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Wootton Bassett Colt Leaves No Doubts in the Juvenile Turf

'TDN Rising Star' UNQUESTIONABLE (FR) (c, 2, Wootton Bassett {GB}–Strawberry Lace {GB}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}) was given a tactically flawless steer by world-class reinsman Ryan Moore and proved far too classy in Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita, defeating his stable companion Mountain Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never) by about three lengths. Able to secure the gun run one back on the fence in fourth, the €340,000 Arqana August yearling always traveled sweetly in the hands of Moore as Air Recruit (Air Force Blue) took them along at a lively clip in advance of the heavily backed Canadian invader My Boy Prince (Cairo Prince). Going well into the final three furlongs, Unquestionable was ridden for a bit of luck, hoping that the runs came, and come they did, as the bay–a latest second to Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at ParisLongchamp–was produced three off the inside at midstretch and scampered clear. Mountain Bear finished full of run down the center to claim second, while My Boy Prince held for third. For Moore, it was a sixth victory in the Juvenile Turf, having partnered with Victoria Road (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) last year, and 13th Breeders' Cup win overall, while Aidan O'Brien was winning a 17th race at the championships. The victory would have been of some consolation for Ballydoyle, whose morning-line favorite River Tiber (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) was ordered scratched Friday. Sales history: €340,000 Ylg '22 ARQAUG. O-Al Shaqab Racing, Westerberg, Mrs John Magnier, Derrick Smith & Michael B Tabor; B-Mme Camille Vitse, Mme Axelle Vitse, Mme Valentine Vitse & Guillaume Vitse; T-Aidan O'Brien.

 

Friday, Santa Anita
PREVAGEN BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE TURF-GI, $920,000, Santa Anita, 11-3, 2yo, c/g, 1mT, 1:33.65, fm.
1–UNQUESTIONABLE (FR), 122, c, 2, by Wootton Bassett (GB)
                1st Dam: Strawberry Lace (GB), by Sea The Stars (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Crying Lightening (Ire),
                                by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Auction Room, by Chester House
'TDN Rising Star'. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES
WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. (€340,000 Ylg '22 ARAUG).
O-Al Shaqab Racing, Westerberg, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick
Smith and Michael B. Tabor; B-Mme C. Vitse, Mme A. Vitse,
Mme V. Vitse, G. Vitse (FR); T-Aidan P. O'Brien; J-Ryan L.
Moore. $520,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Ire, G1SP-Fr, 6-2-2-1, $671,394.
Werk Nick Rating: A.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Mountain Bear (Ire), 122, c, 2, No Nay Never–Holy Alliance
(Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire). 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE.
O-Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith and Michael B. Tabor;
B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan P. O'Brien. $170,000.
3–My Boy Prince, 122, c, 2, Cairo Prince–Hopping Not Hoping,
by Silent Name (Jpn). (C$115,000 Ylg '22 CANSEP). O-Gary
Barber; B-Murray Smith (ON); T-Mark E. Casse. $90,000.
Margins: 1HF, HD, HF. Odds: 1.50, 22.30, 5.20.
Also Ran: Can Group, Agate Road, Tok Tok, Air Recruit, Endlessly, Carson's Run, Stay Hot, Fulmineo. Scratched: Grand Mo the First, Liam's Journey, River Tiber (Ire).
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Justify’s City Of Troy Outclasses Dewhurst Opposition

Assuaging any and all fears presented by softened conditions, Coolmore's impressive G2 Superlative S. victor City Of Troy (Justify–Together Forever {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) set the seal on European  champion juvenile status with a performance brimming with pure brilliance in Saturday's G1 Native Trail's Dewhurst S. at Newmarket.

