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Lancaster House In Gladness Procession

Winless in three outings since registering a career high in last term's G3 Gladness S. at The Curragh, Gay Smith's Lancaster House (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) went postward as the 9-4 favourite for this year's TRI Equestrian-sponsored renewal and became the first back-to-back winner of the seven-furlong event with an impressive 2 1/2-length victory from Current Option (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). The 5-year-old bay followed up last year's triumph with a second over course and distance in the G2 Minstrel S., but was off the radar and failed to beat a single rival in both G2 Solonaway S. at Leopardstown and G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot. Finding a modicum of cover in a midfield sixth for the most part, he loomed large out wide passing the quarter-mile marker and kept on powerfully once seizing control soon after to easily assert superiority.

“He's a very solid horse and it's a nice bit of ground which he likes,” commented trainer Aidan O'Brien. “Ryan [Moore] was very impressed with him and felt he had loads of horse. He made the running in this race last year and it was nice that he was able to drop in and get a lead today. He's very versatile and has won over nine furlongs in soft ground at Listowel and finished very well here. Ryan said we could look at the [G1] Queen Anne at Royal Ascot] and Lope Y Fernandez could go for the [G1] Lockinge [at Newbury].”

Pedigree Notes

Lancaster House is the first of five foals, all by Galileo (Ire), and the lone performer out of MGSW GI Gamely S. runner-up Quiet Oasis (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), herself a full-sister to G3 Prix La Rochette victor Young Pretender (Fr). His younger siblings include unraced 3-year-old filly Drummer Girl (Ire), unraced 2-year-old filly Yamato Nadeshiko (Ire) and a yearling filly. His fourth dam is G1 Irish Champion S.-winning matriarch Park Express (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}), whose descendants include MG1SW sire New Approach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), GSW G1 Champion S. runner-up Dazzling Park (Ire) (Warning {GB}), G1 Phoenix S. scorer Alfred Nobel (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

Saturday, Curragh, Ireland
TRI EQUESTRIAN GLADNESS S.-G3, €50,000, Curragh, 4-17, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:25.36, gd.
1–LANCASTER HOUSE (IRE), 140, h, 5, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Quiet Oasis (Ire) (MGSW & GISP-US,
$282,379), by Oasis Dream (GB)
2nd Dam: Silent Heir (Aus), by Sunday Silence
3rd Dam: Park Heiress (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
O-Mrs Gay Smith; B-Barronstown Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien;
J-Ryan Moore. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 9-5-1-0, $140,377.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick
Rating: A+.
2–Current Option (Ire), 140, g, 5, Camelot (GB)–Coppertop
(Ire), by Exceed and Excel (Aus). (62,000gns Ylg '17 TAOCT;
85,000gns 3yo '19 TATJUL). O-Dooley Thoroughbreds, Bart
O'Sullivan & Shamrock Thoroughbreds; B-Grange Con Holdings
Ltd (IRE); T-Adrian McGuinness. €10,000.
3–Know It All (GB), 137, f, 4, Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)–Common
Knowledge (GB), by Rainbow Quest. O-Qatar Racing Ltd;
B-Qatar Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Johnny Murtagh. €5,000.
Margins: 2HF, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.25, 7.50, 4.00.
Also Ran: Wonder Elzaam (Ire), Speak In Colours (GB), Gustavus Weston (Ire), Comfort Line (Ire), Fiscal Rules (Ire), Free Solo (Ire), Brad The Brief (GB), Lustown Baba (Ire). Scratched: Surrounding (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Love Targeting Mooresbridge

Last year's champion 3-year-old filly and dual Classic winner Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is among the entries for Saturday's G3 Alleged S. at The Curragh, but trainer Aidan O'Brien has indicated that the chestnut is likely to wait for the G2 Mooresbridge S. at the same venue on May 3. Love's stablemate Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}), a multiple Group 3-winning 5-year-old, is likely to deputize in the Alleged.

“Broome is likely to run in the Alleged at The Curragh on Saturday,” O'Brien said. “He's already had a run, and Love might wait for the Mooresbridge. It's a long year, and we might wait a bit longer with her.”

Love made seven starts at two in 2019, the highlight being a win in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. She stepped out just three times last year but won on each occasion at Group 1 level: the 1000 Guineas, Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks. Love was withdrawn from the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October on account of the testing ground just prior to Ballydoyle's remaining runners defecting after a feed contamination.

