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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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Hassett Says Arqana Breeze-Up Offering The Best He’s Ever Seen

Leading breeze-up consignor Johnny Hassett has labelled the collection of horses on offer at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale as the best bunch he has ever seen in one place at a given time and put forward colts by Siyouni (Fr) (lot 149) and Expert Eye (GB) (lot 43) from his eight-strong Bloodstock Connection draft as the most likely to make the biggest impression on buyers.

Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), runner-up to Pizza Bianca (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and Rockemperor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational winner at Belmont Park, flew the flag for Arqana Breeze-Up Sale graduates in 2021 and Hassett thinks there will be more than a few potential top-notchers to go under the hammer on Friday afternoon.

“I have never seen so many good-looking horses in the one place,” Hassett said on the eve of Thursday's breeze, which takes kicks off at 12 p.m. local time.

He added, “The year comes down to these next few days. I bought much bigger horses for the sales this year and, because I did that, some horses weren't ready for this sale.

“But the ones who work out, they work out very well, and I am happy with this bunch. There's a Siyouni colt in particular who is very nice. He only cost €85,000 grand but he's nice and he's well-related.

“There's also an Expert Eye colt, who is 16.2hh and is 510 kilograms, and I took a chance on him being ready for a breeze-up sale but he's certainly ready. I only have one mare and I sent her to Expert Eye so I think he will be quite good.”

Hassett's Siyouni colt is out of the winning and multiple listed-placed Aga Khan mare Valasyra (Fr) (Sinndar {Ire}), who is a half-sister to the ill-fated 2012 Prix de Diane winner Valyra (GB) (Azamour {Ire}) and Valirann (Fr) (Nayef {Fr}), who stands in Ireland.

The Expert Eye colt is out of Popular (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a half-sister to black-type performer In Favour (GB) (Frankel {GB}), and from a good Juddmonte family.

Hassett has been bolstered by the support of the Getinthegame this sales season and is averaging 100,000 per horse sold on behalf of the syndicate on the breeze-up circuit thus far. The popular County Clare man is hoping the good run continues at Deauville this week.

He said, “I am very fond of my horses but, like I said, for a lot of people, the year comes down to this sale. The French do a tremendous job at getting the customers and the horses here. They have a young, dynamic team and are fairly switched on about getting everybody here.”

Hassett added, “The stats will tell you that you will be lucky to sell one good horse but I am bringing four or five who I really like. I would be happy to take them home if I don't get what I want for them but I don't think I will have to do that.”

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Freshman Sire Expert Eye Off The Mark At Leicester

Banstead Manor Stud's first-crop sire Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) notched his first winner when the Ralph Beckett-trained debutant Sunny Orange (Ire) raced to an ultimately snug victory in Saturday's Madri Excepcional Maiden S. over five furlongs at Leicester. Juddmonte's 70,000gns Tattersalls December Foals acquisition went postward as the well-backed 2-1 second choice for the straight dash and was well away from an outer gate to track the leaders in fifth through the initial fractions. Making smooth headway from halfway, he was ridden to launch his challenge approaching the final furlong and driven out in the latter stages to defeat Al Khazneh (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) by 1 1/4 lengths.

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Newbloods Set for Saturday Launch

   Thursday saw the final fields take shape for Saturday's flat turf season prologues at Doncaster and The Curragh and with them the sensation of new winds careening the established order. While the hardened tifosi look to the established pillar of the Town Moore fixture, the Lincoln Handicap, the breeding merchants will pivot towards the arrival of untested and unproven stock in the card's “Brocklesby” and in the Co. Kildare venue's opening maiden. These two juvenile medleys contain the first runners for some of Europe's most enticing first-season sires, with the Brocklesby featuring progeny by Expert Eye (GB), Havana Grey (Ire) and Massaat (Ire) and the Curragh's curtain-raiser boasting a daughter of Sioux Nation.

Juddmonte's Expert Eye was precocious enough himself and being by Acclamation (GB) from the immediate family of the top-class 2-year-old Special Duty (GB) (Hennessy) it would be no surprise to see the Ian Williams-trained I Still Have Faith (GB) out of the fast The Thrill Is Gone (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}) supply a champagne launch at Doncaster. Mickley Stud's Massaat has a pair in the same race in Evolicatt (GB)–from the David Evans yard always to be feared and respected in equal measure in these early speed tests–and the Adrian Nicholls-trained Mascapone (GB), while that also applies to Whitsbury Manor Stud's Havana Grey. His two are the geldings Knowwhatimeanharry (GB), from the Bill Turner stable successful in the Brocklesby in 2013, and Rocking Ends (GB) who represents Brett Johnson's Epsom establishment.

Coolmore's G1 Phoenix S. hero Sioux Nation, who takes up the baton from Scat Daddy's Caravaggio and No Nay Never, is already hot favourite with the English and Irish bookies to be leading first-season sire and he has the Jessie Harrington-trained filly Ocean Quest (Ire) in The Curragh's 'Alkumait Standing At Castlefield Stud With A €10,000 Bonus Irish EBF Maiden.'

“Ocean Quest has been exciting us at home and she's done everything nicely,” her trainer said.

At this stage, when everything is to be played for, these flurries will give initial shape to the landscape of 2022.

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