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Tarnawa Impresses In Give Thanks Repeat

Brushing aside some talented 3-year-olds for a repeat success in Saturday’s G3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks S. at Cork, The Aga Khan’s Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal) served notice that she will be a force to be reckoned with in any company in 2020. Settled in mid-division on the rail by Oisin Orr, the 8-1 shot travelled easily and when switched delivered a strong effort down the outer to swamp the smooth-going 11-10 favourite Cayenne Pepper (Ire) (Australia {GB}) at the two pole. Quickly settling the issue, the homebred who also took the G3 Blue Wind S. at Naas last May and G2 Blandford S. at The Curragh in September was impressive in the way she kept that G1 Irish Oaks runner-up safely at bay to score by 1 3/4 lengths. The third in that Classic, Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), was 3 3/4 lengths away in third. “She cruised into it nicely,” Orr explained. “I thought they went a good gallop all the way and she quickened up and won well.”

Since turning three, Tarnawa has suffered just three reversals with two of those coming on visits to England. Only 11th in the G1 Epsom Oaks last June and ninth in the G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares S. at Ascot in October, the chestnut will have to banish those memories if taken across the Irish Sea this term. The manner of her defeat of one of the country’s leading middle-distance 3-year-olds suggests she has improved and Kris Weld was on hand to say, “That was very pleasing-we were hopeful coming here as it had been the plan to start back today. I think she’s a very good filly-not many win three group races as 3-year-olds and I felt that was slightly overlooked in the lead-up to the race. We have no real plan-we’ll work from here. She didn’t show up at Ascot on her last start last year, but hopefully we can go back there.”

Tarnawa, who becomes the first dual winner of this, was also extending trainer Dermot Weld’s record of seven wins since it was inaugurated in 2003. She is the first foal out of the dual listed scorer Tarana (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), who was also third in the G3 Curragh Cup and is a daughter of the Listed Galtres S. winner and G3 Noblesse S. third Tarakala (Ire) (Dr. Fong). This is also the family of the G3 Princess Royal S. winner Tashtiya (Ire) (Shergar {GB}), the G3 Prix Messidor scorer Tassmoun (Kalamoun {GB}) and the G1 Prix Royal-Oak hero and G1 Prix du Cadran runner-up Tiraaz (Lear Fan), as well as the precocious G1 Phoenix S. heroine Damson (Ire) (Entrepreneur {GB}). Tarana’s unraced 2-year-old gelding by Fastnet Rock (Aus) is named Tazaral (Ire).

Saturday, Cork, Ireland
IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF GIVE THANKS S.-G3, €76,700, Cork, 8-8, 3yo/up, f/m, 12fT, 2:35.78, gd.
1–TARNAWA (IRE), 137, f, 4, by Shamardal
1st Dam: Tarana (Ire) (MSW & GSP-Ire, $141,525), by Cape Cross (Ire)
2nd Dam: Tarakala (Ire), by Dr Fong
3rd Dam: Tarakana, by Shahrastani
O-H.H. Aga Khan; B-His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs S.C. (IRE); T-Dermot Weld; J-Oisin Orr. €39,000. Lifetime Record: 11-5-2-2, $344,739. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Cayenne Pepper (Ire), 127, f, 3, Australia (GB)–Muwakaba, by Elusive Quality. (195,000gns Wlg ’17 TATFOA). O-Mrs S Kelly; B-G. H. S. Bloodstock & J C Bloodstock (IRE); T-Jessie Harrington. €13,000.
3–Passion (Ire), 127, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Dialafara (Fr), by Anabaa. (800,000gns Ylg ’18 TATOCT). O-Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Lynch Bages Ltd & Camas Park Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €6,500.
Margins: 1 3/4, 3 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 8.00, 1.10, 2.75.
Also Ran: Snapraeceps (Ire), Nan Yehi (Ire), Elizabethofaragon (Ire), Heliac (GB), Loveisthehigherlaw (GB), Getawiggleon (Fr). Scratched: Bolleville (Ire), Traisha (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Earthlight Put To The Test

Godolphin’s unbeaten Earthlight (Ire) (Shamardal) faces his first major test of 2020 in a strong renewal of Sunday’s 6 1/2-furlong G1 LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville. Facing the older sprinters for the first time, last year’s G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S. winner also meets Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire}) who was a neck behind him when runner-up in the Middle Park at Newmarket in September. There was no sign that his delayed start to the season had meant a diminishing of his ability when he took the Listed Prix Kistena over six furlongs here on July 12 and Andre Fabre said he is happy with his preparation, if wary of the size of the task ahead. “Earthlight’s juvenile form is among the best around and he comes into this race in excellent condition,” he said. “I’m a bit worried if a race like this might just be coming a bit soon for him, he’s only had one run this season, which he found very easy. He’s having to take on older horses as well, but we’ll see. He had that interruption to the start of his season, which hasn’t been ideal.”