The 'TDN Rising Star' was the sharpest of eight into stride and floated along on the lead through halfway. Committed by Ryan Moore when stirred into action approaching the quarter-mile marker, the 8-15 favourite lengthened clear in effortless fashion to take an insurmountable buffer into the final furlong and moved like a tremendous machine on the ascent to hit the line strong with a 3 1/2-length advantage back to G3 Somerville Tattersall S. winner Alyanaabi (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}). Fellow 'TDN Rising Star' Eben Shaddad (Calyx {GB}) performed with credit on unsuitable ground and finished one length adrift in third. The success provided Aidan O'Brien with a record-equalling eighth victory in the seven-furlong contest.

 

 

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
NATIVE TRAIL'S DEWHURST S.-G1, £528,750, Newmarket, 10-14, 2yo, 7fT, 1:24.85, sf.
1–CITY OF TROY, 129, c, 2, by Justify
1st Dam: Together Forever (Ire) (G1SW-Eng & SW-Ire, $318,729), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Green Room, by Theatrical (Ire)
3rd Dam: Chain Fern, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. TDN Rising Star. O-Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £299,854. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $451,293. *1/2 to Military Style (War Front), GSW-Ire; Absolute Ruler (War Front), GSP-Ire; and King Of Athens (War Front), SP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Alyanaabi (Ire), 129, c, 2, Too Darn Hot (GB)–Alyamaama, by Kitten's Joy. 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (IRE); T-Owen Burrows. £113,681.
3–Eben Shaddad, 129, c, 2, Calyx (GB)–Galileo's Lady, by Galileo (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. TDN Rising Star. ($100,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; €190,000 2yo '23 ARQMAY). O-HRH Prince Faisal Bin Khaled & Najd Stud; B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-John & Thady Gosden. £56,894.
Margins: 3HF, 1, 1HF. Odds: Scratched: 0.53, 6.00, 25.00.
Also Ran: Henry Adams (Ire), Haatem (Ire), Iberian (Ire), Array (Ire), Indian Run (Ire).

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Frankel’s Ylang Ylang On Top In Fillies’ Mile

Friday's G1 Fillies' Mile became a test of stamina and character and there was no shirking of the issue from TDN Rising Star Ylang Ylang (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Shambolic {Ire}, by Shamardal) as she provided Aidan O'Brien with a record-equalling sixth renewal of the Newmarket feature.

Beaten twice since winning Leopardstown's G3 Silver Flash S. in July, the 1.5million gns Book 1 relative of Viva Pataca (GB) (Marju {Ire}) was better than the bare form of her third in this track's seven-furlong G2 Rockfel S. last month and had race tactics to suit if not the soft ground with stablemate Brilliant (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) the target up ahead.

Checked momentarily as the Rockfel runner-up Shuwari (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) was carried left into her path by the G2 May Hill S. runner-up See The Fire (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) approaching two out, the 9-2 shot was pulled around that duo by Ryan Moore and began pursuit into the dip. Taking until the last 50 yards to get by, she was firmly on top at the line to reverse form with Shuwari and prevail by half a length from that 3-1 favourite, with See The Fire 3/4 of a length away in third.

“It all went a little bit pear-shaped in mid-season and it's hard to come back like that, but she's classy and very brave,” O'Brien said. “She's very exciting for next year and I'd imagine the lads will want her to start in the Guineas, but she'll have no problem going further and could get the Oaks trip.”

“Obviously the Moyglare went wrong–she ran a bit keen because she'd made the running the first twice, but when her chance was gone Ryan looked after her,” he added. “She came here for a lovely, educational run the last day and because her season got interrupted she wouldn't have been 100% at her best today. We were kind of coming here more for education for next year than today being the be-all and end-all, but I thought Ryan was really incredible on her.”

Ollie Sangster said of Shuwari, “I was very happy and she ran a great race. She saw out the trip well–I think we just got outstayed in the last 50 yards by Ryan and obviously that is a very good filly. I think she liked the ground as it wasn't that soft. Everything went well apart from the fact we didn't win. That will be her for the season and I suppose we will work back from the 1000 Guineas. I wouldn't be afraid of pitching straight up into a 1000 Guineas, as she is a straightforward filly to train. The dream is still alive.”

