Invincible Spirit’s Nazeef Triumphant in the Sun Chariot

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Afforded a break after running ninth in Deauville’s Aug. 23 G1 Prix Jean Romanet, this term’s G1 Falmouth S. heroine Nazeef (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) doubled her elite-level tally with a game victory in Saturday’s G1 Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot S. at Newmarket. Handily placed in fourth from flagfall, the 17-2 chance was ridden along to challenge passing the quarter-mile marker and kept on resolutely under a continued drive to deny G1 Prix Rothschild runner-up Half Light (Ire) (Shamardal) by 1 1/2 lengths. G1 1000 Guineas second Cloak of Spirits (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) held every chance from the foot of the hill and ran on well to finish a neck down in third, a half-length in front of G1 Matron S. victress Champers Elysees (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}) in fourth.

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN SUN CHARIOT S.-G1, £235,000, Newmarket, 10-3, 3yo/up, f, 8fT, 1:42.21, hy.
1–NAZEEF (GB), 129, f, 4, by Invincible Spirit (Ire)
1st Dam: Handassa (GB) (SW-Ire), by Dubawi (Ire)
2nd Dam: Starstone (GB), by Diktat (GB)
3rd Dam: Star (GB), by Most Welcome (GB)
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden; J-Jim Crowley. £133,269. Lifetime Record: 10-7-0-2, $409,959. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Half Light (Ire), 129, f, 4, Shamardal–Northern Melody (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire). O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Henri-Alex Pantall. £50,525.
3–Cloak of Spirits (Ire), 126, f, 3, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Pivotique (GB), by Pivotal (GB). O/B-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum (IRE); T-Richard Hannon. £25,286.
Margins: 1HF, NK, HF. Odds: 8.50, 14.00, 28.00.
Also Ran: Champers Elysees (Ire), Terebellum (Ire), Lady Bowthorpe (GB), Feliciana de Vega (GB), Billesdon Brook (GB), Veracious (GB), Final Song (Ire), Lavender’s Blue (Ire), Peaceful (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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