G3 Heider Family Stables Round Tower S.

Siyouni’s Treasure Trove Takes The Round Tower

Backing up a week after her impressive success in the five-furlong Listed Roses S. at York, Merry Fox Studs' homebred Treasure Trove (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) upped her game again to capture Saturday's G3 Heider Family Stables Round Tower S. at The Curragh. ]

Held up towards the rear early by Billy Lee, the Paddy Twomey-trained 6-4 favourite was produced late as the 'TDN Rising Star' Apricot Twist (Ire) (Expert Eye {GB}) started to flag on the lead and her thrust proved strong enough to deny fellow closer Ocean Quest (Ire) (Sioux Nation) by a short head. There was a neck back to Coralillo (Ire) (Havana Grey {GB}) in third, as Apricot Twist faded to be half a length behind in fourth looking as if the six-furlong trip stretched her.

Having met a trio of leading Ballydoyle 2-year-olds on her first three starts in The Antarctic (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never) and Meditate (Ire) (No Nay Never), Treasure Trove eventually lost her maiden status by 4 1/2 lengths at Down Royal June 17 before running third in the July 20 Listed Marwell S. at Naas. Denied by a short-head by Mauiewowie (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) in the Aug. 13 Listed Curragh S., she excelled at York but was up to six furlongs for the first time since the May 15 G3 Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies Sprint S. on the only occasion that she had failed to make the frame when fifth.

“It was a big ask to go Saturday, Saturday, Saturday in two different countries,” Twomey said. “She's got the mental attitude for it. She's tough, she's versatile and she's a two-year-old. They would like to keep her busy and the [GI] Breeders Cup Juvenile Sprint on the grass in Keeneland is a possibility.”

Treasure Trove is out of the Listed Radley S. third Pichola Dance (Ire) (Distorted Humor), whose dam is an unraced full-sister to the Sadler's Wells pair of group 1 winners Listen (Ire) and Sequoyah (Ire). The latter was later responsible for the four-times Group 1-winning sire and dual Guineas hero Henrythenavigator and his G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Irish 1000 Guineas-placed full-sister Queen Cleopatra (Ire) (Kingmambo) who is also the second dam of the Derby runner-up Cliffs of Moher (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Also related to Galileo's Irish Guineas hero Magician (Ire), her daughter of Blue Point (Ire) is due to sell at the upcoming Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2, while she also has a filly foal by Blame to whom she was bred back to for 2023.

Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland
HEIDER FAMILY STABLES ROUND TOWER S.-G3, €55,000, Curragh, 8-27, 2yo, 6fT, 1:13.94, gd.
1–TREASURE TROVE (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Pichola Dance (Ire) (SP-Eng), by Distorted Humor
2nd Dam: Liffey Dancer (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Brigid, by Irish River (Fr)
1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Merry Fox Stud Limited (IRE); T-Paddy Twomey; J-Billy Lee. €33,000. Lifetime Record: SW-Eng, 8-3-1-3, $116,466. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Ocean Quest (Ire), 128, f, 2, Sioux Nation–Gold Zain (GB), by Aqlaam (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-J Kirkland & Mrs J M Ryan; B-Dr T K Chah (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. €11,000.
3–Coralillo (Ire), 128, f, 2, Havana Grey (GB)–Lady Nancy (Ire), by Zoffany (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€16,000 Ylg '21 GOFSPT; €80,000 2yo '22 TATGOR). O-Middleham Park Racing Ireland; B-Jim Bradley & Sebastian Curran (IRE); T-Eddie & Patrick Harty. €5,500.
Margins: SHD, NK, HF. Odds: 1.50, 5.00, 16.00.
Also Ran: Apricot Twist (Ire), Lady Tilbury (GB), Daamberdiplomat (Ire), Dower House (Ire), Tiger Paw (Ire), Studio City (Ire), Decorated My Life (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Bated Breath’s Sacred Bridge Unbeaten After Round Tower Test

Completing a group 3 double on The Curragh's Friday card for Juddmonte, Ger Lyons and Colin Keane, Sacred Bridge (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) took her impressive record to four-from-four in emphatic fashion in the Heider Family Stables Round Tower S. Coming into the six-furlong test off professional if less demonstrative displays in the five-furlong Listed Tipperary S. June 30 and the valuable Ballyhane S. at this distance at Naas Aug. 2, the homebred full-sister to Viadera (GB) belied any fears that she had reached an early plateau by raising her game against the strongest opposition she had so far faced. Always travelling strongly tracking Geocentric (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in second among the main group racing up the centre, the 15-8 favourite strode to the front approaching the two-furlong pole. Staying on powerfully from there, the bay had upstaged that stablemate by 3 3/4 lengths at the line, with the Listed Marwell S. winner Ladies Church (GB) (Churchill {Ire}) adding ballast to the form 3/4 of a length away in third with the fillies dominating. “She was very impressive. We'll freshen her up now and go for the [G1] Cheveley Park [at Newmarket Sept. 25],” Shane Lyons said.

