No Nay Never’s Ten Sovereigns Wins Battle of the Rising Stars In the Middle Park

[Wandering Eyes]

   Both unbeaten and carrying TDN Rising Star tags, Ten Sovereigns (Ire) (No Nay Never) turned back Jash (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) as the pair dominated a strong renewal of the G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S. at Newmarket on Saturday. Registering the final part of a Ballydoyle treble in the day’s big races all ridden by Donnacha, the emphatic Aug. 25 Curragh maiden and Sept. 1 G3 Round Tower S. winner was hammered into 8-13 favouritism and like the Cheveley Park heroine Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) was always content tracking the fast early pace. Sent to the front with over a furlong remaining as Jash joined him, the imposing bay held the Shadwell representative all the way to the line to prevail by a half length, with the G3 Molecomb S. winner Rumble Inthejungle (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) leading the clustered remainder 3 1/2 lengths away in third. “It’s incredible and I’m very lucky to be riding these good horses,” his rider said reflecting on a golden afternoon on the Rowley Mile. “Everything went right today, but it was the first time he has shown greenness. This was a big step up on a different track and he travelled beautifully, but he changed his legs and ran around the place. He’s got a great attitude and a lot of talent and that got him through. He’s still a bit away from being the finished article and judging by the size of him it might be that the stronger he gets the faster he is. We probably won’t see the best of him until next year and personally I’d love to see him go sprinting. The Guineas is an important race and if he trained that way he could go for it, but in my opinion I’d like to see him sprinting.”

1–TEN SOVEREIGNS (IRE), 126, c, 2, by No Nay Never
1st Dam: Seeking Solace (GB) (SP-Fr), by Exceed And Excel (Aus)
2nd Dam: Flamelet, by Theatrical (Ire)
3rd Dam: Darling Flame, by Capote
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (200,000gns Ylg ’17 TAOCT). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Camas Park, Lynch Bages & Summerhill (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Donnacha O’Brien. £155,953. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire, 3-3-0-0, £198,387.

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