SATURDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 KAMEKO BACK ON TRACK NIGHT OF THUNDER FILLY TOPS SPORTSMAN=S SALE There was just one offering by IN THE JOEL Night Of Thunder (Ire) in this year=s Goffs Sportsman=s Sale, and the Castlebridge-consigned filly duly topped the two-day auction with bid of ,72,000 from Peter and Ross Doyle. Lot 730 is the fourth foal out of the placed Manduro (Ger) mare Muzhil (Ire), whose 3-year-old Monzoon (Ire) (Bated Breath {GB}) has become the mare=s first winner since the catalogue was published. Muzhil is a half-sister to Godolphin=s triple group winner Beautiful Romance (GB) (New Approach {Ire}). The filly proved a profitable pinhook, having cost 21,000gns last December. The highest-priced colt of the session was the Ballyhane-bred and consigned (lot 698), a son of that stud=s resident sire Dandy Man (Ire). He was bought by Mags O=Toole for ,50,000 and is out of Little Kipling (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), a full-sister to Royal Albert Hall (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) who won a listed stake in the U.S. last year. Kameko gets back to winning ways in the Joel | racingfotos.com Cont. p8 Saddled with a five-pound penalty as a result of his G1 2000 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Guineas triumph, Qatar Racing=s Kameko (Kitten=s Joy) proved KEENELAND SEPTEMBER CONCLUDES himself one of the better winners of that Classic in recent times The Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the largest of its kind in when overcoming the extra burden to take the G2 Shadwell Joel the world, concluded Friday in Lexington. Brian DiDonato has the S. over the same Newmarket mile on Friday. Settled behind the wrap. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. leading duo early by Oisin Murphy, the 85-40 second favourite needed rousing to get to last year=s winner Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) but responded by usurping that rival with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining. At the line, he had half a length to spare over the strong-finishing Regal Reality (GB) (Intello {Ger}) who was having one of his better days, as the 7-4 favourite Benbatl faded late to be the same margin behind in third. AI=m delighted for Sheikh Fahad and everyone,@ Murphy said. ATo give weight away to older horses is a very difficult task and he stuck his head out and did everything right in the race. He ran straight as a die. He is so tough and consistent and, on ratings, I think that will rate higher than his Guineas win as to give weight away to older horses shows what a top horse he is. He is a very intelligent horse. I took him down in a hack canter and I had him really quiet at the gate. If I lit him up at all, he would have travelled really on the bridle. I was happy for him to race a little lazily today.@ Lot 730, the sale-topping Night Of Thunder filly | Goffs Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 16 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 Kameko Back On Track In The Joel cont. from p1 placed in the GII Providencia S. and GII Honeymoon H., is also a Kameko was coming back from some reversals here, but he half to the G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial S. winner had also done that at two when following runner-up placings in Belle Artiste (Ire) (Namid {GB}). This is the family of the GI Sandown=s G3 Solario S. and the G2 Royal Lodge S. also over this Breeders= Cup Turf runner-up Ace (Ire) (Danehill), who was fifth track and trip with a dominating success in the G1 Futurity in the 2004 QEII, and his G1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup- Trophy on Newcastle=s Tapeta in November. Having conquered winning full-brother Danish (Ire) and the triple Group 1 runner- Wichita (Ire) (No Nay Never) and Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) in up Hawkeye (Ire) also by that sire. Her 2-year-old daughter of the June 6 Classic here, he has surprisingly gone three starts Big Blue Kitten had sold to Atlantic Bloodstock for only $5,000 at without making the frame but each effort had a valid excuse the 2019 Keeneland September Sale, but went to David Redvers attached. Out of his ground over a mile and a half when tried in for ,200,000 at the Arqana 2020 Breeze Up Sale at Goffs UK. the July 4 G1 Epsom Derby, he was denied a clear run in the Eleven days before this race, Capital System Co. paid $190,000 G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood on July 29 and was again stretched for her yearling filly by Optimizer at Keeneland September. too far when fourth for the third consecutive time in York=s G1 Juddmonte International over an extended 10 furlongs last time on Aug. 19. While he was slightly lethargic during the Friday, Newmarket, Britain Guineas, he was markedly more so here as early as halfway but SHADWELL JOEL S.