Siyouni’s Mount Kilimanjaro Provides Aidan O’Brien With Record-Breaking 12th Dee Stakes

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Aidan O'Brien trainee Mount Kilimanjaro (Siyouni) needed every yard of Thursday's Listed Boodles Raindance Dee Stakes and continued the Ballydoyle maestro's dominance of this year's Chester Cup meeting with a seventh win in eight renewals, and a record-breaking 12th overall, in the extended 10-furlong contest.

Last year's Criterium d'Automne winner and G1 Criterium International runner-up broke well and settled in fifth passing the judge first time, but slipped to sixth at halfway. Coming under pressure with a quarter-mile remaining, the even-money favourite was under a full Ryan Moore pump thereafter and stayed on relentlessly to collar the hitherto undefeated High Stock (Dubawi) by a neck in the dying strides. Long-time leader Great David (Ribchester) fared best of the remainder and finished 2 3/4 lengths adrift in third.

“It was a great ride by Ryan and he was very patient,” said Paul Smith. “I think the pace was very honest, Ryan didn't panic and the horse quickened up well and showed a nice attitude. As we've always said, they learn so much here and it's almost like they have two races in one. He'll come forward again from this, so we're delighted with him. I think he'll go for a Derby of some sorts, either Epsom or the French Derby was mentioned as well. There's options for him and we'll just see how the trials go and juggle them and see where they all go.”

Kevin Buckley added, “I thought this fella showed a great turn of foot and I suppose it gives us the option of either going to Epsom or going to France with him. It was a good performance and Ryan was very complimentary. I was impressed and it makes it a record of Dee Stakes wins for Aidan with 12.”

Mount Kilimanjaro is the latest of two foals and lone scorer out of the dual Grade III-placed Decorating (Galileo), herself kin to four black-type performers headed by dual Grade I-winning sire Coil (Point Given) and GI Hollywood Derby hero Chiropractor (Kitten's Joy). The April-foaled bay's second dam Eversmile (Theatrical) is a half-sister to multiple Grade I-winning US champion Possibly Perfect (Northern Baby) and G3 Horris Hill Stakes-winning sire Makhlab (Dixieland Band).

 

Left it late! Mount Kilimanjaro gets up on the line to take the Listed Dee Stakes at @ChesterRaces for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien… pic.twitter.com/2mwcDb9V5B

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Thursday, Chester, Britain
BOODLES RAINDANCE DEE STAKES-Listed, £100,000, Chester, 5-8, 3yo, c/g, 10f 70yT, 2:12.89, gd.
1–MOUNT KILIMANJARO (FR), 128, c, 3, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Decorating (MGSP-US, $132,768), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Eversmile, by Theatrical (Ire)
3rd Dam: Avasand, by Avatar
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€420,000 Ylg '23 ARQDOY). O-Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Glen Hill Farm LLC (FR); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £56,710. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr, 6-2-1-2, $285,860.
2–High Stock (GB), 128, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)–Proserpine, by Hat Trick (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Sheikh Hamed Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Andrew Balding. £21,500.
3–Great David (GB), 128, c, 3, Ribchester (Ire)–Prussian (GB), by Dubai Destination. 1ST BLACK TYPE. (25,000gns RNA Ylg '23 TATOCT). O/B-Yerbol Zhaxylykov (GB); T-James Tate. £10,760.
Margins: NK, 2 3/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 1.00, 2.75, 25.00.
Also Ran: Calla Lagoon (GB), Mirabeau (GB), Hott Shott (GB), Isambard Brunel.

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