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Group 1 Glory At Last For Australia’s Broome

Coming closest in five attempts at group 1 success on his latest in the May 23 G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, Ballydoyle's Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}) finally made it count on Sunday leading with every step under Colin Keane in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Sporting the silks of Masaaki Matsushima, the 5-year-old who had been second to Wonderful Tonight (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) in the June 19 G2 Hardwicke S. at Royal Ascot since that narrow Curragh reversal was unperturbed by being asked to take up front-running duties. Stretching his rivals from the top of the straight, the 39-10 shot was typically game as he held Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor) by a length, with Gold Trip (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}) a nose away in third. “Speaking to Aidan beforehand, he said to keep it pretty simple and if nothing was happy to go, to make my own way,” the winning rider commented. “He's a very uncomplicated horse, very genuine and stays well. He pricked his ears and was taking me the whole way and galloped right to the line. He deserved that, as he's been very consistent this year.”

It was in this country that Broome first tried this level when runner-up in the 2018 G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere and after impressive wins in the G3 Ballysax S. and G3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial the following Spring was fourth and beaten only around half a length in the G1 Epsom Derby. Missing in action after finishing sixth in the G1 Irish Derby, the bay was out twice last term when fourth in the G1 Coronation Cup staged at Newmarket in June and when last of 13 in Ascot's two-mile G2 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup in October. Kept in training despite those disappointments, he took the Listed Devoy S. at Naas Mar. 28, the Apr. 17 G3 Alleged S. and May 3 G2 Mooresbridge S. at The Curragh before succumbing to Helvic Dream (Ire) (Power {GB}) in a photo in the Tattersalls Gold Cup and finding a real ace in his way in the Hardwicke.

This was due reward for Broome's efforts at a lower level this term and general level of consistency and also a breakthrough for Masaaki Matsushima, whose representative Yasufumi Sawada said, “This is Mr Matsushima's first group 1 win–I just spoke to him on the phone and he is very happy. He is such a brave horse, last year he had problems but he's been in very good form this season and the plan is to go for the [Oct. 3 G1] Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe [at ParisLongchamp] if Aidan is happy.”

Alain de Royer-Dupre is looking at sending the G3 Prix Allez France and G2 Prix Corrida-winning Ebaiyra back down in trip again. “She has run her race and it was very satisfactory, but she does have a tendency to do too much early in her races over a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half so I'd like to see her run in a truly-run mile-and-a-quarter race,” he said. “There are plenty of options, such as the [G1] Nassau [at Goodwood July 29] or the [G1 Prix Jean] Romanet [at Deauville Aug. 22].”

Broome's breakthrough success was coming two weeks on from the Listed Chesham S. win of his highly promising 2-year-old full-brother Point Lonsdale (Ire) and it is not a longshot that the dam's tally of group 1 winners will be increased by this time next year. The mare in question is the Listed National S.-winning Sweepstake (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), who was also placed in the G3 Princess Margaret S. and GIII Appalachian S. and is a granddaughter of the Hesmonds Stud matriarch Galaxie Dust (Blushing Groom {Fr}).

Among her many descendants to make an impact are the G3 Prix de la Nonette winner Dust Dancer (GB), who in turn produced the GII Lake Placid H. scorer Spotlight (GB) (Dr Fong) herself responsible for the G3 Bengough S. winner Projection (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) and the dam of last year's G1 St Leger runner-up Berkshire Rocco (Fr) (Sir Percy {GB}). Dust Dancer is also the second dam of the G1 Phoenix S.-winning sire Zoffany (Ire) and his G2 Futurity S.-winning and G1 Irish Derby-placed half-brother Rostropovich (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), while also included in the dynasty is the G3 Fred Darling S. scorer Bulaxie (GB) (Bustino {GB}), dam of the G2 Premio Lydia Tesio winner Claxon (GB) (Caerleon) who in turn produced the GIII Hillsborough S. winner and G1 Nassau S. runner-up Cassydora (GB) (Darshaan {GB}). Sweepstake's yearling filly is by Lope de Vega (Ire).

Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France
GRAND PRIX DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, €400,000, Saint-Cloud, 7-4, 4yo/up, 12fT, 2:29.11, sf.
1–BROOME (IRE), 128, h, 5, by Australia (GB)
1st Dam: Sweepstake (Ire) (SW & GSP-Eng & US, $114,162), by Acclamation (GB)
2nd Dam: Dust Flicker (GB), by Suave Dancer
3rd Dam: Galaxie Dust, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€120,000 RNA Ylg '17 GOFOR; 150,000gns Ylg '17 TATDEY). O-Masaaki Matsushima, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Colin Keane. €228,560. Lifetime Record: MGSW & G1SP-Ire, GSP-Eng, 17-7-4-0, €783,943. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Ebaiyra, 125, f, 4, Distorted Humor–Ebiyza (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (KY); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre. €91,440.
3–Gold Trip (Fr), 128, c, 4, Outstrip (GB)–Sarvana (Fr), by Dubai Destination. (€60,000 Ylg '18 ARAUG). O-Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard; B-Michel Monfort (FR); T-Fabrice Chappet. €45,720.
Margins: 1, NO, 1 1/4. Odds: 3.90, 4.40, 6.40.
Also Ran: In Swoop (Ire), Baron Samedi (GB), Ambition (GB), Nagano Gold (GB), Kaspar (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Siyouni’s St Mark’s Basilica Electrifying In The Eclipse

There were only four runners, but what Saturday's G1 Coral-Eclipse lacked in numbers it more than made up for in sheer buzz as the 3-year-old St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) was in scintillating form in Sandown's prestige contest. Heavily-backed into even-money favouritism beforehand, Ballydoyle's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero tracked Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) throughout and when launched by Ryan Moore passing the two-furlong pole quickly subdued his elders en route to an emphatic 3 1/2-length triumph. The long-time leader Addeybb, who had looked held by Mishriff for second for most of the closing stages, came back late to grab the silver medal by a neck but the private battle between two such high-class older runners served merely as a footnote to the real story. Ryan Moore was back where it counts, steering just a second top-level winner in Britain and Ireland for the stable since last August, having seen so many pass him by of late. “I was hugely impressed–he's run against two horses who have proven to be as good as there is anywhere around the world and when I asked him to do his job he picked up and put the race away very quickly,” he said. “He's very exiting. He's a straightforward horse and he's got a very good turn of foot.”

In what will always be remembered as a muddled year due to the knock-on effects of the delay to European racing, 2020 had looked so far as if it would fail to be recalled as anything like a vintage season as far as the juveniles are concerned. One after another of the leading members of that crop had come up short in the prestige races so far this term, with two notable exceptions in St Mark's Basilica and Coolcullen's Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}). Early indications from the meetings between some smart 3-year-olds and their elders had hinted that the latter category could be in for a dominant year, but St Mark's Basilica ripped up the script here in the biggest test that any 3-year-old had faced so far this year.

Campaigned over six furlongs at The Curragh on his first three starts in the space of four weeks from late July to late August, St Mark's Basilica followed a maiden second with a respectable fifth as the gambled-on 7-2 favourite for the G1 Phoenix S. before getting off the mark back in maiden company. Tackling the quickest ground so far when third to Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Wembley (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in that venue's G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National S. on going officially described as “good” over an extra furlong in September, the bay was denied a chance to contest the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere due to the much-publicized feed contamination. Rerouted to the G1 Dewhurst S. and back on soft ground at Newmarket in mid-October, he reversed the National form with Wembley and Thunder Moon before returning to scoop both French Classics under Ioritz Mendizabal.

