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Showcasing’s Mohaather Impressive In the Summer Mile

For a long time denied a fair crack in the luck department, Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) made up for much of the lost time when rewarding market confidence in style in Ascot’s G2 Betfred Summer Mile on Saturday. Badly hampered and finishing full of running when seventh in the G1 Queen Anne S. on the straight track at the Royal meeting June 16, the 2-1 favourite was a touch free early for Dane O’Neill with his rider at pains to restrain his enthusiasm halfway down the field. Unleashed in the straight, the bay hit the front a furlong from home and surged clear for an authoritative 3 3/4-length success from San Donato (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), with Duke of Hazzard (Fr) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) a neck behind in third.

“I thought it was a solid-looking group two and he’s won it with a lot in hand to suggest he gets the mile really well,” trainer Marcus Tregoning commented. “Hopefully, we’ll get a group one or two with him, if we’re clever. We should be able to do it. It’s very exciting for everybody and a big boost for us. It hasn’t been easy, but luckily he’s got a very good owner. Sheikh Hamdan is so patient and so good to train for. I just have to worry about getting the horse to the races in tip-top order and we managed it today. We’ve got a good horse here and he’s going to be aimed at the top mile races like the [G1] Sussex. We’ll probably go to Goodwood.”

Mohaather had Classic pretensions last Spring after wins in Newbury’s G3 Horris Hill S. and G3 Greenham S., but injury intervened and he was having his first start subsequently when fifth in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. also on the straight course here in October. Beaten five lengths in that contest and the same margin in the Queen Anne, he had a question mark over him on stamina grounds but any doubts can now be silenced with this emphatic display.

There were obvious clues as to whether Mohaather would stay this far in his immediate pedigree, being a full-brother to Prize Exhibit (GB) who took the GII San Clemente H., GIII Megahertz S. and GIII Senorita S. at the trip as well as the 6 1/2-furlong GII Monrovia S. She was sold to Barronstown Stud for 775,000gns at the 2017 Tattersalls December Mares Sale and is also a half to the stakes-placed Harbour Master (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) and Roodle (GB) (Xaar {GB}) whose son Accidental Agent (GB) (Delegator {GB}) provided a shock in the 2018 G1 Queen Anne S. here. The family also includes the G1 Prix Morny runner-up Gallagher (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), the G2 Gimcrack S. scorer Bannister (GB) (Inchinor {GB}), the G1 Middle Park S. hero Astaire (Ire) (Intense Focus) and the G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Dead Certain (GB) (Absalom {GB}).

Saturday, Ascot, Britain
BETFRED SUMMER MILE S.-G2, £60,000, Ascot, 7-11, 4yo/up, 7f 213yT, 1:39.53, gd.
1–MOHAATHER (GB), 127, c, 4, by Showcasing (GB)
1st Dam: Roodeye (GB) (SP-Eng), by Inchinor (GB)
2nd Dam: Roo (GB), by Rudimentary
3rd Dam: Shall We Run (GB), by Hotfoot (GB)
(110,000gns Ylg ’17 TAOCT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Mrs R F Johnson Houghton (GB); T-Marcus Tregoning; J-Dane O’Neill. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 7-4-1-0, $170,007. *Full to Prize Exhibit (GB), MGSW & GISP-US, GSP-Eng, $697,375; and 1/2 to Harbour Master (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}), SP-US, $125,511. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–San Donato (Ire), 127, c, 4, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Boston Rocker (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). (500,000gns Ylg ’17 TAOCT). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-J Hanly, A Stroud & Skymarc Farm (IRE); T-Roger Varian. £12,900.
3–Duke of Hazzard (Fr), 127, c, 4, Lope de Vega (Ire)–With Your Spirit (Fr), by Invincible Spirit (Ire). (€130,000 Ylg ’17 ARAUG). O-Mrs Fitri Hay; B-Runnymede Farm Inc & C W Clay (FR); T-Paul & Oliver Cole. £6,456.
Margins: 3 3/4, NK, 3/4. Odds: 2.00, 14.00, 16.00.
Also Ran: Lord Glitters (Fr), Urban Icon (GB), Zaaki (GB), Skardu (GB), Bless Him (Ire), Marie’s Diamond (Ire), Lord Tennyson (GB), Beat Le Bon (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Dubawi’s Master of the Seas Dominant In the Superlative

