Mehmas’s Beauty Inspire Takes The Anglesey

Hammered down to 1-2 favourite for Saturday's G3 Jebel Ali Racecourse and Stables Anglesey S. at The Curragh following his impressive winning debut over six furlongs here June 25, Beauty Inspire (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) duly landed the gamble after a tussle with Andreas Vesalius (Ire) (Caravaggio) and Hadman (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). Keen early tracking that duo, the Ger Lyons trainee looked poised for a facile win two out but ultimately had to work to get to the front passing the furlong pole. Grinding it out from there, the Beauty Stable Partnership's chestnut had 1 1/4 lengths to spare over the former in a race marred by the injury to the filly Daisy Peers (GB) (New Bay {GB}). “I was a little bit disappointed he was keen, as beforehand he goes down like a lamb,” commented Keane, who was initiating a group-race double on the card. “He doesn't usually do that at home. He is only a baby and having his second racecourse start, so maybe he was a little bit fresh and eager to get on with it. I was impressed the way he toughed it out considering the way he did it. I'd like to think you would see a better horse the next day with that experience under his belt hopefully.”

Assistant trainer Shane Lyons added, “He wasn't as visually impressive as the first day, but the first day was only a maiden. To be honest, it looks like he hasn't learned an awful lot from the first day. He was very keen in the race and probably disappointed himself a little, as he's a horse that can't hit the front too soon because he's still a baby. He did fight for Colin after. He's a Christian at home and he's obviously a very good horse. We'll take him home and let him tell us when he's ready again. It could be the [G1] Phoenix [at The Curragh Aug. 8] or the [G1] Middle Park [at Newmarket Sept. 25]. He has entries in York as well. Colin said he loved the ground, which is a help. He's a lovely horse, we knew that the first day and we would have been disappointed today if he had been beaten.”

Beauty Inspire is out of Darwell (Ire) (Zamindar), who is a daughter of the G2 Queen Mary S.-placed Ceedwell (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) from the family of the German group 3-winning sprinter Mis Gazon (Ire) (Royal Academy). Her yearling colt is by Dragon Pulse (Ire).

Saturday, Curragh, Ireland
JEBEL ALI RACECOURSE & STABLES ANGLESEY S.-G3, €56,000, Curragh, 7-17, 2yo, 6f 66yT, 1:18.33, gd.
1–BEAUTY INSPIRE (IRE), 131, c, 2, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Darwell (Ire), by Zamindar
2nd Dam: Ceedwell (GB), by Exceed and Excel (Aus)
3rd Dam: Muja Farewell (GB), by Mujtahid
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€10,000 Ylg '20 GOFFEB; £25,000 Ylg '20 TATIRY). O-Beauty Stable Partnership; B-Michael O'Mahony (IRE); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Keane. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $47,032. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Andreas Vesalius (Ire), 131, c, 2, Caravaggio–Vitello (GB), by Raven's Pass. (72,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA; £75,000 Ylg '20 GOFFUK; £220,000 RNA 2yo '21 GOFFLN). O-Paul H Redmond & T G Fitzgerald; B-Biddestone Stud Ltd (IRE); T-Joseph O'Brien. €10,000.
3–Hadman (Ire), 131, c, 2, Starspangledbanner (Aus)–Anneli (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (£55,000 Ylg '20 GOFFUK). O-The Al Mamoura Partnership; B-Merriebelle Irish Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Joseph O'Brien. €5,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, HF, NK. Odds: 0.50, 14.00, 5.00.
Also Ran: The Entertainer (Ire). DNF: Daisy Peers (GB). Scratched: Celtic Times (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Will Lambe To Leave BHA

Will Lambe is to leave his role as executive director of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) at the end of August.

Lambe was appointed to his current position in 2017, having previously been director of corporate affairs. He joined the BHA's communications team after completing its graduate scheme in 2003.

BHA chief executive Julie Harrington said: “I would like to thank Will personally and on behalf of the organisation for his contribution to the BHA and the sport. His loyalty to his colleagues and to the BHA has been obvious to all and he will be a real asset in his next role.”

Lambe has been heavily involved in key issues faced by British racing and has .liaised closely with the government over levy reform, the gambling review and plans surrounding Brexit. Since the start of the Covid outbreak he has also assisted in the resumption of racing and recovery plan.

“I'm enormously proud of the role I have played within the BHA and the sport I love, over a great many years,” said Lambe. “It feels like the right time to move on as the organisation moves to the next phase of supporting industry recovery.”

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Half to Novellist Debuts at Leopardstown

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. Thursday's Observations features a daughter of the late Galileo (Ire).

5:30 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, f, 8fT
MAGICAL LAGOON (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) debuts for Zhang Yuesheng and Jessie Harrington and is a 305,000gns Book 1-bought half-sister to the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S., G1 Grosser Preis von Baden and G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud hero and sire Novellist (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}). She meets Ballydoyle's Madonnadelrosario (Ire) (Caravaggio), a half-sister to the G1 Prix Morny and G2 Coventry S.-winning sire The Wow Signal (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) and to the G3 Naruo Kinen winner and G1 Takarazuka Kinen runner-up Unicorn Lion (Ire) (No Nay Never) who was fifth on debut here last month.

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Bobby’s Kitten Represented by First Australian Winner

Lanwades stallion Bobby's Kitten (Kitten's Joy), whose daughter Sandrine (GB) added last week's G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. to her victory in the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot, was represented by his first winner from his lone Southern Hemisphere-sired crop when the debuting Cecil Street Lad (Aus) ran out a 3/4-length winner Wednesday at Sandown in Victoria.

Bred and raised by Olly Tait's Twin Hills Farm in New South Wales, the gelded son of Just A Girl (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) was the $4.40 (17-5) second favorite and landed better than midfield one out and one back in the slipstream of Stonestreet Farm's $8 chance Mura Mura (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}). Pulled out into the clear with 400 metres to travel, Cecil Street Lad boxed on gamely, hit the front inside the final 50m and inched clear.

One of 30 listed Southern Hemisphere-bred foals, Cecil Street Lad fetched A$55,000 as a yearling at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale in March 2020, then realized a final bid of NZ$320,000 from Richard Laming Racing/John White Bloodstock at New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready To Run Sale last November (see below). He is one of two winners to race from his dam, who was acquired by Twin Hills for A$50,000 in foal to former 'TDN Rising Star' Rubick (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) at the 2017 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale in 2017.

Bobby's Kitten, who flew home to win the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint as a 3-year-old in 2014, is the sire of 25 winners to date, a number that also includes G2 Beresford S. runner-up Monaasib (GB).

 

WATCH: Cecil Street Lad breezes at the 2020 NZB Ready To Run Sale

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