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Commissioning Looks To Maintain Order In The Fillies’ Mile

John and Thady Gosden had an unsually quiet season with their 2-year-olds until Isa Salman and Abdulla Al Khalifa's Commissioning (GB) (Kingman {GB}) came along and blew the scene apart in the G2 Rockfel S. a fortnight ago. Friday's G1 bet365 Fillies' Mile also on Newmarket's Rowley Mile appears hers for the taking on Friday if she can reproduce that kind of performance in such a competitive edition of that prize.

Like her, Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum's TDN Rising Star Bright Diamond (Ire) (El Kabeir) debuted in style on the July Course here and after winning by nine lengths Aug. 6. lost nothing in defeat when third from a compromising position in the seven-furlong G3 Prestige S. at Goodwood three weeks later. “She didn't get the run of the race at Goodwood as we were a bit slowly away, the first two were always the first two and we were the only horse to make ground up on them,” trainer Karl Burke said. “I think if she'd jumped better she'd have probably beaten them.”

The Megsons' rags-to-riches sensation Polly Pott (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) adds a twist to this tale, having provided a grand finale to the career of Harry Dunlop in Doncaster's G2 May Hill S. Sept. 8. Is this a step too far for the 21,000gns Book 2 bargain or is there a tear-provoking moment in store to follow Alpinista's triumph on Sunday? At the other end of the spectrum, Ballydoyle's Library (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is of course impossible to ignore despite her underwhelming second in Leopardstown's Listed Ingabelle S. Sept. 10, with the step up to a mile sure to suit and any amount of improvement to come.

 

Lose Yourself In The Oh So Sharp

In the seven-furlong G3 Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp S., there is a fascinating clash of the unbeaten Tom Clover-trained Newbury conditions scorer Crystallium (GB) (Expert Eye {GB})–only 22,000gns at the Book 2 Sale–and the Rockfel third Rage Of Bamby (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), with several budding stars such as the Sept. 24 Curragh maiden winner Small Oasis (GB) (Sioux Nation) from the Michael Grassick stable and the Ralph Beckett-trained July Course winner Lose Yourself (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). “We think she could be special, but the ground would be a big worry,” Grassick admitted on Thursday. “She's a far better filly with a bit of juice in the ground, so hopefully the ground doesn't get too quick for her.” Beckett's strike-rate on the Rowley Mile in the autumn is formidable and his juveniles seem especially tuned in this season, while there is also Roisin Henry's impressive Doncaster novice winner Midnight Mile (Ire) (No Nay Never), of whom Richard Fahey said, “We've been minding her as she's a filly for the future, but she's been working well.”

 

Crowned Prince?

Newmarket also stages the G3 Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Cornwallis S. over five furlongs, where Middleham Park's impressive Listed Harry Rosebery S. winner Prince Of Pillo (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}) could become that breakthrough good horse that trainer Keith Dalgleish seems destined for. The G2 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge S. sees Cheveley Park Stud's brilliant if unpredictable Sacred (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) look to inch William Haggas towards the trainers' championship. Her emphatic display in Newbury's Listed Dubai Duty Free Cup over this seven-furlong trip Sept. 16 was the Sacred we know best. “If she runs a big race then we might be tempted to travel to the Breeders' Cup, but she'll tell us I suppose,” the Stud's managing director Chris Richardson said. “We appreciate Keeneland can have soft ground at that time of year and it's not like it would have been had the Breeders' Cup been at Santa Anita, for example, but we'll keep the window of opportunity open for now anyway.”

There is also the 10-furlong G3 Newmarket Pony Academy Pride S., where Shadwell's improving Listed John Musker Fillies' S. winner Shaara (GB) (Shamardal) is the exciting one.

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Godolphin Snaps Up A Dubawi Colt Out Of Group 1 Winner God Given For 1.5m Gns

Dubawi (Ire) progeny have been some of the highlights of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, and his son of God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) brought 1.5m gns at Park Paddocks on Thursday. Godolphin was the winning buyer of the St Albans Bloodstock-bred. Consigned by Whatton Manor Stud, lot 504 is a half-brother to G3 Solario S. hero Silver Knott (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). His dam God Given, who won the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio, is a half-sister to four-time Group 1 winner and sire Postponed (Ire), also by Dubawi. The colt's third dam is G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Bianca Nera (GB) (Salse).

