Son Of Taghrooda Debuts On Fascinating Newmarket Card

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1.20 Newmarket, Novice, £7,000, 2yo, f, 7fT

MOSTLY (GB) (Makfi {GB}) debuts in the George Strawbridge silks for the John Gosden stable and is a half-sister to the G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares S. winner Journey (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). A daughter of the G1 Prix Royal-Oak heroine Montare (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), the homebred encounters 19 rivals which include The Queen’s Sound Mixer (GB) (Cable Bay {Ire}), a William Haggas-trained half-sister to the listed scorer Light Music (GB) (Elusive Quality).

1.55 Newmarket, Novice, £8,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT

AL ZARAQAAN (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) is another notable newcomer from the William Haggas stable as a three-quarter-brother to the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero Awtaad (Ire) by Golden Horn’s sire Cape Cross (Ire). Shadwell’s April-foaled homebred meets another Gosden project in Al Shaqab’s similarly unraced King Leonidas (GB) (Kingman {GB}), last year’s 750,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 topper whose dam is the smart Reem (Aus) (Galileo {Ire}).

2.30 Newmarket, Novice, £8,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT

ANGELIC TIME (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who begins his career for Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited and the Ed Vaughan stable, is a full-brother to the G2 Superlative S. and G2 Champagne S.-winning sire Estidhkaar (Ire). Also a half to the G1 National S.-winning juvenile Champion Toormore (Ire) (Arakan), the January-foaled grey was a 500,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase and is bred to be sharper than most of his assembled rivals.

4.45 Newmarket, Novice, £16,000, 2yo, 8fT#

ALMIGHWAR (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is another important Shadwell newcomer to grace this intriguing card, being a son of the G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. heroine Taghrooda (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}). Her trainer John Gosden also has charge of the second foal out of that luminary, with his 12 rivals including other unraced talking points in Sheikh Mohammed Obaida Al Maktoum’s Solar Screen (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}), a Roger Varian-trained half-brother to the G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Lumiere (GB) (Shamardal), the Gredleys’ Nevendon (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), a Michael Bell-trained half-brother to last year’s G1 Prix Morny heroine Pretty Pollyanna (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), and Kirsten Rausing’s filly Oriental Mystique (GB) (Kingman {GB}), the first foal out of the G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares S. winner Madame Chiang (GB) (Archipenko) trained like that talented performer by David Simcock.

6.10 Kempton, Novice, £6,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT)

QUEEN’S FAVOUR (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) bids to put a tame debut showing at Newmarket last month behind her for Cheveley Park Stud and Sir Michael Stoute on the track that her subsequent GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf-winning half-sister Queen’s Trust (GB) (Dansili {GB}) broke her maiden in 2015. Despite her poor initial effort, the May-foaled bay at least has an experience edge over the newcomers who include Anthony Oppenheimer’s Riviera Belle (GB) (Medaglia d’Oro), a Charlie Fellowes-trained daughter of the listed-winning and multiple graded stakes-placed Eastern Belle (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) who is a half to Golden Horn (GB).

6.40 Kempton, Novice, £6,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT)

INDIE ANGEL (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is another fascinating newcomer for John Gosden on a day that the stable means business, with this one being Cheveley Park Stud’s 600,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale purchase in 2017. The second highest-priced lot at that auction, the March-foaled bay is a daughter of the listed-winning and group-placed Indigo Lady (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}).

7.10 Kempton, Novice, £6,000, 2yo, 7f (AWT)

MAGICAL MORNING (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) again represents John Gosden and is the first foal out of the G2 Park Hill S. winner and G1 Epsom Oaks third The Lark (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), whose two full-brothers Eagle Top (GB) and Wings of Desire (GB) both gave this stable notable highs. The February-foaled colt’s opponents include Satomi Horse Company Ltd’s unraced Satono Japan (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a Sir Michael Stoute-trained son of the high-class Dubawi Heights (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) who is a half to Make Believe (GB) who has already produced last year’s G2 Hochi Hai Fillies’ Revue winner Liberty Heights (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}).

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