-G2, ,80,000, Newmarket, 9-25, 3yo/up, 8fT, was still able to gain the advantage well before the final furlong 1:34.41, gd. and there was a feeling from there that he was only doing 1--KAMEKO, 131, c, 3, by Kitten=s Joy enough to stay in command. Regal Reality had shown when 1st Dam: Sweeter Still (Ire) (GSW-US, $311,603), by winning the Aug. 9 G3 Sovereign S. that he can be a force to be Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) reckoned with at this trip and his proximity does not undermine 2nd Dam: Beltisaal (Fr), by Belmez Kameko=s prospects of shaking up Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman 3rd Dam: Ittisaal (GB), by Caerleon {GB}) in next month=s G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. That target is set ($90,000 Ylg >18 KEESEP). O-Qatar Racing Ltd; B-Calumet Farm in stone according to Andrew Balding. AIt=s a bit of a relief, as (KY); T-Andrew Balding; J-Oisin Murphy. ,45,368. Lifetime this was a tough task giving weight away to older horses,@ he Record: MG1SW-Eng, 9-4-2-0, $510,817. Werk Nick Rating: said. AI thought that Benbatl would have gone a slightly stronger A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. gallop and he hit a flat spot but picked up well, so it=s nice to get back on track. The QEII has been on his agenda the whole 2--Regal Reality (GB), 130, g, 5, Intello (Ger)--Regal Realm (GB), season and I just hope the ground isn=t too soft by then. He by Medicean (GB). O/B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Sir hasn=t had a lucky season at all and it has felt like trying to put a Michael Stoute. ,17,200. square peg in a round hole since the Guineas.@ 3--Benbatl (GB), 130, h, 6, Dubawi (Ire)--Nahrain (GB), by Pedigree Notes Selkirk. O-Godolphin; B-Darley (GB); T-S bin Suroor. ,8,608. Kameko will be the second member of his immediate family to tackle the QEII, with the dam Sweeter Still (Ire) (Rock of Margins: HF, HF, 2 1/4. Odds: 2.13, 8.50, 1.75. Gibraltar {Ire}) a half to the G1 Racing Post Trophy hero Also Ran: Tilsit, Zabeel Prince (Ire), Top Rank (Ire). Scratched: Kingsbarns (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who was third in the 2013 edition. Duke of Hazzard (Fr), Urban Icon (GB). Click for the Racing Post Sweeter Still, who was successful in the GIII Senorita S. and result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 16 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 ISABELLA GILES GAME IN ROCKFEL SCORE Senior Vice President Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry Isabella Giles and Adam Kirby | racingfotos.com [email protected] Paul and Clare Rooney=s Isabella Giles (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) Associate International Editor registered a pair of six-furlong wins--at Leicester in June and at Heather Anderson Newbury in July--but lost her unbeaten tag when fourth in Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Ascot=s July 26 G3 Princess Margaret S. before bouncing back to claim a first black-type score for her freshman sire (by Lope de Marketing Manager Vega {Ire}) in Goodwood=s Aug. 29 G3 Prestige S. when upped to Alayna Cullen seven furlongs last time. Aided by a strong tailwind over the Twitter: @AlaynaCullen same distance in Friday=s G2 Shadwell Rockfel S. at Newmarket, [email protected] the 11-5 chance continued on an upward trajectory with a Contributing Editors decisive two-length defeat of Nazuna (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). Racing Alan Carasso second after breaking on the lead, she regained control before Christina Bossinakis halfway and kept on relentlessly under a drive once shaken up at the quarter-mile marker to double her stakes tally in game Cafe Racing fashion. Nazuna threatened throughout the final quarter mile, Sean Cronin but was unable to strike a late blow. She finished 3 1/4 lengths Tom Frary ahead of Alba Rose (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), while even-money [email protected] favourite Monday (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) came under pressure far Irish Correspondent too early for comfort and was 5 1/2 lengths further back in a Daithi Harvey well-beaten fourth. AShe put up a very classy performance, she=s got a wonderful Regular Columnists temperament, she settles into a lovely rhythm and can find her Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake own way in a race,@ said winning trainer Clive Cox.