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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Aidan O'Brien trainee Fairy Godmother (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}–Scintilating {GB}, by Siyouni {Fr}) was usurped by Sparkling Sea (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) on debut at Naas last month and returned over the same six-furlong strip to exact revenge on that reopposing rival in Sunday's G3 Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies Sprint. Ryan Moore was keen to settle the 6-5 favourite into a smooth rhythm and anchored his mount at the tail of the six-runner field through the initial exchanges of this straight dash. Easing closer onto the heels of the leaders approaching the furlong pole, Fairy Godmother angled outside for her challenge and unleashed an array of gears under late rousting to deny familiar foe Sparkling Sea by an ultimately comfortable neck in the shadow of the post. Amo Racing's California Dreamer (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}) finished 3/4-of-a-length adrift in third. “We thought that she would win the first day, but she was very green and obviously with a first-time-out 2-year-old anything can happen,” the winning trainer said. “The filly that beat her [first time] is obviously a very good filly. Even though they went slow today, the plan was to drop her in and teach her and we needed to find out what way to ride her in [Royal] Ascot. Ryan [Moore] said she's very classy and gets six [furlongs] very well. I'd say she's an Albany filly and she will have learned a lot from today.” Pedigree Notes Fairy Godmother, who becomes the 25th pattern-race winner for her sire, is the second foal and scorer out of a winning half-sister to G2 Richmond S. victor Prolific (Ire) (Compton Place {GB}) and Listed Grand Prairie Turf Challenge winner Deal Breaker (GB) (Night Shift). The March-foaled chestnut's third dam Zoom Lens (Ire) (Caerleon) threw G2 Royal Lodge S. winner Atlantis Prince (GB) (Tagula {Ire}) and is the second dam of G1 Middle Park S. third Steady Pace (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Zoom Lens is kin to the dams of G1 Gran Criterium hero Hello (Ire) (Lycius) and G2 Prix Dollar-winning multiple Scandinavian champion Dano-Mast (GB) (Unfuwain). Fairy Godmother is a half-sister to Listed Roses S. third Sketch (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) and a yearling filly by Mehmas (Ire). The post Night Of Thunder’s Fairy Godmother Exhibits Gears in the Fillies Sprint at Naas appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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David Menuisier says he has full confidence in star colt Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) showing his true colours in the Prix du Jockey Club. Always held in the highest regard by connections, Sunway finished ahead of 2,000 Guineas runner-up Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) when second in the Champagne S. at Doncaster last year before going on to end his two-year-old campaign with a Group 1 triumph in the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. Having blown away the cobwebs at ParisLongchamp in the early part of the 2024 season, the three-year-old returned to the scene of his finest hour for the Group 3 Prix Greffulhe. Although beaten a neck in what is regarded a key French Derby trial, Sunway's handler has confirmed the colt remains on track to compete in the 10-furlong contest on June 2. “He has come out of his race at Saint-Cloud really well and we are going to prepare him for the Prix du Jockey Club now and hopefully he can keep improving. Chantilly is still the plan,” said Menuisier. Menuisier is also keen to see if he can register a Group victory with Sirona (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) this term, having seen the four-year-old finish a close-up third on her stable bow in Lingfield's Chartwell Fillies' S. “I was delighted with her,” the trainer reflected. “She ran a bit fresh and was a bit keen but she showed her true potential and it was great. Hopefully we can secure a Group race with her and see how much improvement we can get out of her. “She's not easy to place because I would like to stay against fillies but it is not always that easy. She could possibly go to Haydock for the John of Gaunt against the colts and that is one option amongst several really.” The post Menuisier Says Sunway Will Be Ready To Shine In The French Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will feature prominently in Brisbane’s upcoming Winter Carnival, with several key runners in feature races. Group One South Australian Derby (2500m) runner-up Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) has come through his run behind Coco Sun in great order and will head north for the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) on 1st June. “We’ll put him on the plane and send him up for the Derby,” Price said. “I was in two minds … he’ll be a nice staying four-year-old but just having a good look at him over the last few days he looks beautiful, so off he goes to have a crack at Eagle Farm.” Price said Jamie Kah will likely jump aboard Warmonger for her first race-day sit on the three-year-old War Decree gelding. “I think J. Kah will ride him … mile-and-a-half, that’s him,” Price said. “He’s settling now without the blinkers, I just need to draw a barrier and get someone