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Daughter of Golden Slipper Heroine Estijaab Set For Yarmouth Debut

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 Observations features Emirates Park's homebred Ejaabiyah making her debut at Yarmouth.

14.23 Yarmouth, Nov, £9,950, 2yo, f, 8f 3yT
Emirates Park's homebred EJAABIYAH (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is a Roger Varian-conditioned daughter of G1 Golden Slipper heroine Estijaab (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), who encounters nine rivals in this unveiling. Team Gosden has won the last three renewals of this heat and is represented here by Godolphin homebred Juneberry (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). She is out of G2 Lancashire Oaks victrix and G1 Prix Vermeille second Pomology (Arch) and thus kin to G3 Zetland S. victor and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud third Goldspur (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}). Completing a trio of well-related debutantes is Charlie Fellowes representative Mohave Dancer (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who is a 300,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 daughter of G1 Queensland Oaks heroine Winning Ways (Aus) (Declaration Of War). Memento Vivere Racing's once-raced Rouge Sellier (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) posted a debut third over this trip at Haydock at the end of last month and hails from the stable of Sir Mark Prescott. The 260,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 acquisition is a three-parts sister to G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Lumiere (GB) (Shamardal) and GI E. P. Taylor S. victrix Sheikha Reika (Fr) (Shamardal). Another set to make the trip up the A11 from Newmarket is Michael Bell trainee Climate Action (GB) (Cracksman {GB}), who is a half-sister to three black-type performers out of a half-sister to five-time Group 1 winner and multiple Classic heroine User Friendly (GB) (Slip Anchor {GB}). She comes back off a runner-up finish, behind subsequent G1 Fillies' Mile seventh Seaward (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), in a one-mile test at Ascot last month. Climate Action's stakes-placed half-sister Madame Defarge (Ire) (Motivator {GB}) won this contest for the Bell yard in 2012.

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Havana Grey to Stand at £55,000 in 2024

Havana Grey (GB), one of the most in-demand young stallions in Europe, will stand at an increased fee of £55,000 at Whitsbury Manor Stud in 2024. The Group 1-winning son of Havana Gold (Ire) started his career at a fee of £8,000 and was advertised as low as £6,000 in his third and fourth seasons before the success of his first runners last year forced a price hike to £18,500. Havana Grey covered 164 mares this season.

Joe Callan, Whitsbury Manor Stud's head of Bloodstock and Sales, said, “After another phenomenal year, including dual Group 1 winner Vandeek and nine other stakes winners in Europe, it is clear he is an elite stallion. We will continue to strictly limit his book to look after both the horse and our clients, so I hope people can understand if his book fills very quickly.”

The fee for Havana Grey's stud-mate Showcasing (GB) will remain at £45,000 after a year in which he has been represented by the G2 Temple S. winner Dramatised (GB) and Group 1 performers Get Ahead (GB) and Swingalong (GB).

Whitsbury Manor Stud introduces a new stallion for 2024 in the homebred Dragon Symbol (GB). The Group 1-placed son of Cable Bay (GB), who lost the Commonwealth Cup on a stewards' enquiry after he finished first past the post, will start his career at £8,000. 

Callan added, “He was rated five pounds higher than his illustrious stud-mate Havana Grey so is ideally qualified for joining the Whitsbury roster.” 

Sergei Prokofiev, a son of Scat Daddy who will have his first runners next season, will remain at £6,000. The recently published Weatherbys Return of Mares shows that Sergei Prokofiev covered 155 mares this season, while Showcasing was sent 147.

 

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Continuous to Return ‘Home’ for Japan Cup

The St Leger winner Continuous (Jpn), a son of the late Shadai stallion Heart's Cry (Jpn), is set to return to the land of his birth to take on Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) in the Japan Cup on November 26.

Fifth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after his Classic success, the colt missed Saturday's Champion S. with a raised temperature.

“But he's back fine, he's back cantering again, so the plan with him is to go to the Japan Cup,” said trainer Aidan O'Brien on Racing TV. 

“We were delighted with his run in the Arc. Ryan [Moore] took his time, like he always does with him, and the pace just went a little bit slow in the middle of the race and that was the way it was, but he came home very well.”

Moore is familiar with Tokyo racecourse and was aboard last year's Japan Cup winner Vela Azul (Jpn) (Eishin Flash {Jpn}) for trainer Kunihiko Watanabe. Continuous's sire ran in three consecutive Japan Cups and was beaten just a nose when second to the Luca Cumani-trained Alkaased in 2005.

O'Brien added, “It's a race we've never won and you need a good horse to win it, so it would be great if we could be competitive in it.

“It'll suit him all right, because he's a good traveller, he can handle fast and soft ground, it doesn't matter. He's got a great mind and he's got a lot of ability that horse – he's probably better than everyone thinks he is.”

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Kingman’s Well-Related Sparkling Plenty Snags Marseille Feature

Patrice Cottier trainee Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}–Speralita {Fr}, by Frankel {GB}) notched a three-length debut success at Marseille-Borely earlier this month and swooped late over the same course and distance in Monday's Listed Prix Delahante to maintain her perfect record on black-type bow. She was steadied off the tempo and settled into a smooth rhythm racing sixth through halfway in the 8 1/2-furlong contest. Hurried along rounding the home turn, the 9-10 favourite made relentless headway under mild rousting in the straight and kept on strongly to usurp long-time leader Tiffanyli (Fr) (Lethal Force {Ire}) by a length nearing the line for a career high.

Pedigree Notes
Sparkling Plenty, the latest of three foals, is one of two scorers produced by an unraced half-sister to multiple elite-level heroine and US champion Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), herself the dam of three black-type winners headed by MG1SW dual Japanese champion Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}). Descendants of Stacelita also include last term's G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) and G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) victrix Stars On Earth (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}). Sparkling Plenty's dam Speralita (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) is also a half-sister to the dam of last month's G1 Prix du Moulin victrix Sauterne (Fr) (Kingman {GB}). The April-foaled homebred bay is a full-sister to G3 Jersey S. victor and G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere runner-up Noble Truth (Fr).

 

Monday, Marseille-Borely, France
PRIX DELAHANTE-Listed, €60,000, Marseille-Borely, 10-23, 2yo, 8 1/2fT, 1:45.19, sf.
1–SPARKLING PLENTY (FR), 122, f, 2, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Speralita (Fr), by Frankel (GB)
2nd Dam: Soignee (Ger), by Dashing Blade (GB)
3rd Dam: Suivez (Fr), by Fioravanti
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€600,000 RNA Ylg '22 ARQAUG). O/B-Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois (FR); T-Patrice Cottier; J-Marvin Grandin. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €41,500. *Full to Noble Truth (Fr), GSW-Eng & G1SP-Fr, $275,141.
2–Tiffanyli (Fr), 122, f, 2, Lethal Force (Ire)–La Milletiere (Fr), by Sunday Break (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (€11,000 Ylg '22 ARQOCT). O-Ecuries Puglia, Ecuries Jacques Piasco, Abdelhafidh Dridi, Christophe Escuder & Steeve Puglia; B-Haras de Grandcamp EARL (FR); T-Christophe Escuder. €12,000.
3–Pepete (Fr), 122, f, 2, Attendu (Fr)–Painted Girl (Fr), by Monsun (Ger). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois (FR); T-Jerome Andreu. €9,000.
Margins: 1, 2HF, 1. Odds: 0.90, 15.00, 11.00.
Also Ran: Maywe (Ire), Un Instant (Fr), Louis De La Klauss (Fr), Wikenda (Fr), Dabasir (Ire). Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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