Newmarket’s G2 bet365 Superlative S. was the launchpad for Dubawi (Ire) in 2004 and 16 years on his son Master of the Seas (Ire) came to the fore in the latest edition on Saturday. Sent off at 4-1 having won a soft-ground maiden over this seven-furlong trip on the Rowley Mile June 18, the bay tracked the pace up the centre and was travelling with menace when sent forward apporaching the final two furlongs. In front soon after, he drew away to score with authority by three lengths from Devious Company (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}), with Seventh Kingdom (GB) (Frankel {GB}) a length away in third.

Charlie Appleby, who also trained the ill-fated Dubawi colt Quorto (Ire) to land this two years ago, may have found another challenger for division leader on this evidence. There were echoes of a certain 2019 champion juvenile in his post-race comments. “He has been very straightforward and, dare I say it, one of the horses that has been under the radar slightly. He was entered to run in France next Tuesday in a listed race, but did a nice piece of work on Thursday so we thought that we should aim our sights a little higher and run here,” he explained. “He does everything very simply. He goes out with the string and, whatever we pair him up with, he finds it easy to gallop well with them. He handled soft ground on the Rowley Mile, when Brett Doyle said he was both very professional and willing. Those are two nice boxes to tick with a racehorse and I told William today not to be frightened to let him roll is he was travelling. He said that he probably hit the front too soon, but everything else just fell away.”

“He has done nothing wrong in two starts and is a lovely specimen by Dubawi,” he added. “We will get back and see how he pops out of this, but the likelihood is that we will hopefully go down the same route as Pinatubo and take a look at the G1 [Vincent O’Brien] National Stakes [at The Curragh] in September. It is unlikely that he will go to Goodwood and we will probably give him a bit of a break. He is a big horse and a bit more time won’t do him any harm. It is a bit early to be getting too excited where we might be next year, but he is definitely a horse that has got the right attitude and physique to see him go beyond a mile with a bit of luck.”

Master of the Seas becomes the fifth black-type performer for the talented dam Firth of Lorne (Ire) (Danehill), who captured the Listed Prix des Sablonnets and was runner-up in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches. Also third in the G3 Prix de la Grotte, GII San Gorgonio H. and GIII Cardinal H., she was quick to transmit her quality with her first three foals being winners and the third Etive (Elusive Quality) scoring at listed level in Germany having just failed to emulate her dam when second in the Sablonnets. Her fourth foal Falls of Lora (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}) took the G3 UAE Oaks and Listed Distaff S. and was third in the G2 Cape Verdi before producing Cascadian (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), the G1 Prix Jean Prat runner-up who annexed the G3 Doncaster Prelude and was third in the G1 Kennedy Cantala.

Firth of Lorne’s best progeny was possibly Latharnach (Iffraaj {GB}), who was runner-up in the G1 St James’s Palace S. for this stable and third in the G3 Thoroughbred S., while she also threw the listed-placed Tipstaff (GB) by Falls of Lora’s sire Street Cry. Like the G3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise third Shmoose (Ire) (Caerleon), she is a daughter of the G3 Cherry Hinton S. scorer and G1 1000 Guineas runner-up Kerrera (Ire) (Diesis {GB}) who is also the second dam of the G2 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) and G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen (German 2000 Guineas) winner Dupont (GB) (Zafonic) and his full-brother and fellow sire Pacino (GB) who also took that German Classic and was runner-up in the G1 Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1. Also connected to the G2 Gimcrack S.-winning sire Rock City (Ire), Firth of Lorne’s yearling is a daughter of Ribchester (Ire).

