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Son of Ghanaati Stars at Newmarket

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday’s Insights features a son of Classic heroine Ghanaati (Giant’s Causeway).

1.35 Newmarket, Novice, £6,900, 2yo, c/g, 7fT
MUTASAABEQ (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) is the latest progeny out of Shadwell’s G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation S. heroine Ghanaati (Giant’s Causeway) who debuts for the Charlie Hills stable. The March-foaled homebred colt is met by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s fellow newcomer Dubawi Sands (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a Roger Varian-trained half-brother to another Classic winner at this venue in Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}), and George Strawbridge’s Sevenal (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), a John Gosden-trained son of the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Latice (Ire) (Inchinor {GB}).
5.45 Kempton, Novice, £6,300, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT)
MALATHAAT (IRE) (Frankel {GB}) is another notable Shadwell newcomer on the day, being a half-sister to last year’s G3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial winner and G1 Epsom Derby fourth Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}). Richard Hannon introduces the €500,000 Goffs Orby graduate, whose dam is the smart Sweepstake (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) from the family of Zoffany (Ire).

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G1SW Mohaather to Stand at Nunnery Stud

Group 1 winner Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}-Roodeye {GB}, by Inchinor {GB}) will stand at Nunnery Stud in 2021, Shadwell announced on Monday. The 2020 G1 Sussex S. hero was retired earlier this year after sustaining bone bruising in his near hind fetlock joint. A fee for the bay will be announced later.

Richard Lancaster, Shadwell Stud Director, said, “The entire team at Shadwell are delighted to be standing Mohaather at Nunnery. He put up arguably the best performance of any miler this year when defeating a top-class field in the Sussex S., backing up what was an ultra-impressive performance in the Summer Mile at Ascot. His explosive turn of foot will live long in the memory.”

Bred by Gaie Johnson Houghton, Mohaather was knocked down for 110,000gns to Shadwell at the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2. As a juvenile he won two of three starts, culminating in a score in the G3 Horris Hill S. at Newbury. Returning at three, the Marcus Tregoning trainee added another Newbury Group 3, this time the Greenham S. from two starts. In three 2020 appearances the 4-year-old delivered in his final two, taking the July 11 G2 Summer Mile S. and the G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood at the end of the month. The highest-rated son of Showcasing at 123, Mohaather retired in August with a mark of 8-5-1-0 and $371,699 in earnings.

Added Lancaster, “It’s important to remember Mohaather was also a group winner at two and three and he has the physical prowess to match his racecourse exploits. He is particularly attractive–a beautiful dark bay–and is an extraordinarily well-balanced individual with a superb walk. You can see how he generated that speed: he has a great hindquarter and second thigh.”

Mohaather, out of the SP Roodeye, is a full-brother to American MGSW & GISP Prize Exhibit (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), and a half to the SP Harbour Master (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) and the dam of G1 Queen Anne S. hero Accidental Agent (GB) (Delegator {GB}). Roodeye in turn is a half-sister to the G1 Prix Morny runner-up Gallagher (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), while under the third dam is the G2 Gimcrack S. victor Bannister (GB) (Inchinor {GB}). Dead Certain (GB) (Absalom {GB}), a European highweight from five to seven furlongs and the winner of the G1 Cheveley Park S., is also a member of the female family tracing to the winning Sirnelta (Fr) (Sir Tor).

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Alkumait Supplemented to Dewhurst

Group winner Alkumait (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) has joined the Oct. 10 G1 Darley Dewhurst S. field after a late supplementation. Bearing the Shadwell colours alongside Owen Burrows trainee and G2 Champagne S. bridesmaid Albasheer (Ire) (Shamardal), he is one of 18 in the field for the Newmarket Group 1. The colt broke his maiden at second asking at Goodwood and doubled up with a win at Newbury in the G2 Mill Reef S. on Sept. 19.

“He runs on Saturday and I’ve been very happy with him since Newbury,” said trainer Marcus Tregoning. “Obviously we don’t know what the ground is going to be like yet, and we don’t know how many of the Irish horses are coming over.

“Most Showcasings go on soft ground anyway and as he’s in good form, we thought we had to go for it. It’s been a while since I won the Dewhurst [with Sir Percy] in 2005, but we’ve had nothing good enough to run in it since. Hopefully this is a good horse, he’s looked it so far. The fact Sheikh Hamdan had another horse already entered didn’t come into the reckoning really.”