Andrew Balding was also satisfied with the effort of See The Fire and said, “She travelled strongly, but she got there sooner than Oisin wanted to. She just tired late on, but she is an exciting filly and we are looking forward to next year. I think we will look towards the 1000 Guineas with her.”

 

Pedigree Notes

Ylang Ylang is the first foal out of Listed Pretty Polly S., Listed Height of Fashion S. and Listed Chalice S.-placed Shambolic  who is a half-sister to the aforementioned dual G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup hero and multiple Hong Kong champion Viva Pataca who raced as Comic Strip while in the UK. She is also kin to the GI Flower Bowl Invitational and GI Diana S. heroine Laughing (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) and to the dam of the listed scorer and G3 Lillie Langtry S.-placed Twitch (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}).

The family, which received an update last year when Mottisfont (Ire) (Adaay {Ire}) was third in the G3 Sweet Solera S., includes the multiple graded-stakes scorer and sire Brave Act (GB) while the fourth dam is the champion 2-year-old filly Circus Ring (Ire) (High Top {Ire}). Shambolic's yearling colt by Kingman (GB) sold for 425,000gns at the town's recent Book 1 to Qatar Racing and the China Horse Club, while she also has a filly foal by Siyouni (Fr).

Friday, Newmarket, Britain
BET365 FILLIES' MILE-G1, £500,000, Newmarket, 10-13, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:38.80, sf.
1–YLANG YLANG (GB), 128, f, 2, by Frankel (GB)
                1st Dam: Shambolic (Ire) (MSP-Eng), by Shamardal
                2nd Dam: Comic (Ire), by Be My Chief
                3rd Dam: Circus Act (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
   1ST GROUP 1 WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. (1,500,000gns Ylg '22
TATOCT). O-Magnier,Tabor, Smith, Brant, Westerberg;
B-Newsells Park Stud & Merry Fox Stud (GB); T-Aidan O'Brien;
J-Ryan Moore. £283,550. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire, 5-3-0-1,
$404,796. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the
   free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Shuwari (Ire), 128, f, 2, New Bay (GB)–Lady Pimpernel (GB),
by Sir Percy (GB). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (80,000gns Ylg
'22 TATOCT). O-Mrs B V Sangster & Ballylinch Partnership;
B-Ballylinch Stud (IRE); T-Ollie Sangster. £107,500.
3–See The Fire (GB), 128, f, 2, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Arabian
Queen (Ire), by Dubawi (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Mr
J C Smith; B-Littleton Stud (GB); T-Andrew Balding. £53,800.
Margins: HF, 3/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 4.50, 3.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Classical Song (Ire), Brilliant (Ire), Caught U Looking (Ire), Seaward (Ire), Ambiente Amigo (GB). VIDEO.

 

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Justify’s Opera Singer Dominates The Marcel Boussac

   Impressive in the G3 Flame of Tara S. at The Curragh in August, Opera Singer (Justify–Liscanna {Ire}, by Sadler's Wells) took it to another level on Sunday as she outclassed her contemporaries in ParisLongchamp's G1 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac, a GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf qualifying race.

Stoked up from the break by Ryan Moore to enjoy a narrow lead from Darnation (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), the half-sister to War Front's top-level winners Hit It A Bomb and Brave Anna had that rival in trouble inside the straight and lengthened away to score by five lengths from Rose Bloom (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), with 3/4 of a length back to the TDN Rising Star Les Pavots (Ire) (No Nay Never) in third.

“She's a big filly, genuine and strong and long-striding with loads of class,” Aidan O'Brien said of the 17-10 favourite. “She got a brilliant ride. She has the option of going to the Breeders' Cup, but we'll talk to Ryan and speak with the lads.”

