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A’Ali Bags the Sapphire

Forced to race on his own in Sunday’s G2 Holden Plant Rentals Sapphire S. at The Curragh, Shaikh Duaij Al Khalifa’s burgeoning sprinting star A’Ali (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) was admirably uncomplicated as he secured a fifth pattern-race success. Coming here on the back of a first 3-year-old success in a competitive renewal of the July 5 G3 Sandown Sprint S., the even-money favourite was detached from the main field early and out on a limb but was fortunately able to benefit from the guile and confidence of Colin Keane. Ploughing a lone furrow as Make a Challenge (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) dominated the majority of the runners on the far side, he stayed straight and true to reel in that rival in the last 75 yards for a length success, with the outsider Rapid Reaction (Ire) (Shamardal) clinging on for a valuable placing 1 3/4 lengths behind. “He’s a very speedy horse,” Keane commented. “I thought at one stage that I was in trouble. It wasn’t by design that I was away from the main group and it would have been better to get a tow into the race, but I felt I was on a fresh strip of ground. He’s very straightforward and feels like a group 1 horse.”

A’Ali, who has now won this and the G2 Norfolk S., G2 Prix Robert Papin and G2 Flying Childers S. as well as the G3 Sprint S., was like the juvenile Frenetic (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) emerging from the day as a likely thorn in the side of the established speed monarch Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the G1 Nunthorpe S. His dam Motion Lass (GB) (Motivator {GB}) is a half-sister to the G3 Darley S. winner and G1 Coronation Cup-placed Enforcer (GB) (Efisio {GB}). The third dam is the GIII Tempted S. scorer Willowy Mood (Will Win), who is related to the triple grade III winner OK By Me (With Approval) and the GIII Royal Palm H. winner D J’s Rainbow (Tom Rolfe) and the triple grade I hero Sea Cadet (Bolger). Motion Lass’s yearling filly is by Cotai Glory (GB).

Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
HOLDEN PLANT RENTALS SAPPHIRE S.-G2, €80,000, Curragh, 7-19, 3yo/up, 5fT, :59.85, g/y.
1–A’ALI (IRE), 131, c, 3, by Society Rock (Ire)
1st Dam: Motion Lass (GB), by Motivator (GB)
2nd Dam: Tarneem, by Zilzal
3rd Dam: Willowy Mood, by Will Win
(£35,000 Ylg ’18 GOUKPR; £135,000 2yo ’19 GOFBRE). O-Shaikh Duaij Al Khalifa; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Simon & Ed Crisford; J-Colin Keane. €48,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW-Eng & GSW-Fr, 9-5-1-0, $300,367. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Make A Challenge (Ire), 135, g, 5, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Crinoline, by Street Cry (Ire). (£6,500 2yo ’17 GOYHIT). O-M G Hogan, Walter O’Connor & James Joseph Reilly; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Denis Hogan. €16,000.
3–Rapid Reaction (Ire), 132, m, 5, Shamardal–Bratislava (GB), by Dr Fong. O/B/T-John Grogan (IRE). €8,000.
Margins: 1, 1 3/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 1.00, 1.50, 33.00.
Also Ran: Punita Arora (Ire), American Lady (Ire), Southern Hills (Ire), Wheels On Fire (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Kingman’s Persian King Dominates At Chantilly

Despite his achievements to date, there is still a sense that TDN Rising Star Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) is a case of still waters running deep. Looking for another win at the highest level to complement his G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains success of 2019, he found it coming to him relatively easy in Sunday’s G1 Prix d’Ispahan at Chantilly. Shadowing the vastly-improved British raider Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) straining Pierre-Charles Boudot’s reins initially, the 9-10 favourite was allowed to stride to the front approaching the two-furlong pole to put paid to any remaining stamina concerns. From there Godolphin and Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd’s bay saw out the nine furlongs as strongly as it looked he would when finishing with a flourish last time in the G2 Prix du Muguet over a mile. There was a two-length winning margin and a gulf in class to the game veteran Stormy Antarctic (GB) (Stormy Atlantic) at the line, as Pogo clung on to third 1 3/4 lengths away. Anthony Stroud, representing connections, paid tribute to the trainer afterwards. “There is no need to say that Andre Fabre has done a marvellous job to bring him back to where he is now,” he said in reference to the winner’s substantial lay-off. “It’s been step-by-step and it will continue that way. He was a very good 2-year-old and has a lot of talent.”

