Heavenly Weekend For Nathaniel

[Wandering Eyes]

The team at Newsells Park Stud had plenty to celebrate this weekend after God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) made it a second Group 1 win on the weekend for her sire following Enable (GB)’s celebrated score in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf.

The victory was also especially meaningful for trainer Luca Cumani, who was collecting the final Group 1 on the European calendar-in his homeland at that–shortly after announcing he would retire at the end of the season.

For God Given herself, the Lydia Tesio marked the culmination of a career in which she was consistent in pattern company. Three straight wins last year at three included the G3 Prix Minerve, and she had been busy this season, winning Haydock’s G3 Pinnacle S. and Doncaster’s G2 Park Hill S. either side of a pair of group placings.

Cumani confirmed that the beautifully bred God Given would now head to the paddocks on a high.

“It’s fantastic. I’m delighted for the filly and delighted for the owner-breeders,” he said. “It’s great to have another Group 1 winner. It brought a tear to my eye–it’s a very emotional day. We knew she was a tough filly, and the mile and a quarter on the heavy ground really brought out her staying power.”

“She is finished racing now – she’ll be retired to become a broodmare.”

Pedigree Notes

Cumani’s second-to-last Group 1 winner prior to God Given, incidentally, was the filly’s older half-brother Postponed (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who was among the best of his generation thanks to wins in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S., G1 Juddmonte International and G1 Coronation Cup. Postponed and God Given are thus far the only two black-type performers for their dam, Ever Rigg (GB) (Dubai Destination), who died after producing a full-brother to Postponed, named Prejudice (GB) and a winner this year, in 2016.

The second dam is the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Bianca Nera (GB) (Salse), whose descendants include the GIII Beverly Hills H. winner Turning Top (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and the G3 Winter Derby victor Robin Hoods Bay (GB) (Motivator {GB}). The G1 Meon Valley Stud Mile and G1 Falmouth S. winner Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill) appears under the third dam.

Sunday, Capannelle, Italy
PREMIO LYDIA TESIO SISAL MATCHPOINT-G1, €407,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 2000mT, 2:16.49, hvy.
1-GOD GIVEN (GB), 127, f, 4, by Nathaniel (Ire)
1st Dam: Ever Rigg (GB), by Dubai Destination
2nd Dam: Bianca Nera (GB), by Salse
3rd Dam: Birch Creek (GB), by Carwhite (Ire)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-St Albans Bloodstock Limited; T-Luca
Cumani; J-J Watson. Lifetime Record: MGSW-Eng & GSW-Fr,
15-6-2-3. *1/2 to Postponed (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), 2x Hwt. Older
Horse-Eng at 9.5-11f & 11-14f, MG1SW-Eng, GSW-Fr,
$2,557,233. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A+.
2-Nyaleti (Ire), 123, f, 3, Arch-America Nova (Fr), by Verglas
(Ire). O-3 Batterhams and A Reay; B-SF Bloodstock LLC; T-Mark
Johnston; J-J Fanning.
3-Snowy Winter, 127, f, 4, Elusive Quality-Pamona Ball, by
Pleasantly Perfect. O-Boadicea Bloodstock; B-Darley; T-Archie
Watson; J-G F Carroll.
Margins: NK, 2 1/4, 4. Odds: 3.90, 5.00, 14.90.
Also Ran: Flower Party (Ire), Well Timed (Ger), Sladina (GB), Prima Violetta (Ire), Navaro Girl (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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