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Happy Romance Eyeing The Duke Of York S.

Fresh off running second in the Mar. 26 G1 Al Quoz Sprint over the Meydan turf in Dubai, Happy Romance (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire})'s connections are considering a start in the G2 Duke Of York S. on May 11 for the 4-year-old filly. The McMurray Family colourbearer won the G3 Hackwood S. last July and ran fourth in the G1 Betfair Sprint Cup S. on Sept. 4. She tired to 11th in the G1 QIPCO British Champions Sprint S. on Oct. 16 and was third in the G3 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 26.

“Happy Romance ran a lovely race in Dubai. I was very happy,” said trainer Richard Hannon. “It was just a shame she was not drawn closer to the rail, as it seemed they had a bit of an advantage over there, but we were delighted with her.

“I put her in the Duke of York the other day, but I have put her in the two races at Ascot, the five and the six [G1 King's Stand S. and G1 Platinum Jubilee S.], and we will work back from there, really.

“She will have a run beforehand, there is that one at York perhaps–there are options–but she will have a little break now and keep her ticking over.”

Group winner Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) has exited his victory in the Listed Doncaster Mile in good order. Hannon is mulling either the G1 Lockinge S. at Newbury on May 14 or the G3 bet365 Mile on Apr. 22 for the 4-year-old colt.

He added “Chindit has options. There is the Lockinge or that race at Sandown [the Group Two bet365 Mile] as well, so that is probably the next stop–one of those two, probably.

“I don't want to run him on soft ground, though.”

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Benbatl Returns

Now a 7-year-old, Godolphin's Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) still has relatively few miles on the clock as he launches his 2021 campaign in Saturday's G2 tote Celebration Mile at Goodwood. With nine pattern-race victories on his portfolio including the 2018 G1 Dubai Turf, G1 Grosser Dallmayr Preis and G1 Ladbrokes S., he has been in the wilderness since finishing third defending his title in the G2 Joel S. at Newmarket in September. “Benbatl had a nice break earlier in the season and we decided not to take him out to Dubai because he had a hard season last year,” Saeed bin Suroor explained. “This looks a good race for him over a trip that suits. He has been going well at home and is ready to get his campaign started, although we expect him to come on for his first run in almost a year.” Regular partner Oisin Murphy is reunited with the veteran and added, “I love the horse and he seems in really good shape. He's very healthy and very generous in his gallops. I know he's been off for a while and you'd expect him to improve for the run, but he's a superstar and at his best he'll take a lot of beating. I can't tell you how much I adore the horse. He was my first Royal Ascot winner, I rode him in the Derby when he didn't stay but some of his figures throughout his career have been outstanding.”

Shadwell's TDN Rising Star Mutasaabeq (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) goes back up in class having finished seventh in the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket May 1 and 16th on testing ground that hampered him in Royal Ascot's G3 Jersey S. June 19. Either side of those efforts are two good-ground conditions wins by a cumulative margin of 10 lengths over seven furlongs at Newmarket Apr. 13 and Haydock July 16 and this should fill in more of the gaps for this unknown quantity. Fellow 3-year-old colt Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) has yet to recapture the momentum of his G2 Champagne S. win in September, but his four starts this term show that he is at least a solid performer at a certain level. Michael Pescod's bay stuck with Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and co when fifth in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville Aug. 15 and trainer Richard Hannon is hoping he can get back on track here. “He's been running okay. He's looked just slightly below that very top level, he's finished fifth in three group 1s in a row but he's run with huge credit, the last race particularly,” he said. “Maybe he didn't stay that last half-furlong. An easy mile should be right up his street, there's no Poetic Flare, there's no Palace Pier. He's been running in the very top mile races and this is a good chance for him.”

Goodwood's action also includes the seven-furlong G3 tote Prestige S. for juvenile fillies, with Godolphin's John and Thady Gosden-trained Tinderbox (GB) (Farhh {GB}) taking aim at the race Nannina (GB) (Medicean {GB}) captured in 2005. Her 2 1/2-length defeat of Friday's winner and TDN Rising Star Silk Romance (Ire) (Shamardal) over this trip at Kempton Aug. 11 entitles her to respect taking on proven group performers. They include Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum's Aug. 3 G3 Prix Six Perfections third Daneh (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) from the Simon and Ed Crisford stable and the daughter of Rizeena (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) could have plenty more to come.

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Chindit in Good Nick, Guineas Next

Sunday's G3 Watership Down Too Darn Hot Greenham S. hero Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) has emerged from his Newbury effort in good form and will contest the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas, trainer Richard Hannon has revealed. A winner of the Listed Pat Eddery S. on July 25 and G2 Champagne S. in September, the bay was ninth in the G1 Dewhurst S. at Newmarket in his 2-year-old finale.

“Chindit came out of the race brilliantly, he was in the pen most of the next day and has cantered this morning and he's fine,” said Hannon on Tuesday.

“His form is solid and it looks like he's going to be suited by the test of the Guineas. To me it looked as if he was crying out for a mile.”

