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First European Black-Type Winner For Pride of Dubai In the Sweet Solera

Allowed to start at 66-1 for Saturday’s G3 Betway Sweet Solera S. at Newmarket, the €3,500 bargain buy Star of Emaraaty (Ire) belied those odds to emerge with the prize and provide her Coolmore-based first-season sire Pride of Dubai (Aus) with a first European black-type winner. Outpaced briefly at halfway having chased the early pace, the chestnut who was fourth in the Listed Star S. over this seven-furlong trip at Sandown July 21 drifted to the centre of the track as she began to enter contention under Kevin Stott. Reeling in the 5-2 co-favourite Dubai Fountain (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the final half a furlong, the Ontoawinner syndicate colour-bearer asserted for a 1 1/4-length success, with a neck beck to the 80-1 shot Seattle Rock (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in third. Another of the co-favourites, Fly Miss Helen (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), unfortunately broke down mid-race to add a sad postscript to the race.

Sent to Royal Ascot 13 days after her debut second in a six-furlong Haydock novice contest June 7, Star of Emaraaty was 11th in the five-furlong G2 Queen Mary S. before making all over an extended seven furlongs at Ayr July 13. Tried again following her effort in the Star at Sandown, she was comfortable with the tempo early but needed time to warm up as her peers started to roll approaching the downhill section of the track. Despite her veer away from the pack as she plundered into the “dip”, she was travelling with momentum coming back the other side and there was no hint of fluke at the end of a true test at the distance. “She was 66-1 and I don’t think she should have been that price,” Stott said. “She got a bit unbalanced going into the dip, but saw the trip out well once we met the rising ground. Kevin [Ryan] has always been keen on her and she’s been doing everything right at home, so fair play to her. She’s quite a big filly and has still got a bit of improving to do, so she should be a nice horse for next year.”

Ryan added, “She got very unbalanced at Sandown and there was a risk of it happening again coming to Newmarket, but I thought she would have a fair chance of handling it if he got her down the hill and we knew when she hit the rising ground she would come home well. She is quite a laid-back filly and she will improve with racing.”

Star of Emaraaty, who was offered in the Tattersalls Ascot Online June Sale but was unsold at £115,000, is out of La Grande Elisa (Ad Valorem) who is a half-sister to the recently-deceased triple group 1-winning sire Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), as well as the G3 Premio del Piazzale winner La Vie Infinite (Ire) (La Vie Dei Colori {GB}). Rip Van Winkle’s full-sister A Star Is Born (Ire) produced another significant Ballydoyle runner in the listed-winning G1 Middle Park S. runner-up Fleet Review (War Front). Also connected to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup heroine Danish (Ire) (Danehill) and her full-brother Ace (Ire) who was runner-up in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf, her yearling filly is by Moohaajim (Ire).

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
BETWAY SWEET SOLERA S.-G3, £25,500, Newmarket, 8-8, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:23.47, g/f.
1–STAR OF EMARAATY (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Pride of Dubai (Aus)
1st Dam: La Grande Elisa (Ire), by Ad Valorem
2nd Dam: Looking Back (Ire), by Stravinsky
3rd Dam: Mustique Dream (GB), by Don’t Forget Me (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€6,800 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFFEB; €3,500 Ylg ’19 GOFSPT; £115,000 RNA 2yo ’20 TATASC). O-Ontoawinner & Partner 1; B-Karis Bloodstock Ltd & Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-Kevin Ryan; J-Kevin Stott. £14,461. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $27,258. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Dubai Fountain (Ire), 126, f, 2, Teofilo (Ire)–Nafura (GB), by Dubawi (Ire). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Mark Johnston. £5,483.
3–Seattle Rock (GB), 126, f, 2, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–Snoqualmie Girl (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). O-J C Smith; B-Littleton Stud (GB); T-Sylvester Kirk. £2,744.
Margins: 1 1/4, NK, 2 3/4. Odds: 66.00, 2.50, 80.00.
Also Ran: Setarhe (Ire), Coul Queen (Ire), Danilova (GB), Spirit of Bermuda (Ire), Mere Green (Ire). DNF: Fly Miss Helen (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Freshman Sire Pride of Dubai Off the Mark at Ayr

Coolmore-based sire Pride of Dubai (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) became the latest European freshman off the mark when the twice-raced juvenile Star of Emaraaty (Ire) survived a stewards’ enquiry to prevail in Monday’s EBF Stallions Fillies’ Novice Auction S. over an extended seven furlongs at Ayr. In front throughout, the 2-1 second favourite came under ever-increasing pressure inside the final quarter mile and was ridden out in the closing stages to deny Party Spirit (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) by a neck.