In the May 16 ParisLongchamp and June 6 Chantilly Classics, St Mark's Basilica had given the impression that he was toying with the cream of the French crop but there was a tail swish at the close in the Jockey Club where he also appeared to be either idling or tying up. Any chinks in his armour would be ruthlessly exposed by two such accomplished older rivals here and despite the weight-for-age advantage, the feeling was that he was up against it but the flow of money coming for him on Saturday morning told an entirely different tale. What the bods at Ballydoyle had seen in the build-up to this clash had excited enough expectation to force him into even-money and as soon as Moore angled him around Mishriff halfway up the straight the writing was on the wall. Tom Marquand had done everything in his power to hand Addeybb a tactical advantage from the front, while David Egan looked notably confident soon after straightening for home but Mishriff had no answer to the surging force that subdued him surprisingly quickly.

Aidan O'Brien is set on the major 10-furlong tests for now with his sixth Eclipse winner, who brings him level with Alec Taylor Jr and Sir Michael Stoute. “He's a lovely horse, everything is very relaxed and he's a good mover,” he said. “He quickens and has a great mind–he does everything you want. We felt he had stepped up since the last day and Ryan gave him a beautiful ride. The lads will decide what they want to do, obviously he'd have options of maybe going to York [for the Aug. 18 G1 Juddmonte International] or Leopardstown [for the Sept. 11 G1 Irish Champion S.]”

John Gosden revealed that the Saudi Cup and G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Mishriff would re-oppose at York. “He was just a bit keen early, it was his first run for a while and the ground is soft enough for him,” he said. “I expect him to come on a good deal for that. We will head to the Juddmonte at York next, but the winner was very impressive.”

St Mark's Basilica is a son of this stable's G3 Silver Flash S. winner Cabaret (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was purchased by BBA Ireland for 600,000gns at the 2011 Tattersalls December Mares Sale and who had already provided the G1 2000 Guineas hero Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Cabaret is a half to the G3 Solario S. winner Drumfire (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and the Hong Kong stakes scorer Ho Choi (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) who was also runner-up in the G2 Gimcrack S. The third dam Fife (Ire) (Lomond), who was third in the Listed Lupe S., is also the second dam of the G3 Park S. winner and G1 Moyglare S. runner-up Ugo Fire (Ire) (Bluebird) and is a half-sister to Piffle (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}). She in turn is the dam of the GI Hollywood Turf Cup hero Frenchpark (GB) (Foolshome) and the G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Pearly Shells (GB) (Efisio {GB}), Haras de Saint Pair's all-important foundation mare who died last month. Cabaret's unraced 2-year-old full-brother to St Mark's Basilica is named Paris Lights (Ire) and will race in the colours of the breeder Robert Scarborough for the Jessie Harrington stable, while she also has a colt foal by Kingman (GB).

Saturday, Sandown, Britain
CORAL-ECLIPSE-G1, £600,000, Sandown, 7-3, 3yo/up, 9f 209yT, 2:10.87, g/s.
1–ST MARK'S BASILICA (FR), 123, c, 3, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Cabaret (Ire) (GSW-Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Witch of Fife, by Lear Fan
3rd Dam: Fife (Ire), by Lomond
(1,300,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Robert Scarborough (FR); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £340,260. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 2yo Colt-Eur, MG1SW-Fr & G1SP-Ire, 8-5-1-1, $2,292,218. *1/2 to Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 7-9.5f & MG1SW-Eng, $597,769. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Addeybb (Ire), 133, g, 7, Pivotal (GB)–Bush Cat, by Kingmambo. (200,000gns Ylg '15 TAOCT). O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-William Haggas. £129,000.
3–Mishriff (Ire), 133, c, 4, Make Believe (GB)–Contradict (GB), by Raven's Pass. O-Prince A A Faisal; B-Nawara Stud Ltd (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden. £64,560.
Margins: 3HF, NK, 2 3/4. Odds: 1.00, 3.50, 2.25.
Also Ran: El Drama (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Freshman Sire The Grey Gatsby Off The Mark at Compiegne

Haras du Petit Tellier's The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) became the latest European freshman sire off the mark when the Carlos and Yann Lerner-trained 16-5 favourite Jay Gatsby (Fr) shed maiden status in Friday's Prix de la Vallee de l'Automne (Maiden) over seven furlongs at Compiegne.

