Rattle N Roll Punches Ticket To Saudi Cup With Towering King’s Cup Score

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The Ken McPeek-trained RATTLE N ROLL (h, 6, Connect–Jazz Tune, by Johannesburg) had just one horse beaten for the opening six furlongs of Saturday's $400,000 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (King's Cup), a race carrying international Group 3 status for the first time and earning the winner a guaranteed spot in the field for the $20-million G1 Saudi Cup four weeks down the road. Quietly ridden by Joel Rosario, who had earlier won the Riyadh Dirt Sprint qualifier for Jimmy Jerkens aboard Ancestral Land (GB) (Sioux Nation), Rattle N Roll was felt for about three furlongs out as the now Saudi-owned and Chief Stipe O'Neill-conditioned E J Won the Cup (Omaha Beach) blazed a trail up front beneath Mike Smith. Finding his best stride in upper stretch, Rattle N Roll was steered back down towards the inside by Rosario and slalomed his way home to a 4 3/4-length victory. Rattle N Roll, last-out winner of the GII Clark Stakes in November, is campaigned by Lucky Seven Stables but carried the silks of Saudi businessman Sharaf Mohamad Alhairi, the same gentleman who leased Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) prior to his victory in last year's Saudi Cup. Sales history: $55,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $210,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 24-10-2-3. O-Lucky Seven Stable & Sharaf Mohamed Alhairi; B-St Simon Place (KY); T-Ken McPeek.

Saturday, King Abdulaziz (Riyadh), Saudi Arabia
CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES CUP (King's Cup) (KSA-G1) (Saudi Cup 2025 Qualifier)-G3, SAR1,500,000 (£323,850/$399,900), King Abdulaziz, 1-25, 4yo/up, 1800m, 1:52.95, ft.
1–RATTLE N ROLL, 128, h, 6, by Connect
1st Dam: Jazz Tune, by Johannesburg
2nd Dam: Rap and Dance, by Pleasant Tap
3rd Dam: Dance Review, by Northern Dancer
($55,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $210,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Lucky Seven Stable & Sharaf Mohamed Alhairi; B-St Simon Place (KY); T-Ken McPeek; J-Joel Rosario; SAR750,000. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, 24-10-2-3, $.2,341,591 Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Wait To Excel (GB), 128, h, 6, Postponed (Ire)–Al Baidaa (GB), by Exceed and Excel (Aus). 1ST BLACK-TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK-TYPE. (35,000gns HRA '23 TATAUT). O-Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Bin A/Aziz; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited; T-T Aldaihani; J-N Almudaini; SAR300,000.
3–Wootton'sun (Fr), 128, g, 6, Wootton Bassett (GB)– Sous Le Soleil, by Tizway. 1ST GROUP BLACK-TYPE. (€75,000 Wlg '19 ARQDEC; 100,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT; €80,000 HRA '22 ARQAUG; 170,000gns HRA '23 TATAUT). O-Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Bin A/Aziz; B-H Viallon; T-A M Al Kahtani; J-A Alsarhani; SAR225,000.
Margins: 4 3/4, NK, 1 1/4.
Also Ran: Mr Trinket (Ire), Almaan, E J Won the Cup, Almobeer (KSA), Final Destination (GB), Waqtuk, Carmel Road, Carracci, Jack Red Cloud (Ire), Akfeek, Scotland Yard, Uncle (GB), Ajwadi (GB), Badr, Off The Map, Power In Numbers, Raaed (Ire). Scratched: Defunded, Haqeet, Alia, Royal Mews (Fr).

 

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