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Scots Wha’ Hae: Flying Juveniles Have Sackville On A High

GOODWOOD, UK–Goodwood has been especially glorious this week for Ed Sackville, wearing two slightly different hats as bloodstock advisor and agent.

First, Trillium (GB) (No Nay Never) blazed a trail in the G3 Molecomb S. for the Keswick family's Rockcliffe Stud, in which Sackville has played an active role in helping to assemble a broodmare band. The filly's success was followed on Thursday by victory in the G2 Richmond S. for Dr Jim and Fitri Hay's Royal Scotsman (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who was bought by SackvilleDonald for 125,000gns at Book 2 of last year's Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. 

“I have been lucky enough to be able to buy some horses for Dr Hay in the last couple of years and I am so pleased that his trust in me has been rewarded,” said the agent.

Trained by Paul and Oliver Cole, Royal Scotsman has now won two of his four starts and was third behind Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) and subsequent G2 July S. winner Persian Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) in the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot. 

Sackville continued, “Royal Scotsman looks like a hugely exciting prospect. I know that Alex Cole and his father and brother were disappointed in the Coventry and obviously now he has shown his true colours. Also, when one looks at the form of the Coventry, it looks like it was an exceptional race.”

Paul Cole added of the colt, “Nothing worries him, he is a fantastic horse. There is the possibility of stepping up in trip, but he has a lot of speed and is out of a fast mare. I can't see anything around that has as much speed as him. There are very good races on the horizon such as the Morny and potentially York [the Gimcrack]. I'm not good at making quick decisions.”

While Cole mulls his options, trainer Richard Hannon will be doing similar in regard to Trillium, who is now a dual winner. 

“[Wednesday] was equally exciting,” said Sackville. “It was obviously different in that she is a homebred for the Keswick family, and to me it was a truly important homebred in that the family had Snow Lantern last year, and Snow Lantern is out of [1000 Guineas winner] Sky Lantern who was originally bought as a yearling, whereas this filly Trillium is a granddaughter of Asaawir. When the Keswicks decided to form Rockcliffe Stud Asaawir was one of the foundation mares we bought from three original mares, so to win the Molecomb with a second-generation Keswick-bred filly is arguably more significant for the stud than winning the Falmouth Stakes with Snow Lantern.”

The fourth foal of Asaawir (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) was the dual winner and Group 3-placed Marsh Hawk (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who has now produced two black-type horses for Rockliffe Stud in Trillium and the Listed runner-up Mohawk King (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}). Her Iffraaj (GB) colt foal will be consigned as lot 113 by Highclere Stud to the forthcoming Goffs UK Premier Sale. 

“We still own Marsh Hawk, who is only a 10-year-old mare. She has an Iffraaj yearling going to Doncaster and a Wootton Bassett colt foal, and she is back in foal to the great No Nay Never,” Sackville noted. 

“Trillium is a very exciting prospect. I think now that she is a group winner anything else is a bonus. We will probably aim her high, be it the Morny or the Cheveley Park or the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.”

He added, “I think that the most important thing about these two horses is that they are owned by British-based owners who have put a huge amount into the business, and obviously we as an industry are hugely grateful for the international support that we get, but I think that it is nice to have some locally-owned, high-profile winners. 

“The Arqana, Doncaster and Fairyhouse catalogues are already out online and I think that winners like these are a great reflection of the strength and depth of the British and Irish breeding industries.”

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No Nay Never’s Trillium On Top In The Molecomb

Rockcliffe Stud's 2-year-old filly Trillium (GB) (No Nay Never–Marsh Hawk {GB}, by Invincible Spirit {Ire}) was the lone distaffer in Wednesday's G3 Markel Molecomb S. at Goodwood and took full advantage of her gender allowance to deny Listed Dragon S. victor Rocket Rodney (GB) (Dandy Man {Ire}) in the five-furlong dash. She had opened up with a June 17 debut second tackling six furlongs at the Sussex venue and was let go at a generous 7-1 coming back off a four-length tally, again over six, at Newbury earlier this month. Unfazed in seventh behind furious early fractions up front here, she weaved a passage into contention approaching the final furlong and quickened smartly in the closing stages to win by 1 1/4 lengths, in a new track record, with plenty in hand.

