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Newbury, Watership Down Offer Foal Naming Contest

In partnership with Watership Down Stud, sponsors of next Saturday's G3 Watership Down Too Darn Hot Greenham S., Newbury has launched a competition to name one of the stud's most recent arrivals, a bay filly born Mar. 10 by champion Frankel (GB), out of the group winning mare, So Mi Dar.

A Group 3 winner, So Mi Dar also finished third in the G1 Prix de l'Opera. She is out of the Watership Down Stud-campaigned MG1SW Dar Re Mi (GB), who has produced four group performers, including European Champion 2-year-old and 3-year-old, Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). He stands at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud and has his first crop of yearlings in 2022.

Watership Down Stud owners, Andrew and Madeleine Lloyd Webber will decide on the winning entry, which will be announced Monday, May 2.

The winning prize for the selected name will include:

Trip for up to six individuals or family to Watership Down Stud for a private tour and meet the foal
Table for the day and Premier badges for six people in the Parade Ring Lawn Saturday, Sept. 17, including a picnic box.

There will also be the opportunity to enter the competition at Newbury Apr 16-17, as well as at the Newbury Racecourse exhibition stand at the Lambourn Open Day Apr. 15.

For more information or to enter, click here.

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Eve Lodge Likely For Fred Darling

Group 3 winner Eve Lodge (GB) (Ardad {Ire}) is pointing to Newbury's G3 Sirenia S. on Apr. 16. The Charlie Fellowes trainee was last seen running ninth in the Sept. 25 G1 Cheveley Park S. The Mathis Stables, LLC runner has wintered well and holds a G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas entry. If she does not start in the Sirenia, she would instead run slightly earlier that month in the G3 Nell Gwyn S. at Newmarket on Apr. 12. Both races are over seven furlongs.

“Eve Lodge is really well,” said Fellowes. “She has had a good winter and a clear spring so far and the plan is to probably start her off in either the Nell Gywn or the Fred Darling, with a view to stretching out over a mile,” he said.

“She's got a Guineas entry and she's also entered in the French Guineas. My gut feeling is if she is good enough to run in a Guineas, the French Guineas might suit her better because you get more cut in the ground and a sharper track round a bend might suit her best. She looks great, she's where we want her and ideally I'd like to run her in the Fred Darling.”

Another Fellowes runner, the G3 Bengough S. heroine Vadream (GB) (Brazen Beau {Aus}), is possible for the G1 Platinum Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot in June. She was last seen running fifth in the G1 QIPCO British Champions Sprint S. at Ascot in October.

“She is doing great,” the trainer said. “She had a really hard year last year so rather than cast our eye abroad, we decided to give her a proper holiday and freshen her up for this year.

“Because she won the Bengough at the end of last year, she carries a Group 3 penalty at the moment and there aren't a multitude of options for her until either York for the [G2] Duke of York [on May 11] or possibly we might look at the G2 Greenlands S. at the Curragh in the second half of May.

“If the ground came up soft at York I'd be happy to head up there, but if it was quick ground I'd be worried that six furlongs might be on the sharp side for her. We might look at going to Ireland where it might just suit her a bit better. She could go over there and then to Royal Ascot for the Platinum Jubilee.”

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Perfect Power Camp Eyes Greenham

Dual Group 1 winner Perfect Power (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}) will likely make his 3-year-old bow in the Apr. 16 G3 Greenham S. Sponsored By Watership Down Stud at Newbury for trainer Richard Fahey. The Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum colourbearer has won four of his six starts. He emerged a narrow winner of the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot last June and added the G1 Prix Morny in France two starts later. In his season finale, the bay was a half-length winner of the G1 Middle Park S. on Sept. 25. However, the Greenham will be the colt's first start beyond six furlongs.

“He's in great form,” said Fahey. “We're very happy with him. Physically he's done very well and we'll probably start him off in the Greenham.

“He gets in without a Group 1 penalty. It's the only Group 3 early in the year he gets in without a penalty. Going from six to seven would suit more then going from six to a mile. We'll get an idea after that.”

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Fast Company’s Light Infantry Wins The Horris Hill

David Simcock has an above-average crop of juveniles this term and the Never Say Die Partnership's Light Infantry (Fr) (Fast Company {Ire}) provided a further boost to the stable with success in the G3 Virgin Bet Horris Hill S. at Newbury on Saturday. Off the mark by 6 1/2 lengths in a six-furlong Yarmouth novice Sept. 14, the 4-1 shot was held up in rear early tackling this extra furlong by Jamie Spencer racing a touch freely. Gently cajoled into contention as the testing conditions took their toll on the clear leader Noble Truth (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), the chestnut worked his way to the front with 150 yards remaining and despite being notably green late on asserted to score by 1 1/2 lengths from Cresta (Fr) (New Bay {GB}). Tacarib Bay (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), who was hampered by the winner's drift right away from Spencer's whip, was half a length behind in third.

“It's good to have one of his potential again,” Simcock said. “He is a good-actioned horse and got away with the ground today–he's done very well to sustain his challenge, but it shows he's got a good engine. He could for a Guineas trial in the spring and then we'll look at one of the Guineas.”

Light Infantry is out of the Austrian champion older mare Lights On Me (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), who is kin to the Listed Pomfret S. winner Choose Your Moment (GB) (Choisir {Aus}) and the Listed Warwickshire Oaks runner-up Dragonera (GB) (Doyen {Ire}). This is the family of the G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis hero Elliptique (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), the G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris-winning sire Marjorien (GB) and the G1 Melbourne Cup hero Americain (Dynaformer). Also connected to this year's G3 Prix Eclipse winner Top Gear (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Lights On Me's yearling colt is by Anodin (Ire).

Saturday, Newbury, Britain
VIRGIN BET HORRIS HILL S.-G3, £50,000, Newbury, 10-23, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:29.59, sf.
1–LIGHT INFANTRY (FR), 126, c, 2, by Fast Company (Ire)
1st Dam: Lights On Me (GB) (Ch. Older Mare-Aut), by Kyllachy (GB)
2nd Dam: Time Will Show (Fr), by Exit to Nowhere
3rd Dam: Green Field Park (GB), by Akarad (Fr)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. (€25,000 Ylg '20 ARQDOY; £82,000 2yo '21 GOFTY). O-Never Say Die Partnership; B-Barbara Moser (FR); T-David Simcock; J-Jamie Spencer. £28,355. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $48,362. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Cresta (Fr), 126, c, 2, New Bay (GB)–La Negra (Ire), by Dark Angel (Ire). (£21,000 Ylg '20 GOFFUK). O-Manton Park Racing; B-Townbraccan Enterprises Ltd (FR); T-Martyn Meade. £10,750.
3–Tacarib Bay (GB), 126, c, 2, Night of Thunder (Ire)–Bassmah (GB), by Harbour Watch (Ire). O/B-Mr J R Shannon (GB); T-Richard Hannon. £5,380.
Margins: 1HF, HF, 2HF. Odds: 4.00, 6.00, 12.00.
Also Ran: Noble Truth (Fr), Dubai Poet (GB), American Star (Ire), Red Vineyard (Ire). Scratched: Hoo Ya Mal (GB), Regimental Gent (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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