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Pyledriver Bounces Back To Dominate the Voltigeur

Only 11th in the July 4 G1 Epsom Derby, Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) relished being back on kinder terrain on Wednesday as he turned the G2 Sky Bet Great Voltigeur S. into a procession at York. Saddled with a three-pound penalty due to his clear-cut win in the G2 King Edward VII S. over this trip at Royal Ascot June 16, the 10-1 shot had one behind early but when moved forward by Martin Dwyer was able to take command with ease passing the two-furlong pole. Stretching clear despite still looking green, the bay had 3 1/2 lengths to spare over Highland Chief (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) at the line, with the 85-40 favourite Mogul (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) half a length away in third.

Consistently underestimated throughout his brief career, Pyledriver first came to the fore when winning the Listed Ascendant S. over a mile on soft ground at Haydock in September. Taken into winter quarters following his disappointing effort when last of seven in the G2 Royal Lodge S. at Newmarket later that month, he returned in rude health when second to Berlin Tango (GB) (Dansili {GB}) in the re-routed G3 Classic Trial over a mile and a quarter on Kempton’s Polytrack June 3. One of the leading players for the Derby following his impressive win in King Edward VII, he emerged one of the unlucky ones having got no luck in the blue riband but always looked happy in this entirely different test.

Trainer William Muir could have his sights set on the G1 St Leger at Doncaster, but may yet have his head turned where a certain ParisLongchamp feature is concerned. “We are in the [G1] Grand Prix de Paris. The Leger has been on the cards, but people are saying we should now go for the Arc,” he said. “He didn’t look like he was stopping today, but then Martin said today he’s got loads of gears and horses with gears normally don’t just stay and stay. It’s a lovely problem to have–this is where we want to be.”

“It was a good race today and I can understand why Mogul was such a short price and we were such a big price, but if we’d had a clear run in the Derby we’d have finished in front of him,” he added. “Our race was gone after three furlongs. He’s a big, unfurnished horse, but he’s getting there. He’s so easy to do anything with and he thinks life’s great.”

Oliver Cole said of Highland Chief, “I think the ground was okay for him, we were hoping for softer ground which is what he won on at Ascot. It’s a difficult race to read, he’s beaten Mogul. I think he’s got a better turn of foot than he showed there, but he didn’t quicken as well as I expected him to. We could think about the St Leger, but it could depend if the winner goes there! Maybe, we’ll have to have a think, but he’s run his heart out.”

Pyledriver is the first foal out of a full-sister to the G3 Park Express S. winner Normandel (Fr) and a half to Mont Ormel (Fr) (Air Chief Marshal {Ire}), who caused an upset in the 2016 Grand Prix de Paris. Another half-sibling Lillebonne (Fr) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) produced the smart Micro Manage (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}), who was third in last week’s G3 Irish St Leger Trial. The third dam is Lidakiya (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}), who was responsible for Linngari (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) who captured the G1 Premio Vittorio di Capua and G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis. The dam’s 2-year-old filly Country Pyle (GB) is by New Approach (Ire), while she also has a yearling colt by Oasis Dream (GB) and a foal daughter of Frankel (GB).

Wednesday, York, Britain
SKY BET GREAT VOLTIGEUR S.-G2, £75,000, York, 8-19, 3yo, c/g, 11f 188yT, 2:30.57, gd.
1–PYLEDRIVER (GB), 129, c, 3, by Harbour Watch (Ire)
1st Dam: La Pyle (Fr), by Le Havre (Ire)
2nd Dam: Lidana (Ire), by King’s Best
3rd Dam: Lidakiya (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire)
(10,000gns RNA Wlg ’17 TATFOA). O-La Pyle Partnership; B-Knox & Wells Ltd & R Devlin (GB); T-William Muir; J-Martin Dwyer. £42,533. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-0, $175,261. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Highland Chief (Ire), 126, c, 3, Gleneagles (Ire)–Pink Symphony (GB), by Montjeu (Ire). O/B-Mrs Fitri Hay (IRE); T-Paul & Oliver Cole. £16,125.
3–Mogul (GB), 126, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Shastye (Ire), by Danehill. (3,400,000gns Ylg ’18 TATOCT). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Newsells Park Stud (GB); T-Aidan O’Brien. £8,070.
Margins: 3HF, HF, HD. Odds: 10.00, 11.00, 2.13.
Also Ran: Berkshire Rocco (Fr), Darain (GB), Roberto Escobarr (Ire), Subjectivist (GB), Juan Elcano (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Teofilo’s Gear Up Battles To Acomb Success

With vital course-and-distance experience to call upon, Mark Johnston’s Gear Up (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) proved toughest in a war of attrition to land York’s G3 Tattersalls Acomb S. on Wednesday. Successful over this seven-furlong trip on debut July 25, the 9-1 shot was placed prominently by Silvestre de Sousa from the outset and battled gamely to overhaul Spycatcher (Ire) (Vadamos {Fr}) close home. At the line, there was half a length between them, with the long-time leader Broxi (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) three lengths away in third having forced a pace which found many out. “He was a different horse from his debut here,” the winning rider explained. “He jumped off and knew his job. He showed a very willing attitude.”

