Starspangledbanner Juvenile Gets Godolphin Off the Mark

[Wandering Eyes]

6th-Newmarket, £8,000, Mdn, 4-16, 2yo, f, 5fT, 1:00.09, g/f.
CHASING DREAMS (GB) (f, 2, Starspangledbanner {Aus}–A Huge Dream {Ire} {SP-Fr, $116,920}, by Refuse To Bend {Ire}), who was all the rage at 4-9 for this debut, was soon in front and in control as all the forecasts suggested. Pulling clear of Good Vibes (GB) (Due Diligence) up the hill to the line, the hooded chestnut had five lengths to spare there to get her owners off the mark with their European 2-year-olds. “She took the preliminaries very well and had been showing up well at home,” jockey William Buick said. “That was a lovely performance and she’s bred to be fast. She has a high cruising speed and although she got a little bit lost running down into the dip you’d expect that. I liked everything she did and she’ll certainly stay six in time. She’s a very forward-going filly who wants to please you-she has a great mind.” Charlie Appleby has Royal Ascot in mind. “She’s a big-striding filly and so she had to organise herself in the dip and she is a scopey filly. I thought this might come a bit soon, but felt it was right to do it now and hopefully win so we could let her down after. She can enjoy herself now and head straight to the [G2] Queen Mary [S. at Royal Ascot June 19]. She needs a bit of time to furnish and hopefully will get quicker as she gets stronger. She’s far from the finished article.” The winner is a half-sister to the speedy triple listed scorer Mrs Gallagher (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). The listed-placed dam is a half to the dual G1 Champions Mile hero Xtension (Ire) (Xaar {GB}) and to Beatrix Potter (Ire) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who achieved notoriety as the dam of the brilliant Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). As a result of his heroics, A Huge Dream visited Dark Angel and came up with a yearling colt who could make waves if offered up at auction later in the year. Sale history: 750,000gns Ylg ’18 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $6,778.
O-Godolphin; B-ORS Bloodstock & Stanley House Stud (GB); T-Charlie Appleby.

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