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El Kabeir Colt Best in G2 Premio Gran Criterium

Already a listed winner after taking Milan's Premio Giuseppe de Montel on June 30, El Kabeir colt Don Chicco (GB) bounced back from a second versus heavy 2-5 favourite Some Respect (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) in the Oct. 3 Listed Premio Vittorio Riva with a 1 1/4-length victory in the Premio Gran Criterium in Rome on Sunday.

Second in a local debutante heat over 1000 metres on May 1, the bay graduated by three lengths switched to the all-weather here just eight days later and was making his fifth start in the Gran Criterium. The 7-1 shot was widest of all in a battling fourth through the early stages as Il Sindacalista (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) set the pace with ears pricked. Full of run at the half-way point, Don Chicco had to adjust slightly as Some Respect veered into his lane, and although erratic in the stretch, forged past that foe to win. Some Respect was 2 1/4 lengths ahead of Baghed (GB) (Twilight Son {GB}) at the line, three-quarters of a length in advance of Vincere Insieme (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). Il Sindacalista faded to last of five.

Pedigree Notes
Don Chicco is one of three black-type winners for young sire El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) and the first at group level. The Yeomanstown Stud-based stallion's Masekela (Ire) was second in the G2 Superlative S.

The fifth foal and second winner out of the unraced Otrooha, Don Chicco is followed by a yearling filly and a weanling colt both by Massaat (Ire). This is the extended family of dual G2 Hardwicke S. hero Maraahel (Ire) (Alzao), who was also runner-up in the G1 Juddmonte International S., as well as G1 Lockinge S. victor Mustashry (GB) (Tamayuz {GB}).

Sunday, Rome, Italy
PREMIO GRAN CRITERIUM-G2, €244,200, Rome, 10-24, 2yo, c/f, 1600mT, 1:38.50, sf.
1–DON CHICCO (GB), c, 2, 123, by El Kabeir
                1st Dam: Otrooha (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB)
                2nd Dam: Mumayeza (GB), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Nasanice (Ire), by Nashwan
1ST GROUP WIN. (10,000gns RNA Wlg '19 TATNOV; £8,500 Ylg
'20 GOFSEP). O-Luigi Colasanti. B-Mickley, Harc Syndicate & K
Whitehouse (GB). T-Agostino Affe'. J-Claudio Colombi.
€94,350. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, €128,410. *1st Group Winner
for his sire (by Scat Daddy). Werk Nick
   Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Some Respect (Ire), 123, c, 2, Gleneagles (Ire)–Sciolina (Ire),
by Oratorio (Ire). (€50,000 Ylg '20 SGASEP). O-Scuderia
Cocktail. B-Allevamento Poggio San Giorgio (Ire). T-Grizzeti
Galoppo SRL. €41,514.
3–Baghed (GB), 123, c, 2, Twilight Son (GB)–Dealer's Choice
(Ire), by Exchange Rate. (7,500gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Manila
Illuminati. B-J Shack & G Barnard (GB). T-Vincenzo Fazio.
€22,644.
Margins: 1 1/4, 2 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 8.89, 0.41, 3.36.
Also Ran: Vincere Insieme (Ire), Il Sindacalista (Ire). Scratched: The King's Horses (GB).
Click for the Racing Post chart or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video.

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First Stakes Winner For El Kabeir

Don Chicco, a debut second going five furlongs in Rome on May 1, graduated by three lengths when upped a furlong and switched to the all-weather at the same course just eight days later, and earned a first black-type rosette here while giving his first-season sire El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) a first stakes winner. Racing two lengths off the pace and on the outside without cover through the opening furlongs, Don Chicco moved to the fence rounding the turn. Switched to the middle of the course once again upon straightening, Don Chicco was put to a drive and, once passing his rivals, kicked clear to win by 2 1/4 lengths. El Kabeir, who stands at Yeomanstown Stud for €6,000, raced in the U.S. for Zayat Stables, winning the G3 Jerome S. and G3 Gotham S. over 1700 metres and finishing third in the GI Wood Memorial. Click for the SNAI chart and video.

PREMIO GIUSEPPE DE MONTEL-Listed, €38,500, Milan, 6-30, 2yo, c/g, 1500mT 1:33.80.
1-DON CHICCO (GB), 121, c, 2, by El Kabeir
                1st Dam: Otrooha (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB)
                2nd Dam: Mumayeza (GB), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Nasanice (Ire), by Nashwan
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (10,000gns wnl '19 TATNOV; £8,500 yrl
'20 GOFSEP). O-Colasanti Luigi. B-Mickley, Harc Syndicate & K.
Whitehouse (GB). T-Agostino Affe. J-Claudio Colombi.
€14,875. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0.
2-Some Respect (Ire), 121, c, 2, Gleneagles (Ire)-Sciolina (Ire),
by Oratorio (Ire). (€50,000 yrl '20 SGASEP). O-SC Cocktail SRL.
B-Allevamento Poggio San Giorgio SAS (IRE). €6,545.
3-Filmet (GB), 121, c, 2, Helmet (Aus)-Filona (Ire), by Motivator
(GB). O/B-Scuderia Blueberry SRL. €3,570.
Margins: 2 1/4, 1HF, HD. Odds: 13.49, 5.48, 3.06.

