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Champers Elysees Takes the Fairy Bridge

Two progressive 3-year-old fillies fought out the finish of Wednesday’s rescheduled G3 Coolmore No Nay Never Fairy Bridge S., with Fitzwilliam Racing’s Champers Elysees (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}) emerging on top of Haras de Saint Pair’s Pearls Galore (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in what could turn out to be a signpost to bigger things for both. Last seen winning by seven lengths in the Listed Corrib Fillies S. over seven furlongs at Galway July 28, Champers Elysees who traded as the 5-6 favourite going an extra half furlong here tracked the early leaders under Niall McCullagh trapped wide without cover. Sticking with Pearls Galore as that talented and unexposed rival headed stand’s side, she headed her approaching the furlong pole and asserted to score by half a length as they pulled five lengths clear of Parent’s Prayer (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) in third.

Champers Elysees had got off the mark at the fourth attempt over six furlongs on heavy ground at The Curragh in September prior to finishing runner-up in Naas’s “Birdcatcher” nursery over that trip the following month. Showing how much improvement she had made over the winter on her return when successful in a seven-furlong handicap back at The Curragh June 12, the bay not only proved up to listed class at the Galway festival but progressed markedly for that impressive first black-type success and underlined her quality with this performance in the race that was lost to the rain at its traditional home last week. “I was so sick last week when Tipperary was called off, but thankfully the race was rescheduled to here and I thought the track would suit her well,” trainer Johnny Murtagh said. “She really improved from Galway and had a better prep coming into this race. If everything is alright she’ll go for the [G1] Matron [at Leopardstown Sept. 12]. It’s a bit tight and if this race was on last week it would have given us two weeks, but she’s tough and hardy. I’m delighted for Niall that he was able to ride a group winner for us. He’s a big part of my life and of our team since we started. He’s been out injured a long time and has worked hard to get back. I’m delighted to be able to pay him back as he put in a lot of work early in the year and then missed out on a lot of winners.”

One of two leading ladies from the Murtagh stable alsongside the G3 Derrinstown Stud Fillies S. winner and G1 Prix Rothschild third Know It All (GB) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Champers Elysees hails from a family mainly made up of sprinters. Her second dam is the G3 Goldene Peitsche-winning German champion Premiere Cuvee (GB) (Formidable), who was also second in the G3 Prix du Gros Chene. That makes the dam La Cuvee (GB) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}) a half-sister to the G3 Premio Sergio Cumani winner She Bat (GB) (Batshoof {GB}), who is in turn responsible for four black-type performers including the G2 Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1000 Guineas) third She Basic (Ire) (Desert Prince {Ire}). The dam also has the unraced 2-year-old colt Performance Plus (Ire) (Alhebayeb {Ire}) and a yearling colt by Mehmas (Ire).

Wednesday, Gowran Park, Ireland
COOLMORE STUD NO NAY NEVER FAIRY BRIDGE S.-G3, €55,000, Gowran, 9-2, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f 110yT, 1:36.40, sf.
1–CHAMPERS ELYSEES (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Elzaam (Aus)
1st Dam: La Cuvee (GB), by Mark of Esteem (Ire)
2nd Dam: Premiere Cuvee (GB), by Formidable
3rd Dam: Clicquot (Ire), by Bold Lad (Ire)
1ST GROUP WIN. (€12,500 Wlg ’17 TATFBR; €28,000 Ylg ’18 TIRSEP; €95,000 RNA 2yo ’19 GOFHIT). O-Fitzwilliam Racing; B-Karl Bowen (IRE); T-Johnny Murtagh; J-Niall McCullagh. €33,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-2-1, $128,072. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Pearls Galore (Fr), 128, f, 3, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Pearl Banks (GB), by Pivotal (GB). O/B-SCEA Haras de Saint Pair (FR); T-Paddy Twomey. €11,000.
3–Parent’s Prayer (Ire), 128, f, 3, Kingman (GB)–Pure Excellence (GB), by Exceed and Excel (Aus). (€165,000 2yo ’19 TATGOR). O-Ecurie Ama.Zing Team; B-Sun Kingdom Pty Ltd (IRE); T-Archie Watson. €5,500.
Margins: HF, 5, 1 3/4. Odds: 0.83, 3.00, 22.00.
Also Ran: Rocket Science (Ire), Soul Search (Ire), Miss Myers (Ire), Auxilia (Ire), Faire Croire (Ire), Precious Moments (Ire), Eden Quay (Ire), Tango (Ire). Scratched: Lady Scathach (Ire), Romantic Proposal (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Lord Kanaloa’s Know It All Strikes At Leopardstown

