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Frankel’s Chaldean Makes All For Easy Champagne Success

Racing returned to Britain's shores Sunday as Doncaster's rescheduled G2 Coral Champagne S. initiated a barrage of non-stop European stakes action with Juddmonte's 550,000gns Tattersalls December foal Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Suelita {GB}, by Dutch Art {GB}) prevailing in a three-runner affair to add to his victory over the reopposing Indestructible (Ire) (Kodiac {Ire}) in last month's G3 Acomb S. at York. The May-foaled chestnut had earlier backed up a June 30 debut fifth at Newbury with a July 15 graduation back there, accounting for Silver Knott (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and others, before rallying when headed by Indestructible to prevail on the Knavesmire last time. In front and dominating from flagfall here, the 2-1 second choice was asked to stretch with three furlongs remaining and was clear throughout the final quarter mile to easily account for the former by 3 1/2 lengths. Silver Knott, let go as the 8-13 pick, was unable to land a telling blow and finished 1 3/4 lengths back in third.

“I know I was able to set my own fractions, but when I asked him to go he did go,” explained Frankie Dettori. “He gave me a real good feel, he hit the line strong and he's not just one-paced, he's got gears. I've suggested he goes to the [G1] Dewhurst because of the way he won today. He's entitled to be there.” Winning trainer Andrew Balding added, “He's also in the [G1 Prix Jean-Luc] Lagardere and there's the [G1] Vertem Futurity back here, so we'll have a discussion with the owners and their representatives and come up with a plan. He'll certainly stay a mile, but he's not slow and that's what you want in a class horse. He's a high-class horse in the making.”

Chaldean is the sixth foal and scorer produced by a multiple-winning half-sister to G3 Cornwallis S. runner-up Outer Space (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) and the dam of G2 Lowther S. victrix Living In The Past (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {Ire}). The May-foaled chestnut is a half-brother to G2 Mill Reef S. victor Alkumait (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Listed Committed S. winner The Broghie Man (GB) (Cityscape {GB}), the dual stakes-placed Get Ahead (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Listed Prix Herod third Gloves Lynch (GB) (Mukhadram {GB}) and a weanling filly by Frankel (GB).

Sunday, Doncaster, Britain
CORAL CHAMPAGNE S.-G2, £134,220, Doncaster, 9-11, 2yo, c/g, 7f 6yT, 1:27.01, sf.
1–CHALDEAN (GB), 128, c, 2, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Suelita (GB), by Dutch Art (GB)
2nd Dam: Venoge (Ire), by Green Desert
3rd Dam: Horatia (Ire), by Machiavellian
(550,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA). O-Juddmonte; B-Whitsbury Manor Stud (GB); T-Andrew Balding; J-Lanfranco Dettori. £79,458. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $201,430. *1/2 to Alkumait (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), GSW-Eng; The Broghie Man (GB) (Cityscape {GB}), SW-Ire & SP-Fr, $100,140; Get Ahead (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), MSP-Eng; and Gloves Lynch (GB) (Mukhadram {GB}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Indestructible (Ire), 128, c, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Shareva (Ire), by Rip Van Winkle (Ire). (55,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT; €150,000 2yo '22 ARQMAY). O-Amo Racing Ltd; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Michael O'Callaghan. £30,052.
3–Silver Knott (GB), 128, c, 2, Lope de Vega (Ire)–God Given (GB), by Nathaniel (Ire). (725,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-St Albans Bloodstock LLP (GB); T-Charlie Appleby. £15,019.
Margins: 3HF, 1 3/4, NO. Odds: 2.00, 8.50, 0.62.

