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St Leger Gains Pyledriver, Hukum Also Possible

MGSW Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}), who won the G2 Great Voltigeur S. on Aug. 19, has been confirmed for the G1 St Leger at Doncaster on Sept. 12, Racing Post reported on Sunday. Trainer William Muir confirmed the news, with the G1 Grand Prix de Paris at ParisLongchamp, also on Sept. 12, off the table.

The La Pyle Partnership, consisting of owner/breeders Roger Devlin and brothers Guy and Hugh Leach, raced Pyledriver to a listed success at two. The colt ran second in the G3 Unibet Classic Trial S. over the Kempton all-weather on June 3, before burnishing his G1 Investec Derby claims with a two-length victory in the G2 King Edward VII S. at Royal Ascot later that month. After a difficult run in the July 4 Derby, Pyledriver sped to a 3 1/2-length score in the Great Voltigeur.

“The plan at the moment is to look at the Leger as long as I’m happy with him-and he looks to be in superb form,” Muir told Racing Post. “He’s in the Grand Prix de Paris, but the Leger is for 3-year-olds only, it’s a Classic and at this stage, that’s where we’re going. The owners said you only get one crack at a Classic and the worst that can happen is that he doesn’t stay, he gets beaten and we put him away for the year.”

Shadwell’s Hukum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who won the G3 Geoffrey Freer S. at Newbury on Aug. 15, is another under consideration for the final Classic of the British season. A winner at second asking at Kempton last November, Hukum took the King George V S. at Royal Ascot on June 17 before his Geoffrey Freer success.

Trainer Owen Burrows said, “Touch wood, he’s come out of the race very well, but nothing has been finalised as to where he’ll go next. He certainly wasn’t stopping at either Ascot or Newbury, so I can’t see the trip being an issue, but I have to keep stressing he shows plenty of pace at home and is not simply a stayer.

“I thought William Muir’s horse was very impressive in the Great Voltigeur, especially with a penalty, but you’d have to say Aidan [O’Brien] appears to hold all the cards with Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) and a few others. But, this year more than any, if you think you might have a horse for it you’ll be tempted to go. We’ll speak to Sheikh Hamdan, but the Leger does look the logical next step.”

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Teofilo’s Tawkeel Battles to Nonette Success

Going four-for-four when plundering June’s G1 Prix Saint-Alary over 10 furlongs at Chantilly, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Tawkeel (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) maintained her unblemished record with a battling success tackling the same trip in Saturday’s G2 Shadwell Prix de la Nontette at Deauville. The 1-2 favourite was positioned second as British raider Frankel’s Storm (GB) (Frankel {GB}) established a clear lead through halfway. Easing closer rounding the home turn, she was confronted by Tickle Me Green (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) soon after cruising to front on the bridle with 300 metres remaining and kept on resolutely under late rousting to deny that tenacious rival by a half-length. Godolphin’s Alkandora (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) was best of the rest and finished a further 3/4-of-a-length back in third.

“Turning for home, it looked to me as though she was going to win as easily as she did in the Saint-Alary, but she had to fight,” admitted Jean-Claude Rouget. “I felt it was the combination of two factors as she definitely needed the race and the ground was too soft for her. I didn’t want to be too hard on her in morning work at home and, anyway, at the end she won safely and the essential has been done.” Looking ahead to a return to elite-level company, the trainer continued, “The target has always been the [Oct. 4 G1] Prix de l’Opera [at Parislongcamp] and she should be at her best for that race although I hope that the ground will not be too soft come the day.”

Winning jockey Cristian Demuro added, “I remained in the centre of the course in the backstraight and didn’t go after the pacemaker [Frankel’s Storm] because I didn’t want to do too much too early. When the other filly [Tickle Me Green] came head to head in the straight, I knew my filly would give me more. She responded well and is all class, but the [very soft] ground was definitely against her. She is very strong, mentally, and that is one of her main qualities. Nothing bothers her and, looking at her right after the race, she behaves like she has not made any effort. That is the sign of a good horse.”