“Trillium has always been a lovely filly, I was amazed she did not win here first time and she probably did not know enough and was a bit keen,” said trainer Richard Hannon. “She won her maiden very nicely at Newbury, we have come back from six furlongs to five and she is starting to look like a very nice 2-year-old. She came in late and is a credit to Rockcliffe Stud. We will look at the [G1] Prix Morny and Ed Sackville mentioned the [GI] Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. I did not put her in the [G2] Lowther as she was not showing this much speed then. She does not have to sprint and six furlongs won't be a problem. She looks like a very tall, strong 2-year-old and I would love to think she is a filly for next year, but she is a Group winner now and that would be a bonus.”

Ed Sackville, racing manager for Rockcliffe Stud, added, “It is absolutely fantastic. This is a homebred filly out of a mare called Marsh Hawk, who was fourth in the [G1] Fillies' Mile for us. We were offered a lot of money for Marsh Hawk and luckily turned it down. It has paid off as Trillium has just won the Molecomb in impressive style and we are delighted. Richard was keen to drop her down to five furlongs as he feels that she just shows so much speed. We had her in the Alice Keppel [conditions race], but as we're owner-breeders, the black type is more important, so it's great. I'll talk to Richard about future plans, but a race that interests me is the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, a Grade I million-dollar race. That would be exciting, we've got black type and can go anywhere now.”

Rocket Rodney's trainer George Scott reflected, “We were beaten fair and square by a better horse on the day. Trillium was the fly in the ointment really for me going into the race. She's a well-bred filly from a good operation, who was impressive last time out, and she was always the one I was worried about. We've beaten Eddie's Boy by the same distance we've beaten him in the last two starts, so we've probably just run to our form and she has improved past us. We are working back from the Breeders' Cup, we will probably give him a couple of easy weeks and then work towards the [G2] Flying Childers. Then he will run once more, depending on the ground, and we want to end up at Keeneland for the 2-year-old five-furlong race on the Friday. It's a newish race and it will be perfect for him.”

Third-placed Walbank's rider Rossa Ryan added, “I had to do the donkey work on my own side, but I was a step slower away so that didn't help. He has run well and he's a real, true five-furlong horse. He should win his black-type race and I would be disappointed if he doesn't.”

Trillium is the third foal and scorer produced by G3 Dick Poole Fillies' S. runner-up Marsh Hawk (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), herself a half-sister to G2 Queen Mary S. third Hairy Rocket (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). Hairy Rocket, in turn, is the dam of G2 Futurity S. third The Acropolis (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}). Trillium's stakes-placed second dam Asaawir (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), herself out of the multiple stakes-placed Triple Joy (GB) (Most Welcome {GB}), is a half-sister to stakes-winning G3 Prix de la Nonette runner-up Trinity Joy (GB) (Vettori {Ire}). The April-foaled homebred bay, who hails from a family featuring G2 Dante S. victor and dual Group 1-placed sire Carlton House (Street Cry {Ire}), is a half-sister to Listed Desert Code S. runner-up Mohawk King (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), a yearling colt by Iffraaj (GB) who is entered in the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale as lot 113, and a weanling colt by Wootton Bassett (GB).

Wednesday, Goodwood, Britain
MARKEL MOLECOMB S.-G3, £75,000, Goodwood, 7-27, 2yo, 5fT, :56.68 (NTR), g/f.
1–TRILLIUM (GB), 126, f, 2, by No Nay Never
1st Dam: Marsh Hawk (GB), by Invincible Spirit (Ire)
2nd Dam: Asaawir (GB), by Royal Applause (GB)
3rd Dam: Triple Joy (GB), by Most Welcome (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Rockcliffe Stud (GB); T-Richard Hannon; J-Pat Dobbs. £42,533. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $61,028. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Rocket Rodney (GB), 129, g, 2, Dandy Man (Ire)–Alushta (GB), by Royal Applause (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (18,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 18,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Victorious Racing; B-R W Stapleton (GB); T-George Scott. £16,125.
3–Walbank (Ire), 129, c, 2, Kodiac (GB)–No Lippy (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB). (525,000gns 2yo '22 TATBRE). O-Amo Racing & Omnihorse Racing; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-David Loughnane. £8,070.
Margins: 1 1/4, HF, 1HF. Odds: 7.00, 1.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Eddie's Boy (GB), Thunder Moor (Ire), Looking For Lynda (Ire), Studio City (Ire), Dickieburd (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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Summer Mile Victory For Wootton Bassett’s Chindit

