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Magical Sunset Wins War Of Attrition In The Oak Tree

Amo Racing's Listed Radley S. victrix Magical Sunset (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}–Fikrah {GB}, by Medicean {GB}) had finished off the board in all five starts this term and emerged from the murk to secure a career best in an attritional renewal of Wednesday's G3 Whispering Angel Oak Tree S. at a bleak Goodwood.

The 18-1 chance was settled off the tempo in 10th for most of this seven-furlong contest. Caught in traffic after fanning wide towards the stands' side rail with three furlongs remaining, she weaved a passage into fifth entering the final furlong and plugged on in dour fashion under a late drive to deny Breege (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) by 3/4-of-a-length nearing the line. Godolphin's second string Dream Of Love (Ire) (Shamardal) was best of the remainder and finished two lengths further back in third.

“I think Magical Sunset would have been unlucky had she been beaten,” commented trainer Richard Hannon. “She is much better on this ground, she won the Radley at Newbury very well on it, and that's helped her today. It looked to me like she didn't get home at Sandown the other day, so we came back to seven furlongs today and I'm delighted. Group races are very hard to win and the owner [Kia Joorabchian] rang me and was very pleased. She is a really sweet filly and she has always been lovely, but she is much better on that ground. She cost a few quid and was unlucky in the Goffs Millions [last year], but is now getting her slice of luck. I think she is entered in a Group 3 in Deauville, so she might go there or wherever the soft ground is.”

Breege's trainer John Quinn added, “Breege coped with the ground, she might like it a bit better, but she coped with it and we are delighted with her. She was seventh in the [G1] Irish [1000] Guineas, which has worked out incredibly well, and she was ready enough to run in Ireland. She ran fantastically at Royal Ascot and she has run fantastically here. She has got invaluable black type at two and three, she is a winner and Royal Ascot-placed. We just want to win a black type race with her, which is well within her compass.”

Pedigree Notes

Magical Sunset is the seventh of nine foals and one of four scorers produced by a daughter of Justbetweenfriends (Diesis {GB}), herself a half-sister to dual Group 3 winner With Reason (Nashwan) and G3 Futurity S. victrix and G1 Fillies' Mile runner-up Jural (GB) (Kris {GB}). The January-foaled bay is a full-sister to the unraced 2-year-old colt Odin Legacy (Ire) and half to G3 Bengough S. third Hey Jonesy (Ire) (Excelebration {Ire}) and a yearling colt by Sottsass (Fr).

Wednesday, Goodwood, Britain
WHISPERING ANGEL OAK TREE S.-G3, £100,000, Goodwood, 8-2, 3yo/up, f, 7fT, 1:33.18, hy.
1–MAGICAL SUNSET (IRE), 125, f, 3, by Kodiac (GB)
1st Dam: Fikrah (GB), by Medicean (GB)
2nd Dam: Justbetweenfriends, by Diesis (GB)
3rd Dam: Just Cause (Ire), by Law Society
1ST GROUP WIN. (€340,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR). O-Amo Racing Ltd; B-Ms Alice Fitzgerald (IRE); T-Richard Hannon; J-Kevin Stott. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 11-4-0-0, $190,326. *1/2 to Hey Jonesy (Ire) (Excelebration {Ire}), GSP-Eng, $201,619. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Breege (GB), 125, f, 3, Starspangledbanner (Aus)–Wowcha (Ire), by Zoffany (Ire). O/B-Chasemore Farm (GB); T-John Quinn. £21,500.
3–Dream Of Love (Ire), 125, f, 3, Shamardal–Secret Gesture (GB), by Galileo (Ire). O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £10,760.
Margins: 3/4, 2, HF. Odds: 18.00, 4.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Glenlaurel (Ire), Juliet Sierra (GB), Internationalangel (Ire), White Moonlight, Sydneyarms Chelsea (Ire), Matilda Picotte (Ire), Fast Response (Ire), Samedi Rien (Ire), American Kestrel (Ire), Sicilian Defense (GB). Scratched: Jumbly (GB), Olivia Maralda (Ire), Rage Of Bamby (Ire).