Getting loose in the preliminaries prior to his debut, Gear Up was ultimately able to win with some authority there and his stamina came to the fore with this demanding pace cracking several of the fancied contenders. “Everyone was thinking of him as quite a difficult horse after his debut, where he was off the bridle early before flying home,” Johnston said. “He was very different in the prelims today–laid-back and relaxed and Silvestre said he learned more today than first time. He’s not the most impressive horse at home, but we’ve seen his style again today, he looked the first under pressure then found more and more. He wants a mile now and he’s bred to get a mile,” his trainer added. “We weren’t thinking he’d be ready this early, despite it being August now. He’ll have one or two more runs maximum and my first thought was the [G2] Royal Lodge.”

Karl Burke said of the maiden Spycatcher, “I thought we had it at the furlong pole when he went a length or so clear. He’s a nice colt, but there’s improvement in him. He didn’t really have a race first time when it all went wrong and he fell out of the stalls. He’ll learn a lot from today and he’s having a good, healthy blow. He travelled great and the winner is just typical of one of Mark’s–they don’t stop. I’m not sure where we’ll go now. We’ll just get him back home and see how he comes out of it.”

Out of Gearanai (Toccet), a half-sister to the G3 Manuel J Guiraldes winner Plainswoman (Arg) (Zensational), the Jim Bolger-bred Gear Up is therefore a full-brother to the G3 Eyrefield S. scorer Guaranteed (Ire). Plainswoman’s half-sister Sanaara (Anabaa) is the dam of another useful Bolger runner by Teofilo in Theobald (Ire), who was runner-up in the G3 Anglesey S. and G3 Tyros S., while the third dam is the GI Spinster S., GI Kentucky Oaks, GI Beldame S. and GI Gazelle H. heroine Dispute (Danzig). Also connected to Agitare (Ire), another Teofilo who was third in the G2 Golden Fleece S., and the G3 Round Tower S. and G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial winner Maoineach (Congaree), Gearanai’s yearling is a full-brother to the winner.

Wednesday, York, Britain
TATTERSALLS ACOMB S.-G3, £40,000, York, 8-19, 2yo, 7fT, 1:24.59, gd.
1–GEAR UP (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Gearanai, by Toccet
2nd Dam: Plaintiff, by Seeking the Gold
3rd Dam: Dispute, by Danzig
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€52,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-Teme Valley 2; B-Jim Bolger (IRE); T-Mark Johnston; J-Silvestre de Sousa. £22,684. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $34,996. *Full to Guaranteed (Ire), GSW-Ire, $170,221. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Spycatcher (Ire), 127, c, 2, Vadamos (Fr)–Damask (Ire), by Red Clubs (Ire). (90,000gns 2yo ’20 TATBRE). O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Adriana Zaefferer); B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Karl Burke. £8,600.
3–Broxi (Ire), 127, c, 2, Kodi Bear (Ire)–Own Gift (GB), by Rahy. (€8,500 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; €8,000 Ylg ’19 GOFSPT). O-Weldspec Glasgow Ltd; B-Golden Vale Stud (IRE); T-Keith Dalgleish. £4,304.
Margins: HF, 3, HD. Odds: 9.00, 20.00, 28.00.
Also Ran: Royal Scimitar (Ire), Titan Rock (GB), Praise of Shadows (Ire), Darvel (Ire), Cloudbridge. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Smiling Tiger Colt Tops WTBOA Summer Yearling and Mixed Sale

For the second time in the last four years, a colt by Smiling Tiger topped the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association’s annual summer sale, which was again held at the WTBOA Sales Pavilion located at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wa., Aug. 18.

The sale topper, Hip 57, was purchased for $70,000 by Brian Koriner, acting on behalf of Jay Em Ess Stable (Samantha Siegel) from the Critter Creek Farm consignment, agent for PT Syndicate #1 LLC. The chestnut colt is the second foal out of the stakes-placed Swiss Yodeler mare Grand Yodeler. The 2017 sale topper by Smiling Tiger, Baja Sur, was named Washington’s Horse of the Year in 2019.

Preliminary results show, after 14 yearlings were withdrawn and 25 were RNAs, the 75 yearlings that were listed as sold averaged $12,652 with a $7,500 median.

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Tattersalls Unveils Star-Studded Book 1 Catalogue

A daughter of Newsells Park Stud’s star producer Shastye (Ire) (Danehill) is among the 19 yearlings by Galileo (Ire) set to be offered at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale from Oct. 6 to 8, for which the catalogue was unveiled on Wednesday. The bay filly (lot 436)-a full-sister to dual Group 1 winner Japan (GB) and group winners Mogul (GB) and Sir Isaac Newton (GB) and a half to G2 Middleton S. victress Secret Gesture (GB) and Australian listed winner Maurus (GB)-is the first filly out of Shastye to be offered as a yearling since 2016, when another daughter of Galileo fetched 1.35-million gns.