Much water has passed under the bridge since Persian King beat Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in what has become a portent of things to follow in Newmarket’s G3 Autumn S. in October 2018. His Poulains victory in testing ground was followed by a reversal and an injury sustained in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club here last June and it was only June 10 when he was eventually able to return to active duty. In all likelihood shy of a peak, he had the misfortune to come up against a progressive talent from his own yard and was turned over by Magny Cours (Medaglia d’Oro) in the Listed Prix de Montretout over a mile back at this venue. The subsequent exploits of that stablemate when winning a competitive renewal of Sandown’s Listed Gala S. shed more favourable light on that effort and Persian King was able to build as he dispatched the two considerable compatriots Pretreville (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) and Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in the Muguet at Saint-Cloud June 28.

Stroud was not ruling out a potential tilt at the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and added, “It is a distinct possibility, but obviously it depends on Andre and the owners. In the French Derby, he was drawn wide on the outside and got injured in the race, so you can’t categorically say he doesn’t stay. The jury is still out and his family suggests he could stay a mile and a half.” Fabre seemed set on reverting to a mile afterwards as he said, “At one stage, the [G1] Juddmonte International was an option, but now I think that I will run him in the [G1 Prix] Jacques le Marois [at Deauville Aug. 16].”

Persian King’s dam Pretty Please (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) is a three-parts sister to the G1 Prix Ganay hero Planteur (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and a half to the dual listed winner Pilote d’Essai (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). The third dam Palmeraie (Lear Fan) is kin to three black-type winners, most notably the GII Long Island H. heroine Peinture Bleue (Alydar) who later produced the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero and leading sire Peintre Celebre.

Sunday, Chantilly, France
PRIX D’ISPAHAN-G1, €150,000, Chantilly, 7-19, 3yo/up, 9fT, 1:47.21, g/s.
1–PERSIAN KING (IRE), 131, c, 4, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Pretty Please (Ire), by Dylan Thomas (Ire)
2nd Dam: Plante Rare (Ire), by Giant’s Causeway
3rd Dam: Palmeraie, by Lear Fan
O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd & Godolphin; B-Dayton Investments (Breeding) Ltd (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. €85,710. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 10-7-3-0, €949,202. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Stormy Antarctic (GB), 131, g, 7, Stormy Atlantic–Bea Remembered (GB), by Doyen (Ire). (68,000gns Wlg ’13 TATFOA; 200,000gns 2yo ’15 TATBRE). O-Pak Kwan Siu; B-East Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Ed Walker. €11,200.
3–Pogo (Ire), 131, c, 4, Zebedee (GB)–Cute (GB), by Diktat (GB). (€10,500 Wlg ’16 GOFNOV; £32,000 Ylg ’17 GOUKPR). O-Gary & Linnet Woodward; B-Thomas Foy (IRE); T-Charles Hills. €8,400.
Margins: 2, 1 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.80, 37.00, 39.00.
Also Ran: Motamarris (Ire), Century Dream (Ire), Positive (GB), Roseman (Ire), Shaman (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Starspangledbanner’s Aloha Star Takes the Airlie Stud

Saturday’s G2 Railway S. had shown that quality juveniles can come from anywhere and 24 hours later the point was hammered home by the Bellewstown maiden winner Aloha Star (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) in The Curragh’s G2 Airlie Stud S. Content to wait in behind as the 10-11 favourite Frenetic (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and the G3 Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies’ Sprint S. winner Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) squared up in front, Chris Hayes who had also partnered the shock Railway winner Laws of Indices (Ire) (Power {GB}) was in the right place as the race unfolded. Bringing the 33-1 shot to bear on the softened long-time leader in the last half a furlong, Aloha Star gave generously as Frenetic dug deep and was able to shade it by a head, with 1 3/4 lengths back to a spent Mother Earth in third.

