The World's THURSDAY, 17TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Yearling Sale SEPTEMBERSALE BEGINS SUNDAY 13 EBN SEPTEMBER.KEENELAND.COM EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU TODAY’S HEADLINES RACING REVIEW MAJESTIC NOOR LANDS FIRST STAKES WIN The feature race at Yarmouth yesterday was the 1m2f Listed John Musker Fillies’ Stakes and in a hugely competitive 14-runner field, John Gosden’s three-year-old daughter of Frankel, Majestic Noor, came out on top to register her first Listed success. Drawn wide, Majestic Noor was shaken up to race prominently on the outside under Hollie Doyle before tucking in behind the leaders rounding the first bend. She made good headway to lead two out and soon kicked clear with the favourite Waliyak (Le Majestic Noor (Frankel) emulates her dam Nouriya Havre) in hot pursuit as plenty of runners delivered their (Danehill Dancer) when winning yesterday’s Listed John challenges spread right across the track. But Majestic Noor was Musker Fillies’ Stakes at Yarmouth. © Steve Cargill not for catching and although both Black Lotus (Declaration Of War) and Festive Star (Golden Horn) stayed on well from the rear to claim second and third respectively, separated by a neck, she was always holding on and had a length and a half to spare at IN TODAY’S ISSUE... the line. A 650,000gns yearling bred by Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sales talk p8 Sagar, Majestic Noor was placed once from two starts at two and Stateside – Jamie Lloyd p9 scored on her first two starts this season, in a course and distance maiden in June and a Newbury handicap in July, before finding Stakes results p11 1m4f just beyond her in the Listed Prix de Thiberville last time. Spotlight - Peppe Quintale p14 She is a half-sister to the high-class Aljazzi (Shamardal), successful in the Gr.2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes and Gr.3 Atalanta Leading broodmare sires table p17 Stakes, and to the 1m winner Nawar (Henrythenavigator). They Yesterday’s racing review p18 are out of Nouriya (Danehill Dancer), herself the winner of the 1 GALILEO CHROME won the St Leger Stakes-Gr.1 at Doncaster for Joseph O’Brien and the Galileo Chrome Partnership 2 Irish Oaks-Gr.1 runner-up CAYENNE PEPPER won the 1m2f Blandford Stakes-Gr.2 for Jessica Harrington and Mrs S Kelly CHROME Group/Stakes winners in 2020 GALILEO CAYENNE PEPPER World Champion 3YO & sire of 8 ! OODNADATTA ran a fine third in the 7f Moyglare Stud Stakes-Gr.1 Contact: Coolmore Stud Tel: +353-52-6131298. Castlehyde Stud Tel: +353-25-31966. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING REVIEW EBN: THURSDAY, 17TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Listed John Musker Stakes as well. The unraced second dam, Majestic Sakeena (King’s Best), is a half-sister to the Listed OO winner Shy Lady (Kaldoun; dam of the Gr.1-winning miler and T C TE N S sire Zafeen, the Gr.3 winner and black-type producer Ya Hajar U T U O and the Listed winners Akeed Champion, Atlantic Sport and D M Shy Angel). This is also the family of Gr.2 -winning sire Diffident (Nureyev). M PILLAR TO POST SUCCESS FOR O D POSTED IN FORTUNE STAKES U U T N S At Sandown yesterday, the feature race was the 1m Listed Fortune T E C O O T Stakes, in which Richard Hannon’s Posted, a four-year-old daughter of Kingman, secured a comfortable win over six rivals. A tough and consistent performer over three seasons, Posted was runner-up twice as a juvenile and scored twice over 7f last year in handicaps at Salisbury and Newmarket, before rounding off her three-year-old season with a pair of fourth-place efforts in Stakes company. Campaigned exclusively at Stakes level this Listen Up! season, she was runner-up behind Gr.1 winner Veracious in the Listed Dick Hern Stakes last month and a running-on fifth when last seen in the Gr.3 Atalanta Stakes. TATTERSALLS OCTOBER BOOK 1 Ridden more prominently on this occasion by William Buick, AND GOFFS ORBY YEARLING DRAFTS she was soon in front dictating a steady tempo, despite getting upset at the start. Closely tracked by the favourite Montatham The best group of yearlings we’ve (Showcasing), she began to wind up the pace from three furlongs consigned“ in 20 years at Mount Coote out and when she kicked for home two out she shot two lengths ” clear. The four-year-old gelding Montatham gave chase inside And that coming from a farm which has produced the final furlong, but Posted quickened even further clear close