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Rock of Gibraltar Filly Dominant In The Salsabil

Rated no better than a 33-1 shot prior to Sunday's Listed 10-furlong Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Salsabil S. at Navan, Catherine Kinane's Rocky Sky (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) turned that logic on its head with a scintillating display to score by 4 1/4 lengths and provide Ross O'Sullivan with a first black-type win in this sphere. Last seen finishing runner-up in the Listed Patton S. over a mile on Dundalk's Polytrack Mar. 5, the dark bay tanked her way to the front after the first two furlongs under Gary Halpin and was clear passing the half-mile marker. While rival jockeys must have been expecting her to come back, she had other ideas and continued her surge to the line to lead fellow 33-1 shot French Fusion (Ire) (Harzand {Ire}) and co a merry dance.

Halpin was also enjoying a first black-type win and said, “She's a grand filly. I knew coming here today that stepping up in trip and getting on to the grass she'd be very competitive. She'll come forward again from today. She's an exciting filly and it's very nice to ride a winner for Mr and Mrs Kinane and all the team at Castlefarm Stud. She has plenty of pace and I'd say a mile-and-a-quarter is okay for now, I wouldn't be in any rush to go a mile-and-a-half with her. She hasn't done anything wrong so far and the world is her oyster at the minute.”

The multiple listed-placed dam is a half to two others in that mould in Global City (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) and Sweet Afton (Ire) (Mujadil). With a yearling full-brother to the winner to follow, she is a granddaughter of the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Lypharita (Fr) (Lightning {Fr}).

IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF SALSABIL S.-Listed, €47,500, Navan, 4-25, 3yo, f, 10fT, 2:07.46, gd.
1–ROCKY SKY (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)
1st Dam: Road Tosky (Ire) (MSP-Ity), by Elusive City
2nd Dam: Victory Peak (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
3rd Dam: Lypharita (Fr), by Lightning (Fr)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Mrs Catherine Kinane; B-Eadling Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Ross O'Sullivan; J-Gary Halpin. €28,500. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $53,809.
2–French Fusion (Ire), 128, f, 3, Harzand (Ire)–French Friend (Ire), by Teofilo (Ire). (€26,000 Wlg '18 GOFNOV; €30,000 RNA Ylg '19 GOFSPT). O-Mrs J S Bolger & Miss Clare Manning; B-Kilcarn Stud (IRE); T-Jim Bolger. €9,500.
3–Sacred Rhyme (Ire), 128, f, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Singing Field (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire). (€140,000 Ylg '19 GOFOR). O-Ballylinch Stud; B-Ballyreddin Stud & Lope de Vega Syndicate (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. €4,750.
Margins: 4 1/4, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 33.00, 33.00, 12.00.
Also Ran: Lovely Esteem (GB), Dearg Jazz (Ire), Talacre, Willow (Ire), Flirting Bridge (Ire), Thinking of You, Create Belief (Ire), Cecelia Clementine (Ire), April Showers (Ire), Vera Verto (Ire), Port Sunlight (Ire), Maar (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result.

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Galileo’s Daughter Of Midday A New Rising Star

Wetherby is an unlikely place to unearth a TDN Rising Star, but the Yorkshire venue more accustomed to hosting jumps meetings acted as the stage for the re-entry of a potential top-class filly on Sunday as Juddmonte's regally-bred Noon Star (Galileo {Ire}) took the opening 10-furlong Racingtv.com Fillies' Novice S. Last seen winning over an extended mile at Nottingham in October, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained daughter of the celebrated Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and full-sister to the G3 Sandown Classic Trial winner Midterm (GB) was under a seven-pound penalty tracking the early pace. Committed by Richard Kingscote with two furlongs remaining, the 4-5 favourite drew away to win by 2 1/2 lengths from the Gosden trainee Loving Dream (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), with six lengths back to that rival's stablemate Franklet (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in third. “She's a lovely-bred filly who has done everything right so far and learnt each time,” her rider commented of the G1 Epsom Oaks-entered winner, the sixth foal of the multiple group 1 winner who looks certain to throw one of her ilk at some point. “She's a very laid-back filly in all her work and very responsive at the racecourse. She does as she's asked and is a very straightforward, very sweet filly. I'm sure connections will ponder the Oaks and she is bred to go that way.”

Winning this race which also played host to the subsequent G2 Hardwicke S. winner Fanny Logan (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) two years ago, Noon Star who had caught the eye when third on debut over seven furlongs at Salisbury in September has a headstart on her dam in terms of the wins-to-runs ratio. Midday took three starts to break her maiden before slowly entering the stratosphere with a trio of triumphs in the G1 Nassau S. and wins in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks, G1 Prix Vermeille and GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Her first foal, the aforementioned Midterm, flashed talent for this stable and was an ante-post favourite for the Derby but failed to hit those heights. Successful in the G3 N E Manion Cup, GSW-Aus, GSW-Eng, GSP-Fr, $375,077, he was followed the next year by the filly Mori (GB) (Frankel {GB}) who also won a Classic trial in the Listed Height of Fashion S. but did not make the Oaks and was second in the G2 Ribblesdale S., SW & GSP-Eng, $101,596.

