Tag: Kingman (GB)

Turf King Steps Forward In Keeneland Finale

10th-Keeneland, $85,655, Alw, 4-28, (NW1X), 3yo, 1mT, 1:37.97, gd, head.
TURF KING (IRE) (c, 3, Kingman {GB}–Sweet Acclaim {Ire} {SW & MGSP-USA, GSP-Eng, $195,276}, by Acclamation {GB}) was a debut winner by a neck Feb. 16 over the Tapeta at Gulfstream Park. Bet down by the public to 6-5 here in the meet's finale, the bay colt settled in the second flight between horses into the backstretch. Rounding the far turn, the Chad Brown trainee encountered some traffic along the fence, but was able to re-engage past the eighth pole by cutting the two path. With the wire fast-approaching, Turf King fended off a challenge from More Than Looks (More Than Ready) to clear this condition by a head. Out of a female family that includes third dam MG1SW Gold Splash (Blushing Groom) and her full-sister Born Gold, who was responsible for international superstar Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) and G1SW Galikova (Galileo {Ire}), the winner has a pair of filly half-sisters–a 2-year-old by Lope de Vega (Ire) and a yearling by Night of Thunder (Ire). Sales History: €100,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR; $180,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $83,866. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Wise Racing LLC; B-Ridgemont Stud (Ltd) (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown.

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Intriguing Rising Star Head-To-Head At ParisLongchamp

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features a pair of TDN Rising Stars. 

14.25 Parislongchamp, Cond, €28,000, 3yo, 2150mT
SILVER CRACK (FR) (Cracksman {GB}) is one of two TDN Rising Stars along with Feed The Flame (GB) (Kingman {GB}) to line up in this Prix de Ferrieres which could serve as a G1 Prix du Jockey Club pointer. Claudio Marzocco, Edoardo Marzocco & Free Man Racing's Silver Crack hails from the family of Ticker Tape (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), Brando (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Reckless Abandon (GB) (Exchange Rate) and was a seven-length debut winner at Saint-Cloud for the Jean-Claude Rouget stable, while Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard's Feed The Flame, a half-brother to the classy Chad Brown stalwart Sacred Life (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), was as impressive on his racecourse bow here earlier this month for the Pascal Bary stable.

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Kingman’s Epictetus Takes The Blue Riband Trial

Trying the contours of Epsom in Tuesday's 10-furlong Listed Weatherbys Digital Solutions Blue Riband Trial, TDN Rising Star Epictetus (Ire) (Kingman {GB}–Thistle Bird {GB}, by Selkirk) executed the plan by making a smooth winning return under Frankie Dettori without convincing that the mile-and-a-half trip of the Derby is the way to go. Sent off the 2-5 favourite on the back of his second in the G1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster in October, George Strawbridge's son of the G1 Pretty Polly S. heroine travelled comfortably in third until asked to take command approaching two out. Looking likely to stretch his rivals soon after, the John and Thady Gosden-trained homebred tired late and had only 3/4 of a length to spare over the Charlie Johnston-trained novice scorer Hadrianus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) at the line.

“It was very testing conditions today,” John Gosden said. “Frankie said he was a little bit lonely in front and he got to the front sooner than he wanted. He has wintered well and is a grand horse, but he hasn't been training on that. He has gone and done it well and shown a good attitude, but just in the end he was looking about a bit and getting tired.”

Whether Epictetus eventually comes back here for the Derby or to Chantilly for the G1 Prix du Jockey Club is up in the air, with the May 18 G2 Dante S. set to provide more clues. “We will go to the Dante and take it from there,” Gosden Sr added. “He may well be more a Prix du Jockey Club horse. Certainly his pedigree might indicate that. We will get to the Dante and make a decision.”

 

Epictetus is the fifth foal out of Thistle Bird, who also captured two renewals of the G3 Princess Elizabeth S. A half to the dual group 3 winner and G1 Cantala S. runner-up McCreery (GB) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}), she is out of the triple listed-winning G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest third Dolma (Fr) (Marchand de Sable). Thistle Bird's daughter Jumbly (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who captured the G3 Valiant S. and Listed Radley S. and was runner-up in the G3 Fred Darling S., was a 1.25million gns purchase by M V Magnier at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, while she also has the unraced 3-year-old colt Burrito (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}).

WEATHERBYS DIGITAL SOLUTIONS BLUE RIBAND TRIAL-Listed, £50,000, Epsom, 4-25, 3yo, 10f 17yT, 2:20.00, sf.
1–EPICTETUS (IRE), 129, c, 3, by Kingman (GB)
     1st Dam: Thistle Bird (GB) (G1SW-Ire, MGSW & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $577,634), by Selkirk
     2nd Dam: Dolma (Fr), by Marchand De Sable
     3rd Dam: Young Manila, by Manila
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-George Strawbridge (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Frankie Dettori. £28,355. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Eng, 4-2-2-0, $110,052. *1/2 to Jumbly (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), GSW-Eng, $123,850; 1/2 to Bullfinch (GB) (Kodiac {GB}), SP-Aus, $193,673.
2–Hadrianus (Ire), 129, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Laugh Out Loud (GB), by Clodovil (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (62,000gns Ylg '21 TADEY). O-Susan and John Waterworth; B-C O P Hanbury (IRE); T-Charlie Johnston. £10,750.
3–Cite d'Or (Fr), 124, f, 3, Galiway (GB)–Tin Rebel (Fr), by Tin Horse (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (€10,000 Ylg '21 ARQAU; 17,000gns RNA 2yo '22 TATBRG; €43,000 2yo '22 ARQJUL). O-Nick Bradley Racing 18; B-Mme C Vitse, G Vitse & P Decouz (FR); T-Harry Eustace. £5,380.
Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 6HF. Odds: 0.40, 9.00, 33.00.
Also Ran: Think First (Ire), Stormbuster (GB). Scratched: Intricacy (GB).

