Mohaather Powers To Sussex Glory

[Wandering Eyes]

Denied a clear run when seventh in Royal Ascot’s G1 Queen Anne S., Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) gained some measure of compensation in the G2 Summer Mile back at the Berkshire venue earlier this month and produced an explosive turn of foot to secure a career high in Wednesday’s G1 Qatar Sussex S. at Goodwood. The well-backed 3-1 second choice was handily placed in fourth after an alert getaway, but slipped one spot at halfway. Shuffled back to last of the seven runners when caught in a pocket against the fence approaching the final quarter-mile, he was angled to the outside by Jim Crowley with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and fired up the afterburners once accosting his Queen Anne conqueror Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero Siskin (First Defence) inside the final furlong to claim glory in a stellar renewal of the one-mile feature. At the line, he had 3/4-of-a-length and a half-length to spare over those adversaries, with an additional two lengths back to G1 2000 Guineas winner and G1 Epsom Derby fourth Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) in fourth.

Reflecting on the win, and yet another high-water mark of a banner 2020, rider Jim Crowley beamed, “He’s an absolute aeroplane! I wanted to ride him more forward today and, by doing that, we ended up in a bit of a pocket the whole way and he’s had to do it the hard way. He was shuffled back, got taken out of the race and he’s had to come around them. Everything went wrong for him. If I’d have sat last, and ridden him more confidently, he’d maybe have been more impressive. This is serious, they’re the best milers in Europe and I wouldn’t say he’s made them look ordinary, but he won very well.”

Wednesday, Goodwood, Britain
QATAR SUSSEX S.-G1, £275,000, Goodwood, 7-29, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:38.75, gd.
1–MOHAATHER (GB), 134, c, 4, by Showcasing (GB)
     1st Dam: Roodeye (GB) (SP-Eng), by Inchinor (GB)
     2nd Dam: Roo (GB), by Rudimentary
     3rd Dam: Shall We Run (GB), by Hotfoot (GB)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (110,000gns Ylg ’17 TAOCT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Mrs R. F. Johnson Houghton (GB); T-Marcus Tregoning; J-Jim Crowley. £155,953. Lifetime Record: 8-5-1-0, $371,699. *Full to Prize Exhibit (GB), MGSW & GISP-US, GSP-Eng, $697,375; and 1/2 to Harbour Master (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}), SP-US, $125,511. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Circus Maximus (Ire), 134, c, 4, Galileo (Ire)–Duntle (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). O-Flaxman Stables/Mrs Magnier/Tabor/Smith; B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. £59,125.
3–Siskin, 126, c, 3, First Defence–Bird Flown (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Ger Lyons. £29,590.
Margins: 3/4, HF, 2. Odds: 3.00, 6.00, 2.25.
Also Ran: Kameko, Wichita (Ire), San Donato (Ire), Vatican City (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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