No Nay Never’s Whistlejacket Wins The Prix Morny

[Wandering Eyes]

He's been a bit hit-and-miss so far in his brief career, but Ballydoyle's Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never–Adventure Seeker {Fr}, by Bering {GB}) was in front where it mattered in the Peter Brant silks to master his peers in Sunday's stallion-making G1 Sumbe Prix Morny at Deauville. Breaking fast to get the stands' rail, the 27-10 shot was able to force the pace without the kind of pressure he had endured during last Sunday's G1 Phoenix Stakes, the G2 July Stakes winner kept finding for Ryan Moore to get to the line 3/4 of a length ahead of the G2 Coventry Stakes winner Rashabar (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), with the G3 Prix de Cabourg-winning filly Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}) doing best of the French the same margin away in third.

“He's a very fast horse and Ryan felt that maybe things didn't go perfectly for him last week,” Aidan O'Brien said. “Because he is so fast and so precocious, we thought he could do both races in a week but it's a tough thing to do. Speed is his big thing–he'll probably go to the Middle Park now and then to the Breeders' Cup.”

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 (RL. Moore /AP. O'Brien) s'adjuge le @sumbe_fr Prix Morny (Gr.1) à Deauville, une semaine après sa place dans les Phoenix Stakes au @curraghrace

Une nouvelle fois, les visiteurs s'emparent de cette épreuve. Les n'ont passé le poteau en tête… pic.twitter.com/RpzyOPXvFf

— Equidia (@equidia) August 18, 2024

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