3rd-Ayr, £6,400, Nov, 7-13, 2yo, f, 7f 50yT, 1:31.88, gd.
STAR OF EMARAATY (IRE) (f, 2, Pride of Dubai {Aus}–La Grande Elisa {Ire}, by Ad Valorem) shaped with promise when a June 7 debut second over six furlongs at Haydock, posting an 11th of 18 to Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) dropped to five for Royal Ascot’s June 20 G2 Queen Mary S. next time, and hit the lids ready for immediate control of this first try at seven furlongs. Scrubbed along when threatened approaching the quarter-mile marker, the 2-1 second favourite came under ever-increasing pressure thereafter and, despite instigating a stewards’ enquiry when drifting right inside the final furlong, was ridden out to hold the persistent presence of Party Spirit (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) by a neck, becoming the first winner for her Coolmore Stud-based freshman sire (by Street Cry {Ire}). Kin to a yearling filly by Moohaajim (Ire), the February-foaled chestnut is the fourth of five foals and second scorer produced by a half-sister to MG1SW sire Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), G3 Premio Enrico Camici-winning sire Le Vie Infinite (Ire) (Le Vie Dei Colori {GB}) and to the dam of stakes-winning G1 Middle Park S. runner-up Fleet Review (War Front). Sales history: €6,800 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFFEB; €3,500 Ylg ’19 GOFSPT. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $6,789.
O-Ontoawinner & Mrs J Ryan; B-Karis Bloodstock Ltd & Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-Kevin Ryan.

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Darley July Cup: Jockey Kevin Stott Hoping To Continue Dream 2020 Season With Hello Youmzain

A talented field of 13 will head to post for the Darley July Cup at Newmarket's July meeting this Saturday.

The field consists of multiple big-race winners and none more so than the winner of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, Hello Youmzain. The four-year-old was giving jockey Kevin Stott his first Royal Ascot win as well as first Group 1 win and the pair will be well fancied again this Saturday.

Stott is hoping to continue his whirlwind start to the season; the 25-year-old had undoubtedly the biggest day of his career on the Saturday of this year's Royal meeting. He won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes with Hello Youmzain for his first Group 1 and immediately followed it up with a winner in the next race with Hey Jonesey – his first Royal Ascot winners.

The North Yorkshire-based jockey revealed the pure emotion he felt that day and that Kevin Ryan's stable star, Hello Youmzain, has come out of the race well and is ready to go on Saturday, in a race that forms part of the 2020 QIPCO British Champions Series.

“As we crossed the line it was the best feeling in the world. It's something that I've dreamt about since I was a kid,” Stott said.

“It was very emotional for me being my first Group 1. It didn't sink in straight away, I was very overwhelmed with it being my first Group 1 and my first Royal Ascot winner. It didn't sink in until I was sat at home in bed the next morning watching the replay.

“Hello Youmzain has come out of the race brilliantly, his preparation for the July Cup on Saturday has been very good. He's been fresh and well so I'm very happy with him.

“He's a very big horse, he was a late two-year-old. He's extremely balanced and very fast out of the stalls. If I could describe him in one word it would be that he's athletic. He's an absolute pleasure to ride.”

Stott is 12^th in this year's Flat Jockeys' Championship with 21 wins from 117 rides at a strike rate of 18%.

The winner of the other six-furlong sprint at the Royal meeting, Golden Horde will also head to post after his commanding victory in the Commonwealth Cup. Clive Cox and Adam Kirby know all about teaming up with sprinters in this race having won it twice before with Lethal Force and Harry Angel.

The past three runnings of the Darley July Cup have been won by 3-year-olds and last year the Classic generation were responsible for the first five home – a good omen for Clive Cox's sprinter.

Last year's champion apprentice Cieren Fallon Jr. is hoping Oxted can provide him with a dream first Group 1 triumph by landing the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Saturday. Fallon Jr. is still able to claim 3lb in the majority of races but the status of the showpiece sprint, which forms part of the 35-race QIPCO British Champions Series, means he has to compete on level terms.

Fallon Jr. guided Oxted to victory in the William Hill Portland Handicap at Doncaster in September and was also on board him when he won the Group 3 Betway Abernant Stakes on his return at Newmarket last month.

Fallon Jr. believes the absence of any spectators will be a bonus for the horse: “He has his quirks and we have the hood on him in the parade ring. The crowd not being there is a big help to him as he can get a little worked up beforehand.”

Hello Youmzain's win in the Diamond Jubilee could prove to be a good form guide as three of the first four home all re-oppose each other here.

Irish sprint sensation, Sceptical was third in the Royal Ascot Group 1 and will be looking to overturn that result this time out. Trained by Denis Hogan in Ireland, Sceptical changed hands for just 2,800gns last year as an unraced three-year-old and has already proved a lucrative purchase. He will again be ridden by Frankie Dettori, still searching for an elusive first win in the July Cup.

Fourth place in the Diamond Jubilee went to Khadeem and he will also be looking to reverse that form for trainer, Charlie Hills.

Brando, the 2017 Prix Maurice De Gheest winner, will be running in his fourth July Cup for Kevin Ryan. He beat all bar U S Navy Flag in the 2018 renewal and chased home Judicial at Newcastle last time out.

Threat scooped two Group 2 prizes as a juvenile last year – including when beating Lord Of The Lodge in the Al Basti equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes at York – and drops back in distance after finishing fifth on his return over a. mile in the St James's Palace Stakes. Conversely, Equilateral moves up in distance after chasing home Battaash, his brilliant stablemate, in the King's Stand Stakes.

German-trained challenger Namos, winner of two pattern races in his native country this year, adds international flavour, while Sir Dancealot gets the opportunity to try and improve on the fourth place he managed in the 2018 July Cup.

Shine So Bright ounds out the field of 13 and will be looking to return to some sort of form after a disappointing run in the Diamond Jubilee where he could only manage tenth.

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