3rd-Compiegne, €20,000, Mdn, 7-2, 2yo, 7fT, 1:29.13, vsf.
JAY GATSBY (FR) (c, 2, The Grey Gatsby {Ire}–Hijaziyah {GB}, by Testa Rossa {Aus}), who posted a June 11 debut fourth over course and distance last time, was well away to race on the front end from flagfall in this one. Threatened on all sides once into the straight, the 16-5 favourite was stoked up approaching the final furlong and driven out in the closing stages to assert by two lengths from Balnikhov (Ire) (Adaay {Ire}), becoming the first winner for his freshman sire (by Mastercraftsman {Ire}). He is the latest of seven foals and fifth scorer produced by a winning half-sister to Listed Prix de Boulogne winner Mundybash (GB) (Diktat {GB}). The April-foaled chestnut is a half-brother to the dual stakes-placed Yanling (Fr) (Rio de La Plata) and Listed Prix Saraca runner-up Golconda (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}). Sales history: €55,000 Ylg '20 ARQSEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, €12,700. Video, sponsored by TVG.
O-Paul Le Solleu, Remy Dupuy-Naulot, Ecurie JML Racing & Marc Leonetti; B-Patrick Chedeville (FR); T-Carlos & Yann Lerner.

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Viadera’s Sister Gets Black Type At Tipperary

Sent to Wednesday's Listed Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Tipperary S. just a week after scoring on debut at Naas, Juddmonte's Sacred Bridge (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) was able to continue the momentum and gain a first black-type success in a race marred by the fatal breakdown suffered by Ballydoyle's Amalfi Coast (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}). Sent off the even-money favourite dropping back from six furlongs to five, the Ger Lyons-trained full sister to last year's GI Matriarch S. heroine Viadera (GB) pursued the early pace and after gaining the advantage passing the furlong pole asserted to score by 1 1/4 lengths from Misty Ayr (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}). Amalfi Coast was well beaten when sustaining the catastrophic injury near the line.

“We have obviously done very little with her and she actually put weight on since and was giving us all the signs she wanted to go back,” Shane Lyons said. “She did that very genuinely and Colin [Keane] loves her temperament. She'll mix and match it between five and six. She has an exciting future. This filly is smaller than Viadera, but has the same temperament and oozes class.”

The aforementioned Viadera captured the Listed Cairn Rouge S. and was runner-up in the G3 Anglesey S. for this stable prior to shipping Stateside to win the Matriarch and the GIII Noble Damsel S. The dam also produced Crossed Baton (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who took 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.

Wednesday, Tipperary, Ireland
COOLMORE TEN SOVEREIGNS TIPPERARY S.-Listed, €40,000, Tipperary, 6-30, 2yo, 5fT, :57.21, g/f.
1–SACRED BRIDGE (GB), 126, 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 BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Keane. €24,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $39,473. *Full to Viadera (GB), GISW-US, SW & GSP-Ire, SP-Eng, $391,441; and 1/2 to Crossed Baton (GB) (Dansili {GB}), MSW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Fr, $141,509.
2–Misty Ayr (Ire), 126, f, 2, Kodi Bear (Ire)–Rasana (GB), by Royal Academy. (6,500gns Ylg '20 TATASY; 25,000gns 2yo '21 TATBRG). O-Middleham Park Racing III & Partner; B-Karis Bloodstock Ltd & Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-Keith Dalgleish. €8,000.
3–Harmony Rose (GB), 126, f, 2, Hot Streak (Ire)–Evil Spell (GB), by Dutch Art (GB). (5,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA; €5,500 RNA 2yo '21 GOFFEB). O-The Harmony Partnership; B-The Evil Spell Partnership (GB); T-Ken Condon. €4,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1HF, 7. Odds: 1.00, 5.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Cherry Bloom (Ire). DNF: Amalfi Coast (Ire). Scratched: Up Above (GB). Click for the Racing Post result.

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