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Castle Way Makes Stakes Breakthrough At Newmarket

Godolphin's Castle Way (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}–Beach Frolic {GB}, by Nayef), successful in two of four juvenile outings last year, went postward for this early Derby trial coming back off an Oct. 19 handicap triumph over course and distance and stepped up to claim a career high in this black-type bow. Positioned second until inching to the front at halfway, he was shaken up passing the quarter-mile marker and maintained a high tempo under continued urging on the climb to the line to win with something in hand. Leading contender Waipiro (Ire) (Australia {GB}) was scratched after jockey Tom Marquand took a nasty kick to the arm on the way to post.

“William [Buick] has always loved this horse, but he was sitting on the fence as to which one he would ride,” explained Charlie Appleby. “Beforehand, I told William to get on with it and to let him use himself and he has given him a lovely ride. He will stay further for sure. I would say [Royal] Ascot [for the G2 King Edward VII] would be next and the only reason I didn't put him in the Derby picture was he went around Epsom last year and got beat there as favourite. Admittedly the ground was soft, but Adam [Kirby] said he hated the track and he is just one of those horses that is a big unit. I feel we have tried and tested once on that track and I don't really want to go back there again. I feel this horse is far better working from Ascot and then going from there.”

Castle Way, who was a 425,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling, is the sixth of eight foals and one of five scorers out of an unraced half-sister to G2 Windsor Forest S. victrix and GI Beverly D. S. placegetter Joviality (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and G1 Criterium International third Bonfire (GB) (Manduro {Ger}). The April-foaled chestnut is a half-brother to MG1SW sire Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}), a 2-year-old colt by Blue Point (Ire) and a yearling filly by Kingman (GB).

Friday, Newmarket, Britain
NEWMARKET S.-Listed, £50,000, Newmarket, 5-5, 3yo, c/g, 10fT, 2:04.66, gd.
1–CASTLE WAY (GB), 128, c, 3, by Almanzor (Fr)
1st Dam: Beach Frolic (GB), by Nayef
2nd Dam: Night Frolic (GB), by Night Shift
3rd Dam: Miss D'Ouilly (Fr), by Bikala (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (425,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Highclere Stud & Floors Farming (GB); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £28,355. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $70,114. *1/2 to Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}), MG1SW-Eng & Fr, $2,408,980.
2–Circle Of Fire (GB), 128, c, 3, Almanzor (Fr)–Fiery Sunset (GB), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-HM The King & HM The Queen Consort; B-The Queen (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £10,750.
3–Victory Dance (Ire), 128, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)–Dane Street, by Street Cry (Ire). (700,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA). O-Godolphin; B-Airlie Stud & Mrs S Rogers (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £5,380.
Margins: 1 3/4, NK, NK. Odds: 7.00, 6.50, 3.50.
Also Ran: Relentless Voyager (GB), Forca Timao (Ire), Like A Tiger (GB), Salt Bay (Ger). Scratched Waipiro (Ire).

 

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Tahiyra Heads Field Of 20 For Newmarket’s 1000 Guineas

Last term's undefeated G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine and 'TDN Rising Star' Tahiyra (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) heads a confirmed cast of 20 after final declarations for Sunday's G1 Qipco 1000 Guineas were made Friday morning. The Dermot Weld trainee has been allocated gate 15 for the one-mile feature. She will be reopposed by Moyglare runner-up and G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Meditate (Ire) (No Nay Never), Aidan O'Brien's lone representative, who is drawn in stall eight. Godolphin's trio of contenders includes Saeed bin Suroor trainee and 'TDN Rising Star' Mawj (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), who makes her European return coming back from a successful two-race stint in Dubai. She has been drawn on the wing and will emerge from stall 17. Dream Of Love (Ire) (Shamardal), one of two representing Charlie Appleby, finished second to Mawj in January and has drawn stall 10. Appleby's other nominee Fairy Cross (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who also ran second to Mawj in Dubai, comes back off a second in the track's G3 Nell Gwyn S. and is housed next door to Tahiyra in 14. Impressive Nell Gwyn winner Mammas Girl (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) is widest of all in 20, while undefeated G3 Fred Darling S. victrix Remarquee (GB) (Kingman {GB}) gets the 13 gate.

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‘He has been an ultimate professional’: Silver Knott Pleases Appleby

NEWMARKET, UK–With three Godolphin Classic winners having already taken to the Rowley Mile this week in early-morning gallops, on Thursday it was the turn of the Classic hopes.

GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Silver Knott (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and G2 Gimcrack S. winner Noble Style (GB) (Kingman {GB}) are both under consideration for QIPCO 2,000 Guineas in just over a fortnight's time and they stretched out over seven furlongs in a serious piece of work under James Doyle and William Buick respectively.

