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First Black Type Winner For Havana Grey

With the kind of start that Whitsbury Manor Stud's Havana Grey (GB) has enjoyed, it was only a matter of time before his first crop featured a black-type winner and it duly came at Naas on Wednesday evening. Supplied by the Amo Racing And Omnihorse Racing-owned and Alice Haynes-trained filly Lady Hollywood (GB) in the five-furlong Listed Arqana Irish EBF Marwell S., the landmark is surely only the beginning in this category for one of the most successful first-season sires of recent times (by Havana Gold {Ire}). Always travelling easily under Rossa Ryan tracking the pace, the 100-30 second favourite picked off the 5-6 market-leader Mauiewowie (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) approaching the final furlong en route to a comfortable 1 1/2-length success.

 

Haynes said of the winner, who had easily beat Thursday's maiden winner Mrs U S A (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) at Lingfield June 25 and at Beverley July 12, “Our only concern coming here today was whether this race was a bit too soon from Beverley but the form was franked when the horse that she beat twice just went and won before this race. She has a great brain and is so straightforward to train. She showed a lot of speed here and it appears that she is getting quicker and quicker. We can probably set our sights a bit higher now. Rossa just said about sending her to America for the Breeders' Cup, but we'll go back to the drawing board and speak to the owner before making a plan.”

The winner is the last known foal out of a relative of Momalorka (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who was third in the G3 Firth of Clyde S., and of the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S.-winning sire Where Or When (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}).

ARQANA IRISH EBF MARWELL S.-Listed, €48,000, Naas, 7-20, 2yo, f, 5fT, :59.81, gd.
1–LADY HOLLYWOOD (GB), 128, f, 2, by Havana Grey (GB)
     1st Dam: Dubai Legend (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB)
     2nd Dam: Royal Future (Ire), by Royal Academy
     3rd Dam: Future Past, by Super Concorde
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (11,000gns RNA Wlg '20 TATFOA; €25,000 Ylg '21 GOFSPT; 58,000gns RNA 2yo '22 TATBRE). O-Amo Racing and Omnihorse Racing; B-D & S L Tanker Transport Ltd (GB); T-Alice Haynes; J-Rossa Ryan. €28,800. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $41,728.
2–Mauiewowie (GB), 128, f, 2, Night Of Thunder (Ire)–La Chapelle (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (52,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 155,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Eleanora Kennedy; B-Trebles Holford Farm Thoroughbreds (GB); T-Ger Lyons. €9,600.
3–Treasure Trove (Ire), 128, f, 2, Siyouni (Fr)–Pichola Dance (Ire), by Distorted Humor. O/B-Merry Fox Stud Limited (IRE); T-Paddy Twomey. €4,800.
Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, 2. Odds: 3.30, 0.83, 5.50.
Also Ran: Lady Tilbury (GB), Escaping Thejungle (Ire), Ardad's Great (GB), Charming Lady (Ire). Scratched: Funny Money Honey (Ire), Profitable Edge (Ire).

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Expert Eye Filly A New Rising Star

Sent off the 11-8 favourite for Wednesday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Naas, Juddmonte's Apricot Twist (Ire) (Expert Eye {GB}) more than justified that SP to join the TDN Rising Star ranks. The first by her first-season sire (by Acclamation {GB}), the Ger Lyons-trained homebred tracked the pace far side under Colin Keane in the near-six-furlong contest before being allowed to stride to the front over two furlongs from home. Clear soon after, the daughter of the Listed Ruby S. scorer Erysimum (Ire) (Arcano {Ire}) was eased down late to inflict a 7 1/2-length defeat on Mount Ruapehu (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), with Magnanimous Mehmus (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) 1 1/4 lengths away in third.