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Bated Breath’s Juliet Sierra To The Fore At Salisbury

Juddmonte's 2-year-old filly Juliet Sierra (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}–Kilo Alpha {GB}, by King's Best) bettered a July 22 debut second going six furlongs at Newmarket with a breakthrough score over much the same trip at Nottingham last month and continued her rapid rise with a career high on stakes bow in Thursday's G3 Ire-Incentive It Pays To Buy Irish Dick Poole Fillies' S. at Salisbury. Finding a smooth rhythm behind the leaders in fifth after an alert getaway, the 9-2 favourite tanked forward to launch her challenge passing the quarter-mile marker and was ridden out in the closing stages to assert superiority by a neck from All The Time (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}).

“She's a beautiful filly by our own stallion Bated Breath and it was a lovely performance,” said Juddmonte's racing manager Barry Mahon. “She's always been well regarded by Ralph [Beckett] and Rob [Hornby] and she delivered today. Ralph and myself were confident she'd get seven [furlongs] after the last day and Ralph said let's keep her over six for now, but I thought today it looked like she'd sharpened up a bit. She's in the [seven-furlong G2] Rockfel and the [six-furlong G1] Cheveley Park. They are three weeks away and I suppose it's a big jump from a Group 3 to a Group 1, but we are getting into that time of year where options are getting tight. Ralph is in Baden-Baden at the sales so we haven't had the discussion yet, but they are good discussions to have. She's a beautiful filly, she looks good and when they win a Group 3 they are heading in the right direction.”

Juliet Sierra is the eighth of 10 foals and one of six scorers out of Listed Prix de Bagatelle victrix Kilo Alpha (GB) (King's Best), herself a full-sister to multiple stakes-winning G1 Prix d'Ispahan third Runaway (GB). The February-foaled homebred bay is a half-sister to GI Jenny Wiley S. heroine Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}), G3 Prix Thomas Bryon runner-up Alpha Bravo (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), the dual stakes-placed Bravo Sierra (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), a yearling filly by Kingman (GB) and a weanling colt by Expert Eye (GB). Her second dam Anasazi (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) is a half-sister to the Classic-winning duo Dancing Brave (Lyphard) and Jolypha (Lyphard).

Thursday, Salisbury, Britain
IRE-INCENTIVE IT PAYS TO BUY IRISH DICK POOLE FILLIES' S.-G3, £45,000, Salisbury, 9-1, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:12.93, g/f.
1–JULIET SIERRA (GB), 128, f, 2, by Bated Breath (GB)
1st Dam: Kilo Alpha (GB) (SW-Fr), by King's Best
2nd Dam: Anasazi (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Navajo Princess, by Drone
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Ralph Beckett; J-Rob Hornby. £25,520. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $38,653. *1/2 to Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}), GISW-US, $745,931; Alpha Bravo (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), GSP-Fr; and Bravo Sierra (GB) (Siyouni {FR}), SP-Eng & Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–All The Time (Ire), 128, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Mistime (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€52,000 Ylg '21 GOAUTY; £58,000 2yo '22 GOFTY). O-The Royal Ascot Racing Club; B-Rory O'Brien (IRE); T-Simon & Ed Crisford. £9,675.
3–Tagline (GB), 128, f, 2, Havana Grey (GB)–Terse (GB), by Dansili (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (14,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Mainline Racing; B-Whitsbury Manor Stud (GB); T-Rod Millman. £4,842.
Margins: NK, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 4.50, 8.00, 8.50.
Also Ran: Immortal Beauty (Ire), Maria Branwell (Ire), Funny Money Honey (Ire), Ivory Madonna (Ire), Miami Girl (Ire), Poetic Union (GB), Song Of Success (GB), Ange De L'amour (GB), So Sleepy (GB).

 

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ROR ‘Racing to Cricket’ Fundraiser Offers Seasons, Shares In Auction Lots

Eight racing teams will compete in the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Racing to Cricket day at the Wormsley Cricket Ground to win this year's RoR Racing to Cricket Trophy Sunday, 4 Sept. Now in its third year, the day's cricket action will be enjoyed by over 240 guests attending the fundraising day at the private estate of the Getty family.

