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Exceed And Excel’s Sacred Storms Back To Form

On all known form, Cheveley Park Stud's Sacred (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) was entitled to win Friday's Listed Dubai Duty Free Cup but having disappointed when sixth in the Aug. 20 G2 City of York S. there was an element of doubt which she put firmly to bed with a confidence-restoring command performance. Always happy tracking the pace over the Newbury course and seven-furlong distance at which she excelled in 2021 when taking the G2 Hungerford S., the 10-11 favourite treated the useful pair of Saleymm (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Shine So Bright (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) as if they were lead horses and after cruising between them took control a furlong out before winning by 6 1/2 lengths with utter authority.

“She loves Newbury, but she's a funny old bird, very talented but not the easiest,” Maureen Haggas said of the winner who had returned this term with a close-up fifth in Royal Ascot's G1 Platinum Jubilee S. June 18 prior to finishing out of the frame in Goodwood's G2 Lennox S. July 26 and at the York Ebor Festival. “I think after her good run at Ascot, they got too strung out at York and she lost interest.”

Sacred's dam Sacre Caroline (Blame), a 300,000gns purchase by the Stud at the 2017 Tattersalls December Mares Sale, is a half-sister to the champion turf female Lady Eli (Divine Park) whose achievements include the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational, GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, GI Flower Bowl S., GI Diana S. and GI Gamely S. Also a half to the GIII Mint Julep H. scorer Bizzy Caroline (Afleet Alex), her 2-year-old colt A Dublin Lad (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}) is unraced, she has a yearling colt also by Ulysses who is heading to next month's Book 1 Sale, and a filly foal by Frankel (GB).

DUBAI DUTY FREE CUP-Listed, £40,000, Newbury, 9-16, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:25.54, gd.
1–SACRED (GB), 125, f, 4, Exceed And Excel (Aus)–Sacre Caroline, by Blame. O-Cheveley Park Stud; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-William Haggas; J-Tom Marquand. £22,684. Lifetime Record: MGSW-Eng, 12-4-3-0, $241,539.
2–Saleymm (Ire), 130, g, 4, Dubawi (Ire)–Talmada, by Cape Cross (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Simon & Ed Crisford. £8,600.
3–Shine So Bright (GB), 130, h, 6, Oasis Dream (GB)–Alla Speranza (GB), by Sir Percy (GB). (57,000gns Wlg '16 TATFOA; €27,000 Ylg '17 GOFOR; £375,000 2yo '18 GOFLON). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Miss K Rausing (GB); T-Andrew Balding. £4,304.
Margins: 6HF, 3/4, NK. Odds: 0.91, 3.30, 14.00.
Also Ran: Siamsa (Ire), Tacarib Bay (GB), Jumby (Ire), Heat of The Moment (GB).

 

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Son Of Dubawi Steals The Show At Newbury

Put in his place when five-lengths second to TDN Rising Star Flying Honours (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in Salisbury's Listed Stonehenge S. over a mile last time Aug. 19, Jeff Smith's Stormbuster (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}–Barshiba {Ire}, by Barathea {Ire}) took a step forward on Friday to dominate Newbury's storied Haynes, Hanson & Clark Conditions S. Breaking well under David Probert to lead his three rivals, the 6-1 shot put another of Godolphin's TDN Rising Stars Highbank (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) into the red approaching two out and powered through the closing stages to inflict a five-length defeat on that much-vaunted rival.

“We thought from day one that he could be very useful and with each run he has been getting there and getting there,” the owner-breeder commented of the Andrew Balding-trained colt. “I thought we bumped into one at Salisbury and was pretty hopeful today. He's in the [G1] Futurity at Doncaster and if he runs again this year, that will be the race. I see him as a mile-and-a-quarter horse next year, but if he wins the Futurity he could go for the Guineas.”

Barshiba was a classy performer for Smith, winning the G2 Lancashire Oaks twice and four listed contests as well as placing in the G2 Summer Mile and G2 Hardwicke S. Her first foal was Dubawi's Arabian Queen (Ire), who caused one of the biggest upsets of recent times when denying Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in the 2015 G1 Juddmonte International, while the other of her trio of Dubawis, Cosmopolitan Queen (GB), is now the dam of the stable's highly-regarded winning juvenile filly Frankness (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Barshiba's yearling filly is by Too Darn Hot (GB).

5th-Newbury, £20,000, Cond, 9-16, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:40.67, gd.
STORMBUSTER (GB) (c, 2, Dubawi {Ire}–Barshiba {Ire} {MGSW-Eng, $588,780}, by Barathea {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-2, $24,029. O-Mr J C Smith; B-Littleton Stud (GB); T-Andrew Balding.