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
BET365 SUPERLATIVE S.-G2, £40,700, Newmarket, 7-11, 2yo, 7fT, 1:23.95, gd.
1–MASTER OF THE SEAS (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Firth of Lorne (Ire) (SW & G1SP-Fr, MGSP-USA, $163,189), by Danehill
2nd Dam: Kerrera (Ire), by Diesis (GB)
3rd Dam: Rimosa’s Pet (GB), by Petingo (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £23,081. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $34,333. *1/2 to Falls of Lora (IRE) (Street Cry (IRE)), GSW-UAE & SW-Eng, $246,417; Latharnach (Iffraaj (GB)), SW & G1SP-Eng, $217,472; Etive (Elusive Quality), SW-Ger & MSP-Fr, $126,693; and Tipstaff (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}), SP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Devious Company (Ire), 127, c, 2, Fast Company (Ire)–Seren Devious (GB), by Dr Devious (Ire). (£45,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Russell Jones; B-Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Tom Dascombe. £8,751.
3–Seventh Kingdom (GB), 127, c, 2, Frankel (GB)–Nayarra (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire). O-Prince A A Faisal; B-Nawara Stud Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden. £4,379.
Margins: 3, 1, 3/4. Odds: 4.00, 7.00, 6.00.
Also Ran: Saint Lawrence (Ire), Ventura Tormenta (Ire), King Zain (Ire), Snash (Ire), Hudson River (Ire), Bright Devil (Ire), Miami Joy (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Does Light Color Affect A Horse’s Willingness To Load On A Trailer?

Loading horses into a trailer can be stressful, especially if they are walking from a brightly lit area into a dark horse trailer. New research out of France indicates that specific trailer lights, at the correct brightness, can ease the transition from light to dark, reports The Horse.

The equine eye takes a significant amount of time to adjust to changes in light, reports The Horse. To help determine if lighting affected horse's willingness to load, Dr. Claire Neveux, an equine behavior consultant and researcher with Ethonova, equipped trailers with LED lights of varying brightness. Researchers were able to adjust the whitness as well as the intensity of the light the bulbs emitted.

The scientists used 22 2- and 3-year-old French Trotting horses that were in race training; the horses had not traveled on a trailer since they were foals. The horses were asked to load into a two-horse, straight-load trailer in three different lighting conditions, all of which completely illuminated the interior of the trailer. The horses were also loaded in natural light. Twenty days elapsed between each test and common loading techniques were used, including halter pressure, food rewards for advancement and hindquarter pressure.

The scientists determined that horses had the lowest heart rate and showed the fewest negative responses when they loaded into a trailer lit to 4500 K and 50 percent flux. They loaded more readily and they exhibited less stress behaviors when the inside of the trailer was lighter. While inside the trailer, the horse's heartrates dropped fastest when the horses had lights that were more yellow or blue.

The study teams notes that additional research could show how lighting affects equine stress levels and welfare in housing, performance and hospital settings.

Espinoza Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor Espinoza has tested positive for coronavirus and will be out of action for an undetermined period of time, Daily Racing Form reported late Friday. He is the third rider who competed at Los Alamitos Saturday, July 4, who has tested positive. Jockey Martin Garcia was en route to ride the Indiana Derby program at Indiana Grand Wednesday when he was informed of his positive, while Luis Saez, who was aboard Uncle Chuck in the GIII Los Alamitos Derby, rode two races at Keeneland Friday before his agent Kiaran McLaughlin confirmed the result. In contrast to Garcia and Saez, Espinoza had not traveled anywhere by plane.

DRF reported that Espinoza was tested Thursday with the expectation that the results would be in hand by the 2 p.m. opener of the Del Mar meeting Friday afternoon. Espinoza took off his mounts when the results had not yet been returned. Espinoza’s agent Brian Beach told DRF that Espinoza was able to secure a test Friday from the nearby Scripps hospital, where he rehabbed from serious injuries in 2018. The test was quickly processed and the results came back later in the afternoon, confirming the positive.

Espinoza is a three-time Kentucky Derby winner and piloted American Pharoah to the Triple Crown in 2015.

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