Making Waves: Moyglare’s Bellezza Lands Sheepshead Bay Stakes

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   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Moyglare Stud homebred Bellezza during the Belmont at the Big A meeting on GI Kentucky Derby eve.

 Siyouni's Bellezza Shines In New York

Bellezza, making her American debut, waltzed away with the GIII Sheepshead Bay Stakes during the Belmont at the Big A meet on Friday (video). The daughter of Siyouni, trained by Christophe Clement, already sported a victory at listed level in Ireland when trained by Ger Lyons.

Out of the stakes-placed Galileo mare Terrific, the bay is the fifth foal of her dam and is a half-sister to the G3 Marble Hill Stakes second Tough Talk, by Kingman, as well as three-year-old filly Favolosa (Sea The Stars) and a half-sister by Palace Pier born in 2024. Terrific joined the Moyglare portfolio when picked up for $1.9 million in foal to War Front out of the 2015 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale after racing for Glen Hill Farm and Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. She is a full-sister to G1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes heroine Together, second in five other Group/Grade 1 races–the 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas, First Lady Stakes, Fillies' Mile and Matron Stakes. Also a 1.3 million gns Book 1 yearling buy at Tattersalls October by Demi O'Byrne, Terrific is a half-sister to Montjeu's G1 Criterium International winner Jan Vermeer.

Based at Haras de Bonneval for The Aga Khan Studs, Siyouni has sired 22 winners from 49 runners (45%) in the U.S. Bellezza is his seventh stakes winner there and fifth at Grade III level. He stands for €200,000 in 2025.

 

BELLEZZA wins her first race in the US in the Grade 3 Sheepshead Bay Stakes at 10-1 with Jaime Rodriguez up for trainer @clementstable! pic.twitter.com/cbSwWlPJik

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) May 2, 2025

 

Kingman Colt Prevails At Second Asking

Klaravich Stables and Chad Brown teamed up with Uncatalyzed (Kingman) in a Belmont at the Big A maiden, and the dark bay duly obliged, running out a 1 1/2-length winner on Sunday (video). Bred by Al Wasmiyah Farm, the three-year-old colt is out of Queen's Code (Shamardal).

Sold for 300,000gns during the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 from the Watership Down Stud draft, the May foal caught the eye of Mike Ryan. A half-brother to Group 3 winner and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes third Umm Kulthum (Kodiac), Uncatalyzed has a yearling half-brother by Frankel yet to race. This is the same clan as multiple group winner Dubai Prince (Shamardal).

Juddmonte's Kingman has a North American winners strike rate of 58% with 46 winners from 79 runners. The sire of eight stakes winners, including one at Grade I level there, his 2025 fee is £125,000.

Third Time's The Charm For Armada Rising

Trainer Robert Falcone, Jr. saddled Armada Rising (Phoenix Of Spain) to a 2 3/4-length tally at Gulfstream on May 2 (video). Bred by Martha Kellaghan in Ireland, the four-year-old filly is owned by Beast Mode Racing, Michael Nentwig, John Rochfort and Flying P Stable.

Third for Gavin Cromwell in the colours of C G Lynch on the all-weather at Dundalk last February, the filly was a €30,000 Goffs November weanling acquisition by the Irish National Stud, and she made the same price when bought by Get In The Game during the Sportsman's Yearling Sale in 2022. The second foal and second winner for her dam Urban Hunt (Born To Sea), Armada Rising counts three-year-old Kodiac gelding Justified Risk as a half-sibling, as well as a yearling half-sister by Dark Angel. Her dam is a half-sister to Hunt, also by Dark Angel, who did his best work in the U.S., good for five stakes victories including the GI Shoemaker Mile Stakes.

The Irish National Stud's Phoenix Of Spain has his first four-year-olds this year, and Armada Rising is his first winner from three to race in the U.S. (33%). Standing for €10,000 in 2025, the grey is credited with a trio of stakes winners worldwide, among them group winners Haatem, second in the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas, and Atsila.

Repeat Winners

Chad Brown trainee Zulu Kingdom won his first race at the highest level when taking the GI American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs on May 3 (video). A silksbearer for Madaket Stables LLC, Michael Dubb, William Strauss, and Michael J. Caruso, the three-year-old ridgling is by Coolmore stallion Ten Sovereigns.

Saturday's GIII Whimsical Stakes went to 'TDN Rising Star' and Making Waves alum Earhart in the colours of LNJ Foxwoods (video). The Siyouni filly was winning her first black-type race and is trained by Josie Carroll.

Now a winner of half of her eight starts after taking a Belmont at the Big A contest on the weekend (video), Scarlet Poppy is trained by Wesley Ward. Owned by Stonestreet Stables LLC, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor,  Derrick Smith and Westerberg, the four-year-old filly shares her sire, Darley's Night Of Thunder, with Sunday's G1 Betfred 1,000 Guineas heroine Desert Flower.

 

Zulu Kingdom (IRE) closes with a rush to win the G1 American Turf presented by Ford!

Flavien Prat up for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/PsFSop6wpU

— Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) May 3, 2025

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