Tawkeel is the first of three foals out of Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux victrix Rafaadah (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), herself one of two foals produced by MGSW G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest runner-up Joanna (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), and she is full to a yearling colt and a half to the hitherto unraced 2-year-old filly Buhoor (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Joanna is kin to G1 Livamol Classic victor Cazals (Ire) (Aussie Rules) while Tawkeel’s fourth dam Marina Lady (Riverman) is a half to Listed Brownstown Stud S. winner Idle Affair (Try My Best), herself the dam of MGSW distaffer Idle Rich (Sky Classic) and second dam of G1 Copa de Plata heroine Alexine (Arg) (Runaway Groom). The next dam, Amenity (Fr) (Luthier {Fr}), is a full-sister to G2 Prix de Chaudenay-winning sire Ashmore (Fr).

Saturday, Deauville, France
SHADWELL PRIX DE LA NONETTE-G2, €90,000, Deauville, 8-22, 3yo, f, 10fT, 2:10.10, vsf.
1–TAWKEEL (GB), 126, f, 3, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Rafaadah (GB) (SW-Fr), by Oasis Dream (GB)
2nd Dam: Joanna (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire)
3rd Dam: Secrete Marina (Ire), by Mujadil
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (GB); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Cristian Demuro. €51,300. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, 5-5-0-0, €174,010. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Tickle Me Green (Ger), 126, f, 3, Sea The Moon (Ger)–Tickle Me Pink (GB), by Groom Dancer. O-Heike Bischoff-Lafrentz; B-Gestut Gorlsdorf (GER); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €19,800.
3–Alkandora (GB), 126, f, 3, Nathaniel (Ire)–Poplin (GB), by Medicean (GB). (85,000gns Ylg ’18 TAOCT). O-Godolphin; B-D J Deer & Mrs D J Deer (GB); T-Andre Fabre. €9,450.
Margins: HF, 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.50, 9.00, 13.00.
Also Ran: Solsticia (Ire), Auyantepui (GB), Scripturale (Fr), Frankel’s Storm (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Battaash Brings Up Amazing Four-Timer For Shadwell

Shadwell had watched the first three races fall their way at York’s Ebor Festival on Friday and so there were more than the usual share of nerves as their flagship Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) went to post for the G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. In the event, he gave the team their most anxious moments of all the races they conquered on the card as he had to graft to subdue yet another flying filly from Michael Dods’s Darlington yard in Que Amoro (Ire) (Es Que Love {Ire}). Finally managing to shake off her attentions in the last 100 yards, the 1-2 favourite earned a length success as Moss Gill (Ire) (No Nay Never) also excelled himself two lengths away in third. The landmark win followed that in the opening handicap of Alfaatik (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), of Enbihaar (Ire) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) in the G2 Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup and of Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) in the G2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack S. “Relief is the right word,” trainer Charlie Hills commented. “It’s great to see the team do so well–they are all so professional in everything they do and it’s been well rewarded.”

On Battaash’s best days, Jim Crowley has been merely a passenger on Battaash and in all four of his successes in Goodwood’s G2 King George S., his track record-breaking win here 12 months ago, his 2017 G1 Prix de l’Abbaye romp and emotional victory in the June 16 G1 King’s Stand S. at Royal Ascot he has only had to stay in the saddle. This affair, on the softest ground that the 6-year-old has encountered since his tame effort in October’s Abbaye at ParisLongchamp, he was made to engage a long way out by the stand’s rail runner Que Amoro who had previously finished third behind Moss Gill in the course-and-distance Listed City Walls S. Dods conjured two Nunthorpe wins out of Mecca’s Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and an Abbaye victory out of Mabs Cross (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) who was also narrowly denied in this in 2018 and for a brief period heading to the furlong pole it looked as if he had produced another giant-killer from his yard.