A total of eleven lots will go under the hammer with charity auctioneer Martin Pope at 1:30pm during a live auction and raffle event on the fundraising day. In advance of the day bids can be made up to 5:00pm Saturday, 3 Sept. by emailing rorauction@ror.org.uk. Racing fans can bid for a variety of experiences, including membership of the Kingsclere Racing Club for 2023, and a day to experience Newmarket for eight people, highlighted by lunch and an exclusive visit to Banstead Manor Stud to meet the legendary Frankel donated by Juddmonte.

Also going under the hammer is a race sponsorship package at Stratford racecourse, and two nominations for the 2023 season to stallions standing at Overbuy Stud: Ardad (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), a leading first-crop sire in 2021 with the Group 1 winner Perfect Power, and young National Hunt sire Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling), winner of the G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby and G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic. The nominations are donated by Overbury Stud and Godolphin & Partners, respectively. A full list of the lots can be found here.

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Frankel’s Alpinista Secures Fifth Group 1 On The Knavesmire

Kirsten Rausing's homebred 5-year-old mare Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}), unbeaten through five tests last term, disposed of esteemed rivals in last month's G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on seasonal return and maintained her winning streak with a decisive success as the 7-4 favourite in a stellar edition of Thursday's G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks on the Knavesmire, a “Win And You're In” for the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in November. Successful in the G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin, G1 Preis von Europa and G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern last year, she became Sir Mark Prescott's first domestic Group 1 winner since Marsha (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) annexed 2017's G1 Nunthorpe S. at this meeting. The grey's second dam Albanova (GB) (Alzao) rattled off the same trio of German Group 1 triumphs in 2004 and she embellished her record with a fifth straight elite-level triumph in the 12-furlong test. Trainer Sir Mark Prescott had voiced pace concerns beforehand, going so far as to say she may have to make her own running, but his worries were assuaged as G1 Pretty Polly S. victrix La Petite Coco (Ire) (Ruler Of The World {Ire}) and G1 Irish Oaks heroine Magical Lagoon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) disputed a solid tempo up front with Alpinista positioned in behind in a stalking third. Urged closer once into the long home straight, she went to the front approaching the quarter-mile marker and was driven out in the closing stages as Epsom's G1 Oaks winner Tuesday (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) gave vain chase. At the line, Alpinista held a one-length advantage with La Petite Coco staying on well once headed to finish 1 3/4 lengths further adrift in third.

“They are all great, but Group 1 races are hard to come by and, for a smallish stable, every five or six years you get good ones come along and it's tremendous when it happens,” said Prescott. “We trained this one's dam, granddam and great granddam. It's been a marvellous family. The original intention was to go [G1] Coronation Cup and [G1] King George [VI & Queen Elizabeth S.], but she wouldn't come in her coat in time for the Coronation, so it then became Saint-Cloud and then either here or the [G1 Prix] Vermeille. Miss Rausing was very keen to come here as she hadn't won a Group 1 in England. She has really done it all now, she's won Group 1s in England, France and Germany.”

Looking ahead, the veteran Heath House conditioner added, “The [G1 Prix de l'] Arc [de Triomphe] has always been her aim. Last year we rather patted ourselves on the back for being so clever winning three Group 1s in Germany, then, when the one behind us [Torquator Tasso] came and won the Arc, we rather felt we might not have been as clever as we thought we were. When she stayed in training this year that was always the aim.”

Winning jockey Luke Morris is also relishing the prospect of going to ParisLongchamp on the first Sunday in October. “Since she has been on better ground this year she has looked like a filly with more class so we can dream about Paris now,” he said. “Generally the Yorkshire Oaks can look a little top heavy with a superstar of Aidan's, but I thought it had a lot of depth and she had to give nine pounds away to the second. I thought it was a great performance and it's great she's been able to show in Britain what she is capable of. It's a massive effort from the teams at Heath House and Lanwades Stud. I'm just the lucky one that gets to sit on her a couple of times a year.”