 

“She's a lovely filly and I've liked her from day one,” Lyons said. “We have literally given her six weeks cantering and haven't worked her. She is after blossoming and I said we'd run her here and if she wins she wins, not expecting her to do that. I think the boys bought two Expert Eye's for the farm this year and both of them have won. We'll let her progress and no doubt it will be black-type. She's not entered in any early closing races. The rules with Juddmonte horses are they have to earn the right, but they won't be afraid to supplement if needed. She'll get a bit further, but we don't need to do anything with the trip at the moment.”

Apricot Twist is the second foal out of the useful dam, whose yearling filly is by Blue Point (Ire). She is a granddaughter of Shadwell's Mathaayl (Shadeed), who produced the Listed Chalice S. scorer and G2 Ribblesdale S. and G2 Lancashire Oaks runner-up Sahool (GB) (Unfuwain) who is in turn the dam of the G3 Cumberland Lodge S. scorer Laraaib (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). This is also the family of the dual G2 Hardwicke S. scorer Maraahel (Ire) (Alzao), the G2 Prix Robert Papin and G2 Flying Childers S.-winning sire Gutaifan (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and the G1 Premio Jockey Club winner Ventura Storm (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}).

1st-Naas, €16,000, Mdn, 7-20, 2yo, 5f 205yT, 1:11.69, gd.
APRICOT TWIST (IRE), f, 2, by Expert Eye (GB)
    1st Dam: Erysimum (Ire) (SW-Ire), by Arcano (Ire)
    2nd Dam: Mathool (Ire), by Alhaarth (Ire)
    3rd Dam: Mathaayl, by Shadeed
(140,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $9,818. O-Juddmonte; B-Barouche Stud (Ireland) Ltd (IRE); T-Ger Lyons. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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Mishriff ‘Felt Super’ In Early Morning Work

Jockey James Doyle, who picked up the ride on Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) for the G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S. on Saturday, was pleased with the 5-year-old, after a spin on the Al Bahathri at Newmarket early on Wednesday morning.

“It was an early start, but he felt fantastic,” Doyle told Sky Sports Racing. “I jumped on him at 5:10 a.m. and he did a nice blow up the Al Bahathri, a gallop he knows well, and he felt in good order. There was no questions asked, but I have to say he felt super and moved great.

“It's very exciting–what a race. It's a small but select field, but there's not one runner in the race that doesn't deserve to be there.”

The ride on the globetrotting Group 1 winner became available when owner Prince Faisal announced that David Egan was no longer his retained rider. Mishriff, who just missed when second to Vadeni (Fr) (Churchill {Ire}) in the G1 Coral-Eclipse S. at Sandown on July 2, ran second in last year's King George. He faces G1 Irish Derby hero Westover (GB) (Frankel {GB}) among others on Saturday.

“The prospect of him being more tuned up for the King George is quite exciting and the mile and a half doesn't seem to be a problem,” added Doyle of the John and Thady Gosden runner. “He's a horse that really wears his heart on his sleeve late on a race. He has that superb way of galloping where he really does get his head low. I wish every horse tried as hard as he does.”

Egan had partnered Mishriff to some of his greatest wins, including the inaugural $20-million Saudi Cup, the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic, and his victory in the 2021 G1 Juddmonte International S.

Doyle added, “I haven't had chance to speak to David yet, but I will do. Obviously I feel terribly sorry for David, it's never nice, but I heard him say he's not the first person to be jocked off a horse and he won't be the last. I think that's the right way to look at it, these things happen and how you deal with these events kind of defines you as a person.

“He's dealt with it like a grown up man and we mustn't forget he's still a young man in this sport, so he's still learning his trade and full credit to the way he's coped with everything.”

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The Curragh Hosts ‘Taste of Kildare’

Taste of Kildare will be held at the Curragh Racecourse during the Autumn Festival of Racing. Food producers and restaurants will showcase their culinary offerings at the Kildare track Sept. 24-25. The first day of Taste of Kildare, which will run on the same day as the Goffs Millions, Europe's richest race for 2-year-olds. Day 2 of Taste of Kildare will coincide with the Friends of the Curragh Day. For more information and to purchase tickets see www.tasteofkildare.ie

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