Earning compensation for respectable efforts in the top league, Michael Pescod's Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) battled to a typically game success in Saturday's G2 Fred Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile at Ascot. Third in the May 14 G1 Lockinge S. at Newbury and fourth in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot June 14, the 85-40 second favourite was in shallower waters here and took to the lead early to establish his presence. Looking likely to surrender as the 7-4 favourite Mutasaabeq (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) edged ahead over a furlong from home, the Richard Hannon trainee rallied for Pat Dobbs to wrest back the advantage late on and score by a head. “He is relaxing a bit better and he is finishing his races off,” the winning rider said. “He used to be a little bit headstrong. He kept plenty in the tank and I always thought he would get ten, so we'll see.”

 

First coming to prominence at this venue when taking the Listed Pat Eddery S. as a juvenile, Chindit went on to win the G2 Champagne S. at Doncaster later that term and although he added the G3 Greenham S. to his tally the following Spring he was unable to make a serious impact in four attempts at the highest level. Back with purpose in 2022 with a fluent score in the Listed Doncaster Mile Mar. 26, the bay had continued to provide honest service to connections by sticking as respectably close to Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) as possible at Newbury and Royal Ascot.

Pescod is keen to take on the Shadwell rocket once again. “I have a nose-bleed now,” he quipped. “I am in territory I don't understand. I have never had a group one winner and if you tell me where Baaeed is going to go, I will tell you if this is the horse who could be the first. We are entered at Goodwood and we have to do it really. We are not going to duck him. He is certainly one of the best horses I have owned.”

Chindit is the first foal out of Always A Dream (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a granddaughter of the famed Out West (Gone West) who produced the G1 Derby hero and successful sire Motivator (GB) and his G2 Hardwicke S.-winning full-brother Macarthur (GB). From the family of the GI Haskell Invitational H. and GI San Fernando S. hero and leading sire Wavering Monarch, her yearling filly is by Bated Breath (GB).

Saturday, Ascot, Britain
FRED COWLEY MBE MEMORIAL SUMMER MILE-G2, £140,000, Ascot, 7-9, 4yo/up, 7f 213yT, 1:41.89, g/f.
1–CHINDIT (IRE), 129, c, 4, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
     1st Dam: Always A Dream (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB)
     2nd Dam: Always Remembered (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
     3rd Dam: Out West, by Gone West
(65,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-Michael Pescod; B-J C Bloodstock & R Mahon (IRE); T-Richard Hannon; J-Pat Dobbs. £79,394. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Eng, 14-6-0-2, $407,618. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Mutasaabeq (GB), 129, c, 4, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Ghanaati, by Giant's Causeway. O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Limited (GB); T-Charles Hills. £30,100.
3–My Oberon (Ire), 129, g, 5, Dubawi (Ire)–My Titania (Ire), by Sea The Stars (Ire). O/B-Sunderland Holding Inc (IRE); T-William Haggas. £15,064.
Margins: HD, 1 1/4, 3HF. Odds: 2.13, 1.75, 3.50.
Also Ran: Tactical (GB), Best Lightning (Fr), Perotto (GB). Scratched: Modern News (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Mehmas’s Persian Force To The Fore At Newmarket

Amo Racing's €225,000 Goffs Orby yearling Persian Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}–Vida Amorosa {Ire}, by Lope De Vega {Ire}) ran second to 'TDN Rising Star' Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) in Royal Ascot's G2 Coventry S. last month and, in the absence of late scratching Little Big Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never), justified odds-on favouritism to claim a first stakes success in Thursday's G2 Close Brothers July S. at Newmarket. He had previously debuted with a win in a stellar renewal of Doncaster's Mar. 26 Brocklesby S. and doubled up in a May 14 Newbury conditions heat. Positioned in a handy third through halfway in this six-furlong test, the crowd's 1-2 pick was sent to the front underneath the stands' side rail passing the quarter-mile marker and kept on strongly under continued urging up the hill to comfortably outpoint Show Respect (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) by 1 1/2 lengths for a career high. In so doing, he emulated his sire (by Acclamation {GB}), who ran second in the Coventry before landing this contest in 2016.

