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New Bay’s Saffron Beach Outmuscles G1 Prix Rothschild Rivals

Last term's G1 Sun Chariot S. victrix Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}–Falling Petals {Ire}, by Raven's Pass) posted a fourth in Meydan's Mar. 26 G1 Dubai Turf before regaining the winning thread in Royal Ascot's June 15 G2 Duke of Cambridge S. and continued on a roll with a decisive victory in Tuesday's G1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville. The 3-5 favourite was swiftly into stride and held sway in the centre of the track from the outset of this straight one-mile test. Drawing the sting out of her six rivals by setting a searching tempo throughout, she was stoked up when strongly pressed with 300 metres remaining and withstood every challenge under a late drive to win going away for second elite-level triumph. At the line, she was 2 1/2 lengths too good for the year-younger Tenebrism (Caravaggio), who just held on for second by a head from the fast-finishing Goldistyle (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). The latter is a daughter of the storied Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), who won four straight editions of this contest from 2008 through 2011.

“She's very strong with a lovely temperament and she is such a nice filly,” said trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam. “It is great to come here to Deauville and win this race. She has a lot of options to come and, I suppose, her main objectives are the [G1] Matron S. [at Leopardstown] and the [G1] Sun Chariot [S. at Newmarket].”

Winning rider William Buick continued, “She is just the sort of horse that makes life of a jockey so much easier. She has a great temperament, she is strong and so well balanced. She has speed, but also stays well and 10 furlongs would not be a problem for her. I kicked early because my main concern was Ryan [Moore]'s filly [Tenebrism], who won here over seven furlongs and has the speed and a turn of foot. Saffron Beach stays well so, up against such a profile, the earlier the race starts the better for a filly like mine.”

Saffron Beach, full-sister to a yearling colt and a weanling filly, is the third of six foals and the lone scorer produced by a winning daughter of the dual stakes-placed Infinite Spirit (Maria's Mon). Her dam Falling Petals (Ire) (Raven's Pass) is thus kin to G3 Criterion S. third Huntdown (Elusive Quality) and to the dam of three black-type performers headed by G3 World Trophy S. and G3 Molecomb S.-winning sire Cotai Glory (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). Saffron Beach's third dam, G3 Matron S. victrix and G1 Coronation S. runner-up Eternal Reve (Diesis {GB}), is kin to GI Hollywood Derby hero Eternity Star (Majestic Light) and the Group 1-placed sire Eternity Range (Majestic Light). They are out of a half-sister to G1 Prix de la Salamandre victor and leading sire Miswaki (Mr. Prospector).

Tuesday, Deauville, France
PRIX ROTHSCHILD-G1, €300,000, Deauville, 8-2, 3yo/up, f/m, 8fT, 1:36.45, g/s.
1–SAFFRON BEACH (IRE), 130, f, 4, by New Bay (GB)
1st Dam: Falling Petals (Ire), by Raven's Pass
2nd Dam: Infinite Spirit, by Maria's Mon
3rd Dam: Eternal Reve, by Diesis (GB)
(55,000gns Wlg '18 TATFOA). O-Mrs B V Sangster, J Wigan & O Sangster; B-China Horse Club International Ltd (IRE); T-Jane Chapple-Hyam; J-William Buick. €171,420. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, 11-6-2-0, €861,096. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Tenebrism, 123, f, 3, Caravaggio–Immortal Verse, by Pivotal (GB). O-Westerberg, Coolmore & Merribelle Stables; B-Merriebelle Stables, Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien. €68,580.
3–Goldistyle (Ire), 130, f, 4, Dubawi (Ire)–Goldikova (Ire), by by Anabaa). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. €34,290.
Margins: 2HF, HD, NK. Odds: 0.60, 2.40, 26.00.
Also Ran: Malavath (Ire), Pearls Galore (Fr), Kennella (Fr), Sibila Spain (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

 

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Schmidt Really Going Places Thanks To Claymore

ASCOT, UK–One person at Ascot on Friday had a broader smile than most as Günther Schmidt, the German breeder of Claymore (Fr) (New Bay {GB}), was not only able to collect his Royal Ascot winning breeder's trophy but is also travelling on to the Knavesmire to see the colt in action in the G2 Sky Bet York S. on Saturday.

