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Five Entries Added to Tattersalls Online Sale

Five additional entries have been added to the Tattersalls Online Sale, scheduled for May 25. Bidding on the Tattersalls Online May 25 Sale will open at 12:00p.m. (noon) Monday, May 24 and will close 12:00p.m. Tuesday, May 25. With a total of 40 head currently catalogued for the sale, the additional entries are led by the 2-year-old colt Power Generation (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}), who ran third on debut for John Quinn at Carlisle on his only start. The colt is a half-brother to listed placed Star of Rory and is qualified for both the £250,000 Craven Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus and the £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus. Also added to the lineup is the Alice Haynes-trained War of Courage (Ire) (Coach House {Ire}). The juvenile was third to the Royal Ascot-bound Chipotle (Havana Gold {Ire}) in the Royal Ascot Two-Year-Old Trial Conditions S. at Ascot and a close-up fourth behind the previously unbeaten Dukebox (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and Dairerin (GB) (Spill The Beans {Aus}) in a conditions race at Newbury. Ireland's Milltown Stables consigns the filly Zen Silence (Ire) (Dragon Pulse {Ire}) trained by Kieran Cotter. A half-sister to the listed winner and GI Alcibiades S.-placed Devotee (Elusive Quality), the 3-year-old placed on her most recent start over five furlongs at Dundalk. Also supplemented, the Chris Wall-trained 4-year-old Glen Esk (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), who placed in three of his six runs last year, and 3-year-old Pablo Prince (GB) (Outstrip {GB}), who will be consigned by John Best Racing.

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Invincible Spirit Filly A New Rising Star

Parislongchamp's Prix de la Michodiere for unraced fillies was the last race on the card on Thursday and it could be that the mile contest staged in gloom unearthed a future luminary as The Aga Khan's Dolia (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) earned TDN Rising Star status. Awkwardly away from the stalls, the second foal out of the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic heroine Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}) was keen early tracking the tepid tempo set by the Niarchos Family's La Fiamma (War Front). Green throughout, the imposing bay was able to gain the lead from that granddaughter of Six Perfections (Fr) (Celtic Swing {GB}) with ease 300 metres from the line and only required hand riding to register a cosy length success as the 13-10 favourite. There was another two-length margin back to the modest purchase Romanosa (GB) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and the time was unimpressive even allowing for the very soft ground, but the manner of the winner's performance suggested she could go places with her regal pedigree. Still holding a June 20 G1 Prix de Diane entry, the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained homebred from the family of Daylami (Ire) and Dalakhani (Ire) is already a step ahead of her dam who was beaten first time out but who had three starts later won the G2 Prix de Malleret and Listed Prix Melisande.

Dolniya, who beat Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}) by 2 1/4 lengths in the 2015 Sheema Classic, was also placed third in the G1 Prix Vermeille and G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and was runner-up in the G1 Coronation Cup. Her first foal Dilawar (Ire), a gelding by Dubawi (Ire), made his belated debut a winning one at Strasbourg last week for the same stable while her 2-year-old colt is by Siyouni (Fr). She is a granddaughter of the operation's outstanding matriarch Daltawa (Ire) (Miswaki), who produced two brilliant Classic winners in the aforementioned Daylami and Dalakhani, with the former going on to excel on the international stage as European horse of the year and champion grass horse in the States courtesy of victories in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond S., G1 Eclipse S., G1 Coronation Cup, G1 Irish Champion S., GI Breeders' Cup Turf and GI Man o' War S. Dalakhani captured the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe before making a successful career at stud, while two other notables out of Daltawa were the G3 Prix du Palais-Royal winner Dalghar (Fr) (Anabaa) and the dual group 1-placed Daymarti (Ire) (Caerleon).

Daylami's full-sister Daltaiyma (Ire) produced the G3 Prix de la Grotte scorer Daltaya (Fr) (Anabaa), who was in turn responsible for the G1 Prix de l'Opera, G2 Prix de Royallieu and G2 Middleton S. winner Dalkala (Giant's Causeway). The latter's unraced half-sister Doulmera (Mr. Greeley) is the dam of this year's G2 Sweet Embrace S. winner Four Moves Ahead (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) and of Emeralds (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) who captured last year's G3 Bentley Angst S.

7th-Parislongchamp, €27,000, Debutantes, 5-20, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:50.82, vs.
DOLIA (FR), by Invincible Spirit (Ire)
1st Dam: Dolniya (Fr) (Hwt. Older Mare-UAE at 11-14f, G1SW-UAE, GSW & MGS1P-Fr, G1SP-Eng, $4,225,405), by Azamour (Ire)
2nd Dam: Daltama (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
3rd Dam: Daltawa (Ire), by Miswaki
O-H H Aga Khan; B-S A Aga Khan (FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Frankel Colt Looks Royal Material In the Heron

Sandown's Listed Heron S. on Thursday offered some Royal Ascot clues, with Shadwell's Mostahdaf (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) maintaining his unbeaten record on his first try on turf for the John and Thady Gosden stable. Having scored on debut on Newcastle's Tapeta Mar. 16 and over this mile trip on Kempton's Polytrack Apr. 5, the half-brother to last year's G1 Sun Chariot S., G1 Falmouth S. and G2 Duke of Cambridge S. heroine Nazeef (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) was restrained in rear early by Jim Crowley having been drawn widest of all. Making his move up the centre of the track in the straight, the 9-2 shot was in front a furlong from home and saw off Bullace (GB) (Toronado {Ire}) in the run to the line, where he had half a length to spare over the 11-8 favourite and Listed Feilden S. winner Highland Avenue (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). That Godolphin representative, who forged half a length ahead of the game Bullace, comes out of the contest with credit racing under a three-pound penalty.

