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Alpine Star Enters Winter Quarters, Will Race On

Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea the Moon {Ger}), winner of the Coronation S. in June, will not race again this year and instead enjoy some time off. The Niarchos Family runner was runner-up in three consecutive Group 1s following her Ascot score-the July 5 Prix de Diane Longines, the Aug. 16 Prix Jacques le Marois and the Prix de l’Opera Longines on Arc Day, Oct. 4.

“She ran another blinder in the Opera,” said the Niarchos family’s racing manager Alan Cooper of the Jessica Harrington trainee. “She’s a tough, honest and very high-class filly. We’ll put her away now and bring her back for a 4-year-old campaign next season. She’s very consistent and hopefully there’ll be more Group 1 races for her.

“It will be interesting to see what Jessie decides regarding trip next year. She seems equally capable over a mile and a mile and a quarter at the moment, which is very exciting.”

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First Black-Type Winner For The Gurkha

Stall Lintec’s Best of Lips (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}) provided Coolmore’s first-season sire (by Galileo {Ire}) with his first black-type winner on Sunday when scoring with authority in the prestigious G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten at Cologne. Having won over nine furlongs at Dortmund Sept. 20, the 14-5 shot was forced to race wide throughout the early stages from his high draw as Franny Norton exercised restraint more than halfway down the field. Sent forward when straightened for home to take command passing the two-furlong pole, the bay galloped on strongly to the line despite looking at the stands and had 3 1/2 lengths to spare over Sea of Sands (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) there. “Fair play to Andreas [Suborics], he had a plan before the race but everyone else was on to it and I was caught a little bit deep,” Norton commented. “He had to show a bit of class and picked up well.”

Best of Lips is the first foal out of the Wildenstein homebred Beata (Fr) (Silver Frost {Ire}), a daughter of the multiple group winner Bright Moon (Alysheba) and therefore a half-sister to the G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix de l’Opera heroine Bright Sky (Ire) (Wolfhound) and to the dual group 3 winner Board Meeting (Ire) (Anabaa) who was also placed in the Opera and the G1 Prix Vermeille and G1 Prix Jean Romanet. The latter is the dam of the Listed Prix Michel Houyvet winner and G3 Prix de Conde runner-up Big Blue (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), while Bright Moon is out of the GII Golden Harvest H. and G3 Prix Corrida winner Bonshamile (GB) (Ile de Bourbon). The dam’s yearling filly is by Mastercraftsman (Ire).

Sunday, Cologne, Germany
PREIS DES WINTERFAVORITEN-G3, €155,000, Cologne, 10-11, 2yo, 8fT, 1:40.19, sf.
1–BEST OF LIPS (IRE), 128, c, 2, The Gurkha (Ire)
1st Dam: Beata (Fr), by Silver Frost (Ire)
2nd Dam: Bright Moon, by Alysheba
3rd Dam: Bonshamile (GB), by Ile de Bourbon
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (90,000gns RNA Ylg ’19 TAOCT). O-Stall Lintec; B-Stall Parthenaue (IRE); T-Andreas Suborics; J-Franny Norton. €85,000. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, €88,600. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sea of Sands (Ger), 128, c, 2, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Salve Haya (Ire), by Peintre Celebre. O/B-Gestut Hony-Hof (GER); T-Jean-Pierre Carvalho. €31,000.
3–Mythico (Fr), 128, c, 2, Adlerflug (Ger)–Madhyana (Ger), by Monsun (Ger). (€24,000 RNA Ylg ’19 BBAGS). O-Stall TMB; B-Thomas Bretzger (FR); T-Jean-Pierre Carvalho. €20,500.
Margins: 3HF, 4, 2 1/4. Odds: 2.80, 3.10, 5.40.
Also Ran: Juanito (Ger), Sardasht (Fr), Kings of Leon (Fr), Ponntos (Ire), Imi (Ger), Lommerzheim (Ire). Scratched: Sampras (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Hot Streak’s A Case Of You Triumphs in the Anglesey

John McConnell’s A Case Of You (Ire) (Hot Streak {Ire}), who improved off an Aug. 26 debut third at Bellewstown to garner a Sept. 4 Down Royal maiden last time, stepped forward to claim a career high in Sunday’s rescheduled G3 Jebel Ali Racecourse & Stables Anglesey S. at The Curragh. The well-backed 6-1 chance, who also ‘won’ a July 29 Dundalk barrier trial, powered forward from a mainly level break to race on the front end after the initial steps of this black-type bow. Coming under pressure soon after passing the quarter-mile marker, he quickened smartly to poach a decisive advantage passing the eighth pole and was ridden out to comfortably account for G2 Norfolk S. fourth Lipizzaner (Uncle Mo) by 1 1/4 lengths. The placed maiden Giuliana (Ger) (Muhaarar {GB}) outran her 18-1 odds and finished 1 3/4 lengths further adrift in third.