Also from Godolphin is ‘TDN Rising Star’ Space Blues (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is on a roll over seven furlongs having annexed the G3 Prix de la Porte Maillot at ParisLongchamp on June 25 and the G2 Lennox S. at Goodwood on July 28. He was only beaten a length when third in this 12 months ago and is probably an improved performer. “Space Blues has come out of the Lennox S. in good form. He ran well in this race last year and, with the way he has performed so far this year, we are heading back very confident that he can run a big race,” Charlie Appleby said. “Every time he has stepped up in grade this season, he has won more impressively, while he has performed well at Group 1 level on both his previous starts at Deauville. He ran very well in it last year and a repeat performance of that or what he has done this year is going to make him a live player.”

Golden Horde has stepped up this year, winning the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on June 19 before finishing third in the G1 July Cup at Newmarket on July 11. Trainer Clive Cox commented, “He is drawn 10 of 11, but I’m very happy with the horse. This is a very competitive Group 1, especially with Earthlight in there, who we have form with from last year. In the Morny he beat us quite convincingly, although our horse ran well, and we closed the gap by the end of the year in the Middle Park. I think an extra half a furlong will be no problem for us. I’m quite excited and looking forward to it. I think home territory might be a slight advantage, with the heat we have at the moment, but that said, apart from the journey it will be the same for all of us. He won well at Royal Ascot first time out and ran well in defeat in the July Cup. I’m still full of hope and admiration for our horse.”

Another Royal Ascot winner in the line-up is Haras d’Etreham and Cambridge Stud’s Hello Youmzain (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}), who took the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. on June 20. Only fifth in the July Cup, he has to bounce back. Jockey Kevin Stott said, “I think he’ll like the track, as he didn’t come down the hill particularly well at Newmarket and the extra half a furlong will be right up his street. I’m really excited. He’s a very laid-back horse who takes everything in his stride.” Aidan O’Brien’s duo are the July 12 G1 Prix Jean Prat runner-up Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and Wichita (Ire) (No Nay Never), who drops back in trip after his second in the June 6 G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, third in the G1 St James’s Palace S. at Royal Ascot on June 20 and fifth in the G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood on July 29.

Phoenix Headlines Curragh Card

The Curragh features a fascinating clash of the precocious juveniles in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S., with Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez’s recent purchase Steel Bull (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) stepping up to six furlongs following his success in Goodwood’s G3 Molecomb S. on July 29. Qatar Racing’s June 19 G2 Norfolk S. winner The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) renews rivalry with Middleham Park Racing’s Ventura Tormenta (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), with the latter denying him by the narrowest of margins in the G2 Prix Robert Papin over this trip at Chantilly on July 19. “The Molecomb winner was very impressive and Group 1s are never easy, but the horse seems in good form so we’ve got our fingers crossed,” trainer Michael Bell said of The Lir Jet. “He was in front before and just after the line in Chantilly, a real case of heads up, heads down, but unfortunately ours was up where it mattered. The horse who beat him is obviously a good horse in his own right. I don’t think he’s an out-and-out 2-year-old–you wouldn’t think it looking at him, as he’s a scopey sort. Hopefully the Commonwealth Cup might be on his agenda next season.”

Richard Hannon is hoping Ventura Tormenta can uphold the Robert Papin and said of him, “He is an Acclamation and he does exactly what it says on the tin. He is a reliable worker and is as good an Acclamation as we have had. They are rock hard and are made for racing and he is no different. In France it looked to me like he was running for second or third, but he stuck at it very well. This is another step up and he needs to find more, but he improved from his last run so hopefully he can do the same again.”

Also in the line-up is the July 18 G2 Railway S. first and second Laws of Indices (Ire) (Power {GB}) and Lucky Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and that course-and-distance contest has always been a stepping stone to this. The winner’s trainer Ken Condon has a smart collection of juveniles in 2020 and said, “All has been fine with him and we’re looking forward to it. He’ll have to improve and step forward again, but he’s been good since and he’s well entitled to take his chance. He took a big step forward from his first to his second run and then from his second to his third, and has pleased us since.” According to jockey bookings, the one to head the trio bidding to give the current Ballydoyle set-up a 17th renewal is St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), the half-brother to Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) who was second on his sole start over this track and trip on July 26.