This renewal was weakened to an extent by the withdrawal of TDN Rising Star More Beautiful (War Front) and of the useful Sussex Garden (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) due to the ground, but the Listed First Flyer S. winner Frenetic was always the one to aim at and little can be taken away from the winner. She had been too free when eighth behind More Beautiful in a five-furlong maiden on debut at Naas June 8 and improved when third again over that trip next time at Tipperary 11 days later. Kept to five for her third outing at Bellewstown July 2, she confirmed the earlier impression that she needed further despite managing to shed her maiden tag on a card that also witnessed a TDN Rising Star performance from Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}).

“We were disappointed when she got beaten first time out at Naas, but she’s too generous sometimes and ran very free,” Hayes explained. “The lad who rides her out at home, Eddie Cronin, has done a great job and has kept her nice and settled. She probably needed the run at Tipperary, as we backed right off her. The race went to plan today. She was a filly always crying out for that trip and hopefully she will improve. They went quick, but it felt like a piece of work to me because I was able to tow in off them and let the two boys go at it. I had one crack at them. I thought I was probably there 50 yards too soon, but she’s tough.”
Frenetic’s trainer Ger Lyons was in no doubt that the runner-up remains a top prospect and said, “No disrespect to the winner, but she picked our pocket. We were back up again after the line and she is naturally fast, so we’ll roll the dice and have a look at the [G1] Nunthorpe [at York]. I’ve offered that ride to Chris Hayes, as he’s as good a lightweight as there is. Subject to ground conditions, I’d like to have a go at that. She is so honest, you can’t give her an easy time so we’ll concentrate on five so as not to blunt her speed.”

Aloha Star is another winner of one of the weekend’s major juvenile races who looks capable of stretching out on pedigree. Her unraced dam Zain Art (Ire) (Excellent Art {GB}) is a half-sister to the triple listed scorer and multiple group-placed 10-furlong performer Battalion (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), while the family also features the GII Commonwealth Breeders’ Cup S. winner and GI Eddie Read H.-placed Silent Name (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), the young sire Galiway (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and the G3 Prix Noailles scorer and G1 Grand Prix de Paris runner-up Slalom (Fr) (Intello {Ger}). Also connected to the G2 Prix du Muguet-winning sire Gold Away (Ire), Zain Art’s yearling colt is by Mastercraftsman (Ire).

Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
AIRLIE STUD S.-G2, €80,000, Curragh, 7-19, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:13.59, g/y.
1–ALOHA STAR (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Starspangledbanner (Aus)
1st Dam: Zain Art (Ire), by Excellent Art (GB)
2nd Dam: Zigarra (GB), by Halling
3rd Dam: Danzigaway, by Danehill
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€42,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; €67,000 Ylg ’19 TIRSEP). O-D Keoghan & Partners Partnership; B-Patrick Beirne Jr (IRE); T-Fozzy Stack; J-Chris Hayes. €48,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $65,867. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Frenetic (Ire), 128, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Moojha, by Forest Wildcat. (170,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-SBA Racing Ltd; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Ger Lyons. €16,000.
3–Mother Earth (Ire), 128, f, 2, Zoffany (Ire)–Many Colours (GB), by Green Desert. (€150,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Grenane House Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €8,000.
Margins: HD, 1 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 33.00, 0.91, 1.00.
Also Ran: Inner Beauty (Ire). Scratched: More Beautiful, Sussex Garden (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Acclamation’s Ventura Tormenta Upsets The Lir Jet In the Robert Papin

Sixth when making his debut as The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) took the honours in the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot June 19, Ventura Tormenta (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) had made enough strides in the interim to reverse that form and cause an upset in Sunday’s G2 Darley Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly. Coming back to six furlongs having finished fifth in Newmarket’s G2 Superlative S. over seven July 11, Middleham Park Racing’s bay broke sharply to lead against the rail under Christophe Soumillon. Tackled by The Lir Jet and briefly headed inside the final furlong, the 7-1 shot managed to get his head down first and prevail in the bobber by a short head from the 2-5 favourite, with Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) just a neck back in third in a three-way go.

