Racing Post Sunday, July 22, 2018 21 BLOODSTOCK WORLD Megan Ridgwell Sea The Stars on the mark as Class excels in Classic PatRick Mccann RacingPost.coM/Photos By Mark Scully SEA OF CLASS came of age in a memorable finish to yesterday’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh, downing Epsom heroine Forever Together in the shadow of the post to become the latest Classic scorer for the great Sea The Stars. In a performance her illustrious sire would have been proud of, Sea Of Class was switched off at the rear of the field by James Doyle and given every chance to prove her stamina under the most patient of rides. It looked as if Galileo’s Oaks winner Forever Together was Sea Of Class (right) pounces late to land the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh yesterday about to become a dual Classic winner but Sea Of Class got up TODAY’s This sEAsOn’s CLAssiC WinnERs in the dying strides instead to +10 PLUs 10 RACEs join Taghrooda, Harzand and By sire Curragh 1.45, 2.20 Sea The Moon as Classic winners Stallion Winner, race for the Gilltown Stud-based Galileo’s pursuit of the record Deep Impact Saxon Warrior, 2,000 Guineas sire. was of little concern to those Champs Elysees Billesdon Brook, 1,000 Guineas Worth Waiting, who has an Al Kazeem foal half-sister, wins Yesterday’s race presented behind Sea Of Class, however, New Approach Masar, Derby the Aphrodite Stakes impressively at Newmarket yesterday Galileo with his first opportunity including Johnny McKeever, who Galileo Forever Together, Oaks since Kew Gardens’ Group 1 bought the filly for 170,000gns Holy Roman Emperor Romanised, Irish 2,000 Guineas Timely boost for breeder as success in France last week to from the Tattersalls December equal his sire Sadler’s Wells’ tally Yearling Sale on behalf of Ling Mastercraftsman Alpha Centauri, Irish 1,000 Guineas of 73 elite-level scorers and the Tsui’s Sunderland Holdings. Camelot Latrobe, Irish Derby improving Worth Waiting market had confidence that Magic “Even at the time I thought to Sea The Stars Sea Of Class, Irish Oaks Wand could do the job. myself what a lovely broodmare, The Ribblesdale Stakes heroine impresses in Aphrodite and what we paid for her is easily never really threatened though, it’s anybody’s year as haggas and nor did Bye Bye Baby, the what she’s worth on her By Mark Scully they backed her, they were breeding,” McKeever told Racing obviously expecting her to win.” other runner in the seven-strong filly strikes in Irish Oaks field who could have tied the Post Bloodstock before yesterday’s WHATTON MANOR STUD Whatton Manor sold Worth race. bosses were toasting the Waiting to Rabbah Bloodstock record. IF 2018’s British and Irish Classics will be remembered Those words ring all the more for anything, it will be the extent to which the glory has impressive victory of Worth for 40,000gns at Book 2 of the It was ironic, then, that it true now with a Group 1 success been shared around a number of different stallions. Waiting in yesterday’s Listed 2016 Tattersalls October Yearling should be Galileo’s half-brother on her CV on only her fourth start Sea Of Class’s success means that all eight of the Smarkets Betting Exchange Sale and Player added: “The who provided the winner, in a to go along with a pair of Listed Classics run in Britain and Ireland have gone to runners Aphrodite Stakes at Newmarket, family clearly does extremely well result that yet again pays tribute to the remarkable broodmare successes. by different sires – a far cry from the dominance by a result that provides a timely for a bit of time and a step up in Galileo of recent seasons. boost with another busy yearling trip. Urban Sea, with four of the first Being so lightly raced, it is not sales season around the corner. “She’s closely related to five home boasting her in their hard to imagine that there is more Mark Scully A winner of each of her last two Journey – her dam [Salutare, by pedigrees. to come from Sea Of Class. starts, Worth Waiting was well Sadler’s Wells] is a sister to the backed and once in the clear on dam of Journey, so I think she the July course she powered away should keep on improving. To us, Delight for Doyles as father-son team to score by a comfortable length she looks like she could easily be and three-quarters, in turn a Group horse, so hopefully she becoming the third individual will stay in training and keep stakes winner for Juddmonte’s progressing.” unearth another Super Sprint scorer Bated Breath. Salutare has since produced an E dward Player, of the Al Kazeem filly foal and this year By Mark Scully Wiggy, bought for £41,000 at him, so it’s a great story all Nottinghamshire-based Whatton