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King Of Steel Will Bypass International And Point To Irish Champion Instead

Derby runner-up King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett {GB}), last seen when third in the G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S. last month, will skip the Aug. 23 G1 Juddmonte International S. and instead target the G1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion S. on Sept. 9.

“We didn't confirm him today for York,” said Tom Pennington, racing manager for owners, Amo Racing. “I know when you look at the prize-money and think it could be quite a small field, you might get a bit carried away, but we are going back to what was always Plan A and go to Ireland.

“We've been patient with him all the way along and I don't think another couple of weeks is going to do us any harm. He's in good form and he's on the right track, we're very happy with him.

“When you look at his size, touch wood, he should be even better again next year and we're playing the long game with him.”

The G2 King Edward VII S. hero, who is trained by Roger Varian, was due to face four-time Group 1 winner Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), G1 Prince Of Wales's S. hero Mostahdaf (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), and 2022 G1 Derby victor Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) among others in the York showpiece.

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Minstrel Success For Kodiac’s Zarinsk

There is toughness in racehorses and then there is Zarinsk (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) and Juddmonte's irrepressible front-runner played her usual trump card for a career-best success in Leopardstown's G2 Romanised Minstrel S. on Thursday. In front early and again passing two out, the G3 Brownstown S., G3 Cornelscourt S. and Listed Ingabelle S. winner kept pulling it out to justify 11-5 favouritism by 3/4 of a length from Honey Girl (GB) (Mayson {GB}). This was win number four from her last six starts, with her run interrupted by a fourth in Chantilly's G2 Prix de Sandringham last month and a third in the G3 Ballylinch Stud 1000 Guineas Trial over this course and distance in April.

“She's been a queen all season and you'd nearly say she's still improving,” trainer Ger Lyons said. “I was against sending her to France last month, but it turned her inside out and she looks like a mare now and is maturing lovely. They won't give her an easy lead now, but it shows that she's maturing and he can ride a waiting race.”

 

“There's the [G1] Matron now, on Irish Champions Weekend which is huge for us and we have a free shot at it which is fantastic,” Lyons added. “I did say to Barry [Mahon] that we could win our grade I in America if we come up a tad short here, so it's up for discussion. I would say she's made for that, but the only thing is that I like her with juice in the ground and I couldn't see her handling fast American ground.”

Pedigree Notes

Zarinsk is a daughter of the Listed Michael Seely Memorial S. winner Pavlosk (Arch), who is in turn a full-sister to the fellow listed scorer Rostova and a half to the G3 Premio Carlo d'Alessio winner Exhibit One (Silver Hawk) who also produced the G3 Chunichi Shimbun Hai scorer Maitres d'Art (Jpn) (Zenno Rob Roy {Jpn}). The family includes the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches runner-up Irish Rookie (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) and the Stud's luminary Zafonic as well as his full-brother and fellow leading sire Zamindar. Pavlosk's unraced 2-year-old filly Star Magnolia (Ire) is by Kingman (GB), while she also has a yearling full-sister to Zarinsk and a filly foal by Expert Eye (GB) to follow.

Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland
ROMANISED MINSTREL S.-G2, €120,000, Leopardstown, 7-27, 3yo/up, 7f 32yT, 1:30.45, sf.
1–ZARINSK (GB), 126, f, 3, by Kodiac (GB)
     1st Dam: Pavlosk (SW-Eng), by Arch
     2nd Dam: Tsar's Pride (GB), by Sadler's Wells
     3rd Dam: Bold Empress, by Diesis (GB)
O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Keane. €72,000. Lifetime Record: 9-5-0-1, $255,398. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Honey Girl (GB), 133, f, 4, Mayson (GB)–Fleeting Image (GB), by Sir Percy (GB). (3,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA; 4,500gns Ylg '20 TAOCT; 180,000gns HRA '22 TATMA). O-Tim Porter; B-P T Tellwright (GB); T-Joseph O'Brien. €24,000.
3–Tarawa (Ire), 126, f, 3, Shamardal–Tanoura (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire). O-H H Aga Khan; B-His Highness The Aga Khan's Studs SC (IRE); T-Dermot Weld. €12,000.
Margins: 3/4, NK, SHD. Odds: 2.20, 5.50, 3.00.
Also Ran: Power Under Me (Ire), Cosmic Vega (Ire), Salt Lake City (Ire), Lord Massusus (Ire), Snapraeterea (Ire), Real Appeal (Ger), Alexander John (Ire). Scratched: Montesilvano (Ire).

