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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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Half To Juliet Foxtrot Debuts At Newmarket

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. Friday's Observations features a half-sister to Grade I winner Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}).

5.40 Newmarket, Novice, £8,000, 2yo, 6fT
JULIET SIERRA (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) is a notable debutante for the Juddmonte-Ralph Beckett connection due for a big two days, being a half-sister to last year's GI Jenny Wiley S. heroine Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}). From the family of the great Dancing Brave, the February-foaled bay encounters two winners in a tough introduction.

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Breeders’ Cup Possible For Sacred Bridge

Friday's G3 Round Tower S. heroine Sacred Bridge (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), who races in the colours of breeder Juddmonte, is a possible starter in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, as long as her European campaign concludes in satisfactory fashion, trainer Ger Lyons revealed to the Nick Luck Daily Podcast. The four-for-four bay's next target is the G1 Cheveley Park S. on Sept. 25.

Lyons, who saddled his 1,000th winner on Monday, told the Nick Luck Daily Podcast, “The little filly gave me a 'wow' feeling on Friday–it was her fourth win, but I didn't get a 'wow' off her until Friday. That was a 'wow' performance.

“She literally goes through the motions at home and does what she's done. Every time I've gone to the races I've kept thinking 'is she up to this?', and every time she's produced.

“I love training 2-year-olds, and it's for that reason–you don't know what you're uncovering. It's when they hit the ceiling you go on to the next one, but she's still on the rise.

“Subject to us talking to the [Abdullah] family and everybody being on the same page, that's [Cheveley Park] where you would go with her.”

Sacred Bridge saluted at Naas when unveiled on June 23 and captured Tipperary's Listed Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Tipperary S. just seven days later. A winner of the €300,000 Irish EBF Ballyhane S. on Aug. 2, she was 3 3/4 lengths ahead of her rivals in the Round Tower.

Lyons added, “There's a lot of options open with her, including a trip to the States at the end of the year. If she stays in this form why not, that would have to come into the conversation that we'll be having close to the time.”

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Bated Breath’s Sacred Bridge Unbeaten After Round Tower Test

Completing a group 3 double on The Curragh's Friday card for Juddmonte, Ger Lyons and Colin Keane, Sacred Bridge (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) took her impressive record to four-from-four in emphatic fashion in the Heider Family Stables Round Tower S. Coming into the six-furlong test off professional if less demonstrative displays in the five-furlong Listed Tipperary S. June 30 and the valuable Ballyhane S. at this distance at Naas Aug. 2, the homebred full-sister to Viadera (GB) belied any fears that she had reached an early plateau by raising her game against the strongest opposition she had so far faced. Always travelling strongly tracking Geocentric (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in second among the main group racing up the centre, the 15-8 favourite strode to the front approaching the two-furlong pole. Staying on powerfully from there, the bay had upstaged that stablemate by 3 3/4 lengths at the line, with the Listed Marwell S. winner Ladies Church (GB) (Churchill {Ire}) adding ballast to the form 3/4 of a length away in third with the fillies dominating. “She was very impressive. We'll freshen her up now and go for the [G1] Cheveley Park [at Newmarket Sept. 25],” Shane Lyons said.

Off the mark by 1 1/2 lengths from the subsequent G2 Debutante S. and G3 Silver Flash S. winner Agartha (Ire) (Caravaggio) on debut over six furlongs at Naas June 23, Sacred Bridge was back in action a week later to take the Tipperary before enjoying a break prior to her success in the Ballyhane. At this stage of her career, her full-sibling had shown distinct promise when finishing runner-up in the G3 Anglesey S. but had trailed in last in the Debutante with all her better days ahead of her. Given that it took until the November of her 4-year-old campaign for Viadera to hit the heights when winning the GI Matriarch S., connections of Sacred Bridge can enjoy considerable optimism that her achievements can be added to in time. “As Colin says, she has to step up again but why wouldn't she,” Shane Lyons added. “She's a diamond and as Ger says, that's what we get up for in the morning. She's push-button and long may she continue like that. She's very relaxed and horses get trips when they are like that. We're delighted with the two fillies. Ger said to Colin the other morning that it wasn't an easy decision the way Geocentric works and she'll step back to five now.”

A more petite version of Viadera, who also annexed the GIII Noble Damsel S., Sacred Bridge is also a half to Crossed Baton (GB) (Dansili {GB}) who captured the Listed Blue Riband Trial and Listed Churchill S. and was runner-up in the G2 Grand Prix de Maisons-Laffitte, G2 Prix Eugene Adam and G3 Hampton Court S. The listed-winning second dam Quandary (Blushing Groom {Fr}) was also responsible for the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial winner Double Crossed (GB) (Caerleon), who is best known as the dam of the four-times group 1-winning European champion Twice Over (GB) (Observatory). Quandary is also the second dam of the group 1 heroines Passage of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and Timepiece (GB) (Zamindar) related to the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp winner All At Sea (Riverman). Sacred Shield's yearling colt is by Camacho (GB), while she also has a foal full-sister to the winner and Viadera.

Friday, The Curragh, Ireland
HEIDER FAMILY STABLES ROUND TOWER S.-G3, €50,000, Curragh, 8-27, 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.60, gd.
1–SACRED BRIDGE (GB), 128, f, 2, by Bated Breath (GB)
     1st Dam: Sacred Shield (GB), by Beat Hollow (GB)
     2nd Dam: Quandary, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
     3rd Dam: Lost Virtue, by Cloudy Dawn
1ST GROUP WIN. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Keane. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $250,518. *Full to Viadera (GB), GISW-US, SW & GSP-Ire, SP-Eng, $398,641; 1/2 to Crossed Baton (GB) (Dansili {GB}), MSW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Fr, $141,509. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Geocentric (Ire), 128, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Rajmahal (UAE), by Indian Ridge (Ire). (160,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-SBA Racing Limited; B-Tally Ho Stud (IRE); T-Ger Lyons. €10,000.
3–Ladies Church (GB), 128, f, 2, Churchill (Ire)–Rioticism (Fr), by Rio de la Plata. (62,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA; £160,000 Ylg '20 GOFOR). O-Mark Dobbin; B-Dukes Stud & Overbury Stallions Ltd (GB); T-Johnny Murtagh. €5,000.
Margins: 3 3/4, 3/4, HF. Odds: 1.88, 22.00, 3.50.
Also Ran: Ultramarine (Ire), Sam Maximus (GB), Pennine Hills (Ire), The Acropolis (Ire), Hadman (Ire), The Entertainer (Ire), Cowboy Justice (GB), Drombeg Banner (Ire), Orinoco River. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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