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Rogue Millennium Will Be Supplemented to The Oaks

Rogue Millennium (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who won the May 7 Listed SBK Oaks Trial Fillies' S., will be supplemented to the G1 Cazoo Oaks on June 3, trainer Tom Clover confirmed. The daughter of Group 3 winner Hawaafez (GB) (Nayef) was bred by the late Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Estate Company and the owners The Rogues Gallery will pay the £30,000 supplementary entry fee required to contest the Epsom Downs showpiece. The filly, purchased for only 35,000gns out of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in 2021, won at Wetherby on debut last month.

Clover said, “Rogue Millennium is a lovely filly that deserves her chance to be in the Oaks and it is now very much the plan to go to Epsom. We discussed it several times and both the owners and I are keen to go there.

“For any young trainer to have a horse like her bred by Sheikh Hamdan going for the Oaks is very special. Sheikh Hamdan is part of the sport's heritage and he had so many successes with my late father-in-law Michael Jarvis including winning the Oaks with Eswarah (GB) (Unfuwain) [in 2005].

“To have the chance to train a filly for the Oaks from the same place Sheikh Hamdan won the race with my late father-in-law Michael Jarvis is really exciting.

“I don't believe we are going there simply to have a runner but because we have a chance. I hope she can make both us and The Rogues Gallery team proud.”

Added Clover, “Having a runner in a Classic is something new to us and now the focus is on getting the filly there in the best possible shape we can. It is exciting but we just want a smooth run.”

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Dubawi’s Rogue Millennium Pounces Late For Oaks Trial Success

The Rogues Gallery's Rogue Millennium (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}–Hawaafez {GB}, by Nayef), who was plucked from the Shadwell operation for 35,000gns as an unraced 2-year-old at last year's Tattersalls December Mares sale, graduated over 10 furlongs in an Apr. 24 Wetherby maiden and punched her ticket to Epsom's June 3 G1 Cazoo Oaks with a narrow victory in Saturday's Listed SBK Oaks Trial at Lingfield. The February-foaled bay has yet to be entered for next month's Classic and connections are keen to stump up the £30,000 supplementary fee for the privilege. Settled off the pace in sixth for the most part, the 15-2 chance was coaxed forward once into the home straight and was unrelenting under a drive inside the final quarter mile to nail the pacesetting Mystic Wells (Kitten's Joy) by a head on the line for a career high. Coolmore and Westerberg's 5-6 favorite Emily Dickinson (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) raced prominently and threatened in the straight, but faded late to finish fifth.

“She's by the right sire and we decided, before coming here, that if she won she would be added to the Oaks field,” explained trainer Tom Clover. “She's still green and has improved with each piece of work. I actually feel a little guilty about asking her to go to Epsom, but we have to go. She's just flourished and I hope she can continue to progress. The owners [Rogues Gallery] are great sporting people, who absolutely adore it. Whether it's an owners' event or a day trip to watch the horses, their enthusiasm is boundless.” Winning rider Jack Mitchell added, “She was rolling about a bit coming down the hill, but once she levelled out she was strong right the way to the line.”

Rogue Millennium becomes the first black-type winner for G3 Cumberland Lodge S. victrix Hawaafez (GB) (Nayef), herself the leading performer bred from Merayaat (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}). Merayaat's second dam Wedding Bouquet (Ire) (Kings Lake) scored twice at pattern-race level, namely the G3 Park S. and GIII Monrovia H., and also ran second in both G1 Phoenix S. and G1 National S. during her juvenile campaign. Wedding Bouquet is kin to G1 Epsom Derby hero Generous (Ire) (Caerleon {GB}) and G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Imagine (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), herself the dam of five pattern-race winners headed by G1 Grand Criterium victor Horatio Nelson (Ire) (Danehill) and G1 Criterium International winner Van Gogh (American Pharoah). Wedding Bouquet is also the granddam of MG1SW distaffer and three-time G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest heroine Moonlight Cloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Hawaafez has a 2-year-old filly by Awtaad (Ire) and a yearling filly by Kingman (GB) to come.

Saturday, Lingfield, Britain
SBK OAKS TRIAL FILLIES' S.-Listed, £43,000, Lingfield, 5-7, 3yo, f, 11f 133yT, 2:28.80, g/f.
1–ROGUE MILLENNIUM (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Hawaafez (GB) (GSW-Eng, $111,512), by Nayef
2nd Dam: Merayaat (Ire), by Darshaan (GB)
3rd Dam: Maddelina (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (35,000gns 2yo '21 TATMA). O-The Rogues Gallery; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (IRE); T-Tom Clover; J-Jack Mitchell. £24,716. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $36,889.
2–Mystic Wells, 128, f, 3, Kitten's Joy–Cat On a Tin Roof, by Catienus. 1ST BLACK TYPE. ($75,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; 77,000gns 2yo '21 TATBRE). O-Mr & Mrs R Scott & Mr & Mrs D Bevan; B-Kenneth L Ramsey & Sarah K Ramsey (KY); T-George Boughey. £9,378.
3–Makinmedoit (Ire), 128, f, 3, Golden Horn (GB)–Tranquil Star (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (10,000gns 2yo '21 TATBRG). O-Robert Levitt & Anthony Bromley; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Harry Eustace. £4,691.
Margins: HD, 2, 1 1/4. Odds: 7.50, 4.50, 16.00.
Also Ran: Belt Buckle (GB), Emily Dickinson (Ire), Three Priests (Jpn), Nikhi (GB), Suzy's Shoes (GB). Scratched: Speak (GB).

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Laura Pearson Hits Pause on Riding Career to Preserve Claim

Apprentice Laura Pearson is taking a break from riding until the start of the Flat season in March. Pearson, who currently has a five-pound claim, announced the news at Wolverhampton on Sunday. On top of the apprentice jockeys' title race with 22 winners, Pearson has 23 winners left before her claim is reduced to three pounds. Pearson made the call after discussing the issue with trainer Tom Clover and her agent Steve Croft.

“We've had a good chat about it, myself and the governor [Clover] and my agent–and you've got to look at the bigger picture and save my five for those nice handicaps on the Turf,” Pearson told Sky Sports Racing. “I'm going to be 'box-walking' … but in the long run, it's the right thing to do.”

“I always had my blinkers on for it,” she added of the all-weather championship. “We'll see if I can keep my nose in front, and come back and bounce a couple more out if I do get a little bit short.”

“It's been absolutely incredible,” she said. “I've just got to keep my feet on the ground and keep my head straight. The amount of different trainers who have given me the opportunity to ride for them [means] every day I'm coming out and riding more, and everybody's helping me.”

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