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TDN Rising Star Tag For Dark Angel Colt

Thirty minutes after Ballydoyle's Point Lonsdale (Ire) (Australia {GB}) earned TDN Rising Star status at The Curragh, there was another who filled the eye at that venue to also gain that tag in Peter Brant's newcomer Dr Zempf (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Sent off the 5-2 second favourite for the six-furlong Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race, the Ger Lyons-trained grey who cost 420,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 travelled with distinct ease in rear under Colin Keane with the pace hot throughout the early stages. Cruising between rivals to join the 7-4 favourite Elliptic (Ire) (Caravaggio) a furlong out, the son of the G3 Prix Eclipse winner Souvenir Delondres (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) drew away to inflict an impressive 2 1/4-length defeat on that filly who had been such a taking winner on debut at Tipperary in April. The experienced Joseph O'Brien-trained Hadman (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) was third. The winner is the third TDN Rising Star for his sire.

Colin Keane said, “He looks to be a nice horse and we were hoping he'd do something like that. He was very professional and very relaxed and I was struggling to pull him up after the line, which is usually a good sign. They went good and hard and it was all hands and heels from a furlong from home–I just like the performance in general. He had shown plenty at home, to be fair, and the boss has been patient with him, stopping and starting, but the horse was getting bored and so we decided to run him. He is very relaxed and I'd say that will sharpen him up a good bit as he's so quiet.”

Shane Lyons, assistant to Ger, added, “He's a lovely horse and is after doing that very well. He took it in very well beforehand and during the race he was very professional. We'll take him home and see how he comes out of the race. He will improve, as today was his first day seeing grass. Most likely the next race will be the [June 26 G2] Railway Stakes–the Siskin route.”

Dr Zempf is the third foal out of the aforementioned Souvenir Delondres, who was also successful in the Listed Prix de la Vallee d'Auge and third in the G3 Prix d'Arenberg as a 2-year-old. Her first was Dancin Inthestreet (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) who was third in last year's Palace of Holyroodhouse H. at Royal Ascot, while she also has a yearling filly by Kingman (GB). A half to the Listed Land O'Burns Fillies' S. third I'm So Glad (GB) (Clodovil {Ire}), she is connected to the dual listed scorer and G3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise runner-up Terroir (Ire) (Fairy King) and the GII Schuylerville S. and GIII Astoria Breeders' Cup S. winner Distinct Habit (Distinctive Pro).

2nd-Curragh, €22,000, Cond, 6-2, 2yo, 6fT, 1:14.92, yl.
DR ZEMPF (GB), c, 2, by Dark Angel (Ire)
1st Dam: Souvenir Delondres (Fr) (GSW-Fr, $138,754), by Siyouni (Fr)
2nd Dam: Dilag (Ire), by Almutawakel (GB)
3rd Dam: Terracotta Hut (Ire), by Habitat
Sales history: 420,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $16,122. O-Peter M Brant; B-Stratford Place Stud (GB); T-Ger Lyons. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.

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Broome’s Brother A New Rising Star At The Curragh

As Derby week heads towards the blue riband itself, Aidan O'Brien launched one who could conceivably be a headline act for the 2022 version in Point Lonsdale (Ire) (Australia {GB}) who proved enormously impressive at The Curragh. Sent off the 7-4 favourite for the card's opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden for colts and geldings over seven furlongs, the full-brother to the stable's multiple group winner Broome (Ire) who cost 575,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 was quick to dispute the lead with the experienced Barud (GB) (Kodiac {GB}). By the time they passed the two-furlong pole, it was clear that the March-foaled bay had that rival's measure and once given a smack with Seamie Heffernan's whip finished off powerfully to register a 5 1/2-length success in the maiden won by the future group 1 performer Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) two years ago. The Donnacha O'Brien-trained Unconquerable (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), who had the benefit of a run under his belt, was second half a length in front of the Fozzy-Stack-trained newcomer Mannix (Ire) (Australia {GB}).