 

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Stott Labels King George ‘Race Of The Season’ And Puts Faith In King Of Steel

Kevin Stott has billed Saturday's King George VI And Queen Elizabeth QIPCO S. as the race of the season so far and backed his mount King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett {GB}) to exact revenge on his Derby conqueror Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).

However, the jockey warned that the Ascot showpiece is far from a two-horse race, and described being a part of such a spectacle as incredibly exciting. 

King Of Steel finished just a half a length behind Auguste Rodin at huge odds of 66-1 in the G1 Derby. The dashing grey has since run out an impressive winner of the G2 King Edward VII S. at Royal Ascot and Stott says he couldn't be happier with the Roger Varian-trained colt ahead of Saturday's big race. 

“It's probably the Flat race of the season so far,” Stott said on Tuesday. “You've got all the best horses in there–proven ones and up and coming ones. If it's a 12 or 15-runner field then it's going to be really, really exciting. There's not long left now, he did a nice piece of work this morning and it's all systems go.”

Stott added, “It's by no means a two-horse race. There are some very high quality horses in there and especially if we are going to have ease in the ground, there are a lot of horses with very good form on slower ground.

“First and second in the Derby going at it again for the first time since the Derby is obviously a massive thing for everyone.

“You don't know when you have so many good horses pitched against each other, it's exciting and it's very open. Auguste Rodin and King Of Steel are getting a bit of weight from the other horses as they are only three and the others are older and more experienced.”

Stott was visibly disappointed after King Of Steel's Derby defeat, feeling he could have won had he timed his challenge differently, but having had time to reflect, he is more accepting of how the race panned out.

He said, “I still look at the replay now and again from the Derby and go over it again and again. I've got to the stage now where I wouldn't change anything that I did, we just got run down by the better horse on the day.

“I had no pressure on me, I was just riding him to run well, to see what we had, to see if the homework was backing up in a race.

“Between the two and the three [furlong] pole I was in front by two-and-a-bit lengths and the next thing you know I was screaming for the finish line.

“Unfortunately, we just got run down by a very good horse on the day, hopefully we can turn the form around but we have to, first of all, beat some other very good horses in the race.

“It's not just a race between the two 3-year-olds, but I like to think that if it does come down to a battle again from the furlong pole, then hopefully our fella will pull it out.”

He added, “I've got a lot of faith in the horse, but then again Aidan O'Brien is the master of the world that we live in and even though Auguste Rodin's win in the Irish Derby wasn't as visually flattering as the English Derby, he is probably one of the nicest horses that Aidan has trained. Just to be part of a race like this and to ride a horse of this calibre is very exciting.”

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Wootton Bassett’s King Of Steel Dominates The King Edward VII

He's as big as it gets among top-class thoroughbreds, but Amo Racing's King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett {GB}–Eldacar {GB}, by Verglas {Ire}) showed for the second time this month that he has grace in abundance as he stormed to glory in Friday's G2 King Edward VII S. Denied only by Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in a dramatic finale to the Derby, the imposing grey was at risk of coming back too quickly but his odds of 11-10 reflected the confidence in Roger Varian not to make that particular error.

In the event, Kevin Stott faced as tricky a tactical quandary as Chris Hayes had earlier on the card on Tahiyra (Ire) with the pace notably slow and the exuberant favourite needing anchoring at the back. It takes a true class act to circle a KEVII field already quickening, but that was what King Of Steel had looked at Epsom and he duly confirmed that impression with a 11.54 split to two out where he seized control. Chased by Continuous (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) from there, he lugged right to the rail but stayed powering on to beat Ballydoyle's representative by 3 1/2 lengths. Derby also-ran Artistic Star (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was another 2 1/2 lengths behind in third.

“They didn't go fast and he was a bit keen–I couldn't get him to drop it until halfway and so I was a little bit nervous but in a matter of strides he was in front and then was just lengthening,” commented Stott, who was enjoying his breakthrough moment at Royal Ascot. “He could easily go back to ten–he has plenty of speed and is so quick on his feet for a big horse.”