This race has taken on something of a G1 St James's Palace S. trial in recent years and Mostahdaf came through with realistic claims for that June 15 Royal Ascot prize. It was the Gosden stable which had been responsible for the last two winners of this in Without Parole (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who went on to success in the St James's Palace, and King of Comedy (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) who was a possibly unlucky second in that prestige event in 2019. “I don't think the ground was to his liking as it was testing out there,” John Gosden said. “He has shown a lot of courage, as he has come from last and got in a battle. He will have learnt a lot from that, as it is the first time he has ever raced on turf. We will see how is in the next couple of weeks and go from there. As Jim [Crowley] said, he had nothing to race with out there and he was slightly looking around. It was a great run and we will see whether we stick to a mile, which I think we will for the moment, and we will see where we go from there. The St James's Palace Stakes is not necessarily punching too high, as he has got a lot of class. It is nobody's fault, but he would just like to run on something called good ground.”

Nazeef, whose achievements in the top league all came as a 4-year-old, was the first indication that Shadwell have a broodmare of significance in the Listed Garnet S. winner Handassa. She is a half to the GII San Gabriel S. and GII Mathis Brothers Mile S. winner Desert Stone (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and his full-brother Euginio (Ire), who was third in the G3 Earl of Sefton S. She is a granddaughter of Star, who produced the Bahamian Bounty (GB) group 1-winning full-siblings Pastoral Pursuits (GB) and Goodricke (GB). Her 2020 colt is by Dark Angel (Ire).

CASUMO BEST ODDS GUARANTEED HERON S.-Listed, £37,000, Sandown, 5-20, 3yo, 8fT, 1:50.29, sf.
1–MOSTAHDAF (IRE), 126, c, 3, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Handassa (GB) (SW-Ire), by Dubawi (Ire)
2nd Dam: Starstone (GB), by Diktat (GB)
3rd Dam: Star (GB), by Most Welcome (GB)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Limited (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Jim Crowley. £20,983. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $47,926. *1/2 to Nazeef (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 7-9 1/2f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eng at 7-9 1/2f, MG1SW-Eng, $409,959.
2–Highland Avenue (Ire), 129, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)–Lumiere (GB), by Shamardal. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £7,955.
3–Bullace (GB), 126, c, 3, Toronado (Ire)–Redstart (GB), by Cockney Rebel (Ire). O/B-Mr A D G Oldrey & Mr G C Hartigan (GB); T-Ralph Beckett. £3,981.
Margins: HF, HF, 4HF. Odds: 4.50, 1.38, 8.50.
Also Ran: Nando Parrado (GB), Mithras (GB), Imperial Sands (Ire), Invincible Swagger (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result.

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TBA Announces Noms for Flat Breeders’ Awards

The annual TBA Flat Breeders' Awards Evening, sponsored by Fitzdares, will take place Tuesday, July 13 at Chippenham Park, near Newmarket. The short-listed nominees have been announced for seven of the 14 awards to be presented at the event. The evening, which celebrates British breeding success from the 2020 Flat racing season, will be hosted by Gina Bryce. The award's ceremony will be preceded by a drinks reception and dinner. To secure tickets, click here.

The winners already announced are: Adaay (Tattersalls Silver Salver); Dubawi (BBA Silver Cigar Box & Barleythorpe Stud Silver Cup); Godolphin (Queen's Silver Cup).

Two new awards have been added to the evening for 2021–the Filly of Merit Award, given to the breeder of a British-bred filly who has had significant success on the racecourse in 2020 and the Barton Stud-sponsored Industry Merit Award, which recognises those making progress to expand the reach of the British breeding industry.

In addition to a quartet of stallion statistical awards, the H J Joel Silver Salver shall be presented for Broodmare of the Year (nominees: Beach Frolic, Night Gypsy, Roodeye, Shastye), the Queen's Silver Cup for Leading British-based Flat breeder (TBA), the TBA Silver Rose Bowl to the Flat Breeder of the Year (nominees: Bearstone Stud, Godolphin, Highclere Stud &

Floors Farming, Juddmonte), the Langham Cup, which is awarded to the small breeder of the year (nominees: Anita Wigan, Gaie Johnson Houghton, George Strawbridge, Homecroft Wealth Racing) and the TBA Silver Salver, which is a special merit award (nominees: Anita Wigan, Gaie Johnson Houghton, George Strawbridge, Homecroft Wealth Racing).

The perpetual Charlie Langton bronze, along with a cash prize of £2,000 will be presented to this year's winner of the TBA Stud Employee Award, which is sponsored by New England Stud. Short-listed candidates will also receive a £250 cash prize. Nominees for the award will be announced at a later date.

The evening also features the European Breeders' Fund Stallion Special Merit Award, highlighting the milestones and achievements of British Based stallions who may otherwise go under the radar based in purely statistically driven awards.

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