Point Lonsdale's win continues the impressive strike-rate of Ballydoyle's juvenile class of 2021 so far, being the 10th individual winner from 15 starters at the time of his race and the third TDN Rising Star for the yard's 2-year-olds after the Caravaggio pair of fillies Tenebrism and Contarelli Chapel (Ire). He also becomes Australia's first TDN Rising Star and he looks an altogether faster type than his talented full-sibling and one of the sharper sorts by his sire so far. Aidan O'Brien has made a habit of taking one of his elite 2000 Guineas hopefuls to the Listed Chesham S. at Royal Ascot in recent years, with Unconquerable's sire Churchill successful in it in 2016 and Battleground (War Front) following up last term. This race's winner Lope Y Fernandez also went to the Chesham, but was undone by Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) and it is that race that the master of Ballydoyle has in mind for Point Lonsdale.

“He was working very smart and we wanted to get him out, as we felt he was a horse for the Chesham,” he said. “That's what we think of him–we've always loved him. He relaxes and quickens and is a good-natured horse who is very intelligent and very straightforward. Seamie knew he'd get the trip well and if it fell easily to him he was happy to go forward. He got down and stretched the last furlong, so it will have been good for him–he really lowered his head the further he went and flattened out through the line lovely. He shows everything at home–all the right stuff.”

Broome had the precocity to be runner-up in both the G2 Champions Juvenile S. and G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, but it was not until he stepped up to a mile and a quarter that he truly shone when winning the G3 Ballysax S. and G3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial. One of this season's early success stories, the 5-year-old who is also versatile regarding ground conditions has added the G2 Mooresbridge S. and G3 Alleged S. to his tally and was narrowly denied in last month's G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup so any upgrade on that kind of form will see his brother scale the heights.

The dam Sweepstake (Ire), who also has a yearling filly by Lope de Vega (Ire) in the wings, is by speed influence Acclamation (GB) and stayed true to that profile herself. Successful in the Listed National S. over five furlongs and third in the G3 Princess Margaret S. over an extra furlong for Richard Hannon, she joined David Carroll and ended up second in the GIII Appalachian S. at a mile. Predominantly, she hails from a middle-distance family although three Hesmonds Stud representatives Bulaxie (GB) (Bustino {GB}), Spotlight (GB) (Dr Fong) and Cassydora (GB) (Darshaan {GB}) managed to win the seven-furlong G3 Fred Darling S. and nine-furlong GII Lake Placid H. and GIII Hillsborough S. respectively. Spotlight was responsible for Acclamation's Projection (GB), who took the G3 Bengough S. over six while the family also includes another notable Hesmonds-bred mare in Tyranny (GB) (Machiavellian).

She produced one of this stable's luminaries in Zoffany (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), who had the pace to win the G1 Phoenix S. as a juvenile and who gave Frankel (GB) such a scare in the following year's G1 St James's Palace S. before becoming such an influential sire. Tyranny also threw Rostropovich (Ire) by Frankel himself, a stronger stayer who went close to winning the G1 Irish Derby, and Wilshire Boulevard (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) who was fast and captured the G3 Anglesey S. Point Lonsdale looks to have drawn more from the speedier elements of his esteemed dynasty on this evidence, which despite coming at an early stage of the season stamped him as a Guineas horse through-and-through. There is obviously also a more than average chance that he will stay at least a mile and a quarter and he rates as one of Ballydoyle's most exciting 2-year-old prospects in recent years.

1st-Curragh, €16,500, Mdn, 6-2, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:27.65, yl.
POINT LONSDALE (IRE), c, 2, by Australia (GB)
1st Dam: Sweepstake (Ire) (SW & GSP-Eng, SW & GSP-US, $114,162), by Acclamation (GB)
2nd Dam: Dust Flicker (GB), by Suave Dancer
3rd Dam: Galaxie Dust, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
Sales history: 575,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $12,092. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg; B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. *Full to Broome (Ire), MGSW & G1SP-Ire, G1SP-Fr, $595,734. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.

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Curlin Colt Fights Back to Become ‘Rising Star’

West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, Bobby Flay and Woodford Racing's regally bred $1.5-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga '19 co-topper First Captain (Curlin) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Saturday to go two-for-two and garner the 'TDN Rising Star' distinction. The chestnut got going late to get up over seven panels here Apr. 24, earning a 94 Beyer Speed Figure in the process, and was even-money to continue his promising trajectory. Pressing out in the clear among a compact field through splits of :23.69 and :47.17, First Captain seemed to come under a bit of a ride leaving the bend as 4-year-old Hometown (Constitution) tipped out and swept to the lead. Jose Ortiz kept after First Captain, however, and the chalk fought back on the inside despite Hometown making it tight on him to prevail by a length in 1:36.10.