“The timing is perfect,” said Schmidt, who was at Ascot with his wife Elke. “We've come straight here this morning from the Harwich ferry and then we are driving up to Yorkshire in our camper van this evening to see him run tomorrow, and it will be the first time we have seen one of his races in person.”

The owner of the transport company Taxi4Horses added modestly, “We are very small breeders compared to the other people here. This is our first black-type horse and so it is unbelievable.”

The couple board most of their mares in France at Haras des Rabodanges, though Claymore's dam Brit Wit (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}) is currently in Germany at Gestut Zuiderhof after she was covered earlier this year by Gestut Etzean's freshman sire Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}).

“Unfortunately we sold the mare but we have now got back involved with her in partnership,” said Schmidt, who credits Elke with selecting the 11-year-old mare, a daughter of the Ascot listed winner Brisk Breeze (Ger)  (Monsun {Ger}). Having admired her pedigree they bought Brit Wit in foal for the first time to Lord Of England (Ger).

“We own her 2-year-old filly by Cloth Of Stars, who is in training with Andreas Wohler. I saw her yesterday; Andreas is a top-class trainer and he didn't say much but he said I should be confident. She looks like a racehorse but we will see. The mare also has a yearling by Amaron (GB) and a filly foal by Areion (Ger). She's very easy: she only needs to visit a stallion one time and she gets straight in foal.”

As every breeder knows, not all horses are easy. Schmidt, whose father became involved in racing and breeding in the 1950s, previously owned Gestut Friedrichsrhuh with Elke, and welcomed the first stallion to stand in Germany under the Darley banner when taking charge of the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden winner Morshdi (GB) (Slip Anchor {GB}). Sadly, his stud career didn't last for long.

“We started our own stud in 1992 and in 2002 we got Morshdi from Darley. We were really proud to stand him but he turned out to be infertile. So it was a big step up and then an even bigger fall,” Schmidt recalled.

Not long afterwards, when being disappointed in the service from a transporter taking one of his mares to Newmarket from Germany, Schmidt decided that this was an area of the breeding business that he could look after on his own.

“I bought a two-box and it started with word of mouth,” he said. “I expected to do 30,000 miles in the first year but I did almost 100,000 miles. Then we decided from 2006 to focus on the transport and to sell the farm and board our mares mostly in France.”

Taxi4Horses took off, and from one small two-box the company now has five large wagons on the road across Europe.

Schmidt admits, “I hadn't expected it to be so successful as it is now but horses are my passion. It is not my passion to be stuck in traffic but I get to meet people in all the different places in France and England and Ireland, and it is wonderful. I am more than happy with the Taxi4Horses business.”

The breeder is regularly updated by Claymore's trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam but so far he has only viewed the horse in action from afar.

“We had a party at home for Royal Ascot with 30 of our neighbours,” he recalled of Claymore's victory in the G3 Hampton Court S. “I think they thought they were going to have to take me to hospital because I went crazy when he won. But they are not horse people so I had to explain that winning at Royal Ascot was like winning the Football World Cup.”

He added, “Jane is fantastic, she keeps us in contact all the time on what's app and she really makes us feel like we are part of the team.

“And how about this: Claymore was bred by Germans, born in France, pinhooked by Irish people, trained by an Australian lady in England, owned by a lady from South Africa, and ridden by an English guy. It couldn't be more of an international story.”

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New Bay’s Claymore Wins The Hampton Court

There was so much focus on The Queen's Reach For the Moon (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in the build-up to Thursday's G3 Hampton Court S., it had almost assumed the air of a foregone conclusion but in the final analysis the Royal runner was second-best to the G3 Craven S. runner-up Claymore (Fr) (New Bay {GB}). With Frankie's day about to get even worse, Adam Kirby set off in front on Mary Slack's 7-1 second favourite and refused to let the Gosden runner past when it came down to a straight fight in the final two furlongs. At the line, there was a 1 3/4-length margin back to the 2-5 favourite, who looked not to see out the 10-furlong trip, with Kingmax (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) a length behind in third.

