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New Bay’s Saffron Beach Wins the Oh So Sharp

Having impressed when scoring on debut in a seven-furlong Sept. 26 Newmarket maiden, Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) returned to the same course and distance to enhance her reputation in Friday’s G3 Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp S. at Newmarket. Settled in second early by Adam Kirby, the 9-4 favourite took over passing the two-furlong pole and asserted for a half-length success from Thank You Next (Ire) (No Nay Never), with Shine For You (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) 1 1/4 lengths away in third. “She’s quite a nice filly and a strong galloper,” the winning rider said. “She’s a filly with a good mind as well, as she was backed up relatively quickly and will be a lovely prospect for next year.”

Saffron Beach, whose task was made easier here by the withdrawal of the G2 Rockfel S. second Nazuna (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and the flop of the G3 Weld Park S. runner-up Thinking of You (American Pharoah), could be off to Keeneland with trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam eyeing the Breeders’ Cup. “That was very good and the staff at home have done a wonderful job,” she said. “She is a quick learner and I’d love to have a crack at the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, if the owners will allow me. We know she is good. I had Annie Skates who was second in the Juvenile Fillies’ race at the Breeders’ Cup and this one is probably a quicker learner than Annie. For what she has done at home, we thought this was a suitable step up in grade.”

Sporting the Ben Sangster silks and owned in partnership with James Wigan, Saffron Beach is out of the Godolphin Polytrack winner Falling Petals (Ire) (Raven’s Pass) who was bought by the China Horse Club at the 2016 Goffs November Sale for €235,000. She is a daughter of the dual stakes-placed Infinite Spirit (Maria’s Mon) who also threw the G3 Criterion S. winner and G1 Middle Park S. third Huntdown (Elusive Quality). His full-sister Continua is the dam of three stakes performers headed by the smart sprinter Cotai Glory (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), who captured the G3 World Trophy and G3 Molecomb S. and was placed in the G1 Kings Stand S. and GII Nearctic S. A granddaughter of the G3 Matron S. winner and G1 Coronation S. and GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup runner-up Eternal Reve (Diesis {GB}), Falling Petals’ son of Cotai Glory’s sire Exceed and Excel sells on Monday at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2. She also has a 2020 filly by Australia (GB).

Friday, Newmarket, Britain
GODOLPHIN LIFETIME CARE OH SO SHARP S.-G3, £47,000, Newmarket, 10-9, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:27.00, sf.
1–SAFFRON BEACH (IRE), 126, f, 2, 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)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (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-Adam Kirby. £26,654. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $41,070. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Thank You Next (Ire), 126, f, 2, No Nay Never–Two Pass (Ire), by Mtoto (GB). (€34,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; £52,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Middleham Park CXXII & Steven Rocco; B-Grenane House Stud (IRE); T-Richard Hannon. £10,105.
3–Shine For You (GB), 126, f, 2, Siyouni (Fr)–Lady Viola (GB), by Sir Percy (GB). (£140,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR; 85,000gns 2yo ’20 TATBRE). O-Taylor & O’Dwyer and Partners; B-Mr & Mrs A E Pakenham (GB); T-Richard Hannon. £5,057.
Margins: HF, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 2.25, 9.00, 10.00.
Also Ran: Mamba Wamba (Ire), Setarhe (Ire), Quiet Assassin (Ire), Thinking of You, Alicestar (GB), Emulate Rose (GB). Scratched: Nazuna (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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TDN Q&A With Alex Elliott

With the yearling sales now in full swing, TDN quizzes industry figures on past purchases, life during lockdown and their perspective on the sales over the next few weeks. Today, Alex Elliott answers our questions.

TDN: What was your best yearling purchase over the last few years? And your favourite?

AE: Group 2 winner New Mandate (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) is a horse that has quickly become both one of my favourite and best purchases. He was bought at last year’s Arqana August Yearling Sale for €35,000 and was the first horse I bought for ‘Lucra’, a new trading syndicate founded by myself and trainer Ralph Beckett. The premise is to buy five yearlings with middle-distance pedigrees, with a view to trading them before the end of their 3-year-old careers, either privately or at public auction. Ralph and I have enjoyed much success with such purchases and we thought it was about time we had some skin in the game. We imagined this year was going to be a slow burner for investors considering the portfolio of pedigrees that we had put together, but New Mandate has managed to make sure ‘Lucra I’ will end in profit, as he was sold after his maiden win at Sandown and immediately rewarded his new owner with a win in the Listed Flying Scotsman at Doncaster. He is now rated 111 after winning the G2 Royal Lodge S. at Newmarket on Saturday.

Jamie McCalmont was kind enough to give me my first job in bloodstock when I returned home from the U.S. in 2012 and he bought New Mandate for his new owner, Marc Chan. I have plenty to thank both Jamie and Ralph for and it is fantastic that we can all enjoy New Mandate’s progress together.