Breeder and co-owner Bobby Flay's entry point into First Captain's prolific family was via the colt's stakes-placed second dam Lacadena (Fasliyev), who he purchased privately after she RNA'd for $1.4 million at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Lacadena's dam is a half-sister to none other than Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour (Deputy Minister), the second dam of another McGaughey-trained stand-out sophomore in GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S. and GIII Holy Bull S. hero Greatest Honour (Tapit). America went on to take the 2015 GIII Turnback the Alarm H. after hitting the board in both the GI Mother Goose S. and GI Delaware H. The $725,000 KEESEP '12 RNA was bought back for $3.1 million at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November sale carrying an Uncle Mo colt. She had produced a full sister to First Captain earlier that year and foaled another Curlin filly this Feb. 28.

The family got even stronger last year when Paris Lights (Curlin), out of America's half-sister Paris Bikini (Bernardini), took the GI Coaching Club American Oaks. Paris Lights annexed the GIII Distaff H. last month. Flay sold Lacadena for $1.3 million in foal to Bernardini at the 2015 Keeneland November sale, and Paris Bikini to WinStar for $425,000 at KEEJAN '16. Paris Bikini brought $1.95 million in foal to Uncle Mo at last year's FTKNOV.

West Point, Siena, Woodford and other partners unveiled another pricey and promising colt on the same day that First Captain debuted–the John Sadler-trained Flightline (Tapit) was one of the more impressive first-out winners in recent memory when scoring by 13 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita and earning the 'TDN Rising Star' nod. That $1-million Saratoga grad has not yet worked back since his debut.

3rd-Belmont, $89,240, Alw, 5-29, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:36.10, sy, 1 length.
FIRST CAPTAIN, c, 3, Curlin
               1st Dam: America (GSW & MGISP, $580,532), by A.P. Indy
                2nd Dam: Lacadena, by Fasliyev
                3rd Dam: Butterfly Blue (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $100,100. Click for the Equibase.com chart, VIDEO, sponsored by TVG or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm LLC, Bobby Flay & Woodford Racing, LLC; B-B. Flay Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. *$1,500,000 Ylg '19 FTSAUG.

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Liam’s Map Colt Romps to ‘Rising Stardom’ at Churchill

Beau Liam (c, 3, Liam's Map–Belle of Perintown, by Dehere) stamped himself as a sophomore to watch for the second half of the season with an eye-catching 'TDN Rising Star' performance over older horses on debut at Churchill Downs Saturday.

The 5-1 chance broke well from his outside draw and sat just off the leaders in third through a sharp opening quarter in :21.73. The Stonestreet homebred, trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, revved up three deep at the quarter pole and took off in the stretch like a good thing to graduate by 7 1/2 widening lengths over Atoka (Union Rags). Heavily favored Casual Affair (Into Mischief), a strong second on debut at Keeneland Apr. 23, was a disappointing fourth after getting squeezed at the start.

The final time for six furlongs was a swift 1:08.62.

The half-brother to Tomlin (Distorted Humor), MSW & MGSP, $251,895; and Strike It Rich (Unbridled's Song), GSW, $193,966, is the fourth 'TDN Rising Star' for young sire Liam's Map. Asmussen also trained fellow 'Rising Star' and GISW Wicked Whisper (Liam's Map).

Belle of Perintown, heroine of the 2003 GII Silverbulletday S. and third-place finisher in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks, is also responsible for the 2-year-old filly Ari Oakley (Gun Runner) and a yearling filly by Good Magic. She was bred to Uncle Mo for 2021. Beau Liam's third dam Jeanne Jones (Nijinsky II) won the 1988 GI Fantasy S. at Oaklawn and was second in the GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

3rd-Churchill Downs, $100,000, Msw, 5-29, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:08.62, ft, 7 1/2 lengths.
BEAU LIAM, c, 3, by Liam's Map
                1st Dam: Belle of Perintown {GSW, $265,465}, by Dehere
                2nd Dam: Hot Match, by Mr. Prospector
                3rd Dam: Jeanne Jones, by Nijinsky II
Sales history: $385,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,488. Click for the Equibase.com chart, VIDEO, sponsored by TVG or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.

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