 

“He has a blue eye on one side and you have to be nice and relaxed with him, because he might be a tiny bit blind on that side,” his rider added. “You can see how big he is and, if he stays in training next year and fills into this big frame, you don't know how good he could be. It's very exciting for me and for Kia to have such a good horse.”

Varian has another group 1 target in mind now. “It is a relief, as when they run so big in the Derby you want them to back it up,” he said. “He's got such a great constitution and we went on the signs he was giving us, which were great. He's a super horse and so agile. It is very satisfying that he confirmed today what he did in the Derby. We'd like to go to the Grand Prix de Paris, but a lot can change with horses so let's see how he is tomorrow.”

Pedigree Notes

King Of Steel is the last foal out of Eldacar, who died from foaling complications after producing the King Edward VII winner. She is a granddaughter of the Listed Prix Yacowlef winner and G3 Prix du Calvados-placed Seralia (GB) (Royal Academy). One of Lady O'Reilly's many successful broodmares, she produced a trio of black-type performers including the G3 Prix de Psyche winner Serisia (Fr) (Exit To Nowhere) who was in turn responsible for the G1 Chipping Norton S. and G1 Ranvet S.-winning Australian champion miler Contributer (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}). A half to Exit To Nowhere's G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Shaka (GB), she is also the ancestress of Le Havre's multiple group-placed Sotteville (Fr) and Crisolles (Fr) and the Listed Prix de la Californie scorer and G3 Prix Texanita third Straight Right (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). Another family member, the G3 Prix d'Arenberg winner Sorciere (Ire) (Orpen), is the dam of Thursday's surprise Buckingham Palace S. winner Witch Hunter (Fr) also by Siyouni.

Friday, Royal Ascot, Britain
KING EDWARD VII S.-G2, £250,000, Ascot, 6-23, 3yo, c/g, 11f 211yT, 2:35.30, g/f.
1–KING OF STEEL, 128, c, 3, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
1st Dam: Eldacar (GB), by Verglas (Ire)
2nd Dam: Seracina (GB), by Nashwan
3rd Dam: Seralia (GB), by Royal Academy
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. ($200,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Amo Racing Ltd; B-Bonne Chance Farm LLC (KY); T-Roger Varian; J-Kevin Stott. £141,775. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Eng, 4-2-1-0, $602,398. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Continuous (Jpn), 128, c, 3, Heart's Cry (Jpn)–Fluff (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O-D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor & Westerberg; B-Wynatt, Chelston Ireland & Orpendale Bloodstock (JPN); T-Aidan O'Brien. £53,750.
3–Artistic Star (Ire), 128, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Nechita (Aus), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-J C Smith; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett. £26,900.
Margins: 3HF, 2HF, 2. Odds: 1.10, 9.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Dubai Mile (Ire), Arrest (Ire), Relentless Voyager (GB).

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Kodiac’s Indestructible Continues Amo’s Flying Start In The Craven

Beaten twice by Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}) at two but evidently unbowed, the aptly-named Indestructible (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}–Shareva {Ire}, by Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) marked his debut for the Karl Burke stable with a win in Newmarket's G3 Craven S. to continue Amo Racing's strong start to the current campaign on Thursday. Able to get into some kind of fight with Andrew Balding's leading 2000 Guineas hope in York's G3 Acomb S., he was put in his place when last seen in the G2 Champagne S. at Doncaster in September but re-emerged to underline the strength of that peer and further his own case for the imminent course-and-distance Classic.

Keen early for Kevin Stott, the 8-1 shot who was trained by Michael O'Callaghan as a juvenile pulled his way to the front after the first two furlongs with another Balding runner in The Foxes (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) tracking his every move away from the remainder. Tackled by that G2 Royal Lodge S. winner heading towards the dip, the bay pulled out more to gain the upper hand in the last 150 yards and score by 1 1/4 lengths, with Dancing Magic (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) 1 3/4 lengths further behind in third and Godolphin's 15-8 favourite Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) a disappointing last of the seven.