TDN: Are there any positive you have taken from how the sales have been conducted this year?

AE: I think sales companies, vendors, buyers and staff have moved mountains to make this sales season happen and everyone should be very proud of what they have achieved. Arqana put on flights to and from their premier yearling sale and they should be highly commended on the service that they provided. The knock-on effect of sales not happening does not bear thinking about.

Looking ahead I hope that I may be able to pick up more business as people may not be able to travel. I have had calls from Australia and America from people who will not be travelling to European sales this year, so there could be some opportunity to strengthen both old and new alliances.

I and some fellow agents are more than a little concerned as to how online bidding is going to affect us. I don’t think it is necessary for yearling sales to have online bidding, as this is where my opinion is most valid, but it is here to stay and I’ll just have to make sure I have matters in place to make sure the middle man is not made redundant.

TDN: How has your business adapted?

AE: I am lucky in that I have very few overheads as I don’t employ anybody full time and I have my office at home, so costs have been kept low. As long as I have internet, a mobile phone and a car my business can run relatively smoothly.

This is the first time in eight years that I have missed the Keeneland September Sale. It was very strange watching Irish Champions Weekend from home, rather than the Northern Dancer bar, and is not something I want to experience again.

TDN: In general what are your thoughts on the 2020 yearling catalogues? And what new stallions’ progeny are you most looking forward to?

AE: I rather enjoyed the Arqana Sale being put back a month as it gave those yearlings another month to develop. The August Sale is very early in a yearling’s life and that extra month made a big difference to them. It is a difference I would like to see maintained.

So far the first-season sires to have impressed me are Almanzor (Fr), El Kabeir and Postponed (Ire).

TDN: Did you develop any new interests or hobbies during lockdown?

AE: Enjoying endless time with our newborn baby girl Esme, cooking and road cycling were three activities that really blossomed during lockdown; unfortunately they have all taken a backseat since the rat race returned. That said, not going to Keeneland has given me some downtime between sales and I definitely need to get back on the bike after the weiner schnitzel in Baden-Baden and the baguettes in Deauville.

TDN: What’s one mistake (if any) you made in your career, and what did you learn from it?

AE: ‘You never get a second chance to make a good first impression’ is one of the truest sayings going. I started off as an agent very young, too young and definitely thought I could run before I could walk. With that in mind I feel as though I definitely rubbed a few people the wrong way and that is something that I very much regret.

Life as an agent operating on your own can be the most satisfying job in the world but the flip side of that is that it can be a very lonely place when things are going bad. I would advise anyone entering into the profession to gain as much experience, under a respected agent/agency, before branching out and to work closely with as many other people and teams as possible.

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First Group Win For New Bay As New Mandate Takes the Royal Lodge

Having supplied New Bay (GB) with his first black-type win in Doncaster’s Listed Flying Scotsman S. Sept. 11, Marc Chan’s inspired acquisition New Mandate (Ire) gave the Ballylinch Stud-based son of Dubawi (Ire) an initial pattern-race title on Saturday as he captured Newmarket’s G2 Juddmonte Royal Lodge S. Keen early anchored in rear by Frankie Dettori, the well-backed 9-4 favourite swooped two out to collar Ballydoyle’s G2 Futurity S. third Ontario (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and surged to the line with more gusto to prevail by 3/4 of a length, with the Listed Stonehenge S. winner Cobh (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) 1 1/4 lengths back in third. “He’s a good horse,” Dettori commented. “They went slow and it was a bit of a sprint finish–we’ve got to go to group one level now and try.”

Well-regarded and therefore favourite for his debut over this trip at Ascot July 11, New Mandate had been ridden forward there and looked the winner at the furlong pole before fading late on to be third. On the front and over-racing before again losing ground in the closing stages when filling the same spot behind the subsequent Listed Washington Singer S. runner-up Dhahabi (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) at Newmarket a fortnight later, the bay was sent to Sandown for a nursery on his third start over seven furlongs Aug. 23. Enjoying the chance to travel under a touch more restraint there, he registered a stylish success to earn a tilt at listed company and duly delivered teaming up with Frankie Dettori for the first time in a competitive renewal of the Flying Scotsman. This was another step forward on his first try at a mile and while his gelding means he will not be one of the many to add Classic glory to this prize, trainer Ralph Beckett believes his best days are still ahead of him.

One of those could come at Keeneland, with the handler keeping that option open. “We will see where we go from here. Obviously he can’t run in anything worthwhile in the spring, so we have to cut our cloth this autumn,” he explained. “We will have a discussion about the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. I was always surprised he could do it at seven really, given his pedigree and so on. It is extraordinary I managed to get him beaten twice in maidens. The first time out I hadn’t done enough with him really and I suddenly realised that afterwards. The second time, Jack Mitchell kind of got rolling a bit early on the July Course. He has shown up from the first piece of fast work he did. Everything he has done has been very professional. He was gelded in January, as he was like Warren Beatty on steroids. We had to geld him, but he wouldn’t have been the horse he is if we hadn’t.”