Not having the rub of the green when runner-up in the G3 Leopardstown Fillies Trial S. over seven furlongs last time June 9, Qatar Racing’s Know It All (GB) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) took a sizeable step forward to dominate Wednesday’s G3 Derrinstown Stud Fillies S. over another furlong at that venue. Always travelling with ease in a pocket on the rail tracking the leading duo, the 3-1 second favourite struck the front approaching the furlong pole en route to a 2 1/4-length defeat of Celestial Object (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), with TDN Rising Star Ridenza (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) 1 1/4 lengths away in third.

“She’s a really nice filly who was a bit unlucky the last day and had a tough draw today, but I thought Ben [Coen] gave her a great ride,” trainer Johnny Murtagh said. “It’s a tough place around here and sometimes you can be unlucky, but you have to ride the good ones like that. At the start of the year, I didn’t know whether she’d get a mile but now seven or a mile makes no difference. She didn’t have a hard race last time and I was delighted. Her work had been good since, she’s not short of speed and she’s a big, powerful filly who travels well. I think there’s more to come–I entered her in the [G1] Matron [S. at Leopardstown Sept. 12] and that could be the big one for her. I’ll speak to Sheikh Fahad, but she could end up there.”

Mick Halford said of the returning Ridenza, “They didn’t got fast enough for her, as she’s a big-striding filly but it was important to get her in and get her settled. She paid the price in the final furlong and could have been second, but at least we now have her back and we know where we are with her so we can go from there.”

Know It All, who had also won the Loder Irish EBF Fillies Race, finished seventh in the G2 Debutante S. and third in the G3 Weld Park S. all at The Curragh as a juvenile, becomes the first European black-type winner for her sire, who stands at the Shadai Stallion Station. She is a half-sister to the speedy G3 Flying Five and G3 Dubai Airport World Trophy winner Astrophysical Jet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and to Coral Wave (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) who captured the G3 C L Weld Park S. that Know It All was third in and also the Listed Flame of Tara S.

Her unraced dam is a daughter of The Queen’s Highbrow (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}), who was runner-up in the G2 Ribblesdale S. prior to producing the GII San Luis Rey H., GII Sunset H. and G2 Jockey Club S. winner Blueprint (Ire) (Generous {Ire}). She is also the second dam of the G1 Queen Elizabeth S. hero Kingdom of Fife (GB) (Kingmambo) and the G1 Coronation Cup and G1 Prix Royal-Oak winner Ask (GB) (Sadler’s Wells). The third dam is the G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Prix de Diane heroine Highclere (GB), responsible for the talented racemare and amazing producer Height of Fashion (Fr) (Bustino {GB}), which links the winner to the likes of Nashwan, Nayef and Deep Impact (Jpn). Common Knowledge is 20 now, but she has still produced a filly foal by Roaring Lion. Her 2-year-old colt Mindpower (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) was purchased by Roger Varian for 120,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1.

Wednesday, Leopardstown, Ireland
DERRINSTOWN STUD FILLIES S.-G3, €50,000, Leopardstown, 7-1, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:42.41, gd.
1–KNOW IT ALL (GB), 128, f, 3, by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)
1st Dam: Common Knowledge (GB), by Rainbow Quest
2nd Dam: Highbrow (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
3rd Dam: Highclere (GB), by Queen’s Hussar (GB)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Qatar Racing Limited; B-Qatar Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Johnny Murtagh; J-Ben Coen. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-1, $71,782. *1/2 to Astrophysical Jet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), GSW-Ire, GSW-Eng, $174,376; 1/2 to Coral Wave (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), GSW-Ire, $117,963. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Celestial Object (Ire), 128, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Sea Siren (Aus), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). O-Newtown Anner Stud Farm Ltd; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Jessie Harrington. €10,000.
3–Ridenza (Ire), 128, f, 3, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Raydara (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). O-H.H. Aga Khan; B-His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs S.C. (IRE); T-Mick Halford. €5,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, 1 1/4, 1. Odds: 3.00, 10.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Amma Grace (Ire), Faire Croire (Ire), Schroders Mistake (Ire), So Wonderful, Tango (Ire), Apricot Moon (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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