Noble Style, not seen on the racecourse since his success at York in August, was first up in company with Listed-winning stablemate Highland Avenue (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), whose half-sister Silver Lady (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) won impressively on debut at Newmarket on Wednesday. 

Silver Knott followed, easing past his fellow three-year-old, the Listed winner and Group 2-placed Victory Dance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}).

Appleby admitted to being uncertain as to whether Noble Style will see out the mile of the Guineas. “We will be going into it with that mindset to be brutally honest, hoping that we will see the Guineas trip out,” he said. “Our decision will be, are we going to be a miler or are we going to be dropping him back?

“On the evidence of what I've seen there we will still be going into the Guineas with that question on the back of our minds. It is all very well what we have done here this morning but it will be a different ball game when those gates open in the Guineas going a fair rattle on quick ground. Stepping up from six [furlongs] to a mile is a big leap of faith really but, as I've said, it is a Guineas and he deserves to be in the race being a Gimcrack winner.”

Appleby added, “I purposely asked William to give Noble Style a good gallop this morning as there are things we are trying to work out about him. In his work at home he has always had that peacock head carriage.

“I said to William we have worked all winter to try and get him to drop that. Being in front he drops it but being in behind he has that peacock head carriage. That is why I asked William to just grab hold of him as it is the first time he has been grabbed hold of all winter. We have spent a lot of time trying to get him to drop that head it was now time to go and ask about his business.

“He has had a good blow this morning and I'm pleased. I think we will see a big improvement from here onwards.”

Silver Knott has had the benefit of six starts, including two Group 3 wins at home in the UK, as well as an overseas trip to Keeneland for the Breeders' Cup.

Appleby said of the son of Group 1 winner God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), “The one thing with Silver Knott is that he is professional. For me, he has got a great profile coming into a Guineas in what he has achieved so far.

“James said he is not electric and doesn't really quicken but he just keeps lengthening, that is the sort of horse he is. He sees the mile out strong. He is a horse that will come forward a good bit for this morning.”

He continued, “I questioned how he would take America but the one thing was he grew up so much in that week out there. He was a horse that surprised me how he took it as he wasn't originally on the America list.

“Mysterious Knight was going to go there, but Silver Knott took his slot. The interesting thing was how much he grew up in his time there and he has shown that all winter subsequently. He has been an ultimate professional that goes out and just does his work. He is not flash but does everything that is asked of him.”

 

 

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Adayar and Native Trail Delight Appleby in Racecourse Spin

NEWMARKET, UK–On Tuesday, Charlie Appleby gave us one Classic winner in action on the Rowley Mile, and by Wednesday that had doubled in number as his older-horse brigade continue the countdown to their seasonal debuts.

With Hurricane Lane (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) having pleased the trainer on Tuesday, last season's Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and the 2021 Derby winner Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) stepped out on the turf which is drying all the time in the windy conditions.

“I'm very happy with both of them and thanks to Newmarket for letting us use the racecourse,” said Appleby after watching first Native Trail and James Doyle then Adayar and William Buick complete a straightforward piece of work over six furlongs, each in the company of a lead horse.

“I'm pleased I brought him up here,” he added of Adayar. “You can't beat getting them up here and having a racecourse gallop. With these older horses, they get a year older and a year wiser, so at home they can be a little more complacent. Will was happy with him. He picked up well. We weren't asking him for strong work because we're only ten days off a run now.”

That first engagement on April 28 is the G3 Gordon Richards S. at Sandown, a race which the trainer hopes will be a “stepping stone” to the G1 Prince of Wales's S.

Royal Ascot is also on the horizon for Native Trail, who was runner-up to his ill-fated stable-mate Coroebus (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the Guineas last May before his Irish Classic success. Subsequent increases to 10 furlongs for the Eclipse and the Juddmonte International saw his stamina tested. 

“Native Trail showed his usual enthusiasm,” said Appleby after the morning's gallop. “One thing we learnt at the back end of his three-year-old career was that he is not a mile-and-a-quarter horse. He's a miler, and the plan is to go to the Paradise Stakes at Ascot and use that as a prep for the Queen Anne, all being well.”

Adayar and William Buick

Now four and five respectively, Native Trail and Adayar are at the vanguard of an exciting team of older horses for Godolphin this season.

“It's one thing our operation has been doing over the years, thankfully, keeping these horses in training,” Appleby said.

His former stable star Blue Point (Ire), who notably won two Group 1 sprints in the same week at Royal Ascot, raced until he was five, and the son of Shamardal has put down an early marker in the contest to be this year's champion first-season sire. His third winner, Blue Storm (Ire), came on the opening day of the Craven meeting for James Tate.

“He's three from four now,” Appleby noted. “I'm hoping to bring one by him out at the Guineas meeting.”

 

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