 

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Observations: Highbank Takes Centre Stage at Newbury

2.18 Newbury, Cond, £18,000, 2yo, f, 7fT
CRYSTALLIUM (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}) was entered in both the G2 May Hill S. and Listed Flying Scotsman S. at Doncaster's St Leger meeting only to be denied a run with testing conditions and an abandoned fixture conspiring against her. The Tom Clover-trained granddaughter of the G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Crystal Music (Nureyev), gets a three-pound penalty for her impressive success on debut over this trip at Chelmsford last month but faces a clutch of potentially smart types in this Dubai Duty Free Full of Surprises British EBF Fillies' Conditions S. which has often been a marker for future luminaries. Some of them, such as L'Ancresse (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) and Quadrilateral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) came from the Roger Charlton stable and his and Harry's set-up have an eye-catching representative this time in St Albans Bloodstock's Elegancia (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), a 285,000gns Book 1 graduate whose dam is a half to the G2 Park Hill S. winner and G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares S. runner-up Silk Sari (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) from the family of Barathea (Ire).

3.28 Newbury, Cond, £20,000, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
HIGHBANK (IRE) (Kingman {GB}) obtained 'TDN Rising Star' status on his seven-furlong Newmarket debut in July, when he clocked outrageous sectionals, and takes aim at this Haynes, Hanson & Clark Conditions S. which has such an illustrious history. One of Charlie Appleby's kingpins among his enviable cast of juveniles, Godolphin's 750,000gns Book 1 purchase from the family of the German stars Boreal (Ger) (Java Gold) and Borgia (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}) is taken on by Julie Wood's Newmarket winner Classic (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a Richard Hannon-trained son of her prized mare Date With Destiny (Ire) (George Washington {Ire}).

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New Bay’s Jumby Takes The Hungerford

Saturday's G2 BetVictor Hungerford S. at Newbury had the feel of a contest primed for an upset and that was duly provided by Jumby (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) who managed to win the seven-furlong feature with a deal of authority. Last seen finishing an inauspicious 14th in Ascot's International H. July 23, Anthony Pye-Jeary and David Ian's 4-year-old cut a different figure on his biggest class jump yet with the on-fire William Buick to guide him to a career-best. Always happy held up off the pace set by Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), the Eve Johnson Houghton-trained 9-1 shot was delivered to lead passing the furlong pole and assert for a 1 3/4-length success from Dubai Poet (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}).

Almost equally effective at six as this trip, Jumby ended 2021 with wins in a Salisbury conditions event and a Newmarket handicap which marked him as a pattern-race performer in all but title. Proving that with a third on his return in the latter venue's G3 Abernant S. over six Apr. 13, the bay was switched back to handicaps and filled the same placing in the prestigious Wokingham at Royal Ascot June 18 and in the July Festival's Bunbury Cup July 9. Tried in cheekpieces when running below his optimum last time, he was able to produce his best at a distance over which he was relatively unexposed heading to Saturday.

Johnson Houghton said, “I have always believed in this horse and it is great to get it right. William has also always believed in him and he rides Godolphin horses, so if he believes in him then everyone can. He is in the [G2] City of York next Saturday and while he probably won't run, all options are open because he loves firm ground and I don't want to wait until it goes soft. I don't want to miss the ground with him. We'll see how he comes out of it, but he is full of himself. The Foret closes next week, so we will probably go there.”

Jumby, who becomes the seventh group winner for his sire, is out of the G2 Flying Childers S.-placed Sound Of Guns (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) whose dam is the stakes-placed Eastern Lily (Eastern Echo). Further back is the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S.-winning sire Shaadi (Danzig) and the G1 Cheveley Park S. scorer Regal Rose (GB) (Danehill). The dam's yearling filly by Waldgeist (GB) is entered in the upcoming Book 2 Sale, while she also has a foal full-sister to Jumby.

Saturday, Newbury, Britain
BETVICTOR HUNGERFORD S.-G2, £100,000, Newbury, 8-13, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:22.50, g/f.
1–JUMBY (IRE), 134, c, 4, by New Bay (GB)
     1st Dam: Sound Of Guns (GB) (GSP-Eng), by Acclamation (GB)
     2nd Dam: Eastern Lily, by Eastern Echo
     3rd Dam: Raawiyeh, by Raja Baba
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. (45,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-Anthony Pye-Jeary and David Ian; B-Ballylinch Stud (IRE); T-Eve Johnson Houghton; J-William Buick. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 16-5-0-6, $198,482. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Dubai Poet (GB), 128, c, 3, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Hundi (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). (140,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-New England Stud & Sir Peter Vela (GB); T-Roger Varian. £21,500.
3–Wings Of War (Ire), 128, c, 3, Dark Angel (Ire)–Futoon (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). (£140,000 Ylg '20 GOFFUK). O-Isa Salman Al Khalifa; B-Grangemore Stud (IRE); T-Clive Cox. £10,760.
Margins: 1 3/4, SHD, NK. Odds: 9.00, 6.00, 22.00.
Also Ran: Primo Bacio (Ire), Pogo (Ire), Tiber Flow (Ire), Happy Romance (Ire), Chindit (Ire), Run To Freedom (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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