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Kingman’s Remarquee Notches Fred Darling Triumph

Julian Richmond-Watson and Ralph Beckett tasted Classic success in 2008 with G1 Oaks heroine Look Here (GB) (Hernando {Ger}) and they are once again eyeing a moment in the spotlight after Remarquee (GB) (Kingman {GB}–Regardez {GB}, by Champs Elysees {GB}), who is from the family of Look Here, downed 11 rivals with something to spare in Saturday's G3 Dubai Duty Free S. (Fred Darling S.) at Newbury. Positioned under cover and racing a shade enthusiastically in mid division through the initial fractions of this straight seven-furlong test, the Sept. 29 Salisbury maiden winner and 7-2 chance surged forward into contention at the quarter-mile pole and quickened in impressive fashion under mild urging inside the final furlong to comfortably hold the late rally of Stenton Glider (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) by a neck, despite rider Rob Hornby dropping his whip in the closing stages.

Remarquee's triumph was a fifth in the contest, and first since 2015, for Beckett, who insisted a crack at the May 7 G1 1000 Guineas was now very much on the cards. “It's great, it's everything I'd hoped for and more,” the trainer beamed. “She was green and running away and Rob [Hornby] dropped his stick by the time she was running away from the crowd. Richard Hannon's filly [Magical Sunset] leant on her a bit, so she had Kevin Stott's stick in her face for a couple of strides. She doesn't know very much, but she will know more after today and we will certainly go to Newmarket [for the 1000 Guineas]. I think she is very good and she has got to go there on the back of that. Her mother wanted fast ground and maybe she handles this ground, but I don't see fast ground being a problem.”

Hornby added, “She seems a good mover and she has a high head carriage, which is a bit like Kingman. They tend to be a bit like that, but it doesn't stop her. It is probably what she finds comfortable and she was still running true all the way to the line. She will definitely stay further and, while you don't know until you've tried it, I'm sure she will act well on the course at Newmarket. She is not short of speed and I think a mile will be right for her.”

Pedigree Notes
Remarquee, who becomes the 35th pattern-race winner for her sire (by Invincible Spirit {Ire}), is the fourth of six foals and one of two winners for MGSP Listed Hoppings S. victrix Regardez (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}). The March-foaled homebred bay is kin to the unraced 2-year-old colt Reveal (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and a yearling filly by Study Of Man (Ire). Regardez is kin to the ill-fated G1 Prix Royal-Oak hero Scope (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), stakes-winning G2 Prix de Sandringham third Glance (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and the stakes-placed Compton (GB) (Compton Place {GB}). They are out of a half-sister G1 Oaks heroine Look Here (GB) (Hernando {Fr), herself the dam of Listed Noel Murless S. victrix and G2 Lancashire Oaks third Hereby (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). Remarquee's fourth dam Derniere Danse (GB) (Gay Mecene), whose descendants include Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial winner Kayah (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}), is half-sister to G2 Prix Maurice de Gheest hero and MG1SP sire Pursuit of Love (GB) (Groom Dancer) and MGSW G1 Prix Morny runner-up Divine Danse (Fr) (Kris {GB}).

Saturday, Newbury, Britain
DUBAI DUTY FREE S. (FRED DARLING S.)-G3, £70,000, Newbury, 4-22, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:31.13, sf.
1–REMARQUEE (GB), 128, f, 3, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Regardez (GB) (SW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Ire & US, $181,176), by Champs Elysees (GB)
2nd Dam: Look So (GB), by Efisio (GB)
3rd Dam: Last Look (GB), by Rainbow Quest
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-J H Richmond-Watson; B-Lawn Stud (GB); T-Ralph Beckett; J-Rob Hornby. £39,697. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $54,979. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Stenton Glider (Ire), 128, f, 3, Dandy Man (Ire)–Crystal Malt (Ire), by Intikhab. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (£35,000 Ylg '21 TATIRY). O-Mrs J Mairs & T S Mairs; B-Laurence Kennedy (IRE); T-Hugo Palmer. £15,050.
3–Swingalong (Ire), 128, f, 3, Showcasing (GB)–Pilates (Ire), by Shamardal. (120,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Mount Armstrong Stud. (IRE); T-Karl Burke. £7,532.
Margins: NK, 1 3/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 3.50, 18.00, 5.50.
Also Ran: Embrace (Ire), Magical Sunset (Ire), Bridestones (Ire), Crystallium (GB), Lady Alara (Ire), Liberalist (GB), Mottisfont (Ire), Fully Wet (GB), Soul Sister (Ire). Scratched: Olivia Maralda (Ire), Youngest (GB).

 

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