Claymore, who had impressed with an emphatic debut win over seven at Newmarket in October in which My Prospero (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) was third, had returned with a second to Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) in the Craven which continues to grow in stature with each passing week. The third Hoo Ya Mal (GB) (Territories {Ire}) is now a well-known name following his Derby second, Kingmax was in fourth, the fifth-placed Star of India (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) took the Listed Dee S. and the one who was last of the six was Zechariah (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) who went so close in Wednesday's G2 Queen's Vase here. For all the promise of his performance in that Newmarket contest, it seemed to be undone by Claymore's rank display from a coffin-box draw in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains at ParisLongchamp May 15 so it was a relief that he was able to pull it all together again.

Trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam is now on two winners for the week, which in terms of string size is nothing short of a remarkable tally. She said, “Claymore is in his comfort zone when he is up there bowling along in front. He has got a huge stride. Stepping up to 10 furlongs has helped him. It is lovely that Mary Slack has come over from South Africa for today and he will be able to stand at one of her studs. There is no plan at the moment. Wherever Mary wants to go, I'll send him.” The owner added, “We thought he would run well in the French Guineas, but he was hopeless from a terrible draw. This was the return. I have never been to these heights before.”

John Gosden suggested that a drop in trip could be next for Reach For the Moon. “The mother was very, very fast, so perhaps we've run him beyond his trip,” he commented. “I'm not sure he quite stayed it out, but we'll see–it could well be a possibility. He's never run over that trip before. He ran a great race first time back in the Heron Stakes and My Prospero franked the form in the St James's Palace, so we may well be dealing with a horse who only stays a stiff mile. I don't know.”

Claymore is out of the unraced Brit Wit (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}), who is a daughter of the Listed Harvest S. winner and G2 Park Hill S.-placed Brisk Breeze (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). The third dam Bela-M (Ire) (Ela-Mana-Mou {Ire}) took the Listed Nereide-Rennen and was third in the G3 Prix Fille de l'Air. The dam's unraced 2-year-old filly Uniqa (Fr) (Cloth of Stars {Ire}) is followed by a yearling filly by Amaron (GB) named Baroness von Aesch (Ger) and a filly foal by Areion (Ger).

Thursday, Ascot, Britain
HAMPTON COURT S.-G3, £100,000, Ascot, 6-16, 3yo, 9f 212yT, 2:07.45, g/f.
1–CLAYMORE (FR), 128, c, 3, by New Bay (GB)
1st Dam: Brit Wit (GB), by High Chaparral (Ire)
2nd Dam: Brisk Breeze (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
3rd Dam: Bela-M (Ire), by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€5,000 Ylg '20 ARQDOY; £10,000 2yo '21 TATGOR). O-Mrs Mary Slack; B-Guenther Schmidt (FR); T-Jane Chapple-Hyam; J-Adam Kirby. £59,200. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $101,110. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Reach For The Moon (GB), 128, c, 3, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Golden Stream (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. O/B-The Queen (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden. £22,390.
3–Kingmax (Ire), 128, c, 3, Kingman (GB)–Baino Hope (Fr), by Jeremy. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (£120,000 Ylg '20 GOFOR). O-Amo Racing Ltd; B-Sunderland Holding Inc (IRE); T-David Loughnane. £11,190.
Margins: 1 3/4, 1, 3/4. Odds: 7.00, 0.40, 16.00.
Also Ran: Cresta (Fr), Maksud (GB), Howth (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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New Bay’s Saffron Beach Wins The Duke of Cambridge

Wednesday's G2 Duke of Cambridge S. offered another episode of stalls drama that seems to have dogged the first two days of Royal Ascot, but by the time Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) had come home alone there was a sense that Sibila Spain (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) would have needed wings had she not been removed from the contest after going down in the gates. Making her European return under a five-pound penalty due to her winning exploits in Newmarket's G1 Sun Chariot S. in October, the Jane Chapple-Hyam-trained 5-2 joint-favourite gifted William Buick an easy task from the time the field left behind the withdrawn Sibila Spain. Helped by the target of Novemba (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) dead ahead, the chestnut who was last seen finishing fourth in the G1 Dubai Turf S. at Meydan Mar. 26 slid by passing the three-furlong marker and was soon beyond recall. At the line, she rated as the second widest-margin winner so far at the meeting with a 3 1/2-length verdict over the outsider Thunder Beauty (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), with Primo Bacio (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}) a further head away in third. “We were going slow, but she got into a nice rhythm. I wanted to get there in good time and not turn it into a two-furlong sprint, but she won very well and it was straightforward for her,” Buick said.