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Overbury And Tally-Ho Studs Share The Ardad Joy

ASCOT, UK–There's nothing quite like Royal Ascot to inject some interest into the first-season sires' championship and, with three days down and two to go, there will be several stallion masters with an extra spring in their step following the results of this week's juvenile contests.

As Roger O'Callaghan of Tally-Ho Stud said on Thursday afternoon, “Royal Ascot is very important. This week can make the horses.”

And the O'Callaghan family has reason to be doubly pleased with the way the races have fallen so far this week. Their own first-season sire Cotai Glory (GB), who has already notched 10 individual winners, has had two black-type performers this week, with Eldrickjones (Ire) finishing second in the G2 Coventry S. and Dig Two (Ire) taking the same spot in the listed Windsor Castle S. Tally-Ho Stud also featured as the breeder of G2 Norfolk S. winner Perfect Power (Ire), the first Group winner for Overbury Stud's freshman Ardad (Ire), himself a Royal Ascot winner who was also bred by the O'Callaghans and is yet another exciting young sire son for the Tally-Ho stalwart Kodiac (GB).

“It went from being a nearly week to a very pleasing week,” O'Callaghan added. “It's very satisfying to see all the hard work bearing fruit.”

There could yet be more excitement to come for the team as Cotai Glory's stud-mate Galileo Gold (GB)–the first of this season's freshmen to post a stakes winner with the Tally-Ho Stud-bred Ebro River (Ire)–has two runners in Friday's G3 Albany S. in the Woodcote S. winner Oscula (Ire) and Hellomydarlin (Ire).

Meanwhile, Ardad continues to heap reflected glory on Tally-Ho as well as bringing big smiles to the faces of the team at Overbury Stud in Gloucestershire. The winner of the Windsor Castle S. in 2016, followed by the G2 Flying Childers S., Ardad is out in front in the table and his week started with a 12th individual winner in the debutant Najat at Thirsk on Tuesday for the stallion's racing owner Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah. This was followed by a third-place finish an hour or so later from dual winner Vintage Clarets (GB) in the G2 Coventry S. Better was to come on Thursday, however, with Perfect Power's determined last-gasp victory in the Norfolk. The latter result also brought a touch of deja vu for Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock, who bought Perfect Power from Tally-Ho Stud at the Goffs UK Breeze-up Sale, just as he had done with Ardad.

“Ardad has covered 145 mares now this season and 100 of those have been booked since the beginning of April,” said Overbury Stud's Simon Sweeting. “It's beyond our imagination that he could have started as well as this and he has another good chance at Ascot tomorrow [Friday] with Eve Lodge.”

Darley's Profitable (Ire) was represented in impressive fashion by Quick Suzy on Wednesday, who became his first Group winner in the G2 Queen Mary S. when leading home Twilight Gleaming (Ire), an American-trained daughter of the Irish National Stud's National Defense (GB).

Still to come at Ascot this week are the Albany S., which features the aforementioned Eve Lodge, Hellomydarlin and Oscula, as well as the impressive recent Newmarket winner Cachet (GB), by the National Stud's Aclaim (Ire), and Elliptic (Ire), a daughter of Coolmore's Caravaggio.

Among the line-up for Saturday's listed Chesham S. are Goodwood novice winner Masekela (Ire), a colt by another young son of Scat Daddy in the Yeomanstown Stud resident El Kabeir, as well as Withering, by the now French-based Mondialiste (Ire).

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First Winner For El Kabeir as Son Don Chicco Graduates in Rome

1ST-CAPANNELLE, €13,200, Mdn., 5-9, 2yo, 1200m (AWT), 1:13.50.
DON CHICCO (GB) (128, c, 2, El Kabeir-Otrooha (Ire), by Oasis Dream {GB}), a distant second locally going 1000 metres over soft ground when unveiled on May 1, was tabbed the even-money pick in this quick return. Trying the all-weather surface for the first time, the bay battled with a rival for the advantage from the bell and sat a neck second on the far turn. He re-bid for the lead in upper stretch and forged clear to win by three lengths over Il Grande Gatsby (Ire) (Churchill). The winner is the first for his Yeomanstown Stud-based first-season sire. The son of Scat Daddy scored at the graded level at both two and three, taking the 2014 GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. as a juvenile, and adding the GIII Gotham S. and GIII Jerome S. as a sophomore. He also ran third in the 2015 GI Wood Memorial S. Don Chicco's dam was unraced, but he is the second winner from three to race for her. Otrooha's latest produce is a Massaat (Ire) yearling filly. Second dam Mumayeza (GB) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) is a half-sister to G2 Hardwicke S. hero Maraahel (Ire) (Alzao). Sales history: 10,000gns RNA Wlg '19 TATNOV; £8,500 Ylg '20 GOFSEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, €7,960. Click for the Italian video.
O-Luigi Colasanti. B-Mickley, Harc Syndicate & K. Whitehouse (GB). T-Affe' Agostino.

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