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International Group 1 Winner Mogul A Strong Lone Entry For Coolmore On Dubai World Cup Night

Ballydoyle's blue-blooded multiple Group 1 winner Mogul comes into this Saturday's Group 1, $5 million Longines Dubai Sheema Classic in top form, but it seems no matter his success, expectations persist. A $4.6 million yearling purchase, the Aidan O'Brien-trained half-brother to top-level performers Secret Gesture and Japan has a pair of prestigious wins of his own, but a lingering debate of whether there is more potential in him is a common query. Such could be put to rest come Saturday at Meydan Racecourse.

The son of Galileo comes to Dubai a the lone runner for the powerful Coolmore operation, as well as the global powerhouse's sole nomination to the meeting. A Group 2-winning 2-year-old of 2019, winning the Champions Juvenile (G2) at Leopardstown before a fourth to Kameko in the Vertem Futurity Trophy (G1), he entered his sophomore season as obvious Derby material, but a sole prep at Royal Ascot—fourth as the favorite in the King Edward VII (G2)—did not provide enough bottom for him to stand up to the challenges of Epsom.

Stepping up his game with fitness, Mogul went on to win three of his next five races against some of the world's best, including Grand Prix de Paris (G1) and Hong Kong Vase (G1). Wedged between was a good fifth in Tarnawa's Breeders' Cup Turf (G1). The Hong Kong Vase, in mid-December, gives him a 15-week break coming to Dubai.

“We're happy with everything he's done,” O'Brien said. “He had a little break after Hong Kong and then he got going again and seems to be in good form. He's a horse who takes his racing very well and we think he's ready to start back again.

“I suppose it is his first run of the season, but he ran in December and that's hopefully an advantage,” he continued. “He wouldn't have had as long a break as he would have had last year, so we're hoping he's well enough and fit enough to do himself justice, really.”

Progress from three to four is expected from the well-built sort, but such was also the case for Japan, whose 2020 4-year-old campaign was a bit underwhelming. A winner of Group 1s, including the Juddmonte International and Grand Prix de Paris, in 2019, Japan could manage only a pair of thirds from five tries last year.

“Mentally they're a bit the same, but physically they're different,” O'Brien explained. “Mogul is probably a stronger, more powerful type of horse than Japan. Japan looks like a mile and a quarter, mile and a half horse, physically, whereas this horse looks more like a sprinter-miler. I suppose, physically they're different, but mentally, they're the same. They're relaxed horses who sleep and eat well.

“He's a big, strong, powerful horse and there's a lot of Danehill in him, so he carries plenty of condition. Even though he is fit and has done plenty of work, he still looks round and strong and looks more like a horse who will improve with the run, but that's the way he always looks.”

While O'Brien only has one win in the race–with the brilliant St Nicholas Abbey in 2013–his horses have often given strong accounts of themselves in a race that is arguably the toughest of the card. St Nicholas Abbey was second in 2012 and talented filly Seventh Heaven took up the same spot in 2017. In 2020, before the cancellation, he held a strong entry with Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck. One thing all those had in common was an affection for firm ground, which is likely at Meydan on its expansive 12-furlong course this Saturday.

“The quicker the ground the better,” O'Brien concluded. “The flat track will suit him and a nice even pace will suit him. He likes to take his time and he comes home well. He's flying out on Monday and we will be on the track as soon as we can.”

After a 48-hour quarantine, Mogul will make his first appearance to the public, post-Hong Kong-conquering, at morning track work on Thursday.

The current best-price $5 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) market:

5/2 CHRONO GENESIS
11/4 MISHRIFF
6/1 MOGUL
7/1 WALTON STREET
8/1 CHANNEL MAKER
16/1 STAR SAFARI
20/1 LOVES ONLY YOU
25/1 BERKSHIRE ROCCO
50/1 SIMSIR

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Joan Of Arc Unleashed In Curragh Opener

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features a daughter of one of Coolmore's top producers.

2.30 Curragh, Mdn, €12,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7fT
JOAN OF ARC (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is one of the standout characters on The Curragh's 2021 turf season opener, being Ballydoyle's full-sister to the Classic-winning Gleneagles (Ire) and Marvellous (Ire) and Group 1 winner Happily (Ire). An entry in the G1 1000 Guineas, the February-foaled bay missed out on a debut win by a nose at Dundalk in November and has an experience edge on a pair of Dermot Weld-trained Moyglare Stud homebreds including Emilie Gray (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the first foal out of the dual Group 3-winning Carla Bianca (Ire) (Dansili {GB}).

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