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Teofilo’s Gear Up Game In the Criterium de Saint-Cloud

Bred by Jim Bolger and trained by a Brit who stands comparison in Mark Johnston, Gear Up (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) had all the right credentials on a special afternoon for Redmondstown Stud and duly made all for G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud glory. Tough and resilient when successful in the seven-furlong G3 Acomb S. at York Aug. 19 before finishing fourth in Newmarket’s G2 Royal Lodge S. tackling a mile Sept. 26, the Teme Valley 2 syndicate’s €52,000 Goffs Orby bargain relished this step up to 10 furlongs in testing conditions as James Doyle executed a masterclass from the front. Shaking off the attentions of Ballydoyle’s TDN Rising Star Bolshoi Ballet (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) turning into the straight, the 27-1 shot saw off the non-staying G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) and Jessica Marcialis but that was not all. Tackled latterly by Godolphin’s Botanik (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}), he had to dig deep to prevail but was equal to the task for a short-neck verdict from that rival, with the previously unbeaten 13-10 favourite Makaloun (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}) 1 3/4 lengths behind in third. “It wasn’t necessarily the plan to make the running, but he was very comfortable there and Franny Norton told me that last time in the Royal Lodge they went very slow and he was caught for speed,” the winning rider explained. “He was still very green turning for home and tried to hang left most of the way up the straight, but it was only inside the last furlong that he was finding his best stride. He’s very tough and courageous, a typical Mark Johnston horse, and he stays well and has now won on all sorts of ground so hopefully he has a bright future.”

On a day when Godolphin just missed in two of the leading contests, the runner-up put up an improved performance and Lisa-Jane Graffard said, “Botanik ran a superb race and we are delighted with him. Mickael Barzalona said that he ran very nicely–he felt that Botanik was very honest and still slightly immature, so he should hopefully progress further next year.” Jean-Claude Rouget said of The Aga Khan’s impressive G3 Prix de Conde winner Makaloun, “It was a different race to what he is used to–he is normally closer to the pace or in front but this time because of the draw we waited and he finished well. He was bumped a few times, so nothing was ideal and as he has had five runs we’ll give him a long break and see where we start off next year.”

Gear Up is a full-brother to Bolger’s G3 Eyrefield S. winner Guaranteed (Ire), with the dam Gearanai (Toccet) being a half-sister to the Argentinian group 3 winner Plainswoman (Arg) (Zensational) and the dam of the G3 Anglesey S. and G3 Tyros S. runner-up Theobald (Ire) also by Teofilo. The third dam is the four-times grade I winner and Kentucky Oaks heroine Dispute (Danzig), whose descendants include the GII Golden Rod S. winner West Coast Belle (Tapit) and the G3 Round Tower S. scorer Maoineach (Congaree) whose 2-year-old colt New Treasure (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) emulated her success in that Curragh contest this year. Dispute is a full-sister to the GI Champagne S. and GI Cowdin S.-winning sire Adjudicating and a half to the GI Flamingo S.-winning sire Time For a Change (Damascus). Gearanai’s yearling full-brother to the winner topped the recent Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings Sale @ Newmarket when sold to the Hong Kong Jockey Club for £325,000, while she also has a colt foal by Parish Hall (Ire).

Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France
CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, €150,000, Saint-Cloud, 10-24, 2yo, c/f, 10fT, 2:21.99, hy.
1–GEAR UP (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Gearanai, by Toccet
2nd Dam: Plaintiff, by Seeking the Gold
3rd Dam: Dispute, by Danzig
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€52,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-Teme Valley 2; B-Jim Bolger (IRE); T-Mark Johnston; J-James Doyle. €85,710. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 4-3-0-0, €123,234. *Full to Guaranteed (Ire), GSW-Ire, $170,221. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Botanik (Ire), 126, c, 2, Golden Horn (GB)–Autumn Lily, by Street Cry (Ire). O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €34,290.
3–Makaloun (Fr), 126, c, 2, Bated Breath (GB)–Makana (Fr), by Dalakhani (Ire). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs SC (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. €17,145.
Margins: SNK, 1 3/4, NO. Odds: 27.50, 16.00, 1.30.
Also Ran: Tiger Tanaka (Ire), Bolshoi Ballet (Ire), Sweet Lady (Fr), Best of Lips (Ire). Scratched: Belloccio (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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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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Teofilo’s Gear Up Battles To Acomb Success

With vital course-and-distance experience to call upon, Mark Johnston’s Gear Up (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) proved toughest in a war of attrition to land York’s G3 Tattersalls Acomb S. on Wednesday. Successful over this seven-furlong trip on debut July 25, the 9-1 shot was placed prominently by Silvestre de Sousa from the outset and battled gamely to overhaul Spycatcher (Ire) (Vadamos {Fr}) close home. At the line, there was half a length between them, with the long-time leader Broxi (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) three lengths away in third having forced a pace which found many out. “He was a different horse from his debut here,” the winning rider explained. “He jumped off and knew his job. He showed a very willing attitude.”