on him who might give him a rub out of the gates and if he’s travelling midfield or no further back, he can win a mile-and-a-half Derby no problem.” Renowned mudlark Hezashocka (NZ) (Shocking) will be hoping for anything but sunshine ahead of a busy schedule at the Queensland Winter Carnival over the next month. The New Zealand-bred horse ran out an impressive victor in last weekend’s Listed Gosford Cup, which was transferred to Newcastle due to heavy rain. The son of Shocking managed the Heavy 9 track with ease to capture his maiden Listed triumph and co-trainer Mick Price has revealed a potential busy month ahead for the six-year-old. “Well, he’s definitely going to the mile-and-a-half races up there … assume the Q22,” said Price, who trains in partnership with Michael Kent Jnr. “[We’ll] use the Doomben Cup as his gallop into the Premier’s Cup seven days later. “The Premier’s Cup is where you’ll see him at his best in a mile and-a-half.” The three races planned are the A$1 million Doomben Cup, A$200,000 Premier’s Cup and A$1.2m Q22 within 20 days, in what will be Hezashocka’s first appearance in Queensland since his maiden run in Australia more than three years ago. View the full article -
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Frankie Lor confirms Unbelievable’s season is over after the regally bred four-year-old suffers a minor tendon injuryView the full article -
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With the late scratching of Germany's leading marathoner and morning line favourite Lordano (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), jockey Rene Piechulek made the switch to Gestut Ittlingen's alternate Alessio (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}–Alandia {Ire}, by Adlerflug {Ger}) and made the most of that ownermate's absence to register a career high in Sunday's G2 Comer Group International 53rd Oleander-Rennen at Hoppegarten. Alessio, who ran sixth in 2022's G1 Deutsches Derby, notched a first pattern-race win in October's G3 The Land Trophy at Baden-Baden and brought the curtain down on 2023 with a runner-up finish in November's G3 St Leger Italiano at the San Siro in Milan when last seen. He occupied a stalking role in second for most of this two-mile stamina test. Bustled along at the top of the home straight, the 17-5 second choice slipped to third with 300 metres remaining and rallied gamely under a final-furlong drive to collar old rival Waldadler (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) by a head on the line. Last term's third Nastaria (GB) (Outstrip {GB}) hit the board once more and finished 3/4-of-a-length adrift of the front two. In a strange turn of events, Lordano's 11th-hour withdrawal provided Piechulek with the opportunity of replacing rider Sybille Vogt aboard Alessio. Vogt suffered an arm injury during the preliminaries of the first race on the card. “Of course I'm a little sorry for Sibylle [Vogt] that she couldn't make the ride,” the winning jockey told GaloppOnline. “Alessio was very brave today and fought really well to prevail.” Pedigree Notes Alessio, one of his sire's 65 pattern-race winners, is the third of seven foals and one of two black-type performers produced by a dual-winning half-sister to three stakes winners headed by G1 Prix du Cadran hero and three-time winner of this contest Altano (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}). The March-foaled homebred bay's third dam is G3 Deutscher Stutenpreis-winning G2 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) runner-up Arastou (Ger) (Surumu {Ger}), who threw G2 Prix de Pomone winner Abitara (Ire) (Rainbow Quest). Abitara's descendants include stakes-winning G3 Mehl Mulhens Trophy third Ability (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and the dual Group-placed Areo (GB) (Medicean {GB}). Arastou is also the ancestress of G3 T Von Zastrow Stutenpreis victrix and G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) third Adoya (Ger) (Doyen {Ire}). Alessio is a full-brother to the unraced 2-year-old filly Alana (Ire) and kin to this month's G3 Bavarian Classic runner-up Alleno (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and a weanling colt by Zarak (Fr). Sunday, Hoppegarten, Germany COMER GROUP INTERNATIONAL 53RD OLEANDER-RENNEN-G2, €100,000, Hoppegarten, 5-19, 4yo/up, 16fT, 3:30.70, gd. 1–ALESSIO (GER), 126, h, 5, by Teofilo (Ire) 1st Dam: Alandia (Ire), by Adlerflug (Ger) 2nd Dam: Alanda (Ger), by Lando (Ger) 3rd Dam: Arastou (Ger), by Surumu (Ger) O-Gestut Ittlingen; B-Gestut Hof Ittlingen (GER); T-Peter Schiergen; J-Rene Piechulek. €60,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr & Ity, 11-4-2-3, €142,370. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Waldadler (Ger), 126, g, 5, Adlerflug (Ger)–Waldblume (Ger), by Halling. (€9,000 Ylg '20 BBAGS). O-Stall Kalifornia; B-Gestut Sommerberg (GER); T-Pavel Vovcenko. €21,000. 3–Nastaria (GB), 122, m, 5, Outstrip (GB)–Cinta (GB), by Monsun (Ger). (€8,000 Ylg '20 BBAGS; €15,000 Ylg '20 BBAGO). O/T-Anna Schleusner-Fruhriep; B-Mme Mette Campbell-Andenaes (GB). €11,000. Margins: HD, 3/4, 1. Odds: 3.40, 4.20, 13.30. Also Ran: Assistent (Ger), Crystal Estrella (GB), Seattle Creek (GB), Lotterbov (Ire), Eskimo Komet (Ire). Scratched: Lordano (Ger). The post Teofilo’s Alessio Swoops Late to Garner Berlin Feature appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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