Elsewhere on the Curragh card, the story of the G3 Rathasker Stud Phoenix Sprint S. is whether the June 28 G2 Greenlands S. and July 5 G3 Ballycorus S. winner Speak In Colours (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) can give nine pounds to last year’s G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Millisle (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), now that she has served notice that she is back to her best when winning by four lengths in Naas’s G3 Ballyogan S. over this six-furlong trip on July 22. At Salisbury, Shadwell’s June 16 Buckingham Palace H. and July 11 Bunbury Cup winner Motakhayyel (GB) (Heeraat {Ire}) steps into pattern company in the G3 AJN Steelstock Sovereign S., where he meets some established performers headed by the July 28 G2 Lennox S. runner-up Duke of Hazzard (Fr) (Lope de Vega {Ire}).

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Le Havre’s Port Guillaume Back On Song in Normandy

Claudio Marzocco, Bernard Benaych and Jean-Claude Rouget’s Port Guillaume (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) lost his unbeaten tag when a never-nearer fifth in Chantilly’s July 5 G1 Prix du Jockey Club and bounced back in style, racing in the Marzocco silks, to annex Saturday’s G2 Prix Hocquart Longines at Deauville. Unraced as a juvenile, he was an early riser this term with victories at Cagnes-sur-Mer in January and February and continued in similar vein post-lockdown with a May 12 Saint-Cloud conditions success before suffering his lone reversal last month. On the front end passing the judge first time and remaining there throughout the 12 1/2-furlong stamina test, the 7-5 favourite was nudged along soon after turning for home and stayed on strongly under mild rousting inside the final quarter mile to score by three lengths, with Ketil (Karakontie {Jpn}) edging out Pao Alto (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) by a nose for second.

“He ran a great race in the Prix du Jockey Club, but had been left with too much to do,” said trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. “I didn’t want to take any chances this time and wanted a positive ride to avoid being caught in a race with no pace so that class could tell. It went as I had hoped and he is a nice colt who will now head straight to the [Sept. 13] G1 Grand Prix de Paris [at ParisLongchamp].”

Port Guillaume, the third of five foals, is one of three scorers from as many runners out of a winning full-sister to G2 Balanchine and G3 Prix de Psyche runner-up Anahita (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}) and G2 Prix de la Nonette placegetter Lakalas (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}). His dam Keira (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}), who is also a half-sister to Listed Grand Prix de Bordeaux victor Shutterbug (Fr) (Soldier of Fortune (Ire), produced last term’s Listed Prix Pelleas victor Aubevoye (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), the 2-year-old colt Portbail (Fr) (Rajsaman {Fr}) and a yearling colt by Recorder (GB). Descendants of Port Guillaume’s third dam Nasriyda (Fr) (Darshaan {GB}) include this year’s G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen victress and G2 German 1000 Guineas runner-up No Limit Credit (Ger) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), with this being the immediate family of G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Natroun (Fr) (Akarad {Fr}).

Saturday, Deauville, France
PRIX HOCQUART LONGINES-G2, €90,000, Deauville, 8-8, 3yo, 12 1/2fT, 2:38.23, g/s.
1–PORT GUILLAUME (FR), 128 c, 3, by Le Havre (Ire)
1st Dam: Keira (Fr), by Turtle Bowl (Ire)
2nd Dam: Nazlia (Fr), by Polish Precedent
3rd Dam: Nasriyda (Fr), by Darshaan (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€55,000 Ylg ’18 AROCT). O-Claudio Marzocco, Bernard Benaych & Jean-Claude Rouget; B-Franklin Finance SA, Mme Elisabeth Ribard & Sylvain Vidal (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Cristian Demuro. €51,300. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, €115,540. *Full to Aubevoye (Fr), SW-Fr, $162,259. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Ketil, 128, c, 3, Karakontie (Jpn)–Matroshka (Ire), by Red Ransom. (35,000gns Wlg ’17 TATFOA; €50,000 Ylg ’18 ARAUG). O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd, Alan Cooper & Pascal Bary; B-Matroshka Syndicate (KY); T-Pacal Bary. €19,800.
3–Pao Alto (Fr), 128, c, 3, Intello (Ger)–Peaceful Love (Ger), by Dashing Blade (GB). (€160,000 Ylg ’16 ARAUG). O-Wertheimer & Frere; B-La Motteraye EARL & Gerard L Ferron (FR); T-Christophe Ferland. €9,450.
Margins: 3, NO, NK. Odds: 1.40, 13.00, 3.00.
Also Ran: Dick Whittington (Fr), Volkan Star (Ire), Tuscan Gaze (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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First European Black-Type Winner For Pride of Dubai In the Sweet Solera