“I'm delighted that Rossa [Ryan] put the race to bed when he needed to and we deserved that,” said Richard Hannon after claiming a fourth edition of the contest. “He's done exactly the same as [sire] Mehmas in finishing second in the Coventry and then winning the July. I do think he will get seven furlongs. We don't have to go there immediately, but at the end of the year he will. His temperament is exemplary and he behaves as very good 2-year-olds do and I'm sure a step up would benefit. We might look at the [G1 Vincent O'Brien] National S. in Ireland and the [G1] Prix Morny next. My dad rang me after the Coventry and said he's a Guineas horse and I thought that was a little bit out of the blue, but that was the first thing he said to me. If a horse has a lot of speed he doesn't want to do that, but because he's so sensible he gives himself every chance of getting that [one-mile] trip. He has always given me a tingle, he got his just rewards today and I'm sure he's a Group 1 winner waiting to happen. He's an ideal horse to make a sire, he's a gorgeous looker and has everything that good horses do have. This fellow is probably one of the best 2-year-olds we've had in a long time.”

“It's brilliant for Mr Hannon and all the team because we were unlucky at Ascot and we got repayment for the horse here,” added Rossa Ryan. “Going forward, we have our black-type race under our belts now and a lot of the pressure is off, so it's a job well done. He's so straightforward and is a relaxed character, he takes you through the race and fills you with confidence. It was probably the smoothest run I've got in a Group race for a long time and it all fell into place today. A lot of credit has to go to the lads at home, I do the easy job and they put in all the hard work, so I couldn't be more grateful to the team. Richard is a master of 2-year-olds and, when this lad was building up to Royal Ascot, there was talk that he was as good as Canford Cliffs, so I was getting excited. It's great to have a horse with a proper engine underneath like he does and it's a good feeling.”

Runner-up Show Respect bounced back after running 11th in the Coventry to finish second at odds of 33-1 and trainer Brian Meehan reflected, “That is much of what we expected to happen in the Coventry. He got stopped in the gate at [Royal] Ascot and in these sort of races you need a clean break. He has been able to show today what I always thought of and what James Doyle thought of him at Leicester. He is in the [G2] Gimcrack [at York], the [G2] Richmond [at Goodwood] is there, and there is also the [G1] Prix Morny [at Deauville]. I'm really pleased and all these races will be on his radar now.”

Persian Force, from the family of dual Group 1-winning sire Danehill Dancer (Ire), is the second foal and stakes performer produced by an unraced half-sister to the dam of G3 Prix de Meautry victor Garrus (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). The April-foaled chestnut if a full-brother to last term's G2 Richmond S. third Gubbass (Ire) and half to a yearling colt by Inns Of Court (Ire).

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
CLOSE BROTHERS JULY S.-G2, £100,000, Newmarket, 7-7, 2yo, c/g, 6fT, 1:11.18, g/f.
1–PERSIAN FORCE (IRE), 128, c, 2, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Vida Amorosa (Ire), by Lope De Vega (Ire)
2nd Dam: Danamight (Ire), by Danetime (Ire)
3rd Dam: Nuit Chaud, by Woodman
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€75,000 Wlg '20 GOFNOV; €225,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR). O-Amo Racing Ltd; B-Tom Lacy (IRE); T-Richard Hannon; J-Rossa Ryan. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $129,713. *Full to Gubbass (Ire), GSP-Eng, $186,395. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Show Respect (Ire), 128, c, 2, Showcasing (GB)–More Respect (Ire), by Spectrum (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€50,000 Wlg '20 GOFNOV; 55,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT; £490,000 RNA 2yo '22 GOFLON). O-Family Amusements Ltd & Partners; B-D & E Phelan (IRE); T-Brian Meehan. £21,500.
3–Mysterious Night (Ire), 128, c, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–Mistrusting (Ire), by Shamardal. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £10,760.
Margins: 1HF, 1 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.50, 33.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Harry Time (Ire), Waiting All Night (GB), King's Crown (Ire), Brave Nation (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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