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Frankel’s Sapphire Seas Takes The John Musker

Coming into Wednesday's Listed EBF Stallions John Musker Fillies' S. off a win in Haydock's Reprocolor Premier Fillies' H. 13 days previously, Godolphin's Sapphire Seas (GB) (Frankel {GB}) raised her game again to beat some talented peers for her black-type breakthrough. Tracking the leaders early, the 9-2 shot travelled smoothly to the fore under William Buick approaching two out and had command soon after. Pushed out to assert her superiority, the Charlie Appleby-trained homebred hit the line with 2 1/2 lengths to spare over the smart yardstick Mukaddamah (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), with the returning TDN Rising Star Infinite Cosmos (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) 3/4 of a length away in third. The 10-11 favourite Al Asifah (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who had so impressed earlier in the season, was only seventh.

Buick, who registered a four-timer on the card for Appleby, said, “It was a very smart performance. She won nicely last time at Haydock in a fillies' handicap and she's certainly stepped up on that. She's going to keep improving hopefully. I would say the team will be delighted with what they saw there and hopefully she'll be around for next year. This is a nice race, a lovely race for fillies. Let's hope she can go on to better things.”

Sapphire Seas' Listed Meydan Classic-winning dam Pure Diamond (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}) is a daughter of the G3 Prix Miesque winner White Rose (Ger) (Platini {Ger}) who was also second in the G1 Preis der Diana. Responsible also for the fellow listed scorers Elite Army (GB) (Authorized {Ire}) and Promesse De L'Aube (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), the family includes Wild Coco (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}) who captured the G2 Park Hill S. and two renewals of the G3 Lillie Langtry S. and was second in the G1 Prix Vermeille. Pure Diamond also has an as-yet unnamed 2-year-old colt by Kingman (GB) and a filly foal by Night Of Thunder (Ire).

EBF STALLIONS JOHN MUSKER FILLIES S.-Listed, £52,000, Great Yarmouth, 9-20, 3yo/up, f/m, 10f 23yT, 2:06.95, gd.
1–SAPPHIRE SEAS (GB), 125, f, 3, Frankel (GB)–Pure Diamond (GB) (SW-UAE, $112,587), by Street Cry (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £29,234. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $62,960.
2–Mukaddamah (GB), 130, f, 4, New Approach (Ire)–Craighall (GB), by Dubawi (Ire). (80,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd; B-Whatton Manor Stud (GB); T-Roger Varian. £11,128.
3–Infinite Cosmos (Ire), 125, f, 3, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Waila (GB), by Notnowcato (GB).
TDN Rising Star. O-Exors of the late Sir E D Rothschild; B-South Court Stud (IRE); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £5,569.
Margins: 2HF, 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 4.50, 16.00, 5.00.
Also Ran: Fall In Love (Ire), La Isla Mujeres (Fr), Persist (GB), Al Asifah (GB), Morning Poem (GB), Khinjani (GB), Makinmedoit (Ire), Queen of The Skies (GB), Sparkling Beauty (Fr), Belhaven (Ire), Cite d'Or (Fr).

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Master of The Seas Another Godolphin Romper In the Woodbine Mile

Twelve months after Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) made light work of the race, Godolphin's Master of The Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) proved an equally decisive winner of the GI Ricoh Woodbine Mile for trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick. With the victory, the homebred has earned a fees-paid berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita in early November, a race won last year by Modern Games.

Drawn the inside gate in a field of just six horses, the 2-5 jolly wasn't the best away and settled at the tail of the field as My Sea Cottage (Ire) (Shalaa {Ire})–one of three starters to carry the hot pink colors of Gary Barber–speared through to take up the running after about a furlong. Master of the Seas raced against the rail early on, but came off the fence and into the clear as they hit the turn, and he had improved to fourth while building up a full head of steam as the field reached the long Woodbine straight. Accelerating nicely approaching the final furlong, Master of the Seas let down beautifully to take it by a convincing 3 3/4 lengths. 'TDN Rising Star' Shirl's Speight (Speightstown) just won a photo for second from longshot Lucky Score (Lookin At Lucky).

Narrowly beaten into second by Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) in the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas in 2021, Master of the Seas won the G3 Earl of Sefton S. in a single start at four, but has had a more complete season in 2023. The bay wintered in Dubai, winning the G2 Zabeel Mile Jan 20 and was a close third in the G1 Jebel Hatta S. Mar. 4 before finishing well down the field in the G1 Dubai Turf three weeks later. Given plenty of time to regroup, he was exiting a four-length success in the G2 Summer Mile at Ascot July 15.

“He usually breaks pretty fast, for one reason or another he didn't today,” noted Buick. “But there weren't many runners and the pace was even. It's a big, fair track and he's a horse with a turn of foot, so it was kind of my job to navigate a trouble-free passage. He is pretty high maintenance, but everyone at home has done a great job with him. I thought today he was much more the finished article. When he won at Ascot last time, you sort of sensed he was showing his best and getting back to his best form.”