“This is a lovely, scopey horse,” Burke said. “I got a phone call just before Christmas asking if we'd take him and I'm not going to turn down horses like him. We had a couple of niggles with him physically after he arrived, nothing major, but because of those niggles I'm sure he's having a good blow today and he'll improve. I'd say I'd have to fight Kia [Joorabchian] now not to come back here in two weeks' time. He deserves his chance, I'm sure.”

King Power's racing manager Alistair Donald said of The Foxes, “This was always going to be a prep for the Dante and the Derby is the main focus. Today he's travelled great, looked like he was going to win the race and just got tired. I think he was a bit lonely out in front there as well. It's quite exciting and we're perfectly on track for the plan.”

Pedigree Notes

Indestructible's dam Shareva was a fairly fast maiden herself, although her Aga Khan family offers the usual element of stamina to complement the speed influence of Kodiac. She is a daughter of Shareen (Ire) (Bahri), who was successful in the G3 Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies S. before producing the dual G2 Blandford S. scorer Shamreen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) who is in turn the dam of last year's G2 Railway S. winner and G1 Vincent O'Brien National S. and G1 Phoenix S. third Shartash (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Shareva, who is also a half to the G3 Singspiel S. scorer Shahroze (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), has a 2-year-old full-sister to the winner who was sold for 320,000gns to Cheveley Park Stud at the Book 2 Sale and is now named Summit (Ire), while her yearling filly is by Ghaiyyath (Ire).

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
BET365 CRAVEN S.-G3, £80,000, Newmarket, 4-20, 3yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:39.78, gd.
1–INDESTRUCTIBLE (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Kodiac (GB)
                1st Dam: Shareva (Ire), by Rip Van Winkle (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Shareen (Ire), by Bahri
                3rd Dam: Sharesha (Ire), by Ashkalani (Ire)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. (55,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT; €150,000 2yo '22 ARQMAY). O-Amo Racing Limited; B-Tally Ho Stud (IRE); T-Karl Burke; J-Kevin Stott. £45,368. Lifetime Record: 5-2-2-0, $135,087. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–The Foxes (Ire), 128, c, 3, Churchill (Ire)–Tanaghum (GB), by Darshaan (GB). (440,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Barronstown Stud (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £17,200.
3–Dancing Magic (Ire), 128, c, 3, Camelot (GB)–Poisson d'Or (GB), by Cape Cross (Ire).
1ST GROUP TYPE. O-Fishdance Ltd; B-Fishdance (IRE); T-Roger Teal. £8,608.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1 3/4, 3HF. Odds: 8.00, 2.50, 12.00.
Also Ran: Ancestral Land (GB), Mostabshir (GB), Mr Mistoffelees (Ire), Mysterious Night (Ire). Scratched: Naval Power (GB). VIDEO.

 

 

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
BET365 CRAVEN S.-G3, £80,000, Newmarket, 4-20, 3yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:39.78, gd.
1–INDESTRUCTIBLE (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Kodiac (GB)
     1st Dam: Shareva (Ire), by Rip Van Winkle (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Shareen (Ire), by Bahri
     3rd Dam: Sharesha (Ire), by Ashkalani (Ire)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. (55,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT; €150,000 2yo '22 ARQMAY). O-Amo Racing Limited; B-Tally Ho Stud (IRE); T-Karl Burke; J-Kevin Stott. £45,368. Lifetime Record: 5-2-2-0, $135,087. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–The Foxes (Ire), 128, c, 3, Churchill (Ire)–Tanaghum (GB), by Darshaan (GB). (440,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Barronstown Stud (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £17,200.
3–Dancing Magic (Ire), 128, c, 3, Camelot (GB)–Poisson d'Or (GB), by Cape Cross (Ire).
1ST GROUP TYPE. O-Fishdance Ltd; B-Fishdance (IRE); T-Roger Teal. £8,608.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1 3/4, 3HF. Odds: 8.00, 2.50, 12.00.
Also Ran: Ancestral Land (GB), Mostabshir (GB), Mr Mistoffelees (Ire), Mysterious Night (Ire). Scratched: Naval Power (GB).

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