Dubawi’s Lead Artist Makes All For Thoroughbred Stakes Triumph at Goodwood

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Juddmonte's homebred 3-year-old Lead Artist (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}–Obligate {GB}, by Frankel {GB}) hit the board behind the reopposing Al Musmak (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) in last month's Listed Sir Henry Cecil Stakes at Newmarket and made a smooth transition up to pattern-race level with a polished display in Friday's G3 Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes at Goodwood.

The John and Thady Gosden trainee, sent postward at odds of 9-2, was swiftly into stride from the inside gate and gained an immediate lead. Unflustered on the front end shaken up with 2 1/2 furlongs remaining, he surged clear approaching the furlong pole and was driven out in the closing stages to hold the late bid of King's Gamble (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) by 3/4-of-a-length for a career high. The winner's fellow Juddmonte representative Task Force (GB) (Frankel {GB}) kept on well inside the final quarter-mile and finished a half-length further adrift in third for the Ralph Beckett stable.

 

Lead Artist gets to the front under @KShoemark and leads them all the way home, taking the Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes for the Gosden yard!@bonhams1793 | @thadygosden pic.twitter.com/To6Sj82aSO

— Goodwood Racecourse (@Goodwood_Races) August 2, 2024

Pedigree Notes
Lead Artist is the first of four, and one of two surviving, foals thrown by G2 Prix de Sandringham victrix and G1 Prix Rothschild third Obligate (GB) (Frankel {GB}), herself a granddaughter of storied blue hen Hasili (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}). The February-foaled bay is a full-sister to a weanling filly. Hasili's honour roll includes a quintet of elite-level winners, namely Banks Hill (GB) (Danehill), Cacique (Ire) (Danehill), Intercontinental (GB) (Danehill), Champs Elysees (GB) (Danehill) and Heat Haze (GB) (Green Desert). She is also the dam of the Group 1-placed duo Dansili (GB) (Danehill) and Deluxe (Storm Cat).

Friday, Goodwood, Britain
BONHAMS THOROUGHBRED STAKES-G3, £100,000, Goodwood, 8-2, 3yo, 8fT, 1:35.82, g/f.
1–LEAD ARTIST (GB), 129, c, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Obligate (GB) (GSW & G1SP-Fr, $167,084), by Frankel (GB)
2nd Dam: Responsible (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB)
3rd Dam: Hasili (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Kieran Shoemark. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $112,347. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–King's Gamble (Ire), 129, c, 3, Kingman (GB)–Zondaq, by Bernardini. (190,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Clipper; B-Centerville Bloodstock (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett. £21,500.
3–Task Force (GB), 129, c, 3, Frankel (GB)–Special Duty (GB), by Hennessy. TDN Rising Star. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Ralph Beckett. £10,760.
Margins: 3/4, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 4.50, 7.50, 4.50.
Also Ran: Boiling Point (Ire), Dancing Gemini (Ire), Al Musmak (Ire), Socialite (Ire), Atlantic Coast (Ire), Native American (Ire). Scratched: Ice Max (GB).

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