G1 National S. hero Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) is also stepping forward, one of three in the race for trainer Joseph O’Brien. His father Aidan also fields three, with G2 Vintage S. victor Battleground (War Front) set to take part, as is National S. second and third Wembley (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). The latter was a late scratch from the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.

Others still in the field are: G3 Solario S. winner Etonian (Ire) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) and undefeated G2 Champagne S. scorer Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB})-both for Richard Hannon–and Jessica Harrington’s Sept. 12 G2 KPMG Champions Juvenile S. winner Cadillac (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Her Majesty The Queen’s G2 July S. winner Tactical (GB) (Toronado {Ire}) is also among the field at this stage for Andrew Balding, as is G2 Futurity S. winner Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {GB}) for Jim Bolger.

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Into Mischief Colt Flies Home in Bourbon

‘TDN Rising Star’ Mutasaabeq took advantage of a fast pace and produced a last-to-first rally to take the GII Bourbon S. Sunday at Keeneland, punching his ticket to the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf in the “Win and You’re In” qualifier.

Cruising to a 4 1/2-length debut score going 5 1/2 furlongs on the Saratoga main track Aug. 8, the $425,000 Keeneland November weanling buy finished a well-beaten third in the GI Runhappy Hopeful S. there Sept. 7 and was backed down to favoritism in this turf bow.

Last out of the stalls, the Shadwell colorbearer steadied off heels a bit going past the wire the first time and caboosed the field behind quick splits of :22.62 and :47.09. Starting to pick it up while swinging six wide approaching the stretch, the bay closed steadily on his left lead, then switched over outside the eighth pole and soon overtook the tiring pacesetter before edging clear to triumph. Abarta finished well to get up for second, completing an Into Mischief exacta.

“The first 100 yards didn’t go very well, but he was able to save a little bit of ground around the first turn and it looked like Luis [Saez] was biding his time and trying to figure out whether he should find a seam to go through or ultimately he just decided to circle the field and kind of sling-shotted them,” said winning trainer Todd Pletcher. “He delivered an explosive turn of foot. Great to see and great for the Shadwell team. His maiden win was very impressive and his gate work prior to his maiden win was as good as any 2-year-old we’ve had at Saratoga ever. We felt that [in] the Hopeful, they kind of ran away from him and he couldn’t really close the way we hoped he would. Kind of looking into his pedigree, the Into Mischiefs run on anything.”

“We broke a little slow. Last time he did the same thing, but I knew I had a lot of horse,” Saez added. “The distance was great for him. He was working so good on the turf. We knew what we had. When we came to the half-mile I was trying to [decide] where we were going to go–inside or out–but inside we had so many horses. I felt like I had the horse to go out and let him roll. When he came to the straight, he just took off. He did it easy.”

Pedigree Notes:

With the victory, Mutasaabeq becomes the 80th stakes winner and 34th graded stakes winner for Into Mischief. He is the first foal out of Downside Scenario, a half-sister to MGSW Cool Cowboy (Kodiak Kowboy) who was claimed for $40,000 out of her final career start in 2016. From the female family of Brazilian champion Juno (Brz) (Setembro Chove {Brz}), she has a yearling California Chrome filly and produced a colt by Uncle Mo this season before being bred to Audible.

Sunday, Keeneland
BOURBON S.-GII, $200,000, Keeneland, 10-4, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.13, fm.
1–MUTASAABEQ, 118, c, 2, by Into Mischief
                1st Dam: Downside Scenario, by Scat Daddy
                2nd Dam: Grand Breeze, by Grand Slam
                3rd Dam: Breeze Lass, by It’s Freezing
‘TDN Rising Star‘ 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES
   WIN. ($425,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV). O-Shadwell Stable;     B-BlackRidge Stables LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Luis Saez.
$120,000. Lifetime Record: GISP, 3-2-0-1, $189,600. Werk Nick
   Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Abarta, 118, c, 2, Into Mischief–Dame Marie, by Smart Strike.
($200,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O-Donegal Racing & Newtown
Anner Stud Farm; B-Mt. Brilliant Broodmares II, LLC (KY);
T-Brad H. Cox. $40,000.
3–Nathan Detroit, 118, c, 2, Union Rags–Gracie Square, by
Awesome Again. O-Joseph Allen LLC; B-Mr. Joseph Allen LLC
(KY); T-J. Reeve McGaughey. $20,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, 3/4, HD. Odds: 2.00, 17.40, 24.60.
Also Ran: Into the Sunrise, Arrest Me Red, Private Island, Spyglass, Barrister Tom, Blame the Booze, Indy Tourist, Really Slow. Scratched: Hidden Enemy (Ire). Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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