His twice-raced stablemate Snow Lantern (GB) (Frankel {GB}) graduated impressively on the Newbury card and earned 'TDN Rising Star' status, but she will not contest the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas.

Hannon said on his website, “Following a discussion with connections, Snow Lantern will not be taking up her engagement in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and will instead be aimed for either the G3 Musidora S. or the Listed Michael Seeley S. at York's May meeting.

“With the Michael Seeley being run over a mile and the Musidora over a mile and a quarter, both of these races will give us options and gives her an extra couple of weeks.

“Either race will give us a good guide on where we stand for the rest of the season with her too. She holds entries in the Epsom Oaks and Prix de Diane, and these engagements will be dependant on her York performance.

“There are plenty of options coming up for her. She is a special filly, with a beautiful pedigree and has already proved an exciting prospect for her owner-breeders, Rockcliffe Stud.”

Happy Romance (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), successful in the G3 Dick Poole Fillies' S., will be kept at sprint distances after running 10th in the G3 Fred Darling S.

“She just didn't stay, so we'll go sprinting,” said Hannon. “I must admit I thought she was sure to stay, but she clearly didn't.

“I don't mind admitting when I'm wrong, it happens often enough. There are still plenty of races she can go for and she's already won a Super Sprint, a Group 3 and a sales race at York already and the owners have had a ball. There are many good days left in her yet.”

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Wootton Bassett’s Chindit Battles To Greenham Win

Michael Pescod's Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) arguably set the standard in Sunday's G3 Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham S. at Newbury and while he had to work he was able to prevail in a tight finale to the seven-furlong Guineas trial. Successful in the G2 Champagne S. at Doncaster in September before finishing ninth in the G1 Dewhurst S. on a soft surface at Newmarket in October, the 7-4 favourite was on contrasting ground here and may have been feeling it racing in mid-division early under Pat Dobbs. Looking briefly to have been left behind as Hollie Doyle committed Mehmento (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) on the front end two out, he put his head down and duly got to that 18-1 shot near the line to earn a neck success, dragging The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) with him in the process with that rival the same margin back in third. “He's been brought along nice and steady and hasn't been overworked at all, so there should be plenty left in the tank,” Dobbs said. “I was worried between the four and the three, normally he travels super but he was a little bit flat-footed.”
Chindit, who had taken Ascot's Listed Pat Eddery S. in July prior to his Champagne win, is on target for the May 1 G1 2000 Guineas according to Richard Hannon who said, “He was workmanlike, but I'd rather see that as he was very relaxed in his work so it suggest he wants a mile. That's changed, as in the winter he was working like a six-furlong horse. He will go for the Guineas, but I just worry if the undulations at Newmarket will let him build up that momentum in the same way he did today towards the finish. The French and Irish Guineas would be more convenient tracks, but the English Guineas are the ones you want to win.”

The winner is the first foal out of Always a Dream (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a granddaughter of the Listed Conqueror S. winner Out West (Gone West) who achieved notoriety as the dam of the G1 Epsom Derby and G1 Racing Post Trophy hero and successful sire Motivator (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) and his G2 Hardwicke S.-winning full-brother Macarthur (GB). The fourth dam Chellingoua (Sharpen Up {GB}) is kin to the GI Haskell Invitational H. and GI San Fernando S. hero and leading sire Wavering Monarch. Always a Dream's as-yet unnamed 2-year-old colt by Awtaad (Ire) was a 80,000gns purchase by Badgers Bloodstock at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2.

Sunday, Newbury, Britain
WATERSHIP DOWN STUD TOO DARN HOT GREENHAM S.-G3, £55,000, Newbury, 4-18, 3yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:23.98, gd.
1–CHINDIT (IRE), 126, c, 3, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
1st Dam: Always A Dream (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB)
2nd Dam: Always Remembered (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
3rd Dam: Out West, by Gone West
(65,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-Michael Pescod; B-JC Bloodstock & R Mahon (IRE); T-Richard Hannon; J-Pat Dobbs. £31,191. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $108,285. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Mehmento (Ire), 126, c, 3, Mehmas (Ire)–Invincible Me (Ire), by Invincible Spirit (Ire). (13,333gns 2yo '20 TTIGOR). O-Hambleton Racing XLVI & Partner; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Archie Watson. £11,825.
3–The Lir Jet (Ire), 126, c, 3, Prince of Lir (Ire)–Paper Dreams (Ire), by Green Desert. (€9,500 Wlg '18 TATFBR; £8,000 Ylg '19 GOFFPR). O-Qatar Racing Ltd & RacehorseClub.com; B-Donal Boylan (IRE); T-Michael Bell. £5,918.
Margins: NK, NK, 3 3/4. Odds: 1.75, 18.00, 12.00.
Also Ran: Nando Parrado (GB), Fundamental (GB), Rhythm Master (Ire), Alkumait (GB), Mujbar (GB), Insomnia (GB), Huddleton Mac (Ire). Scratched: Oo de Lally (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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