Dark Angel’s Angel Bleu Pounces Late For Celebration Mile Triumph

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Marc Chan's 2021 G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere and G1 Criterium International hero Angel Bleu (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}–Cercle De La Vie {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) had been in and out of form in eight outings since registering those career highlights as a juvenile and backed up a fourth in last month's G2 Summer Mile with a last-gasp win in Saturday's G2 William Hill Celebration Mile at Goodwood.

Fourth through halfway and scrubbed along approaching the quarter-mile marker, the 9-2 chance was afforded a dream seam underneath the stands' side rail inside the final furlong and kept on strongly under late rousting to deny 'TDN Rising Star' Knight (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) by a half-length in the dying embers. Nurlan Bizakov's slow-starting Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) made relentless headway in the straight and finished 1 1/4 lengths adrift in third.

 

Angel Bleu is simply divine in the @WilliamHill Celebration Mile @Goodwood_Races

Knight was a worthy nemesis, but @RalphBeckett's colt finds more under pressure in the hands of @HectorCrouch pic.twitter.com/9rRdwrXcgj

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 26, 2023

Saturday, Goodwood, Britain
WILLIAM HILL CELEBRATION MILE S.-G2, £158,500, Goodwood, 8-26, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:44.67, sf.
1–ANGEL BLEU (FR), 132, c, 4, by Dark Angel (Ire)
1st Dam: Cercle De La Vie (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Hveger (Aus), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Circles Of Gold (Aus), by Marscay (Aus)
(€120,000 Ylg '20 ARDEAY). O-Marc Chan; B-Pan Sutong Racing Bloodstock (FR); T-Ralph Beckett; J-Hector Crouch. £89,885. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Fr, 17-7-2-2, $798,273. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Knight (Ire), 126, g, 3, Mehmas (Ire)–Fidaaha (Ire), by New Approach (Ire). (210,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-KHK Racing; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Simon & Ed Crisford. £34,078.
3–Charyn (Ire), 126, c, 3, Dark Angel (Ire)–Futoon (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). (250,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Nurlan Bizakov; B-Grangemore Stud (IRE); T-Roger Varian. £17,055.
Margins: HF, 1 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 4.50, 5.50, 4.00.
Also Ran: Holguin (GB), Epictetus (Ire), Random Harvest (Ire), Galeron (Ire). Scratched: Aldaary (GB).

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