Aidan O'Brien was not too downcast, despite Tuesday's defeat, and looked ahead to future targets after the G1 Oaks heroine failed to reel in the winner. “She will go on Irish Champions weekend somewhere, whether she will stay here [in England], or whether she will go to Ireland or whether she will go to France or whatever. Hopefully she will go somewhere. We were happy enough with that. It was her first run back, she ran very well and I don't think she was losing any ground going to the line. She has come back to form after [finishing fourth in the G1 Irish Derby at] the Curragh. She was a bit hot before the race, but I didn't mind that as I was hot myself. She is in the mix for the Arc and other races.”

Team Valor's La Petite Coco would have preferred more juice in the ground, but nonetheless produced a display of star quality in third. “She is not the type to set the pace, but nobody else wanted to so that was somewhat less than ideal,” admitted Barry Irwin. “I think the difference between her finishing right there with the first two and where she did finish was somewhat quality, because they are two fantastic horses for sure, but our filly needs the soft. The ground had a good cover on top, but underneath it was firm and she can't lay her body down like that. On soft turf, not that the others would not have run as well, I think we would have been able to hang with them better if the ground was softer. The fact that the race turned into something of a sprint, and that she wasn't going to let herself down as well, played against her somewhat.” It's unlikely connections will be tempted into a rematch with Alpinista in Paris. “Paddy [Twomey] is talking about the [G1] Prix de l'Opera or the [G1] Champion S. [at Ascot]. That is what he is looking at, we need to wait for the ground to soften and we are going to forget about the Arc this year. When she won at the Curragh it was like a miracle, where it rained just before the race and she got her ground. Even though she wasn't really totally fit, she was able to win anyway because of the ground.”

Alpinista, kin to a 2-year-old colt by Oasis Dream (GB) and a weanling filly by Iffraaj (GB), is the first of four foals and one of two winners produced by a stakes-winning half-sister to four black-type performers out of the aforementioned Albanova (GB) (Alzao). The quartet includes G3 Legacy Cup victor Algometer (GB) (Archipenko), stakes-winning G3 Geoffrey Freer S. third Alignak (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) and multiple stakes scorer All At Sea (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}). Albanova is one of four black-type performers thrown by G1 Moyglare Stud S. third Alouette (GB) (Darshaan {GB}), whose descendants also include dual G1 Champion S. heroine Alborada (GB) (Alzao) and stakes-winning G1 Epsom Derby runner-up Dragon Dancer (GB) (Sadler's Wells). Alouette is a half-sister to G3 Doncaster Cup vixtrix Alleluia (GB) Caerleon), who produced G1 Prix Royal-Oak heroine Allegretto (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and G2 Nassau S. winner Last Second (Ire) (Alzao), with the latter being the dam of G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains-winning sire Aussie Rules (Danehill).

Thursday, York, Britain
DARLEY YORKSHIRE OAKS-G1, £533,750, York, 8-18, 3yo/up, f, 11f 188yT, 2:29.92, gd.
1–ALPINISTA (GB), 135, m, 5, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Alwilda (GB) (SW-Ger & SP-Eng), by Hernando (Fr)
2nd Dam: Albanova (GB), by Alzao
3rd Dam: Alouette (GB), by Darshaan (GB)
O/B-Kirsten Rausing (GB); T-Sir Mark Prescott; J-Luke Morris. £302,690. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Ger & G1SW-Fr, 14-9-2-0, $1,165,186. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Tuesday (Ire), 126, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Lillie Langtry (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. £114,756.
3–La Petite Coco (Ire), 135, f, 4, Ruler Of The World (Ire)–La Petite Virginia (Ger), by Konigstiger (Ger). O-Team Valor International LLC; B-Mr B Schone (IRE); T-Paddy Twomey. £57,432.
Margins: 1, 1 3/4, 2HF. Odds: 1.75, 3.50, 4.00.
Also Ran: Lilac Road (Ire), Magical Lagoon (Ire), Raclette (GB), Poptronic (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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