Off the mark by 1 1/2 lengths from the subsequent G2 Debutante S. and G3 Silver Flash S. winner Agartha (Ire) (Caravaggio) on debut over six furlongs at Naas June 23, Sacred Bridge was back in action a week later to take the Tipperary before enjoying a break prior to her success in the Ballyhane. At this stage of her career, her full-sibling had shown distinct promise when finishing runner-up in the G3 Anglesey S. but had trailed in last in the Debutante with all her better days ahead of her. Given that it took until the November of her 4-year-old campaign for Viadera to hit the heights when winning the GI Matriarch S., connections of Sacred Bridge can enjoy considerable optimism that her achievements can be added to in time. “As Colin says, she has to step up again but why wouldn't she,” Shane Lyons added. “She's a diamond and as Ger says, that's what we get up for in the morning. She's push-button and long may she continue like that. She's very relaxed and horses get trips when they are like that. We're delighted with the two fillies. Ger said to Colin the other morning that it wasn't an easy decision the way Geocentric works and she'll step back to five now.”

A more petite version of Viadera, who also annexed the GIII Noble Damsel S., Sacred Bridge is also a half to Crossed Baton (GB) (Dansili {GB}) who captured 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.

Friday, The Curragh, Ireland
HEIDER FAMILY STABLES ROUND TOWER S.-G3, €50,000, Curragh, 8-27, 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.60, gd.
1–SACRED BRIDGE (GB), 128, 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 GROUP WIN. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Keane. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $250,518. *Full to Viadera (GB), GISW-US, SW & GSP-Ire, SP-Eng, $398,641; 1/2 to Crossed Baton (GB) (Dansili {GB}), MSW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Fr, $141,509. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Geocentric (Ire), 128, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Rajmahal (UAE), by Indian Ridge (Ire). (160,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-SBA Racing Limited; B-Tally Ho Stud (IRE); T-Ger Lyons. €10,000.
3–Ladies Church (GB), 128, f, 2, Churchill (Ire)–Rioticism (Fr), by Rio de la Plata. (62,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA; £160,000 Ylg '20 GOFOR). O-Mark Dobbin; B-Dukes Stud & Overbury Stallions Ltd (GB); T-Johnny Murtagh. €5,000.
Margins: 3 3/4, 3/4, HF. Odds: 1.88, 22.00, 3.50.
Also Ran: Ultramarine (Ire), Sam Maximus (GB), Pennine Hills (Ire), The Acropolis (Ire), Hadman (Ire), The Entertainer (Ire), Cowboy Justice (GB), Drombeg Banner (Ire), Orinoco River. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Curragh Intrigue on Friday

The Curragh offer the perfect warm-up to the weekend with a Friday twilight card featuring a trio of Group 3 races including two Classic pointers for 2022.

The first is the Manguard Plus Irish EBF Flame of Tara S. for 2-year-old fillies over a mile, with Flaxman Stables Ireland, Demi O'Byrne & Susan Magnier represented by Albula (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) bidding to double her tally having won over this trip on debut at Naas Aug. 2. Representing the Joseph O'Brien stable, she encounters a pair of Ballydoyle runners in Kiss You Later (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Moyglare Stud Farm, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor's daughter of the GI Santa Monica S. heroine Switch (Quiet American) who was seventh on debut over seven furlongs here July 18, and the unraced Lullaby (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Westerberg's relative of the G3 Jersey S. winner Ishvana (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). In a race of unexposed types, Zhang Yuesheng's Magical Lagoon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a Jessie Harrington-trained half-sister to Novellist (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}) enters the reckoning despite being only fourth on debut behind Albula at Naas.

The second of the juvenile Group 3 races is the Heider Family Stables Round Tower S. over six furlongs, where Harringon saddles Alpha Racing's Aug. 8 seven-furlong maiden winner Cowboy Justice (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) against some proven performers. They include Juddmonte's unbeaten filly Sacred Bridge (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) who captured the five-furlong Listed Tipperary S. June 30 and the valuable Ballyhane S. over this trip at Naas Aug. 2. John and Jess Dance's July 8 G2 July S. third Sam Maximus (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) ships from Britain, while Mark Dobbin's July 21 Listed Marwell S. winner Ladies Church (GB) (Churchill {Ire}) is another with black-type already under her belt.