visited National Stud newcomer Doncaster, won in 2014 en route around,” said Doyle. Manor Stud that bred Worth Time Test, and Player said: “It’s ROSS DOYLE said the success of to Group 1 glory. The Goffs UK Premier Yearling Waiting, was full of praise for the pretty exciting having those two Ginger Nut in yesterday’s “We’ve been lucky over the Sale gets under way on August filly’s trainer David Lanigan and in the pipeline. We fully intend Weatherbys Super Sprint at years, myself and Richard 28 and Doyle will once again be believes the best could yet be to to keep the sister, as she’s so Newbury gives him renewed [Hannon, trainer] and our fathers on the hunt for top talent, with come if she is given the closely related to Journey.” excitement to head back to the before us,” said Ross Doyle. “They the Super Sprint naturally on his opportunity. While there is not a Salutare yearling sales, with the Goffs UK were always looking for these mind. “We’re absolutely delighted,” yearling among this year’s Premier Yearling Sale in type of horses and we’ve just tried On sourcing a potential winner said Player. “Breeding any Listed Whatton Manor crop, the late Doncaster a little over a month to continue it on and keep the of the £250,000 race, he said: winner is always exciting because summer and autumn looks set to away. process pretty similar. “There are loads of very good it’s not easy to do, so we’re be no less busy for Player and his Ginger Nut was purchased by “We’re lucky too to have such people out there, a huge amount thrilled. colleagues, with approximately Doyle and his father Peter for only a great bunch of owners who of great judges in our game and “We always thought she was a 40 yearlings set to go through the £23,000 from last year’s Goffs UK allow us to go and by these horses a lot of us are looking for the same lovely yearling. She was quite tall various sales rings. Silver Yearling Sale and was a mainly on spec and then take thing, so you need a bit of luck as but we liked her a lot and David “We have 11 yearlings going to cosy winner of the £122,925 first them on trust, so it’s great that well, but you want a good- has been very patient with her. Doncaster and about 30 going to prize in the hotly contested Ginger Nut has gone and done looking, correct horse with a good She’s clearly improved a lot for Newmarket, so we’re very busy,” Newbury feature. the business now. She didn’t cost attitude. the step up in trip and the way he said. Remarkably, the Doyle team a lot and she’s gone and won a Ross Doyle: “This gives us “The minute we get a good has purchased three of the last big pot.” massive satisfaction” feeling from a horse, that does it First-season sires with runners today in GB & Ireland ten winners of the race, which is Doyle added: “The ultimate for us. We don’t try to go back too Sire Progeny Race restricted to horses bought from satisfaction comes from buying satisfying one for the Doyles, who many times for one we really like Alhebayeb Aishling’s Vision .................................................. Curragh 1.45 specific sales for no more than Group 1 winners, but this gives bought Ginger Nut’s sire Sir – we like to go with our gut Alhebayeb Tosen Shauna ...................................................... Curragh 1.45 £63,000 and sees weight allocated us massive satisfaction. It’s great Prancealot for €140,000 from the feeling.” Bungle Inthejungle Porterinthejungle.................................................Curragh 1.45 Gale Force Ten Zalmi Force............................................................ Redcar 2.00 based on their sale price. for Doncaster sales too and for 2011 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale He added: “The year has flown Gregorian Dancin Boy ............................................................ Redcar 2.00 Monsieur Chevalier won the Alice Fitzgerald, who bred the and subsequently brokered the around but this just gives you a Kingman Kingson .................................................................Redcar 2.00 2009 edition having been picked filly, and Richard Hannon’s team deal that sent him to Tally-Ho good feeling to get back there now Kingman Wild Hope ............................................................. Redcar 2.00 up for 17,000gns at Tattersalls have done a massive job.” Stud following his racing career. when a filly like this wins a Super Moohaajim Urban Light ......................................................... Curragh 2.20 Slade Power Mad Power.......................................................... Curragh 1.45 Book 3 in 2008, while Tiggy The result was a particularly “We’ve had huge success from Sprint.”.