Pedigree Notes:

Master of The Seas is the 56th worldwide Grade I/Group 1 winner for the legendary Dubawi and the 83 G1/GISW produced by a daughter of Danehill.

Master of The Seas is the latest Godolphin/Charlie Appleby success story at Woodbine and is not the first from this family to win on this program. His G3 UAE Oaks-winning half-sister Falls of Lora is not only the dam of Cascadian (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), a treble Group 1 winner in Australia for James Cummings, but also of Albahr (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), impressive winner of the 2021 Summer S.

Firth of Lorne's last listed produce is the 3-year-old filly Sithchean (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), the long odds-on winner of a novice over the Chelmsford all-weather on her lone racetrack appearance to date Mar. 2.

 

Saturday, Woodbine, Canada
RICOH WOODBINE MILE S.-GI, C$1,022,000, Woodbine, 9-16, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:33.79, gd.
1–MASTER OF THE SEAS (IRE), 124, g, 5, by Dubawi (Ire)
                1st Dam: Firth of Lorne (Ire) (SW & G1SP-Fr, MGSP-USA, $163,189), by Danehill
                2nd Dam: Kerrera (Ire), by Diesis (GB)
                3rd Dam: Rimosa's Pet (GB), by Petingo (GB)
1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Godolphin, LLC (IRE); T-Charles Appleby; J-William Buick. C$600,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW & G1SP-Eng, GSW & G1SP-UAE, 14-7-2-2, $984,457. *1/2 to Latharnach (Iffraaj {GB}), SW & G1SP-Eng, $217,472; Falls of Lora (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}), GSW-UAE, SW-Eng, $246,417; and Etive (Elusive Quality), SW-Ger, MSP-Fr, $126,693. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Shirl's Speight, 124, h, 6, Speightstown–Perfect Shirl, by Perfect Soul (Ire). 'TDN Rising Star' O-Charles E. Fipke; B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Roger L. Attfield. C$200,000.
3–Lucky Score, 124, g, 5, Lookin At Lucky–Miss Matzo, by Royal Academy. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($50,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP;
$35,000 2yo '20 OBSOPN). O-Pantofel Stable, LLC, Wachtel Stable and Barber, Gary; B-James Everatt, Janeane Everatt & Arika Everatt-Meeuse (ON); T-Mark E. Casse. C$132,000.
Margins: 3 3/4, NK, 4HF. Odds: 0.40, 4.15, 19.45.
Also Ran: War Bomber (Ire), Ice Chocolat (Brz), My Sea Cottage (Ire). Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuelTV.

 

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Dubawi’s Aablan On Top In The Solario

Landing a late gamble in Saturday's G3 Solario S., Godolphin's Aablan (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) made it three wins from the last seven renewals of Sandown's staging post for Charlie Appleby.

Sent off the 7-4 favourite, the Newmarket maiden scorer was settled in a share of third early by James Doyle with the pace set by Inishfallen (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) far from exacting. Taking until the final yards to work his way past that long-time leader, the son of the multiple group winner Promising Run (Hard Spun) prevailed by a neck, with Devil's Point (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) 1 1/4 lengths away in third.

Appleby's assistant Alex Merriam was on hand to welcome the winner and said, “A furlong out I thought we weren't going to win and James has said he is a horse that wants a mile in time, so that is probably what we will look at next. I think James has taught him a good bit there. He has done it the right way and got him to settle. He is a big raw horse so he might need a bit of time between his races.”

James Doyle added, “He is quite flamboyant in his early paces and it is key to conserve that energy at this stage. The race couldn't have worked out much better, as we were able to get that cover straight away which helped him find a rhythm, although it took a little time. He hasn't got an electric turn of foot, but I knew this distance would be perfect with the stiff finish. I think going further is going to be better for him. As we have seen, he is a lively character that takes a bit of managing but the boys have done great job with him.”

 

Pedigree Notes

Aablan is the first foal out of Promising Run, whose career tally included successes in the G2 Al Rashidiya, G2 Cape Verdi, G2 Balanchine and G2 Rockfel S. A daughter of the G1 Grande Premio Zelia Gonzaga Peixoto de Castro heroine Aviacion (Brz) (Know Heights {Ire}) and half to Dubawi's G3 Lillie Langtry S. runner-up Arabian Comet (Ire), her yearling filly is by Night Of Thunder (Ire).