Saffron Beach had won the G3 Oh So Sharp S. at Newmarket in October 2020 before finishing second to Sacred (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in the seven-furlong G3 Nell Gwyn S. and to Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) in the 1000 Guineas last Spring. Getting it together in the G3 Atalanta S. at Sandown last August and the Sun Chariot, she had failed to fire at Meydan but her trainer had worked on having her at fever-pitch for this. “It is hard going to Dubai off a winter break,” Chapple-Hyam explained. “She was up against hardened colts and geldings and it showed in the finish. We didn't have a prep race, whereas here we went to Chelmsford and the July Course to get the work into her. I presume it will be the [G1] Prix Rothschild [at Deauville] on August 2, the Sun Chariot at Newmarket, and then the Breeders' Cup.”

Jason Kelly, assistant to David O'Meara, said of the runner-up who outran her 40-1 odds. “Thunder Beauty has run a great race. We'll probably drop back to seven furlongs. There is the [G3] Oak Tree Stakes at Goodwood and that will be high on the agenda. She is a high-class filly and is versatile ground-wise. She was big odds and we thought Saffron Beach would be handy so, instead of getting into a duel early, we thought we'd take our time and challenge late. She is probably slightly better over seven furlongs, so we wanted to make sure she got home. It was a super run. My uncle David Kelly owns her and we are creeping up. She was listed-placed last year, then group three-placed and now we are group two-placed.”

Primo Bacio was regaining some form after a lean spell and trainer Ed Walker said, “Finally she has got her ground! This race was a bit of an afterthought really, so we are hoping there will be improvement to come. I did not think we'd get here, but she worked really well and, due to a lack of alternative options, we thought let's have a go. On that basis, you have to be super happy with that. I think she would have been a clear second if she was A1. I think we will go to the [G1] Falmouth, as she ran so well in it last year.”

Saffron Beach, who cost a mere 55,000gns at the 2018 Tattersalls December Foal Sale, is out of Falling Petals (Ire) (Raven's Pass) who was sold by Godolphin to the China Horse Club for €235,000 at the 2016 Goffs November Mares Sale. She is a half-sister to the G1 Middle Park S. third Huntdown (Elusive Quality), whose full-sister Continua produced the G3 World Trophy S. and G3 Molecomb S.-winning sire Cotai Glory (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}). The third dam Eternal Reve (Diesis {GB}) annexed the G3 Matron S. and was runner-up in the G1 Coronation S. here and is connected to the leading sire Miswaki. Falling Petals' unraced 2-year-old filly Providenciales (Ire) (Australia {GB}) was a 450,000gns purchase by Blandford Bloodstock at the Book 1 Sale, while she also has a yearling full-brother and foal full-sister to Saffron Beach.

Wednesday, Ascot, Britain
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE S.-G2, £175,000, Ascot, 6-15, 4yo/up, f/m, 8fT, 1:39.99, g/f.
1–SAFFRON BEACH (IRE), 133, f, 4, by New Bay (GB)
1st Dam: Falling Petals (Ire), by Raven's Pass
2nd Dam: Infinite Spirit, by Maria's Mon
3rd Dam: Eternal Reve, by Diesis (GB)
(55,000gns Wlg '18 TATFOA). O-Mrs B V Sangster, J Wigan & O Sangster; B-China Horse Club International Ltd (IRE); T-Jane Chapple-Hyam; J-William Buick. £103,600. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, 10-5-2-0, $793,851. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Thunder Beauty (Ire), 128, f, 4, Night of Thunder (Ire)–Quiania (Ire), by Dansili (GB). (€42,000 Ylg '19 TIRSEP; £175,000 RNA 4yo '22 GOFLON). O-D K Kelly; B-Kildaragh Stud & Michael Downey (IRE); T-David O'Meara. £39,183.
3–Primo Bacio (Ire), 128, f, 4, Awtaad (Ire)–Suvenna (Ire), by Arcano (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (100,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-David Ward; B-Kildaragh Stud (IRE); T-Ed Walker. £19,583.
Margins: 3HF, HD, 1. Odds: 2.50, 40.00, 14.00.
Also Ran: Novemba (Ger), Bashkirova (GB), Mother Earth (Ire), Kennella (Fr). Scratched: Sibila Spain (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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