The dam Mishhar (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), who also has a filly foal by Camacho (GB), is a half-sister to the smart Puggy (Ire) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}) who was third in the G2 Rockfel S. here as well as the G3 Polar Cup and was also runner-up in the Listed Oh So Sharp S. again at this venue. She is in turn responsible for the high-class Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), one of the select few to have pulled off the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches-Prix de Diane double and who has produced this year’s Japanese stakes winner Des Ailes (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). The third dam Lunda (Ire) (Soviet Star) is a half to the notable Saeed Manana trio of Warrsan (Ire) (Caerleon), Luso (GB) (Salse) and Needle Gun (Ire) (Sure Blade) and also Cloud Castle (GB) (In the Wings {GB}) who took the G3 Nell Gwyn S. and was placed in the G1 Prix Vermeille and G1 Yorkshire Oaks. She is the second dam of the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Queen’s Trust (GB) (Dansili {GB}), while the family also includes the G2 Richmond S. and G2 July S.-winning red-hot first-season sire Mehmas (Ire).

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
JUDDMONTE ROYAL LODGE S.-G2, £100,000, Newmarket, 9-26, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:37.86, gd.
1–NEW MANDATE (IRE), 126, g, 2, by New Bay (GB)
1st Dam: Mishhar (Ire), by Authorized (Ire)
2nd Dam: Jakarta (Ire), by Machiavellian
3rd Dam: Lunda (Ire), by Soviet Star
1ST GROUP WIN. (€45,000 RNA Wlg ’18 ARQDE; €35,000 Ylg ’19 ARAUG). O-Marc Chan; B-Mishhar Syndicate (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett; J-Lanfranco Dettori. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-2, $97,044. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Ontario (Ire), 126, c, 2, Galileo (Ire)–Timbuktu (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. £21,500.
3–Cobh (Ire), 126, c, 2, Kodi Bear (Ire)–Arbeel (GB), by Royal Applause (GB). (€66,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; €100,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-China Horse Club International Ltd; B-Awbeg Stud (IRE); T-Clive Cox. £10,760.
Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 2.25, 3.50, 2.50.
Also Ran: Gear Up (Ire), Pleasant Man (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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First Black-Type Winner For New Bay at Doncaster

There was a first black-type winner for the Ballylinch Stud-based New Bay (GB) (by Dubawi {Ire}) on Friday as Marc Chan’s New Mandate (Ire) got up close home in Doncaster’s Listed bet365 Flying Scotsman S. Keen early for Frankie Dettori restrained towards the rear of the group racing up the centre, the Aug. 23 Sandown nursery winner who was sent off at 17-2 found a gap up the far rail to wear down Laneqash (GB) (Cable Bay {Ire}) in the final strides for a head success, with the 5-4 favourite One Ruler (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) 2 1/2 lengths back in third. The dam, who also has a filly foal by Camacho (GB), is a half-sister to Puggy (Ire) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}) who was third in the G2 Rockfel S. and the G3 Polar Cup and runner-up in the Listed Oh So Sharp S. Her daughter Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) achieved fame by completing the revered G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches-Prix de Diane double, while this family of Warrsan (Ire) (Caerleon) and Queen’s Trust (GB) (Dansili {GB}) also features the G2 Richmond S. and G2 July S.-winning red-hot first-season sire Mehmas (Ire).

Friday, Doncaster, Britain
BET365 FLYING SCOTSMAN S.-Listed, £25,000, Doncaster, 9-11, 2yo, 7f 6yT, 1:24.35, gd.
1–NEW MANDATE (IRE), 126, g, 2, by New Bay (GB)
1st Dam: Mishhar (Ire), by Authorized (Ire)
2nd Dam: Jakarta (Ire), by Machiavellian
3rd Dam: Lunda (Ire), by Soviet Star
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€45,000 RNA Wlg ’18 ARQDE; €35,000 Ylg ’19 ARAUG). O-Marc Chan; B-Mishhar Syndicate (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett; J-Lanfranco Dettori. £14,178. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-2, $24,774.
2–Laneqash (GB), 126, c, 2, Cable Bay (Ire)–Bonhomie (GB), by Shamardal. (£175,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Highclere Stud (GB); T-Roger Varian. £5,375.
3–One Ruler (Ire), 126, c, 2, Dubawi (Ire)–Fintry (Ire), by Shamardal. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £2,690.
Margins: HD, 2HF, 3/4. Odds: 8.50, 7.00, 1.25.
Also Ran: Royal Scimitar (Ire), Thank You Next (Ire), Apollo One (GB), Quiet Assassin (Ire), Spycatcher (Ire), Round Six (Ire), Fountain Cross (GB), Darvel (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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