In between is the nine-furlong Snow Fairy Fillies S., in which Teruya Yoshida's G1 Matron S. heroine Champers Elysees (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}) looks to get her head in front for the first time in 2021 and bounce back from a disappointing effort when last in the G1 Falmouth S. at Newmarket July 9. Last year's G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Shale (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) has also been in the doldrums of late, but was sixth in the 10-furlong G1 Pretty Polly S. here last time June 27 and can also benefit from a drop in class, while Team Valor International and Gary Barber's progressive Solene Lilyette (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) comes off a career-best win in Gowran Park's Listed Hurry Harriet S. over 100 yards further Aug. 11.

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New Approach’s New Treasure Takes the Round Tower

In the immediate aftermath of Friday’s G3 Heider Family Stables Round Tower S. at The Curragh, there was almost an audible groan from those who failed to take note that Jim Bolger’s representative New Treasure (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) was allowed to start at 66-1 in a race that his dam had won on her debut in 2008. In the pattern races for juveniles that have taken place in Britain and Ireland since mid-June, there have been winners at 150-1, 66-1, 66-1, 33-1, 14-1 and 28-1 with the latter being the return of this stable’s Mac Swiney (Ire) by the same sire in last week’s G2 Futurity S. Coolcullen’s engine is starting to crank now and it was a case of strange science that saw a totally unexposed son of Maoineach (Congaree) so readily ignored by the punters. Fading late when seventh on debut behind TDN Rising Star Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) over seven furlongs here Aug. 9, the homebred was one of very few in the line-up equipped on pedigree to handle this heavy surface and see out the trip if it turned into a stiff test at the six-furlong trip. Those factors told at the end as he saw off the well-backed 13-8 favourite Teresa Mendoza (Ire) (Territories {Ire}) to score by a half length, with the 28-1 shot Coulthard (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}) 1 1/4 lengths away in third.

New Treasure had been ridden forward on his introduction and paid the penalty, but the anchor was down from the break this time with Kevin Manning restraining in rear intent on saving for the finish. Travelling with ease alongside Teresa Mendoza as they sauntered through the ground at halfway, the chestnut was in front of that rival at the furlong pole, narrowly behind shortly after but back in charge as staying power came into play in the last half a furlong. Bolger’s daughter Una Manning was on hand and said, “The dam won this race first time out and Jim is delighted with him. Things just didn’t work out for him the last day when he was a bit keen first time out. We were confident that he would run a good race today. I’m not sure what the plans are, but I’m sure he’s well entered up.”

The aforementioned Maoineach was not just a one-hit wonder, following her notable debut success in this with another in the following year’s G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial S. After Bolger had mated her with Sea the Stars (Ire), Teofilo (Ire), Dream Ahead and Dawn Approach (Ire), this was the first time that New Approach had entered the equation and it may be that a perfect alchemy has been discovered with her eighth foal. Armed with a yearling full-brother to the winner, the half-sister to the stakes winner and GII Jim Dandy S. third Tiz Now Tiz Then (Tiznow) descended from the prolific grade I-winning Kentucky Oaks heroine Dispute (Danzig) could yet prove herself a notable producer for her renowned breeder.

Friday, The Curragh, Ireland
HEIDER FAMILY STABLES ROUND TOWER S.-G3, €50,000, Curragh, 8-28, 2yo, 6fT, 1:16.93, hy.
1–NEW TREASURE (IRE), 131, c, 2, by New Approach (Ire)
1st Dam: Maoineach (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Ire at 5-6 1/2f, MGSW-Ire, $140,963), by Congaree
2nd Dam: Trepidation, by Seeking the Gold
3rd Dam: Troubling, by Storm Cat
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE); J-Kevin Manning. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $35,467. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Teresa Mendoza (Ire), 128, f, 2, Territories (Ire)–Ceoldrama, by Mr. Greeley. O-Ecurie Ama.Zing Team; B-Ennistown Stud (IRE); T-Ken Condon. €10,000.
3–Coulthard (Ire), 131, c, 2, Coulsty (Ire)–Iamnoangel (Ire), by Dark Angel (Ire). (€2,000 RNA Ylg ’19 TIRSEP; 27,000gns 2yo ’20 TTIGOR). O-Michael O’Callaghan; B-J Waldron & J Barton (IRE); T-Michael O’Callaghan. €5,000.
Margins: HF, 1 1/4, 4 1/4. Odds: 66.00, 1.63, 28.00.
Also Ran: Sweet Gardenia (GB), Coill Avon (Ire), Sloane Peterson (Ire), Chief Little Hawk, Giorgio Vasari (Ire). Scratched: All Things Bright (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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