Ventura Tormenta had won a novice contest over six furlongs at Yarmouth July 4 and the fact that he was pitched into the Superlative a week later speaks volumes for his constitution. Far from disgraced in what is probably the best 2-year-old race run so far this season, he was having his fourth start in a month here and his rider said, “He jumped fast and Mr Hannon told me to let him go. I thought Oisin [Murphy] had come to take me, but we were on the right stride at the post. He has quality, was well-behaved and professional today. This is an uphill track which is more like 1300 metres and it suited him.”

The Lir Jet’s trainer Michael Bell said of the runner-up, who was stepping up from five furlongs for the first time, “It’s a little bit annoying to be beaten like that–he was in front a shade before and after the post and it was just a bob of the head. I don’t think he ran to the same rating as at Ascot, so you couldn’t blame the trip. It was disappointing.” Trainer Charley Rossi said of the previously-unbeaten Tiger Tanaka, who was right in the mix at the finish having raced in claimers on her first three starts, “We’re very proud of her. She has a big heart. She has won over a mile already and I’m certain this isn’t her best trip. We’ll give her a rest and maybe bring her back for something like the [G3] Prix d’Aumale.”

Ventura Tormenta is out of Midnight Oasis (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a half-sister to the G3 Ballyogan S. scorer Miss Anabaa (GB) (Anabaa) who is in turn the second dam of the Listed Ripon Champion Two Year Old Trophy winner and G3 Pavilion S. third Enjazaat (GB) also by Acclamation. She is also related to the recent Listed Maggie Dickson S. winner Mubtasimah (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), the G3 Prix du Bois winner Fly on the Night (GB) (Equiano {Fr}) and the G1 July Cup-winning sire Owington (GB) (Green Desert). Her yearling colt by Starspangledbanner (Aus) was a €40,000 purchase by Redwall Bloodstock at the Goffs November Foal Sale.

Sunday, Chantilly, France
DARLEY PRIX ROBERT PAPIN-G2, €90,000, Chantilly, 7-19, 2yo, 6fT, 1:10.85, g/s.
1–VENTURA TORMENTA (IRE), 129, c, 2, by Acclamation (GB)
1st Dam: Midnight Oasis (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB)
2nd Dam: Midnight Shift (Ire), by Night Shift
3rd Dam: Old Domesday Book (GB), by High Top (Ire)
1st BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1st GROUP WIN. (40,000gns RNA Wlg ’18 TATFOA; £95,000 Ylg ’19 GOUKPR). O-Middleham Park Racing IV; B-Kevin Blake (IRE); T-Richard Hannon; J-Christophe Soumillon. €51,300. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, €57,452. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–The Lir Jet (Ire), 129, c, 2, Prince of Lir (Ire)–Paper Dreams (Ire), by Green Desert. (€9,500 Wlg ’18 TATFBR; £8,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Qatar Racing Ltd; B-Donal Boylan (IRE); T-Michael Bell. €19,800.
3–Tiger Tanaka (Ire), 126, f, 2, Clodovil (Ire)–Miss Phillyjinks (Ire), by Zoffany (Ire). (€6,500 Ylg ’19 TIRSEP). O-Miguel Castro Megias; B-Kellsgrange Stud (IRE); T-Charley Rossi. €9,450.
Margins: SHD, NK, DIST. Odds: 7.20, 1.40, 6.40.
Also Ran: Axdavali (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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