Dubawi’s Son Of Tepin A New TDN Rising Star

[Wandering Eyes]

Like many Ballydoyle juveniles, Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}–Tepin, by Bernstein) is very much a work in progress but everybody had a glimpse of what was to come in The Curragh's opener on Saturday as the son of the US legend overcame adversity to win his maiden with comfort. In doing so, the heavily-supported 2-5 favourite was become the stable's latest TDN Rising Star and his sire's 42nd in that category. Showing distinct promise when second on his Leopardstown debut last month, the half-brother to the yard's G3 Stanerra Stakes-winning 3-year-old Grateful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) provided some anxious moments when rearing in the stalls before the start but was quickly able to get on the lead after they had opened.

Looking lay and green for Ryan Moore throughout the early stages, he was there to be shot at during the last three furlongs but threw in a final two-furlong split of 22 seconds to seal the result. At the line, he had 1 3/4 lengths to spare over his eye-catching stablemate Acapulco Bay (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the first foal out of a full-sister to Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) whose daughter Ecstatic (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) had become a TDN Rising Star at Tipperary on Friday. Joseph O'Brien, who had won this maiden with his subsequent G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes winners Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), was third and fourth with Dante's Lad (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and Hostility (Ire) (No Nay Never).

Job done

Group 1-entered 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐱 makes no mistake second-time out despite getting worked up in the stalls beforehand.

Stablemate Acapulco Bay looks one for the notebooks after a most eye-catching run in second. @curraghrace | @coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/9Wl1u8foUi

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 10, 2024

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