Battaash had started out up the centre of the track, but Crowley explained afterwards that his less-than-direct passage from halfway was partly due to the prevailing high wind and partly due to the respect shown to the filly. “We went one hell of a gallop and there’s a tailwind, which is blowing across the track towards the stands rail,” he explained. “I tried not to let the leader go too far ahead and fair play to the second, she ran a mighty race and was hard to pass. He doesn’t normally have to battle–he usually has his races won at halfway, but he really had to be a man today and stuck his neck out. He really galloped and tried really hard, so we got it just right. He’s really changed this horse–he took a nice bite going down but he was good at the start and everything was like clockwork. He’s a horse of a lifetime and to get one like this you are lucky.”

Charlie Hills has in mind a return to ParisLongchamp, but does not want the ground to be as soft as last year. “That was tough out there today and experience has probably been what has counted,” he said. “He’s been beaten twice in the past here on ground like that, but he’s grown up mentally and has matured with age. He behaved the best ever today and with conditions like that–the high wind–it can’t be easy for any those horses down there at the start. The obvious route to take is the Abbaye, but if the ground is like it was last year we’d probably avoid it and look elsewhere. I’ll speak to Sheikh Hamdan and we’ll make a plan.”

Whether Battaash is there on Arc day or not, Dods is keen to go there with the runner-up and he said, “She would have preferred faster ground and I didn’t think we’d get that close, so she’s run a blinder. To get that close to a horse like that is a hell of a performance. She’s seriously quick–when she ran here the other month, because the ground had gone a bit, we half-saved her to get home. I said to [jockey] Paul [Mulrennan] to take no prisoners today, to just go, because that’s the only way to ride her. She burns horses off. She’s not in the Abbaye–we decided we wouldn’t put her in and if she ran a big race here we’d supplement her. With what’s going on, we didn’t know what would happen, but that is probably where she’d go.”

Battaash is the first foal out of Anna Law (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}), who is a half-sister to four black-type performers including this operation’s Etlaala (GB) (Selkirk) who captured the G2 Champagne S. and was third in the G1 July Cup. Her other half-sibling Bird Key (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) produced another leading sprinter in these silks in the G2 Duke of York S. winner and G1 Diamond Jubilee S. and G1 QIPCO British Champions Sprint S.-placed Tasleet (GB) (Showcasing {GB}). Anna Law also has Phoenix Thoroughbreds’ unraced 3-year-old filly Valletta Gold (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}) who is in training with John Quinn, and also the 2-year-old full-sister to Battaash who was bought by Shadwell for 800,000gns at last year’s Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1. She is named Altaayshah (Ire) and is also in training with Charlie Hills.

Friday, York, Britain
COOLMORE NUNTHORPE S.-G1, £250,000, York, 8-21, 2yo/up, 5fT, :57.38, gd.
1–BATTAASH (IRE), 137, g, 6, by Dark Angel (Ire)
1st Dam: Anna Law (Ire), by Lawman (Fr)
2nd Dam: Portelet (GB), by Night Shift
3rd Dam: Noirmant (Ire), by Dominion (GB)
(200,000gns Ylg ’15 TAOCT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Ballyphilip Stud (IRE); T-Charles Hills; J-Jim Crowley. £141,775. Lifetime Record: 2x Hwt. Older Horse-Eur at 5-7f, Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 5-7f & G1SW-Fr, 23-13-2-3, $2,260,148. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Que Amoro (Ire), 134, f, 4, Es Que Love (Ire)–Onomatomania, by Mr. Greeley. (28,000gns Ylg ’17 TAOCT). O-P Appleton & Mrs Anne Elliott; B-Rathasker Stud (IRE); T-Michael Dods. £53,750.
3–Moss Gill (Ire), 137, g, 4, No Nay Never–Sharaarah (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB). (£30,000 RNA Ylg ’17 GOUKPR). O-G Van Cutsem, J Bethell & S Bethell; B-Camas Park & Lynch Bages (IRE); T-James Bethell. £26,900.
Margins: 1, 2, HF. Odds: 0.50, 22.00, 22.00.
Also Ran: A’Ali (Ire), Kurious (GB), Art Power (Ire), Ornate (GB), Emaraaty Ana (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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More Success For Mehmas As Minzaal Dazzles In the Gimcrack

