to me, looks a mile-and-a-half filly from her action,” Gold added. “Jim very much got that feeling today and the very encouraging thing was he was able to go past them so quickly off a relatively slow pace. She is a big, tall filly and in Jim's words, she could be even better over a mile and a half. If we had 10 more days, obviously we could consider Royal Ascot. If we were able to keep her in training next year and keep her in good form, she could be a filly for all the top mile-and-a-half races next year, so we won't want to rush her straight back in.”

Al Asifah, whose immediate relatives also include Frankel's Listed Cairn Rouge S. winner Mehnah (GB), is also connected to the G2 Champion Juvenile S. winner and G1 Derby runner-up Madhmoon (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}). The family includes the great Seattle Slew, the 2000 Guineas hero Lomond and Seattle Dancer. Aneen's 2-year-old filly by Dubawi (Ire) is named Al Thariyaat (GB), while she also has a yearling full-brother to Al Asifah to come.

WEATHERBYS / BRITISH EBF AGNES KEYSER FILLIES S.-Listed, £70,000, Goodwood, 6-11, 3yo, f, 9f 197yT, 2:08.76, g/f.
1–AL ASIFAH (GB), 128, f, 3, by Frankel (GB)
     1st Dam: Aneen (Ire) (SP-Ire), by Lawman (Fr)
     2nd Dam: Asheerah (GB), by Shamardal
     3rd Dam: Adaala, by Sahm
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Limited (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Jim Crowley. £39,697. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $56,591.
2–Empress Wu (GB), 128, f, 3, Sea The Moon (Ger)–Chinoiseries (GB), by Archipenko.
1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Miss K Rausing (GB); T-David Simcock. £15,050.
3–Sumo Sam (GB), 128, f, 3, Nathaniel (Ire)–Seaduced (GB), by Lope De Vega (Ire). O-Ben & Sir Martyn Arbib; B-Arbib Bloodstock Partnership (GB); T-Paul & Oliver Cole. £7,532.
Margins: 6HF, 2 1/4, 1. Odds: 0.57, 9.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Elegancia (GB), Crystallium (GB), Ermesinde (Ire), High Spirited (Ire). Scratched: Conservationist (GB).

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Setback Rules Desert Crown out of Ascot

Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) has been ruled out of his intended start in the G1 Prince of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot after sustaining a minor injury on Saturday. 

“The horse trained well on Saturday morning and has had a little setback that we are investigating,” said James Savage, assistant trainer to Sir Michael Stoute.

“We'll know more when we do more tests tomorrow [Monday]. He won't make Ascot but it does not appear to be a season-ending injury. It's unfortunate but he's a bit sore. We'll see how he is on Monday.”

Last year's Derby winner was unbeaten in his three runs at two and three but a foot issue meant that he was off for the remainder of the season after Epsom. He returned after almost a year's absence to run a close second to Hukum (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G3 Brigadier Gerard S on May 25.

Bruce Raymond, racing manager to Desert Crown's owner Saeed Suhail, added: “I knew they weren't happy with him yesterday morning.

“He worked well on Wednesday. He doesn't usually work like a rocket. His general work practice is to go steady early and to quicken.

“I didn't see him yesterday. He worked nicely and I believe it was on his own. His final gallop was going to be next Tuesday or Wednesday with [Frankie] Dettori on him. That was at 10 o'clock in the morning. At 12 o'clock, I heard he was a bit lame.

“They were having a good look at him. Injuries so close this time to the race mean you don't take chances.”

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