Allowed to start at 66-1 for Saturday’s G3 Betway Sweet Solera S. at Newmarket, the €3,500 bargain buy Star of Emaraaty (Ire) belied those odds to emerge with the prize and provide her Coolmore-based first-season sire Pride of Dubai (Aus) with a first European black-type winner. Outpaced briefly at halfway having chased the early pace, the chestnut who was fourth in the Listed Star S. over this seven-furlong trip at Sandown July 21 drifted to the centre of the track as she began to enter contention under Kevin Stott. Reeling in the 5-2 co-favourite Dubai Fountain (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the final half a furlong, the Ontoawinner syndicate colour-bearer asserted for a 1 1/4-length success, with a neck beck to the 80-1 shot Seattle Rock (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in third. Another of the co-favourites, Fly Miss Helen (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), unfortunately broke down mid-race to add a sad postscript to the race.

Sent to Royal Ascot 13 days after her debut second in a six-furlong Haydock novice contest June 7, Star of Emaraaty was 11th in the five-furlong G2 Queen Mary S. before making all over an extended seven furlongs at Ayr July 13. Tried again following her effort in the Star at Sandown, she was comfortable with the tempo early but needed time to warm up as her peers started to roll approaching the downhill section of the track. Despite her veer away from the pack as she plundered into the “dip”, she was travelling with momentum coming back the other side and there was no hint of fluke at the end of a true test at the distance. “She was 66-1 and I don’t think she should have been that price,” Stott said. “She got a bit unbalanced going into the dip, but saw the trip out well once we met the rising ground. Kevin [Ryan] has always been keen on her and she’s been doing everything right at home, so fair play to her. She’s quite a big filly and has still got a bit of improving to do, so she should be a nice horse for next year.”

Ryan added, “She got very unbalanced at Sandown and there was a risk of it happening again coming to Newmarket, but I thought she would have a fair chance of handling it if he got her down the hill and we knew when she hit the rising ground she would come home well. She is quite a laid-back filly and she will improve with racing.”

Star of Emaraaty, who was offered in the Tattersalls Ascot Online June Sale but was unsold at £115,000, is out of La Grande Elisa (Ad Valorem) who is a half-sister to the recently-deceased triple group 1-winning sire Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), as well as the G3 Premio del Piazzale winner La Vie Infinite (Ire) (La Vie Dei Colori {GB}). Rip Van Winkle’s full-sister A Star Is Born (Ire) produced another significant Ballydoyle runner in the listed-winning G1 Middle Park S. runner-up Fleet Review (War Front). Also connected to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup heroine Danish (Ire) (Danehill) and her full-brother Ace (Ire) who was runner-up in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf, her yearling filly is by Moohaajim (Ire).

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
BETWAY SWEET SOLERA S.-G3, £25,500, Newmarket, 8-8, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:23.47, g/f.
1–STAR OF EMARAATY (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Pride of Dubai (Aus)
1st Dam: La Grande Elisa (Ire), by Ad Valorem
2nd Dam: Looking Back (Ire), by Stravinsky
3rd Dam: Mustique Dream (GB), by Don’t Forget Me (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€6,800 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFFEB; €3,500 Ylg ’19 GOFSPT; £115,000 RNA 2yo ’20 TATASC). O-Ontoawinner & Partner 1; B-Karis Bloodstock Ltd & Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-Kevin Ryan; J-Kevin Stott. £14,461. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $27,258. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Dubai Fountain (Ire), 126, f, 2, Teofilo (Ire)–Nafura (GB), by Dubawi (Ire). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Mark Johnston. £5,483.
3–Seattle Rock (GB), 126, f, 2, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–Snoqualmie Girl (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). O-J C Smith; B-Littleton Stud (GB); T-Sylvester Kirk. £2,744.
Margins: 1 1/4, NK, 2 3/4. Odds: 66.00, 2.50, 80.00.
Also Ran: Setarhe (Ire), Coul Queen (Ire), Danilova (GB), Spirit of Bermuda (Ire), Mere Green (Ire). DNF: Fly Miss Helen (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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