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Kodiac Filly Unleashes Scintillating Turn Of Foot To Stun G2 Blue Point Sprint Foes

Just two races after her half-brother Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) won the G2 Al Fahidi Fort, Godolphin's 'TDN Rising Star' STAR OF MYSTERY (GB) (f, 3, Kodiac {GB}–Mistrusting {Ire}, by Shamardal) picked up strongly in the closing stages to take the AED850,000 G2 Blue Point Sprint by 1 3/4 lengths. Her case had looked fairly hopeless for much of the 1000-metre turf sprint as she raced near the tail of the field, but Mickael Barzalona steered his charge up in between horses and her finishing kick was so potent she made up several lengths in the final 100 metres to win going away. Ponntos (Ire) (Power {GB}) ran second, with Tajalla (Ire) (Kessaar {Ire}) a neck back in third. The final time for the race was a sharp :56.14. Lifetime Record: 7-4-0-0.
O/B-Godolphin (GB). T-Charlie Appleby

 

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Bricks And Mortar Sires First Stakes Winner In Japan

American Horse of the Year Bricks And Mortar (Giant's Causeway) sired his first stakes winner when his first-crop son Gonbade Qabus (Jpn) ran out a two-length winner of the G3 Saudi Arabia Royal Cup at Tokyo on Saturday.

A winner over this course and distance on his debut in June, the 8-1 chance jumped well and floated back through the field to race at the tail down the backstretch as Reve Genial (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}) cut out fractions of :23.30 for the first 400 metres and :46.90 for the half-mile. Produced for his run around the 500-metre mark, the blaze-faced dark bay fanned out into the middle of the course by the quarter-pole, drove past his rivals 200 metres later and won going away in this 1600-metre affair. It was tight for second, with the short-priced favourite Bond Girl (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) a neck in front of Strauss (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}). Reve Genial hung on four fourth, another three-quarters-of-a-length behind.

 

Pedigree Notes

The winning Deep Impact mare Affilato (Jpn) took until her 6-year-old year to earn black type, and she accomplished that with a third in the G3 Nakayama Himba S. At stud, Gonbade Qabus is the second winner of two foals out of Affilato, who also has a yearling colt by Epiphaneia (Jpn).

His second dam Lady Of Venice (Fr) (Loup Solitaire) won a trio of graded races in the U.S., and, in addition to Affilato, produced the G3 Keisei Hai second Action Star (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}). Father back in the pedigree is Classic winner and sire Soviet Star (Nureyev)and GI Santa Barbara H. heroine The Very One (One For All).

 

Saturday, Tokyo, Japan
SAUDI ARABIA ROYAL CUP, ¥63,050,000, Tokyo, 10-7, 2yo, 1600mT, 1:33.40, fm.
1–GONBADE QABUS (JPN), 123, c, 2, by Bricks and Mortar
                1st Dam: Affilato (Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn)
                2nd Dam: Lady of Venice (Fr), by Loup Solitaire
                3rd Dam: Lacewings, by Forty Niner
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. O-G1 Racing;
B-Shiraoi Farm (Jpn); T-Noriyuki Hori; J-Kohei Matsuyama;
¥33,315,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, ¥40,515,000. Click for
   the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick
   Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Bond Girl (Jpn), 121, f, 2, Daiwa Major (Jpn)–Coasted, by
Tizway. 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE.
(¥210,000,000 Ylg '22 JRHAJUL). O-Susumu Fujita; B-Northern
Farm (Jpn); ¥13,090,000.
3–Strauss (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Maurice (Jpn)–Blumenblatt (Jpn) by
Admire Vega (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE.
O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥8,345,000.
Margins: 2, NK, 3/4. Odds: 8.60, 0.40, 1.80.
Also Ran: Reve Genial (Jpn), Ecoro Mars (Jpn), Win Acteur (Jpn), Meiner Bricks (Jpn), Happy Surprise (Jpn), Marine Bunker (Jpn).
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Gleneagles Colt Strikes at Group Level in Japan

Second choice on the board at 3-1, Shock Action earned his first black-type badge in the G3 Niigata Nisai S. at Niigata on Sunday. Positioned in the center of the track in fifth for the backstretch run, he began to inch into contention on the bend despite still racing wide. In a contested third 600 metres out, he motored up toward the leaders inside the final quarter mile, seized command a furlong from home and won going away by 1 3/4 lengths. Blue Symphony closed to take second, a half-length better than Phrase d’Armes in third.

Third in a Hanshin newcomer affair on July 18, Shock Action handled good ground to take his second start over course-and-distance on Aug. 8.

Pedigree Notes

He is the seventh black-type winner and third group winner for his sire, who won four times at the highest level including both the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas and the Irish equivalent. The first foal from his dual Italian listed-winning dam who would run third in the G3 Premio Elena E Sergio Cumani, Schock Action has a yearling half-brother by Australia and a half-sister by Intello (Ger) born on Mar. 24. Reset in Blue is a half-sister to Italian GSW & G1SP Romantic Wave (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), as well as SW Dematil (Ire) (Orpen).

Sunday, Niigata, Japan
NIIGATA NISAI S.-G3, ¥59,150,000 (US$561,442/£420,500/€471,573), Niigata, 8-30, 2yo, 1600mT, 1:34.60, fm.
1–SHOCK ACTION (IRE), 119, c, 2, Gleneagles (Ire)
                1st Dam: Reset In Blue (Ire) (MSW & GSP-Ity, $162,553),
                                by Fastnet Rock (Aus)
                2nd Dam: Eurirs (Fr), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Anna Grassi (Ity), by Bound for Honour
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. (65,000gns Wlg ’18
TATNOV). O-Godolphin; B-Scuderia Effevi Srl & Dioscuri Srl
(Jpn); T-Ryuji Okubo; J-Keita Tosaki. ¥31,385,000. Lifetime
Record: 3-2-0-1. *7th SW for his sire (by Galileo {Ire}). Click for
   the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating:
   A+++. *Triple Plus*.
2–Blue Symphony (Jpn), 119, c, 2, Screen Hero (Jpn)–
Bluestone (Jpn), by Commands (Aus). O-Godolphin; B-Darley
Japan Farm (Jpn); ¥12,110,000.
3–Phrase d’Armes (Jpn), 119, f, 2, Kizuna (Jpn)–Coup de Grace
(Jpn), by White Muzzle (GB). O-Katsumi Yoshida; B-Northern
Farm (Jpn); ¥7,855,000.
Margins: 1 3/4, HF, 4. Odds: 3.30, 2.90, 3.50.
Also Ran: Fervore (Jpn), Chevalier Rose (Jpn), Seiun Deimos (Jpn), Lord Max (Jpn), Blue Bird (Jpn), Havasu (Jpn), Giuramento (Jpn), Tiger Lily (Jpn).
Click for the JRA chart or video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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