Other offerings by the perennial champion sire set for the sale include a full-sister to dual Classic winner Capri (Ire) (lot 122); a half-brother to dual Group 1-winning juvenile and promising young sire Shalaa (Ire) (lot 178); a colt out of Classic winner Sky Lantern (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}) (lot 444) and a filly out of stakes producer Wannabe Better (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) (lot 520), whose fillies the last two years have made 1.2-million gns and 500,000gns. Young stakes-winning mares with their first foals by Galileo include G3 Prix Imprudence winner and multiple Group 1-placed sprinter/miler Spectre (Fr), who has a colt (lot 454); multiple American graded stakes winner Prize Exhibit (GB), who has a filly (lot 374); and Australian Group 3 winner Dawn Wall (Aus), who also has a filly (lot 117).

Dubawi (Ire) has provided the sale-topping yearlings here the last two years and on paper he has every chance to maintain that reign. His 20 catalogued include a colt out of champion and King George and Arc winner Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) (lot 112); a colt out of the Classic-placed Jacqueline Quest (Ire) who is a full-brother to this year’s Royal Ascot winner Onassis (Ire) and a half to GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf victor Line Of Duty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 229); a half-brother to G1 Investec Oaks victress Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (lot 356); a filly out of Group 1 winner and young stakes producer Seal Of Approval (GB) (lot 422); a half-sister to G1 Deutsches Derby winners Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}) and Weltstar (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) (lot 524) and the first foal, a colt, out of G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Intricately (Ire) (lot 225).

Frankel (GB)’s blueblooded lineup of 32 includes a full-brother to his dual group winner Elarqam (GB) (lot 41); a filly out of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor) (lot 108); a half-sister to champion Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and the stakes-winning Eastern Belle (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) (lot 162); a half-brother to dual Group 1-winning sprinter Marsha (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) and dual Group 3 winner Judicial (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) (lot 295) and a half-sister to this year’s G1 Irish Derby and G2 Queen’s Vase scorer Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) (lot 516).

Frankel’s Banstead Manor studmate Kingman (GB) is coming off a stellar weekend in Europe and the U.S. and his 21 on offer include a half-brother to G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James’s Palace S. winner Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) (lot 174) and a plethora of others out of young, stakes-winning mares.

The Tattersalls October Book 1 catalogue boasts the siblings to 53 Classic and Group 1 winners. Those include a half-brother to last weekend’s G1 Prix Jacques le Marois winner and leading European 3-year-old Palace Pier (GB) from the first crop of Highland Reel (Ire) (lot 55); a Dark Angel (Ire) half-brother to G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches scorer Beauty Parlour (GB) (lot 52); a Muhaarar (GB) colt out of G1 Prix de l’Opera victress Zee Zee Top (GB), and therefore a half-brother to dual Group 1 winner Izzi Top (GB) (lot 5); a Siyouni (Fr) half-brother to last year’s G1 2000 Guineas winner Magna Grecia (Ire) and a full-brother to a colt that made 1.3-million gns last year (lot 74); a Camelot (GB) half-brother to champion stayer Order Of St George (Ire) (lot 28) and a Zoffany (Ire) half-sister to this year’s G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde (Ire) (lot 148). G1 Investec Oaks winner Talent (GB) has a colt by Sea The Stars (Ire) (lot 480), while the Waddesdon Stud dispersal continues with the likes of an Almanzor (Fr) filly out of dual Grade I winner Angara (GB) (lot 24) and a daughter of Le Havre (Ire) out of Group 1 winner and dual stakes producer Spinning Queen (GB) (lot 455).

First-crop sires with progeny on offer, in addition to the aforementioned Highland Reel and Almanzor, will include Aclaim (GB), Caravaggio (Ire), Churchill (Ire), Decorated Knight (GB), Galileo Gold (Ire), Postponed (Ire), Profitable (Ire), Ribchester (Ire) and Ulysses (Ire). Proven American sires represented include American Pharoah, Constitution, Curlin, Distorted Humor, Kitten’s Joy, More Than Ready and War Front. The catalogue also includes the only yearling from the first crop of the late American Horse of the Year Arrogate to be offered in Europe this year.

“Graduates of Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale have enjoyed another stellar year with the likes of this year’s dual Group 1 winner Palace Pier and outstanding global stars Newspaperofrecord and Russian Camelot flying the flag throughout the world,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “The international achievements of Book 1 purchases at the highest level have yet again demonstrated the uniquely global appeal of Europe’s premier yearling sale and this year’s catalogue is yet another in a long sequence of truly exceptional Book 1 catalogues. We have an extraordinary number of yearlings by the very best of an outstanding cast of European sires and, crucially for buyers at every level of Book 1, all 547 Book 1 yearlings can reward owners with the lucrative prize money offered through the £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus scheme. While the prize money for the hugely popular Book 1 Bonus Scheme has been slightly reduced in these uncertain times, it still remains uniquely rewarding and a significant number of the fillies in October Book 1 will also be eligible for the recently introduced Great British Bonus scheme.”

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