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Aloha Star Connections Appeal Phoenix Demotion

Aloha Star (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus})’s connections have appealed their filly’s demotion from second to third place in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. on Sunday. Lucky Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) won the race, and The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) was promoted to second. A winner of the G2 Airlie Stud S. in July, the bay sports a record of two wins in five starts. She is entered in the Tattersalls Online August Sale which opens on Wednesday.

“We’ve lodged an appeal, so we’ll leave it at that,” said trainer Fozzy Stack. “It’s not just the £20,000 difference in prize-money, it’s the difference between finishing first and second in a Group 1. She’s come out of the race well and she holds an entry in the online sale this week. If she’s still in the yard after that we’d like to aim at the Cheveley Park. It’s always hard when the girls take on the boys, but she ran a cracker.”

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Yorkshire Open Day Goes Virtual

The inaugural Virtual Yorkshire Open Day hosted by Racing Welfare will be on Sept. 13. Due to COVID, the event replaces the Middleham and Malton Open Days, which were cancelled. The Virtual Open Day will feature racehorse trainers from across the county providing video tours and other insights into their training operations, as well as equine superstars and horses to follow. For more information, go to www.racingwelfare.co.uk/yorkshireopenday/.

There will also be a Virtual Epsom Open Day on Aug. 31 which will also showcase the Derby’s rich history through video tours, interviews with trainers and racing staff based in the town. For more information on the Epsom event, please go to www.racingwelfare.co.uk/epsomopenday/.

Racing Welfare will be conducting a national online auction to assist in fundraising efforts during the virtual open days which will go live on Aug. 27 and end on Sept. 24. Donations made during these events will be used to provide a full range of support services to all of racing’s people and will aid in developing local projects in both areas.

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Son of Speedy Boarding on Show at Haydock

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. Tuesday’s Insights features a son of MG1SW Speedy Boarding (GB).

2.55 Haydock, Nov, £5,400, 2yo, 7f 212yT
Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s LEGEND OF DUBAI (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a son of MG1SW Speedy Boarding (GB) (Shamardal), ran into the ‘TDN Rising Star‘ effort of Guru (GB) (Kingman {GB}) when third tackling seven furlongs at Newbury for the Roger Varian-Andrea Atzeni axis last month and gets a second chance to shed maiden status upped in trip here. His opposition includes Godolphin’s Branwell (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is a homebred half to GSW G1 Criterium International runner-up Earnshaw (Medaglia d’Oro), representing Charlie Appleby’s in-form barn; Roger Charlton trainee Amalfi Bay (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who is an Elite Racing Club homebred half-brother to two black-type performers out of a half-sister to the operation’s MG1SW darling Soviet Song (Ire) (Marju {Ire}); and Crone Stud Farms Ltd’s Happy (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is a Mark Johnston-conditioned half to last term’s Listed Noel Murless S. placegetter Almania (Ire) (Australia {GB}) out of G3 Prestige S. victress and G1 1000 Guineas fourth Sent From Heaven (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}).

3.25 Haydock, Nov, £5,400, 2yo, f, 6f 212yT
Cheveley Park Stud’s homebred VERBENA (GB) (Lethal Force {Ire}) finished five lengths and a neck behind the swashbuckling performance of Pomelo (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) when a first-up third going seven furlongs at Newbury last month and reappears over much the same trip in this second outing. She is a half-sister to GSW G1 Hong Kong Champions Mile third Simply Brilliant (GB) (Frankel {GB}) out of G1 Fillies’ Mile heroine Red Bloom (GB) (Selkirk). Rivals to the Clive Cox trainee feature Aidan Ryan’s Brave Blossom (Ire) (Mayson {GB}), who is a Richard Fahey-conditioned half to Group 3-winning duo Valeria Messalina (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and Pincheck (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) produced by a sibling of G1SW sires Kingsfort (War Chant) and Prince Arch (Arch).

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Tabdeed Eyes Betfair Sprint Cup

Tabdeed (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire})’s connections are mulling a start for the group winner in the G1 Betfair Sprint Cup S. at Haydock on Sept. 5. The six-furlong event would be the gelding’s first crack at the top level. Representing the blue-and-white silks of Sheikh Hamdan, the sparingly raced 5-year-old ran second in a Newcastle all-weather handicap on June 27, and earned his first group win in the G3 Hackwood S. at Newbury back on grass on July 18.

Trainer Owen Burrows said, “We will give him an entry in the race and see what it looks like. If we are happy with him then we may as well roll the dice while he is well within himself.

“We always thought he was decent. He hasn’t really done a lot wrong and though he was beaten on his comeback at Newcastle the winner of that race, Glen Shiel (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), won a Group 3 at The Curragh on Sunday so his form has a pretty solid look.”

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