the winners of 77 Black Type races since 2000! home to register a decisive three-length win under a fine front -running ride. Gr.3-winning filly Lavender’s Blue (Sea The Stars) finished well from off the pace to challenge Montatham for second, but he did just enough to hold on by half a length. Bred by W & R Barnett Ltd from their outstanding Time Charter (Saritamer) family, Posted is the sixth winner out of the Gr.3 Musidora Stakes victress and Gr.1 Prix de Diane third Time Away (Darshaan). The mare is a half-sister to Gr.2 Prix de Malleret winner Time On (Sadler’s Wells; dam of Gr.3 winner Mot Juste) and the dam of Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Cursory Glance, who is also the grandam of recent Gr.1 Turf Classic Stakes scorer Digital Age. This is also the family of Gr.1 Prix de Diane runner-up Time Ahead, dual Gr.2-winning Champion Two-Year- Old Filly Best Terms, Gr.2-winning sire Zinaad and this season’s Gr.3 Prix de Cabourg scorer Cairn Gorm. MANUELA DE VEGA, sold as a yearling by Mount Coote Stud and winner of the Gr.2 Lancashire Oaks and Gr.3 Pinnacle Stakes in 2020. Mount Coote, Kilmallock, Co Limerick • Tel: +353 87 9195780 Banstead Manor Stud’s Kingman, who registered another Stakes winner when his daughter Posted easily landed the MOUNT COOTE PRODUCES WINNERs Listed Fortune Stakes at Bath. © Steve Cargill Stakes 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW – NH RACING REVIEW EBN: THURSDAY, 17TH SEPTEMBER 2020 EASY LISTED WIN FOR ALL RUMOURS Gr.1 victress Angara, Listed scorer Arlesienne (dam of Stakes- winning sires Affaire Solitaire and Aizavoski) and a half-sister to There was more Listed action across the Channel yesterday, Gr.2 Prix Corrida winner Actrice (Danehill). where the four-year-old Shamardal filly All Rumours struck for the first time at Stakes level with a smooth last to first win in the 2000m EBF Grand Prix de Fontainebleau for Xavier Thomas- NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW Demeaulte. She was immediately steadied into last position by Mickael FRANCE Barzalona, as the former Roger Varian-trained Gr.3 Musidora Stakes winner Nausha (Kingman) took the five-runner field along at an even pace up front, with the favourite Romanciere LE BERRY COMPLETES STAKES (Dansili), a fine third in the Gr.1 Prix Jean Romanet last time, held HAT-TRICK IN AUTEUIL GR.3 up in a share of third, alongside the well-fancied Gr.2-placed David Cottin’s exciting four-year-old gelding Le Berry (Gemix) Edisa (Kitten’s Joy). As the free-going Nausha was headed, made all to easily land the 4400m Gr.3 Prix The Fellow chase at Romanciere travelled well to lead approaching the final 200m, Auteuil yesterday and register the fourth Stakes success of his but she had no response to All Rumours, who breezed up on the career. outside and quickened clear on the bridle for an impressive three The winner of a three-year-old Listed hurdle at Auteuil last quarters of a length victory over Romanciere in second, with the September, Le Berry is now four from four for the season, having pair three and a half lengths ahead of the rallying Nausha in third. followed up a conditions chase win on his seasonal debut with Bred by Dayton Investments Ltd, this was a third win for All victory in the Listed Prix James Hennessy chase at Compiegne Rumours, who broke her maiden as a three-year-old for André and an easy nine-length win over course and distance in the Gr.3 Fabre last year and landed a Toulouse conditions race on her four- Prix la Perichole chase last time. year-old debut, before a fourth in the Listed Prix de la Pepiniere Under a weight penalty, Le Berry was the heavy odds-on last time, in which Romanciere was second. favourite in a field of nine and he proved much the best once All Rumours is a half-sister to 2020 three-year-old scorer again, dismissing his fellow four-year-olds with ease. Soon Ultramarine (Siyouni), out of the Gr.2-placed Gr.3 Prix Allez bounced into the lead by Johnny Charron he always had a clear France victress Aquamarine (Deep Impact), one of three winners advantage out in front, extending further clear down the back out of the unraced Alzao mare Angelita, a full-sister to dual US straight and coasting to an impressive ten-length win on the OCTOBER YEARLING SALE with Osarus 19-23 OCTOBER DEAUVILLE A catalogue made up of yearlings by Europe’s leading stallions from France’s best farms. 98% eligible for Owners’ Premiums in France. A three-part sale held over five days.