Kodiac’s Fairyland On Top In the Cheveley Park

[Wandering Eyes]

   There were several high-class formlines intertwined in Saturday’s G1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park S., but it was York’s Lowther which stood tallest as TDN Rising Star Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) again denied The Mackem Bullet (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) as she had in that Aug. 23 contest. Bringing up a quickfire pattern-race double for Aidan and Donnacha O’Brien on the day, the 6-1 shot tracked the pace closely in third and was committed on the front end approaching the furlong pole. Tackled by Katsumi Yoshida’s recent acquisition The Mackem Bullet, there was a neck between them this time as opposed to the nose margin that separated the pair in the Lowther, with a half length back to Ballydoyle’s other TDN Rising Star So Perfect (Scat Daddy) in third. The G1 Prix Morny heroine Pretty Pollyanna (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) was backed into 6-4 favouritism, but was keen under Silvestre de Sousa’s early restraint and looked in need of further than this six-furlong trip as she stayed on into fourth, a further length away. “She’s a very good filly–a proper six-furlong filly,” Donnacha said of the winner. “She broke smart and was a little bit keen for the first furlong or furlong and a half but then settled and I probably got there too soon. She toughed it out once she got a bit of pressure. She could get a mile, but it’s hard to say as she has plenty of pace.”

1–FAIRYLAND (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Kodiac (GB)
1st Dam: Queenofthefairies (GB), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Land of Dreams (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB)
3rd Dam: Sahara Star (GB), by Green Desert
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (925,000gns Ylg ’17 TATOCT). O-Mrs Evie Stockwell, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Donnacha O’Brien. £174,758. Lifetime Record: SW-Ire, 5-4-0-1, £353,724. *1/2 to Now Or Never (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}), GSW & G1SP-Ire, GSW-Aus, $283,187.

View the full article