 

 

Saturday, Sandown, Britain
VIRGIN BET SOLARIO S.-G3, £60,000, Sandown, 9-2, 2yo, 7fT, 1:32.50, gd.
1–AABLAN (IRE), 129, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
                1st Dam: Promising Run (GSW-Eng, MGSW-UAE,
                                GSW-Tur, $933,721), by Hard Spun
                2nd Dam: Aviacion (Brz), by Know Heights (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Arbulus, by Liloy (Fr)
   1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE);
T-Charlie Appleby; J-James Doyle. £34,026. Lifetime Record:
2-2-0-0, $48,398. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the
   free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Inishfallen (Ire), 129, c, 2, Exceed And Excel (Aus)–Kyllarney
(GB), by Kyllachy (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK
   TYPE. (£70,000 Ylg '22 GOFFUK). O-Manton Thoroughbreds
VIII; B-Mount Coote Estates (IRE); T-Brian Meehan. £12,900.
3–Devil's Point (Ire), 129, c, 2, New Bay (GB)–Hairy Rocket (GB),
by Pivotal (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE.
(€200,000 Wlg '21 GOFNO1; 475,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT).
O-Clive Washbourn; B-Hamwood Stud Unlimited Company
(IRE); T-David Menuisier. £6,456.
Margins: NK, 1 1/4, SHD. Odds: 1.75, 22.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Starlore (GB), Mortlake (Ire), Cerulean Bay (Ire). VIDEO.

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Dubawi’s Arabian Crown Prevails In The Stonehenge

Godolphin's €600,000 Arqana August purchase Arabian Crown (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}–Dubai Rose {GB}, by Dubai Destination) shaped with promise when third over seven furlongs at Sandown in his July 7 debut and graduated with a two-length tally over that course and distance towards the end of last month. Stalking the tempo in second through halfway in this black-type bow, the 85-40 second choice was pushed to the front soon after passing the quarter-mile marker and driven clear in the latter stages to comfortably outpoint 'TDN Rising Star' Arabic Legend (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) by 2 1/4 lengths. Long-time leader Son (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) kept on well once headed and finished 1 1/2 lengths adrift in third.

Arabian Crown is the third straight winner of the contest for Godolphin and follows in the steps of subsequent GI Summer S. victor Albahr (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and G3 Zetland S. victor Flying Honours (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). He is set to follow the latter's lead and target next month's G2 Royal Lodge S. at Newmarket. It was also a maiden win for rider William Buick, who said, “It was a nice, even gallop throughout, it suited him and it was a very fair race for everybody. It was a lovely performance and he's just gone from strength to strength. He was very professional and he's really learned from his last two runs. He broke well, he dropped his head and he was progressive all the way to the line. He was strong at the finish and I'm sure, next year, he'll get further. He has every reason to improve again and it'd be nice to have something like the Royal Lodge in mind for him.”

Arabian Crown, the latest of nine foals, is one of seven scorers produced by Listed Kolner Stuten-Trophy victrix Dubai Rose (GB) (Dubai Destination), herself a half-sister to G2 Pretty Polly S. victrix Hanami (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) and Listed Grosser Dresdner Sachsischer Herbst Preis winner Soho Rose (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}). Soho Rose, in turn, is the dam of G1 Prix de Royallieu heroine Sea La Rosa (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), G2 Great Voltigeur S. and G3 Bahrain Trophy victor Deauville Legend (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and the Group 3-placed Dean Street Doll (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}). The February-foaled bay is a full-brother to the stakes-winning Everest Rose (GB) and a half to MGSW G1 Prix Vermeille third The Juliet Rose (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}) and the dual stakes-placed Pocketfullofdreams (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).

 

Wednesday, Salisbury, Britain
IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF STONEHENGE S.-Listed, £40,000, Salisbury, 8-16, 2yo, 8fT, 1:42.59, gd.
1–ARABIAN CROWN (FR), 129, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Dubai Rose (GB) (SW-Ger), by Dubai Destination
2nd Dam: Russian Rose (Ire), by Soviet Lad
3rd Dam: Thornbeam, by Beldale Flutter
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€600,000 Ylg '22 ARAUG). O-Godolphin; B-GB Partnership (FR); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £22,684. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $38,118. *1/2 to The Juliet Rose (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), MGSW & G1SP-Fr, $554,634; Everest Rose (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), SW-Ger; and Pocketfullofdreams (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), SP-Eng & Ire.
2–Arabic Legend (Ire), 129, c, 2, Dubawi (Ire)–Sheikha Reika (Fr), by Shamardal. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £8,600.
3–Son (GB), 129, c, 2, Too Darn Hot (GB)–Mia Diletta (GB), by Selkirk. 1ST BLACK TYPE. (90,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE). O-Mrs J Wood; B-Scuderia Blueberry SRL (GB); T-Richard Hannon. £4,304.
Margins: 2 1/4, 1HF, 3 1/4. Odds: 2.13, 1.63, 6.50.
Also Ran: Metallo (Ire), Quatre Bras (Ire), Spanish Poet (Fr), Lightning Leo (GB).

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