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Nassau Next For Ed Walker’s Group 1 Winner Dreamloper

Ed Walker has earmarked the G1 Nassau S. at Goodwood for Dreamloper (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) as she bids to put a below-par effort behind her in the G1 Pretty Polly S. at the Curragh.

Dreamloper started her season in fine form with high-profile victories in the G2 Dahlia S. at Newmarket before beating the boys in the G1 Prix d'Ispahan.

While she couldn't land a blow in the Pretty Polly on Derby weekend at the Curragh, better is expected from Dreamloper when she gets her desired conditions.

“It was bad ground, it was just too soft for her,” said Walker, reflecting on the disappointing Curragh run.

“She got set alight early on, so she was a bit keen on bad ground over further than she had gone before.”

He added, “She didn't run badly but I think it was probably a warmer race than the d'Ispahan, it was a good race, the Pretty Polly, and the Nassau will be even stronger.

“She'll need to step up to win the Nassau but I wouldn't be surprised if she does, especially if it's her ground.”

Walker also has a Group 1 target for the 4-year-old filly Primo Bacio (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), who finished third behind Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) in the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. at Royal Ascot, and will now be aimed at the G1 Falmouth S. at Newmarket.

“She ran a really good race and I think she'll come a lot for that,” Walker said. “I was very, very pleased with her, she's had an interrupted prep into that race and a few respiratory infections.

“It was a last-minute call to go there and she did us proud. I think she'll come on a lot for it and that's why we're prepared to have a shot at the Falmouth next month, that's the plan with her.”

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Lope de Vega Colt Wins The Cocked Hat

The only maiden in the line-up for Goodwood's Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Cocked Hat S. on Friday, Normandie Stud's Lionel (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) emerged on top of a tight finale to step into the frame for the Irish Derby. Sent off at 17-2 on the back of a promising third behind the re-opposing Natural World (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) and the subsequent Listed Fairway S. winner Ottoman Fleet (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in an 11-furlong Newbury maiden Apr. 16, the bay was settled with one behind early by Jamie Spencer as Frankie Dettori dictated on Aldous Huxley (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Off the bridle before the turn for home, the chestnut kept responding to build a head of steam and wear down that 7-4 favourite in the final yards and prevail by a neck, with Lysander (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) half a length away in third.

Lionel's trainer David Menuisier is aiming high now. “He is in at Royal Ascot and he is in the Irish Derby and he is in the Grand Prix de Paris in July. At the moment, when I say Ascot, I can't write off the Queen's Vase. I can't write off the King Edward VII and can't write off the Irish Derby,” he said of the winner, who was withdrawn from the Derby. “He had no luck at Newbury. I think he is a very good horse, I have always said that, but he wants to be a grown up to win at Epsom and he is not. I think he will handle any ground, but I don't want it to be too quick on unconventional tracks. On a nice, big galloping track, he will be fine.”

“Doncaster in September is a good possibility. The dam won a group 2 there and he will stay well in time, but he has got the pace to win over one mile and four. I think the Curragh over one mile four sounds like a good idea. He is entered in the Arc and entered everywhere.” Lysander was not immediately ruled out of the Derby, with Harry Herbert saying, “It wasn't a bad run, but the ground was too soft for him. He had a hard race, but I would hold on to those Derby tickets a while longer. We will see how he takes this.”

As Menuisier stated, Lionel is the first runner for the G2 Park Hill S. and Listed Chalice S. winner Gretchen (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), a daughter of Dolores (GB) (Danehill) who captured the Listed Conqueror S. here and was second in the G2 Sun Chariot S. and third in the G1 Coronation S. Her sons Duncan (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and Samuel (GB) (Sakhee) enjoyed career-highs when dead-heating in the G1 Irish St Leger and winning the G2 Doncaster Cup respectively, while another daughter Deirdre (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was third in the Listed Height of Fashion S. on this card in 2010. She has the unraced 2-year-old colt Gregory (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) and a colt foal by Kingman (GB).

BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF COCKED HAT S.-Listed, £55,000, Goodwood, 5-20, 3yo, c/g, 11f 44yT, 2:33.34, sf.
1–LIONEL (GB), 128, c, 3, by Lope de Vega (Ire)
1st Dam: Gretchen (GB) (GSW-Eng, $127,958), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Dolores (GB), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Agnus (Ire), by In the Wings (GB)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Normandie Stud Ltd (GB); T-David Menuisier; J-Jamie Spencer. £31,191. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $44,780.
2–Aldous Huxley (Ire), 128, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)–Albasharah, by Arch.
1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden. £11,825.
3–Lysander (GB), 128, c, 3, New Approach (Ire)–Darting (GB), by Shamardal.
1ST BLACK TYPE. (120,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing – Beehives; B-Highclere Stud (GB); T-William Haggas. £5,918.
Margins: NK, HF, 3/4. Odds: 8.50, 1.75, 3.00.
Also Ran: Maksud (GB), Mr Alan (GB), Natural World (Ire). Scratched: Inverness (Ire).

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British EBF 2YO Series Outlined for ’22

Allocating an additional £100,000 to the total prize fund, the European Breeders' Fund announced the British EBF 2yo Series will offer £200,000 in 2022. The series of races was designed to provide high-value end of season goals for offspring by middle market stallions. The finals, which are staged at Group 1 independent racecourses, will be held between early September and October. Goodwood and York both pledged the full financial support; match-funding the £100,000 British EBF prize money contribution.

A full list of qualifiers can be accessed here. Race conditions for the Finals at Goodwood and York can be accessed here.