Introduced in the seven-furlong Curragh maiden won by stablemate Ylang Ylang (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in June, Opera Singer was up to this trip to open her account at Leopardstown in July before dropping down again to be a head second to A Lilac Rolla (Ire) (Harry Angel {Ire}) in The Curragh's Irish EBF Fillies Juvenile Race in mid-August. It was two weeks later back in Kildare that the flashy bay really came alive, galloping her rivals into the ground to win the Flame of Tara, run under the banner Newtownanner Stud Irish EBF S., by 6 1/2 lengths.

   There was no hiding place here, with the winner closing out with a final three furlongs in :32.92 and a penultimate split of :10.59 which was faster than Rosallion's equivalent in the preceding race.

“Ryan said she was very straightforward,” O'Brien added of Justify's first European Group 1 winner. “I thought she was very strong all the way to the line and it was an impressive performance. She's by Justify and they get better with age. As she steps up in trip she's something to look forward to next year.

“She's obviously a filly that would have no problem starting off at a mile in a Classic and you would imagine she would have no problem going up to a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half. Ryan was raving about her there coming in–he said I look forward to this day next year!”

   Nicolas Clement said of Rose Bloom, “She had a very good race behind the winner and despite running a bit freely, ran on really well at the finish. She was beaten by a good filly and we're the first home of the French finishers, so we are hopeful of having a good filly on our hands for next season. I don't think she'll run again this year.”

Francis-Henri Graffard said of Les Pavots, “We're delighted with her performance. She's a very professional filly, but the winner seemed unbeatable and so we're pleased with our third place. We're going to talk to her owners, but it's possible that she'll run in the Breeders' Cup. That's always been on the owner's mind. She acts well on a sound surface.”

 

Pedigree Notes

   Opera Singer is the 11th foal out of the G3 Ballyogan S. winner Liscanna (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), whose aforementioned Brave Anna captured the G1 Cheveley Park S. and Hit It A Bomb the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. The second dam is the dual listed winner and G2 Rockfel S. runner-up Lahinch (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), whose four black-type performers include the G3 Kilternan S. winner The Bogberry (Hawk Wing) and the G1 Oaks runner-up Ennistymon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Another of her Galileo progeny was the G2 Kilboy Estate S. second Lahinch Classics (Ire) who is in turn the dam of the GI Summer S. runner-up Grafton Street also by Brave Anna and Hit It A Bomb's sire War Front.

 

 

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
QATAR PRIX MARCEL BOUSSAC – CRITERIUM DES POULICHES-G1, €400,000, ParisLongchamp, 10-1, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:36.40, g/s.
1–OPERA SINGER, 123, f, 2, by Justify
1st Dam: Liscanna (Ire) (GSW-Ire, $118,164), by Sadler's Wells
2nd Dam: Lahinch (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
3rd Dam: Dublah, by Private Account
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-M Tabor, D Smith, Mrs J Magnier & Westerberg; B-Mrs E Stockwell (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €228,560. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire, 5-3-1-0, €282,750. *1/2 to Hit It A Bomb (War Front), GISW-US, SW & MGSP-Ire, $626,476; Brave Anna (War Front), G1SW-Eng, $213,423; Border Town (War Front), GSP-US, $273,148; and Threeandfourpence (War Front), SP-Ire, $275,643. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Rose Bloom (Ire), 123, f, 2, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Xaarienne (GB), by Xaar (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (€320,000 Ylg '22 ARQAUG). O-China Horse Club International; B-John O'Connor (IRE); T-Nicolas Clement. €91,440.
3–Les Pavots (Ire), 123, f, 2, No Nay Never–Sparrow (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Craig Bernick & Haras d'Etreham; B-Coolmore Stud (IRE); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €45,720.
Margins: 5, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 1.70, 9.00, 5.00.
Also Ran: Ribaltagaia, Darnation (Ire), Extraordinaire (Fr), Voodoo Magic (Fr), Julica (Fr), Freville (Fr), Zandy (Ire). Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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