Poet’s Voice Arctic Sound On Top In the Tattersalls

[Wandering Eyes]

   Benefitting from a strong pace, Saeed Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi’s Arctic Sound (GB) (Poet’s Voice {GB}) overcame a slow start to come home best in Thursday’s G3 Tattersalls S. at Newmarket. Having won with top weight in a seven-furlong Doncaster nursery last time Sept. 12, the 5-1 shot missed the break and was forced to race in rear early under Silvestre De Sousa. Angled widest of all to challenge running towards the “dip”, the bay overhauled Bye Bye Hong Kong (Street Sense) in the last 100 yards to score by a length, with 1 1/4 lengths back to Prince Eiji (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in third. “He ran really well last time, but that was a bit of a recovery mission after his disappointment [when sixth in the Aug. 24 Listed Stonehenge S.] at Salisbury so weren’t absolutely sure what to expect,” trainer Mark Johnston said. “This was us trying to get back on track at pattern level and he’s seen it out well. They’ve obviously gone very fast early on and have been slowing up at the finish, but it’s still an impressive performance. Silvestre said his blind got stuck on his bridle which is why he was slow away but he was struggling to go that pace early on anyway. We’ll have to go back and see what there is for him and while I’m a huge believer of running if a horse is thriving he has experience now so he could be put away for the winter. From what we’ve seen today, he’s going to want every inch of a mile next year and probably further. It’s a question of whether we go for those early mile races or wait until May for the mile-and-a-quarter races, so I’ll talk to the owner, who is a new owner for us this year.”

1–ARCTIC SOUND (GB), 126, c, 2, Poet’s Voice (GB)–Polar Circle (SW-Eng), by Royal Academy.
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (36,000gns Ylg ’17 TAOCT). O-Saeed bin Mohammed Al Qassimi; B-Lofts Hall Stud & B Sangster (GB); T-Mark Johnston; J-Silvestre de Sousa. £28,355. Lifetime Record: 6-4-1-0, £52,972.

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