Third Stakes Winner For The Late Improbable In Dubai

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GALACTIC STAR (g, 3, Improbable–Stella's Dream, by Pioneerof The Nile) gave his late sire his third worldwide stakes winner in the Listed Al Bastakiya presented by DP World at Meydan on Friday. The 1900-metre dirt race is a prep for the Apr. 5 G2 UAE Derby over the same track and trip on Dubai World Cup night. Honest Moon (Honest Mischief) led with Galactic Star moving up to race just off that rival's shoulder into the first turn. Saving every inch of ground in a stalking fourth on the backside, the eventual winner was in a good rhythm. Honest Moon still led at the 700-metre mark, with Galactic Star looming closer and the hard-working Undefeated (Vekome) in third. Changing gears, he wore down Honest Moon by the 150-metre mark and had enough left to hold off the late surge of Heart Of Honor (Honor A. P.) by a head. Honest Moon was third, a length behind.

A debut winner at Jebel Ali over 1200 metres in January, the gelding ran third in a Meydan affair upped to 1600 metres on Feb. 7. Friday's effort was his third lifetime start.

He was selected by trainer Bhupat Seemar for 185,000gns out of the Powerstown Stud draft of the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale in April of 2024. Tom Whitehead's operation had purchased the chestnut for $145,000 at the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale from Warrendale Sales. His dam was unraced, and has a yearling colt by Nashville still to come. She was covered by Americanrevolution last spring, with Galactic Star one of five winners from six to race. The second dam, the stakes-placed Meadow Dream (Meadowlake), is a half-sister to GII Pegasus Handicap hero Forty One Carats (Tactical Advantage). Sales history: $145,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; 185,000gns HRA '24 TATAPR. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, AED540,700. VIDEO.
O-Blue Blood Racing Syndicate – Kamlesh Mahtani & Dhruv Sahni. B-Rock Ridge Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY). T-Bhupat Seemar.

 

GALACTIC STAR gamely repels the fast-finishing HEART OF HONOR in the Listed Al Bastakiya Stakes, sponsored by @DPWorldUAE @BhupatSeemar | @rpmullen1 | #DubaiCarnival pic.twitter.com/bbK4db9HKg

— Dubai Racing Club (@RacingDubai) February 21, 2025

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