“With a reduction in racing in 2020, came a small surplus of funds for the British EBF. The Trustees were keen to make sure that this money was re-focused to do the maximum good it could for the industry,” said Simon Sweeting, Chairman British EBF. “This series not only provides tantalizing prize money targets but also aims to add the EBF's weight to encouraging owners to re-invest at the yearling sales. With no early closing stages and over 100 chances to qualify a horse, we hope that owners and trainers will support this new initiative. We are looking forward to 2 highly competitive finals in the Autumn.”

For more information, click here.

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Sea the Stars’ Lavender’s Blue On Top In The Celebration Mile

Becoming the fifth subsequent pattern-race winner to emerge from the G1 Falmouth S., Benny Andersson's homebred Lavender's Blue (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) who was only eighth in that July 9 Newmarket feature took a step forward to register a career-best success in Saturday's G2 tote Celebration Mile at Goodwood. Trapped three-wide early under restraint from Rob Hornby, the 20-1 shot had the ideal target horse to follow in Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who had fly-jumped leaving the stalls and surrendered valuable ground there. Granting first run to that 9-4 favourite approaching the final furlong, the Amanda Perrett-trained bay delivered a withering run down the outer to deny that rival in the last stride and prevail by a short head as the long-time leader Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) finished two lengths away in third. “She's really deserved that, as we've set her some stiff tasks the last few times,” the winning trainer said. “The fillies' division is really strong this year and that is why we weren't too worried about taking on the opposite sex today.”

Lavender's Blue had looked to connections to be a burgeoning middle-distance performer in her 3-year-old days, but it was not until she came back to this trip that she proved most effective when taking the G3 Atalanta S. at Sandown in August 2019. Fourth in Newmarket's G1 Sun Chariot S. on her only other start that term, the bay's six outings in 2020 yielded little in the way of progression with a third on her defence of her Atalanta title her best effort. Coming back at five to win the Listed Snowdrop Fillies' S. on Kempton's Polytrack Apr. 5, she was third behind Lady Bowthorpe (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and Queen Power (Ire) (Shamardal) and in front of Indie Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the G2 Dahlia S. over nine furlongs at Newmarket May 2 before running fifth behind all three in Royal Ascot's G2 Duke of Cambridge S. June 16.

Amanda Perrett deserves credit for her foresight after Lavender's Blue's Falmouth eclipse, switching from the current red-hot fillies and mares' division at a track which she had visited only once when sixth in last year's G1 Nassau S. trying a mile and a quarter that probably stretches her stamina. “Her group 2 win has been long overdue, so I'm just really glad to get it done today,” she said. “Her form is very strong. She's very consistent, she loves top of the ground and if you look at her three-year-old form she was mixing it with Oaks fillies so she deserved a big one. We just need to finish it off now by winning the [Oct. 2 G1] Sun Chariot, which is where she'll go next at Newmarket and we'll hope for fast ground. I'm delighted for Mr Andersson. You couldn't wish to train for a better man and it's great for him, especially as he loves Goodwood.”

Godolphin's G1 Dubai Turf, G1 Grosser Dallmayr Preis and G1 Ladbrokes S. hero Benbatl was far from disappointing on his seasonal bow and trainer Saeed bin Suroor said, “Benbatl reared in the stalls, which caused him to miss the break but he still ran a big race to finish a close second. We will keep the options open for Champions Day at Ascot, whether we go for the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes or the G1 Champion Stakes, and he could run in the [Sept. 24] G2 Joel Stakes at Newmarket again beforehand.”

Lavender's Blue is the second foal out of Beatrice Aurore (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), who captured the G3 Prix Chloe and this track's Listed Height of Fashion S. and was runner-up in the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio and placed in three other group 3 contests in Britain, Ireland and Norway. The second dam is the Listed Prix Belle de Nuit winner Mondschein (GB) (Rainbow Quest), who is full-sister to the G3 Royal Whip S. scorer Jahafil (GB) and kin to the dam of the G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano winner and G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup runner-up Highdown (Ire) (Selkirk). Beatrice Aurore also has a 2-year-old filly by Australia (GB) and a 2021 full-sister to Lavender's Blue.

Saturday, Goodwood, Britain
TOTE CELEBRATION MILE-G2, £125,000, Goodwood, 8-28, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:36.21, g/f.
1–LAVENDER'S BLUE (IRE), 127, m, 5, by Sea the Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Beatrice Aurore (Ire) (GSW-Fr, SW & GSP-Eng, G1SP-Ity, GSP-Ire, GSP-Nor, SP-Tur, $351,751), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Mondschein (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: River Spey (GB), by Mill Reef
O-Benny Andersson; B-Chess Racing (IRE); T-Amanda Perrett; J-Rob Hornby. £70,888. Lifetime Record: 16-4-2-3, $250,979. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Benbatl (GB), 130, h, 7, Dubawi (Ire)–Nahrain (GB), by Selkirk. O-Godolphin; B-Darley (GB); T-Saeed bin Suroor. £26,875.
3–Pogo (Ire), 130, h, 5, Zebedee (GB)–Cute (GB), by Diktat (GB). (€10,500 Wlg '16 GOFNOV; £32,000 Ylg '17 GOUKPR). O-Gary and Linnet Woodward; B-Thomas Foy (IRE); T-Charles Hills. £13,450.
Margins: NO, 2, NO. Odds: 20.00, 2.25, 18.00.
Also Ran: Chindit (Ire), Perotto (GB), Happy Power (Ire), Duke of Hazzard (Fr), Mutasaabeq (GB), Stormy Antarctic (GB). Scratched: Escobar (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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