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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 2020 CENTURY DREAM ON TOP ISABELLA GILES GIVES BELARDO HIS BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CELEBRATION MILE Kildangan Stud=s first-season sire Belardo (Ire) was off the mark in black-type company on Saturday as his daughter Isabella Giles (Ire) ran away with Goodwood=s seven-furlong G3 Ladbrokes Prestige S. Sent off the 11-4 second favourite following her latest fourth in the G3 Princess Margaret S. over a furlong shorter at Ascot July 26, Paul and Clare Rooney=s bay tracked the free-running Pomelo (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in second from the break. Staying in the centre of the straight as that 5-4 market-leader went stand=s side, she was in front approaching the two-furlong pole and stayed on strongly to register a commanding seven-length success from Prado (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), with the solid yardstick Seattle Rock (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) a head away in third. AClearly the progeny of Belardo have no difficulty with the soft ground,@ trainer Clive Cox said. AShe has got a lovely nature, we really like her and that was great.@ Successful in a Leicester maiden June 13 and a novice at Century Dream (Ire) | racingfotos.com Newbury July 8 over six furlongs, Isabella Giles looked in need of Robbed of Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) due to the testing farther when 1 1/2-lengths behind Santosha (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}) ground at Goodwood, Saturday=s G2 Ladbrokes Celebration Mile in the Princess Margaret. Cont. p2 become a duel between another two top-level performers Century Dream (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and Regal Reality (GB) (Intello {Ger}) with the former claiming the bragging rights. IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Returning refreshed from a break having finished fifth in the WEEKEND WORKTAB LOADED WITH DERBY DREAMS G1 Prix d=Ispahan at Chantilly July 19, Century Dream who was Divisional leader Tiz the Law topped a list of sophomores putting left as the 11-4 favourite following the withdrawal of in their final breezes ahead of next weekend’s GI Kentucky Godolphin=s standard-setter tracked Regal Reality in second Derby/Oaks. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. before swooping two out and drawing clear under coaxing from James Doyle to score by 4 1/2 lengths. Sir Busker (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) denied Regal Reality second by 1 3/4 lengths as the winner proved a class apart. AThey went a good pace and he settled really well and travelled really well into it,@ Ed Crisford commented. AThe ground is the key to him--he gets through it better than most.@ Abdulla Belhabb=s Century Dream came back from a wind operation to successfully mark his seasonal return in the G3 Diomed S. staged over this trip having been switched from Epsom to Newbury. That was his second win in that contest, with his 2018 triumph on the famous Downs his first in pattern company and he rounded off that campaign with a close third in Ascot=s G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. That is where the winner is headed again according to Ed Crisford. Isabella Giles (Ire) | racingfotos.com TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 30 AUGUST 2020 Century Dream takes Celebration Mile cont. from p1 Saturday, Goodwood, Britain AWe will go wherever the ground is soft--the [G1 Prix du] LADBROKES CELEBRATION MILE S.-G2, ,60,000, Goodwood, Moulin looks very punchy this year with Pinatubo, so whether 8-29, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:40.38, sf. we go there or swerve that, I don=t know,@ said Ed Crisford. AHe 1--CENTURY DREAM (IRE), 130, h, 6, by Cape Cross (Ire) has run well at Ascot before and finished fourth in the Queen 1st Dam: Salacia (Ire), by Echo of Light (GB) Anne and third in the QEII a couple of years ago and he likes 2nd Dam: Neptune's Bride, by Bering (GB) Ascot. He runs well there and you are pretty much going to get 3rd Dam: Wedding of the Sea, by Blushing Groom (Fr) soft ground. Palace Pier, winning the St James=s Palace and in O-Abdulla Belhabb; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited (IRE); the way he won in France the other day when it was soft, he has T-Simon & Ed Crisford; J-James Doyle. ,34,026. Lifetime shown to be an exceptional three-year-old. We are an older Record: 26-9-2-3, $598,935. *1/2 to King of Change (GB) horse and we think we can run well, I think we can serve it up to (Farhh {GB}), G1SW-Eng, $995,418. Werk Nick Rating: A. him, but it would be a tough one.@ Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. William Knight said of the talented but quirky Sir Busker, who 2--Sir Busker (Ire), 130, g, 4, Sir Prancealot (Ire)--Street Kitty was stepping up from handicap company, AWe all want to win so (Ire), by Tiger Hill (Ire). (i25,000 Ylg >17 TIRSEP). O-Kennet it is slightly disappointing coming second, but at the same time Valley Thoroughbreds XI Racing; B-Ms Ann Foley (IRE); Century Dream is a good horse, especially on that sort of T-William Knight. ,12,900. ground. Going forwards, it was good to see him perform well in 3--Regal Reality (GB), 130, g, 5, Intello (Ger)--Regal Realm (GB), that sort of company though. He is now rated 111 so that makes by Medicean (GB). O/B-Cheveley Park Stud (GB); T-Sir Michael life tough in any sort of handicap, so we will have to stick to Stoute. ,6,456. these type of races. I think we would probably drop him back Margins: 4HF, 1 3/4, 4 3/4. Odds: 2.75, 4.00, 3.20. into either a listed or group three race on his next start.@ Also Ran: Positive (GB), Duke of Hazzard (Fr), Urban Icon (GB). Scratched: Benbatl (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the Pedigree Notes: free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Century Dream=s dam Salacia (Ire) (Echo of Light {GB}) is also responsible for last year=s QEII hero King of Change (GB) (Farhh G3 Prestige S. cont. from p1 {GB}) who was also second in the G1 2000 Guineas. The second Cox added, AShe has been pleasing all the way and we were dam Neptune=s Bride (Bering {GB}) annexed the G3 Prix Fille de looking forward stepping up a furlong as well. She has coped l=Air and is in turn a daughter of the G3 Prix de Ris-Orangis with the ground today and I think another furlong would be well winner Wedding of the Sea (Blushing Groom {Fr}). Also within her compass next year. She is an exciting filly. She is a connected to the game and tough, seven-times graded stakes- really nice filly and I=m thrilled she has shown it on the track as winning Hail Hilarious (Fast Hilarious) and the California Oaks she is very laid-back at home, but clearly she knows what it=s winner and GI Santa Barbara H. runner-up Countess Fager (Dr. about when she goes racing. I would say the [G2] Rockfel [at Fager), Salacia=s 3-year-old filly Banna (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) is as- Newmarket] will be likely, as long as she comes back from here yet unraced, as is her 2-year-old filly Royal Event (Ire) (Golden well. She is thriving with racing and physically she is getting Horn {GB}), while her yearling filly is by Sea the Stars (Ire). stronger every week. I would be inclined to hope that next year is even better.@ TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 30 AUGUST 2020 Pedigree Notes: Isabella Giles is out of G3 Firth of Clyde S. winner Majestic Dubawi (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is also responsible for German listed scorer and G3 Silberne Peitsche third Majestic Colt (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}). Her family includes the G2 Vintage S. winner Dark Vision (Ire) (Dream Ahead) and the G3 Round Tower S. winner Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) who was also placed in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, G1 Prix Jean Prat and G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. The dam=s yearling colt by Nathaniel (Ire) sells at the upcoming Goffs Orby Yearling Sale at Doncaster, while she also has a filly foal by Fascinating Rock (Ire). FIRST STAKES WINNER FOR SIRE Saturday, Goodwood, Britain LADBROKES PRESTIGE S.-G3, ,35,000, Goodwood, 8-29, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:29.58, sf. 1--ISABELLA GILES (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Belardo (Ire) 1st Dam: Majestic Dubawi (GB) (GSW-Eng), by Dubawi (Ire) 2nd Dam: Tidal Chorus (GB), by Singspiel (Ire) 3rd Dam: South Shore, by Caerleon 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. (i45,000 Ylg >19 GOFSPT). O-Paul & Clare Rooney; B-Ballylinch Stud (IRE); T-Clive Cox; J-Adam Kirby. ,19,849. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $38,944. *1/2 to Majestic Colt (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}), MSW & GSP-Ger. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A. 2--Prado (GB), 126, f, 2, Iffraaj (GB)--Royal Empress (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire). (67,000gns Ylg >19 TATOCT). O-Fitri Hay; B-Newsells Park Stud (GB); T-Charlie Hills. ,7,525. 3--Seattle Rock (GB), 126, f, 2, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Snoqualmie Girl (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). O-Mr J C Smith; B-Littleton Stud (GB); T-Sylvester Kirk. ,3,766. Margins: 7, HD, HF. Odds: 2.75, 6.50, 12.00. Also Ran: Thank You Next (Ire), Pomelo (GB).