SUNDAY, 9 MAY 2021 SHERBET LEMON SWEET IN OAKS TRIAL SEA THE STARS COLT Fourth behind >TDN Rising Star= Noon Star (Galileo {Ire}) in a ENTERS DERBY REALM 10-furlong Wetherby novice Apr. 25, Apple Tree Stud=s Sherbet Lemon (Lemon Drop Kid) was on top at the end of a close call for Lingfield=s Listed Novibet Oaks Trial Fillies= S., where less than two lengths separated the first four home. Shadowing the early leader Loving Dream (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who had been second at Wetherby, the grey worked her way to the front with over a furlong remaining and dug in to prevail from Save a Forest (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) as they finished in a heap. Apple Tree Stud=s manager is the former leading jumps jockey Robert Thornton and he said, AShe wasn=t far behind John Gosden=s horse [Loving Dream] at Wetherby last time and there were extenuating circumstances for our filly, as she was stood in the stalls for 10 minutes and got shuffled back. We thought she=d run well today, but she=s surprised us that she=s won.@ As far as a tilt at the June 4 G1 Epsom Oaks is concerned, Thornton was positive. AI think we sort of have to--I=m not sure how many Third Realm | racingfotos.com chances you get to do that type of thing and it=s a dream to have runners in those type of races,@ he added. AShe=s handled all There were shades of High-Rise (Ire) (High Estate {Ire}) at types of ground and handled the undulations today, so we may Lingfield on Saturday as Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum=s as well have a go. She=ll stay galloping, so you never know, she silks were carried to success by Third Realm (GB) (Sea The Stars could run into a place.@ Cont. p2 {Ire}) in the Listed Novibet Derby Trial S. won by the aforementioned in 1998 en route to Epsom glory. Collecting the second blue riband prep within a week for his owner-breeder and the Roger Varian stable, the homebred who broke his maiden over an extended 10 furlongs at Nottingham on Apr. 17 was held up in last early by David Egan before making a sharp move downhill to the home straight. Getting first run on the 6-5 favourite Adayar there, he stayed on strongly to keep that G3 Sandown Classic Trial runner-up safely at bay as they drew clear of the remainder. Varian, whose El Drama (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) also races in these silks and captured Thursday=s Listed Dee S. at Chester, was leaning towards targeting the June 5 G1 Epsom Derby. AI=ve yet to speak with the owner, so we=ll not set anything in stone just yet and most importantly we need to see how the horse comes Sherbet Lemon | racingfotos.com out of today=s race,@ he commented. AHe ticks a lot of the boxes in that he=s won a recognised trial, it looks like he=ll get the trip IN TDN AMERICA TODAY and he=s won on good-to-firm ground at Nottingham and in MORE TO COME FROM DERBY SIRE PROTONICO pretty testing conditions today. He=s a neat, well-balanced colt Katie Ritz offers a closer look at Protonico, sire of this season's who ought to handle the undulations of Epsom.@ Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit. Click or tap here to go Cont. p2 straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 9 MAY 2021 Sea The Stars Colt Enters Derby Realm cont. from p1 Varian continued, AIt=s the nature of the business that you=re cautiously optimistic when you=re going from a maiden to a recognised trial, but it isn=t a surprise--he=s a colt we think a lot of. He won nicely at Nottingham. I was worried about the ground, to be honest, but I thought if he handled conditions he=d be well up to running a nice race.@ Third Realm is a half-brother to this stable=s G3 Bengough S.- winning sprinter Cape Byron (GB) (Shamardal), who also won on the afternoon at Haydock. Also a half to the G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein scorer Ostilio (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), the G1 Prix Saint Alary third Imperial Charm (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and the G1 Prix Jean Romanet heroine Ajman Princess (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), his listed-placed dam is a half to the G2 Celebration Mile winner and GI Arlington Million runner-up Afsare (GB) also by Dubawi. Her 2-year-old colt Triple Time (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) has yet to race, while she also has a yearling colt by Lope de Vega (Ire). NOVIBET DERBY TRIAL S.-Listed, ,60,000, Lingfield, 5-8, 3yo, c/g, 11f 133yT, 2:35.15, sf. 1--THIRD REALM (GB), 126, c, 3, by Sea the Stars (Ire) 1st Dam: Reem Three (GB) (SP-Eng), by Mark of Esteem (Ire) 2nd Dam: Jumaireyah (GB), by Fairy King Sherbet Lemon Sweet In Oaks Trial cont. from p1 3rd Dam: Donya (Ire), by Mill Reef Successful on her only other start on Newcastle=s Tapeta Feb. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al 11, Sherbet Lemon is a half-sister to the strong-staying Maktoum (GB); T-Roger Varian; J-David Egan. ,34,488. G1 Melbourne Cup third Il Paradiso (Galileo {Ire}) and to the Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $52,204. *1/2 to Ajman Princess (Ire) stakes-placed Love Beach (Bernardini). The dam, who was (Teofilo {Ire}), Hwt. Older Mare-Fr at 9.5-11f, G1SW-Fr, SW & runner-up in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. for Ballydoyle, is a MGSP-Eng, $306,567; Ostilio (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), full-sister to the four-times Group 1-winning champion and GSW-Fr, SW & GSP-Eng, $343,257; Cape Byron (GB) successful Irish 2000 Guineas-winning sire Mastercraftsman (Ire) (Shamardal), GSW-Eng & SP-Fr, $401,954; and Imperial Charm and a half to the GIII Locust Grove H. winner Genuine Devotion (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), G1SP-Fr, $136,125. (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}). This is also the family of the 2--Adayar (Ire), 126, c, 3, Frankel (GB)--Anna Salai, by Dubawi brilliant G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe hero Sakhee (Bahri), fellow (Ire). O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. ,13,086. sire Celestial Storm (Roberto) and the G2 Middleton S. winner 3--Scope (Ire), 126, c, 3, Teofilo (Ire)--Look So (GB), by Efisio Beautiful Romance (GB) (New Approach {Ire}). Her 2-year-old (GB). O-J H Richmond-Watson; B-Lawn Stud (IRE); T-Ralph colt Bad Gus is by More Than Ready, while she also has a filly Beckett. ,6,546. foal by Tapit. Margins: 1 1/4, 5HF, 3 1/4. Odds: 14.00, 1.20, 5.00. Also Ran: Kyprios (Ire), Recovery Run (GB), Carlisle Bay (Ire). Scratched: Etonian (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. sponsored by TVG. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the BOOKMARK American races, race results and earnings was obtained from http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/europe results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services to download the latest edition of the TDN each day. and utilized here with their permission. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 9 MAY 2021 Saturday=s Results: NOVIBET OAKS TRIAL FILLIES= S.-Listed, ,40,000, Lingfield, 5-8, 3yo, f, 11f 133yT, 2:40.99, sf. 1--SHERBET LEMON, 126, f, 3, by Lemon Drop Kid 1st Dam: Famous (Ire) (G1SP-Ire, $210,166), by Danehill Dancer (Ire) 2nd Dam: Starlight Dreams, by Black Tie Affair (Ire) Senior Vice President Gary King 3rd Dam: Reves Celestes, by Lyphard Twitter: @garykingTDN 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($200,000 Ylg >19 KEESEP). O-Apple [email protected] Tree Stud; B-Mt Brilliant Broodmares II LLC (KY); T-Archie + 1.732.320.0975 Watson; J-Paul Mulrennan. ,22,992. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $37,373. *1/2 to Il Paradiso (Galileo {Ire), Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 14f+, International Editor G1SP-Aus & GSP-Eng, $465,393. Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN 2--Save A Forest (Ire), 126, f, 3, Kingman (GB)--Bark (Ire), by [email protected] Galileo (Ire). O-The Gredley Family; B-Stetchworth & Middle European Editor Park Studs Ltd (IRE); T-Roger Varian. ,8,724. Emma Berry 3--Ocean Road (Ire), 126, f, 3, Australia (GB)--Love and Laughter Twitter: @collingsberry (Ire), by Theatrical (Ire). (140,000gns Wlg >18 TATFOA; [email protected] 150,000gns Ylg >19 TATOCT). O-Qatar Racing Ltd; B-Kevin & Meta Cullen (IRE); T-Hugo Palmer. ,4,364. Associate International Editor Margins: 3/4, 1, NK. Odds: 28.00, 12.00, 4.00. Heather Anderson Also Ran: Divinely (Ire), Loving Dream (GB), Nash Nasha (GB), Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Technique (GB), Regent (GB). Scratched: Invite (Ire). Click for Marketing Manager the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by TVG. Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen INSINUENDO PREVAILS IN THE BLUE WIND [email protected] Saturday=s G3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Blue Wind S. at Naas Contributing Editors offered a mix of a trio of 4-year-old fillies and some members of Alan Carasso the Classic generation and it was the former contingent who Christina Bossinakis held sway with Michael Deegan=s Insinuendo (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) getting the better of Thunder Kiss (Ire) (Night of Thunder Cafe Racing {Ire}).