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No Nay Never’s Henry Adams Takes The Tyros

Leopardstown's usually-informative G3 Japan Racing Association Tyros S. looked a touch on the disappointing side even before the loss of two key players in Mountain Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never) and Islandsinthestream (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and so what the form of the four-runner affair amounts to will have to be seen in time. What it did provide was a remarkable 16th success in the race for Aidan O'Brien as the stable's understudy to Mountain Bear, Henry Adams (Ire) (No Nay Never), showed a game attitude to make all under Ryan Moore.

Off the mark in battling fashion at Naas last month, the even-money favourite who was sporting first-time blinkers had to first shake off the persistent presence of the maiden Chicago Fireball (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) in early straight before a second tussle as Devious (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) appeared. Getting to the line a neck ahead of that TDN Rising Star, who was up in trip from the sprints for the first time, the colt bred by bred by Annemarie O'Brien's Whisperview Trading extended the trainer's record in this Classic pointer that deserved better representation.

“It was a very good performance because the two of them went at it from a long way,” O'Brien said. “He's a tough hardy horse who has plenty of speed and is laid-back. A big mature horse. Ryan said he's a baby still, so I think he'll go on to the [G2] Futurity, he'll probably end up there with Henry Longfellow. He's lovely because he's happy to go forward.”

 

Pedigree Notes

Henry Adams is the second foal out of Jigsaw (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to the smart Mohawk (Ire) who captured the G2 Royal Lodge S. and G3 Meld S. and was second in the aforementioned Futurity. They are out of the G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial winner Empowering (Ire) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) who was also second in the G3 Phoenix Sprint S., while the third dam is the Listed Prix Imprudence winner and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac-placed Blue Cloud (Ire) (Nashwan). A half-sister to the G1 Half-sister to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S.-winning sire Bigstone (Ire), she is also the second dam of the Listed Dee S. scorer Viren's Army (Ire) (Twirling Candy). Jigsaw's yearling colt is by Wootton Bassett (GB).

Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland
JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION TYROS S.-G3, €50,000, Leopardstown, 7-27, 2yo, 7f 32yT, 1:32.13, sf.
1–HENRY ADAMS (IRE), 131, c, 2, by No Nay Never
     1st Dam: Jigsaw (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Empowering (Ire), by Encosta De Lago (Aus)
     3rd Dam: Blue Cloud (Ire), by Nashwan
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $43,613. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Devious (GB), 131, c, 2, Starspangledbanner (Aus)–Federation (GB), by Motivator (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. TDN Rising Star. (100,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE; 140,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Atlantic Thoroughbreds; B-The Federation Partnership (GB); T-Donnacha O'Brien. €10,000.
3–Chicago Fireball (Ire), 131, c, 2, Acclamation (GB)–Shady Sham (Ire), by Shamardal.
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€98,000 RNA Ylg '22 GOFOR). O-Samuel M Mencoff & Anthony Paul Smurfit; B-Forenaghts Stud (IRE); T-Johnny Murtagh. €5,000.
Margins: NK, 7, 6. Odds: Evens, 1.75, 4.00.
Also Ran: Saxon Kingdom (Ire). Scratched: Mountain Bear (Ire), Islandsinthestream (Ire).

 

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The Curragh Fixtures Rearranged After Sunday Card Called Off

Sunday's meeting at the Curragh, which was cancelled due to waterlogging, will now be held on Sunday, Aug. 13, Horse Racing Ireland announced.

The G2 The Minstrel S. will now be contested this Thursday, July 27, at Leopardstown and the race reverts back to entries after final forfeit stage with fresh declarations to be made by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 25. The G3 Rathbride Fillies S. will be contested next Saturday at Gowran Park and will close for fresh entries along with the remainder of the Gowran Park meeting by noon this Tuesday, July 25. The Hurry Harriet Fillies S., which was due to be held at Gowran Park on Wednesday, August 16, will now be offered on the Curragh's rescheduled meeting on Sunday, Aug. 13 with entries closing on Tuesday, Aug. 8 with the remainder of the Curragh card.

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