On a day when York belonged to the royal blue of Shadwell, the G2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack S. played host to one of the operation’s youngbloods as the new juvenile sprinting sensation Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) cut a dash in the gloom. Sent off the 5-2 favourite coming off an impressive Salisbury novice success over this six-furlong trip Aug. 9, the bay missed the kick and was adrift early but Jim Crowley was oozing confidence and in no mood to hurry. Tanking his way to the lead passing the two-furlong pole, he drifted right but was far too good en route to clocking a quick time given the rain-softened conditions. Devilwala (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) was two lengths back in second, with Mystery Smiles (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) 3/4 of a length further away in third. Tally Ho Stud’s first-season sire now has a trio of stars in his first crop after Supremacy (Ire) and Method (Ire) and it is impossible at present to state unequivocally which holds the bragging rights. “He is ultra professional and was backing up quite quick, but didn’t take much out of himself that day at Salisbury,” Crowley said after completing the third leg of his four-timer. “I couldn’t believe the ease of the way he moved into the race and he’s got a great mind which will stand him in good stead. It’s nice to have found one and I think that’s going to be his best trip. He’s the sort of horse for the Commonwealth Cup next year.”

Fourth on debut behind Mohawk King (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) in Ascot’s “Crocker Bulteel” maiden July 25, the bay had already taken a sizeable leap forward last time and this display suggests he will take high rank in the end-of-season standings. Trainer Owen Burrows said, “That was very straightforward. He didn’t jump out very quick, but I don’t think Jim wanted to set him alight in any case as he has so much speed. He just lets him find his rhythm and Jim said he couldn’t believe how well he was going–if anything he got there too soon, but there was nothing else he could do. I think he’s all speed, I don’t think he needs to be going further than six furlongs, so we’ll be looking [G1] Middle Park rather than Dewhurst and it will be straight there. I don’t see him as a Guineas horse, more Commonwealth Cup and Jim thinks that, too.”

Minzaal’s unraced dam Pardoven (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) is a half to four black-type performers headed by the G3 Gordon S. runner-up Firebet (Ire) (Dubai Destination). She is out of the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial third Dancing Prize (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), who is a full-sister to the G1 Fillies’ Mile runner-up Dance To the Top (GB). She is in turn responsible for the G2 Al Fahidi Fort winner and G1 Dubai Duty Free runner-up Bankable (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), while the third dam Aim For the Top (Irish River {Fr}) was successful in the G3 Premio Chiusura before also producing the dual listed winner and G1 Underwood S. runner-up Polar Bear (GB) (Polar Falcon). Pardoven’s yearling filly is by Tamayuz (GB), while she also has a colt foal by Belardo (Ire).

Friday, York, Britain
AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI GIMCRACK S.-G2, £100,000, York, 8-21, 2yo, c/g, 6fT, 1:11.21, gd.
1–MINZAAL (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Pardoven (Ire), by Clodovil (Ire)
2nd Dam: Dancing Prize (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells
3rd Dam: Aim for the Top, by Irish River (Fr)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (85,000gns Wlg ’18 TATFOA; 140,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Ringfort Stud (IRE); T-Owen Burrows; J-Jim Crowley. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $80,982. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Devilwala (Ire), 126, c, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Najraan (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB). (220,000gns 2yo ’20 TATBRE). O-Amo Racing Ltd & Arjun Waney; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Archie Watson. £21,500.
3–Mystery Smiles (Ire), 126, c, 2, Mehmas (Ire)–Alexander Alliance (Ire), by Danetime (Ire). (€12,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; €19,000 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFSPT; £165,000 2yo ’20 GOFARQ). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Ballycrighaun Stud (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £10,760.
Margins: 2, 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.50, 11.00, 4.50.
Also Ran: Escape Route (Ire), Mohawk King (Ire), Yazaman (Ire), Roman Dynasty (Ire), Seven Brothers (Ire), Ubettabelieveit (Ire). Scratched: Lauded (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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