“That’s my first Curragh winner as usually, if I have a good horse, I stay away from the Curragh because the competition is so good, but he justified coming here and was impressive,” explained owner-trainer John McConnell after registering a breakthrough success. “Colin [Keane] had done work on him during the week, but was claimed to ride for Aidan O’Brien for the day so he gave Gary [Carroll] advice. He won a barrier trial impressively and then I shouldn’t have run him in Bellewstown, as he was drawn wide over a mile on soft ground, and he won well in Down Royal. It’s my first Group winner on the Flat and [Ger Lyons’ assistant trainer] Shane Lyons advised me to go for this race. I doubt if he will run again this year and I think we will leave that to someone else. He handled Dundalk well so he will have no problem on better ground. He’s my own, I’d love to sell him and it would be great to sell him and stay in the yard. I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets faster and faster and the dream could be something like a [G1] Commonwealth Cup [next year].”

A Case Of You, half-brother to a yearling filly by Alhebayeb (Ire), becomes the first pattern-race winner for his sire (by Iffraaj {GB}) and the first black-type winner for his dam Karjera (Ire) (Key of Luck), herself a full-sister to Listed Rochestown S. victor Akanti (Ire) and MGSP GIII Las Cienegas H. runner-up Lock and Key (Ire). His third dam Lock’s Dream (Youth),who landed the Listed Spring Fiesta Cup H. and ran third in the G3 Yerba Buena H., is also the dam of Listed Demaloot Demashoot S. winner Big Brown Bear (Strike The Gold) and the juvenile winner Dream Regally (Vice Regent), who in turn produced Listed Maryland Racing Media S. victrix Lacie Slew (Mineshaft) and Listed Czaria H. winner Prettypriceygirl (Scat Daddy). Lock’s Dream is the leading performer for G3 Princess Royal S. heroine Trillionaire (Vaguely Noble {Ire}), whose descendants also include GII Delaware H. winner Summer Wind Dancer (Siberian Summer).

Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
JEBEL ALI RACECOURSE & STABLES ANGLESEY S.-G3, €50,000, Curragh, 10-11, 2yo, 6f 63yT, 1:22.14, sf.
1–A CASE OF YOU (IRE), 131, c, 2, by Hot Streak (Ire)
1st Dam: Karjera (Ire), by Key of Luck
2nd Dam: Lock’s Heath, by Topsider
3rd Dam: Lock’s Dream, by Youth
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€3,000 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFSPT). O/T-John McConnell; B-Limestone & Tara Studs (IRE); J-Gary Carroll. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $53,702. Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Lipizzaner, 131, c, 2, Uncle Mo–Irish Lights (Aus), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). ($650,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Irish Lights Syndicate (KY); T-Aidan O’Brien. €10,000.
3–Giuliana (Ger), 128, f, 2, Muhaarar (GB)–Golden Whip (Ger), by Seattle Dancer. (45,000gns RNA Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-Richard Galway, J Carthy & S C Khaw; B-Graf & Grafin von Stauffenberg (GER); T-Jessica Harrington. €5,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 6.00, 4.00, 18.00.
Also Ran: New Treasure (Ire), Miramis (Ire), Preamble (Ire), Dense Star (Ire), New Emerald Bay (Ire), Tar Heel (Ire), Lady Princess (Ire). Scratched: Aunty Bridy (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Juvenile Action Headlines Sunday Cards

Sunday’s action across Europe again focuses on the juveniles, with Cologne’s G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten the feature for next year’s Classic aspirants and The Curragh staging the re-scheduled G3 Jebel Ali Racecourse and Stables Anglesey S. In the former contest, Gestut Hony-Hof’s Sea of Sands (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) is an intriguing contender following his win in a decent 7 1/2-furlong maiden at Baden-Baden on Sept. 6 and as a relative of the Monsun (Ger) heavyweights Samum (Ger) and Schiaparelli (Ger) has much to commend her. Gestut Ittlingen’s Sampras (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) also impressed over this mile trip at Dortmund on Sept. 20 on the same card that Stall Lintec’s Best of Lips (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}) scored with authority over nine furlongs.

In the Anglesey, the standard-bearer is the Sept. 27 G3 Weld Park S. runner-up Aunty Bridy (Ire) (Camacho {GB}), while Ballydoyle have a duo engaged in the Sept. 26 G1 Middle Park S. sixth Lipizzaner (Uncle Mo) and the Oct. 1 Fairyhouse maiden winner Preamble (Ire) (No Nay Never).

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