Midday is a half-sister to Sun Maiden (GB), another daughter of Frankel who took the G3 Hoppings S. and was third in the G1 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares S., G2 Ribblesdale S. and G2 Middleton S. for this stable, the G3 Nell Gwyn S. scorer and G1 Nassau S. third Hot Snap (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and to Midsummer Sun (GB) (Monsun {Ger}) who was a listed winner and twice group 3-placed in Australia. Two other members of this esteemed dynasty are the G1 Eclipse S. and G1 Phoenix Champion S.-winning sire Elmaamul (Diesis {GB}) and Reams of Verse (Nureyev), who captured the Epsom Oaks 25 years ago. Midday's 2019 colt High Moor is by War Front, while she also has a 2021 daughter of Shamardal.

1st-Wetherby, £5,300, Novice, 4-25, 3yo/up, f, 10fT, 2:05.98, gd.
NOON STAR, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Midday (GB) (Hwt. Older Mare-Eng at 11-14f, Hwt. Older Mare-Eng at 9 1/2-11f, MG1SW-Eng, MG1SP-Ire, G1SW-Fr, GISW-US, $3,438,502), by Oasis Dream (GB)
2nd Dam: Midsummer (GB), by Kingmambo
3rd Dam: Modena, by Roberto
Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $12,230. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (KY); T-Sir Michael Stoute. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Santiago Back For Vintage Crop

With Ascot's G1 Gold Cup now less than two months away, the road to the prestigious feature of the Royal meeting begins on Sunday as Ballydoyle's Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) returns in Navan's G3 Vintage Crop S. Last seen finishing fourth in the G1 St Leger at Doncaster in September, the G1 Irish Derby hero races under a penalty for his triumph in that Curragh Classic last June and faces one who has already been in the mix in the 2 1/2-mile marathon in Master of Reality (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) who was third to Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in 2019. “My colt was obviously very good when winning the Queen's Vase and Irish Derby and he ran up to that level in defeat in the Goodwood Cup and the St Leger afterwards,” Ryan Moore commented. “He didn't end up running when he travelled down to Australia in the autumn, but he is clearly a top staying prospect this year and this looks an ideal starting point for him.”

Master of Reality's trainer Joseph O'Brien also has Baron Samedi (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) engaged and he is untried at staying trips having signed off last term with a career-best success in the 11-furlong G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris at ParisLongchamp in October. “Master of Reality has been a super horse for us, most notably going close in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and the Melbourne Cup in 2019. He tends to improve with racing, so he is highly likely to improve on whatever he does here. We're looking forward to another exciting season with him,” their trainer said. “Baron Samedi was a revelation last year, transforming from looking very moderate to winning five races in a row including a Group 2 at Longchamp. We think he might be able to stay a bit further this year and how he copes with this longer trip will be our main focus here. He should improve from whatever he does and we are excited to see how he runs.”

Preceding the Vintage Crop is the 10-furlong Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Salsabil S. for Oaks prospects, with Aidan O'Brien relying solely on the highly-regarded Willow (Ire) (American Pharoah). A daughter of the multiple Group 1-winning Peeping Fawn (Danehill), she was off the mark at the third attempt over a mile at Leopardstown in October and will be tested against a clutch of unexposed fillies with similarly unexposed status. They include Moyglare Stud Farm's Port Sunlight (Ire) (Harzand {Ire}), who looked a stayer of note when scoring with authority in a mile maiden on testing ground at Gowran Park in October. She is re-opposed by the RacehorseClub's Create Belief (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), who was third on that occasion and who has since gone back to the same course and distance to get off the mark.

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‘Song’ Out of Vintage Crop Due to Ground

Group 1 winner Search For a Song (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a dual G1 Irish St Leger heroine, will not participate in Sunday's G3 Vintage Crop S. due to unsuitable weather and ground. The 5-year-old was most recently in action on Oct. 17, running second in the G2 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup.

“We hoped to run Search For A Song in the Vintage Crop on Sunday and while she has never been better in her life, with the dry weather and ground we couldn't take the chance running her,” said Kris Weld, assistant to his father Dermot. “We'll wait for another few weeks and see.”

Sear For a Song's stablemate Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal), who produced a thrilling turn of foot to capture the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland in November, is also in good form. However, the Aga Khan homebred does not have a definite reappearance date yet. She won all four starts in 2020, starting with the Aug. 8 G3 Give Thanks S. followed by the G1 Qatar Prix Vermeille on Sept. 13 and the Oct. 4 G1 Prix de l'Opera Longines prior to her Keeneland score.

“Tarnawa is very well. There isn't really a plan with her yet, and boring and all as it sounds, we'll be guided by her,” said Weld. “She is still on her break, but will be back shortly.

“The reason she is being kept in training is to have a go at the Arc and we'll see if she's up to it or not–please God she is.”

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