 

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Modern Games Anchors Appleby Breeders’ Cup Brigade

Godolphin's Breeders' Cup team from Charlie Appleby's Moulton Paddocks will be led by multiple Grade I winner Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Already successful at the Breeders' Cup with a score in the GI Juvenile Turf at Del Mar last November, the chestnut returned to Europe for his seasonal bow and claimed the G1 French 2000 Guineas at ParisLongchamp on May 15. Third in the G1 French Derby in June, Modern Games was fifth in the G1 Prix Jean Prat on July 10 and rebounded to take second behind Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood later that month. He made a second triumphant foray to North America with a 5 1/4-length victory in the GI Woodbine Mile S. in Canada on Sept. 17 and is an intended starter in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile.

“It's shaping up,” said Appleby on his raiding party bound for the States.

“The Breeders' Cup is always something that is on our minds at the start of the season and we like to try to pinpoint an older horse or 2-year-old for it. As I've always stated I'd rather turn up with one than six–one good one and have a good crack. And this year I feel like we've got some live contenders there.

“Modern Games [is] in the Mile–he is a deserved favourite as we stand. He's been there and done it as a juvenile and been over to Canada and done what he has done at Woodbine.”

He added on a possible run at Ascot prior to Keeneland's Breeders' Cup, “If we take in Champions Day then that would be an extra race on the list for him, but perfectly doable. But being perfectly honest our main target is [the] Breeders' Cup Mile with him.

“We'll sit and toy with the idea of sending Modern Games to the QEII. If it was good to soft the conversation would still be taking place, but there wouldn't be any certainty to it. If it was soft he wouldn't be turning up at all. It doesn't take much to change it, but if you are lucky enough to get a settled week you might end up on some half-sensible ground.”

Appleby boasts a high strike rate at the Breeders' Cup with six wins from just 11 runners. One horse that is likely for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf is the G3 Solario S. hero Silver Knott (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who most recently ran third to probable G1 Dewhurst S. pick Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the G2 Champagne S. at Doncaster on Sept. 11. Less certain of a spot on the Keeneland team is GI Summer S. victor Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Appleby is also set to be represented in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint with G3 Sirenia S. hero and G1 Middle Park S. fourth Mischief Magic (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}).

He continued, “Silver Knott is a horse I would potentially take to America. Stepping up to a mile I think will suit him, he travels very well.

“Mysterious Night who won in Canada is a horse we'll contemplate going there with as well, but he's achieved his Group 1 status already and, while he hasn't been busy, he's had a few runs and is a horse we've very much got on our radar for next year.

“I will potentially take Mischief Magic to the [Juvenile Turf] Sprint. He ran well in the Middle Park, he ran a solid race drawn out on a wing and he was very impressive at Kempton before that.

“You need to turn up at these international events with A–the right horse and B–have all the luck in the world. You've got to get a good draw, travel over well and get settled in OK. If he does all that he won't look out of place in the race.”

The Godolphin raiders will not be limited to just juveniles, as the progressive Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who has won all four of his starts in 2022, including a brace of German Group 1s on Aug. 14 and Sept. 25, is likely for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf. GI Saratoga Derby Invitational S. scorer Nations Pride (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), who blew away a field by 6 1/4 lengths in the GIII Jockey Club Derby Invitational S. at the Belmont At The Big A on Sept. 17 is another for the 1 1/2-mile turf showpiece. An outsider for the trip is Classic winner Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {Ire}), who is first running on QIPCO British Champions Day on Oct. 15.

“For the Breeders' Cup Turf we've got a nice little collective,” said Appleby. “We've already seen what Nations Pride has done in America this season. He's come back and is a horse we will very much look forward to having on the list.

“There is also Rebel's Romance, who is now four-from-four and has got the job done in his last two starts at Group 1 level in Germany. Potentially Adayar as well depending on how he gets on at Champions Day.

“If you can walk away from the Breeders' Cup with one winner it sort of wraps the season up nicely.”

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Breeders’ Cup Still The Aim For Highfield Princess

Three-time Group 1 winner Highfield Princess (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) is still pointing toward a start in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland in November, according to trainer John Quinn. They bay has enjoyed a busy campaign, but has reached a new level as of late summer, with three consecutive Group 1 victories in August and September: the Prix Maurice de Gheest, York's Nunthorpe S. and the Curragh's Flying Five S. on Longines Irish Champions Weekend.

“All being well, she goes to the Breeders' Cup,” said Quinn. “We are happy with her, so fingers crossed, that's where we intend to go.”

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