Commonwealth Cup Target for Method

Manton Park Racing’s Method (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) is finished for the year and his long term goal is the G1 Commonwealth Cup S. at Royal Ascot next June. The chestnut won his debut at Doncaster this June and followed up with a listed score at Newbury on July 18. One of the leading fancies for the G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S. at Newmarket on Sept. 26, his saddle slipped and the Martyn Meade trainee could only manage eighth. He returned on Saturday with a good second in the G3 Cornwallis S., also at HQ.

“We achieved what we wanted as what happened in the Middle Park was so frustrating,” said Freddie Meade, assistant to his father Martyn. “Having had no sort of race in the Middle Park, we were desperate to give him another race and let him enjoy himself. The ground conditions were not ideal and we didn’t know how he would handle them and the trip was a bit on the sharp side.

“The speedier horses maybe got away from him, but he finished like a train. He will go back up to six furlongs next year, so we will aim for the Commonwealth Cup and work back from there. We were happy to get a nice race into him and we can put him away for the winter now and start again, when maybe we will see some people back on track cheering him on.”

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Middle Park Next for The Lir Jet

Group winner The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) will resurface in the G1 Middle Park S. at Newmarket on Sept. 26. The Qatar Racing runner was originally slated for a return in the G2 Flyer Childers S. earlier this month, but was a non-runner that day. After winning the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot in June, the colt missed by only a short head in the G2 Prix Robert Papin at Chanitlly in mid-July and was third promoted to second in the Aug. 9 G1 Phoenix S.

“We just felt five furlongs on drying ground wouldn’t necessarily be his thing,” said conditioner Michael Bell. “We had the Middle Park as an alternative and, all being well, we’ll head to Newmarket.

“I’m sure it will be a very good race, but the horse is in very good form and good order, so we’re looking forward to it. Hopefully Newmarket will produce a nice, safe surface for everybody, which I’m sure they will.”

Also making his next start in the Middle Park is undefeated Listed Rose Bowl S. hero Method (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}). The colt opened his account with a 4 1/4-length win in a Doncaster novice affair in June prior to his listed win on July 18 for owner Manton Park Racing.

“He’s doing his final bits of prep for that and, at the moment, it’s all systems go for Saturday,” said trainer Martyn Meade. “Everything is going to plan. He’s definitely on course for that. He’s fine and we’re hoping for a big run from him. It’s very exciting and we’d love to win that to make a miserable season a bit better.”

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Mehmas Gets His First Black-Type Winner As Method Excites

Manton Park Racing’s Method (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) was one of the hot topics among the current crop of juveniles after his striking debut at Doncaster June 26, having beaten the subsequent G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. runner-up Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}) there by 4 1/4 lengths. Entering Saturday’s six-furlong Listed bet365 Rose Bowl S. at Newbury as the deserved 5-6 favourite, the bay read the script perfectly to exit with reputation enhanced. Anchored behind the pace by Oisin Murphy early, he was delivered to cut down Mighty Gurkha (Ire) (Sepoy {Aus}) approaching the furlong marker en route to a commanding 2 1/4-length success, with Imperial Yellow (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) 3 1/4 lengths away in third. In doing so, Method was providing his first-season sire (by Acclamation {GB}) with his first black-type winner. The G2 July S. and G2 Richmond S.-winning Tally-Ho Stud resident has the largest representation of any of his fellow freshmen this year and the earliest from his 146 2-year-olds include the Listed Windsor Castle S. third Muker (Ire) and smart recent winner Supremacy (Ire).

“He’s a gorgeous physical specimen and has done well with his racing,” Murphy commented. “At Doncaster I rode him and liked him and the team at home have done a good job at managing him. He’s a sprinter. He travelled with a lot of zest today and there are some quick horses in that field and I think he can go to a higher level. Martyn [Meade] has had a lot of good ones in recent years in the likes of Advertise and Acclaim and it would be lovely if they’ve found another one.”

Meade added, “I think he is very good on that showing–it was a hand-and-heels ride, the horses finished in the right order and he lived up to every expectation. I think a mile will be no problem and I expect him to progress to that. He has a few options, with the obvious one being the [G2] Richmond [at Goodwood], but that’s a touch early and he could go to France for the [G1 Prix] Morny. We have to take it one race at a time and we’ll see how he is after today.”

Method’s dam Darsan, who was a stayer albeit in modest company, is kin to the Listed Montrose Fillies’ S. winner and G3 Prix Saint-Roman runner-up La Vita E Bella (Ire) (Definite Article {GB}). Her descendants include the G2 Lennox S.-winning seven-furlong specialist Dutch Connection (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who was also runner-up in the G1 Prix Jean Prat, and the listed scorer and G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte-placed Bella Tusa (Ire) (Sri Pekan). The dam also has a yearling colt by Belardo (Ire).

Saturday, Newbury, Britain
BET365 ROSE BOWL S.-Listed, £17,500, Newbury, 7-18, 2yo, 6fT, 1:11.36, gd.
1–METHOD (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Darsan (Ire), by Iffraaj (GB)
2nd Dam: Coolrain Lady (Ire), by Common Grounds (GB)
3rd Dam: Moneycashen, by Hook Money
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€16,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; £20,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Manton Park Racing; B-M Phelan (IRE); T-Martyn Meade; J-Oisin Murphy. £9,924. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $16,809.
2–Mighty Gurkha (Ire), 126, c, 2, Sepoy (Aus)–Royal Debt (GB), by Royal Applause (GB). (14,000gns RNA Ylg ’19 TAOCT). O-Mohammed Rashid; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Archie Watson. £3,763.
3–Imperial Yellow (Ire), 126, c, 2, New Bay (GB)–Soteria (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). (€60,000 Wlg ’18 TATFBR; £40,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Varian Racing III; B-China Horse Club International Ltd (IRE); T-Roger Varian. £1,883.
Margins: 2 1/4, 3 1/4, HF. Odds: 0.83, 6.00, 5.00.
Also Ran: Fountain Cross (GB), Mere Green (Ire), Kraken Power (Ire), Tanfantic (GB), Bowman (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result.

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