Getting loose in the preliminaries prior to his debut, Gear Up was ultimately able to win with some authority there and his stamina came to the fore with this demanding pace cracking several of the fancied contenders. “Everyone was thinking of him as quite a difficult horse after his debut, where he was off the bridle early before flying home,” Johnston said. “He was very different in the prelims today–laid-back and relaxed and Silvestre said he learned more today than first time. He’s not the most impressive horse at home, but we’ve seen his style again today, he looked the first under pressure then found more and more. He wants a mile now and he’s bred to get a mile,” his trainer added. “We weren’t thinking he’d be ready this early, despite it being August now. He’ll have one or two more runs maximum and my first thought was the [G2] Royal Lodge.”

Karl Burke said of the maiden Spycatcher, “I thought we had it at the furlong pole when he went a length or so clear. He’s a nice colt, but there’s improvement in him. He didn’t really have a race first time when it all went wrong and he fell out of the stalls. He’ll learn a lot from today and he’s having a good, healthy blow. He travelled great and the winner is just typical of one of Mark’s–they don’t stop. I’m not sure where we’ll go now. We’ll just get him back home and see how he comes out of it.”

Out of Gearanai (Toccet), a half-sister to the G3 Manuel J Guiraldes winner Plainswoman (Arg) (Zensational), the Jim Bolger-bred Gear Up is therefore a full-brother to the G3 Eyrefield S. scorer Guaranteed (Ire). Plainswoman’s half-sister Sanaara (Anabaa) is the dam of another useful Bolger runner by Teofilo in Theobald (Ire), who was runner-up in the G3 Anglesey S. and G3 Tyros S., while the third dam is the GI Spinster S., GI Kentucky Oaks, GI Beldame S. and GI Gazelle H. heroine Dispute (Danzig). Also connected to Agitare (Ire), another Teofilo who was third in the G2 Golden Fleece S., and the G3 Round Tower S. and G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial winner Maoineach (Congaree), Gearanai’s yearling is a full-brother to the winner.

Wednesday, York, Britain
TATTERSALLS ACOMB S.-G3, £40,000, York, 8-19, 2yo, 7fT, 1:24.59, gd.
1–GEAR UP (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Gearanai, by Toccet
2nd Dam: Plaintiff, by Seeking the Gold
3rd Dam: Dispute, by Danzig
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€52,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-Teme Valley 2; B-Jim Bolger (IRE); T-Mark Johnston; J-Silvestre de Sousa. £22,684. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $34,996. *Full to Guaranteed (Ire), GSW-Ire, $170,221. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Spycatcher (Ire), 127, c, 2, Vadamos (Fr)–Damask (Ire), by Red Clubs (Ire). (90,000gns 2yo ’20 TATBRE). O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Adriana Zaefferer); B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Karl Burke. £8,600.
3–Broxi (Ire), 127, c, 2, Kodi Bear (Ire)–Own Gift (GB), by Rahy. (€8,500 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; €8,000 Ylg ’19 GOFSPT). O-Weldspec Glasgow Ltd; B-Golden Vale Stud (IRE); T-Keith Dalgleish. £4,304.
Margins: HF, 3, HD. Odds: 9.00, 20.00, 28.00.
Also Ran: Royal Scimitar (Ire), Titan Rock (GB), Praise of Shadows (Ire), Darvel (Ire), Cloudbridge. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Dam of GSW Added to Tattersalls Online

Solfilia (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), who is the dam of Saturday’s GII Yellow Ribbon S. heroine and GISP Bodhicitta (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), will be offered by Salcey Forest Stud at the Tattersalls Online August Sale, the sales company announced on Monday. The 11-year-old mare is in foal to Showcasing (GB). She is joined by the winning 85p-rated Byford (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}) from Averham Park Stables. The pair bring the total entries to 15, with bidding beginning at 12 p.m. BST on Wednesday and ending at noon BST on Friday. For more information on the catalogue and the bidding process, please go to www.tattersallsonline.com.

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