FARHH STRIKES AGAIN
Dalham Hall Stud stallion Farhh (by Pivotal) ran away with a seven-furlong maiden on his only start at two and hit his peak at five when winning both the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes and Group 1 Champion Stakes.
There were only 38 foals in his first crop – small by modern standards – his racing and pedigree profile suggested that anything he would achieve with his juveniles would likely be a bonus, and that makes his freshman record eye-catching.
Wells Farhh Go pipped Saturday's Group 2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes winner James Garfield in the Group 3 Acomb Stakes at York last month, then Dee Ex Bee finished third in the Listed Ascendant Stakes at Haydock, and on Sunday he was represented by blacktype performer number three.
Fa Ul Sciur, who was listed placed in Milan on his previous start, gave his sire a second stakes winner with a long odds-on success in the Listed Premio Grande over seven and a half furlongs at Capannelle.
The Stefano Botti-trained juvenile is out of 10-furlong Group 3 scorer Rosa Del Dubai (by Dubai Destination) and that makes him a half-brother to Folega (by Oasis Dream), the filly who won the Group 2 Oaks d'Italia in May.
Their half-sister Favulusa (by Dansili) easily won a 10-furlong listed contest at Capannelle two years ago and their siblings also include the stakes-placed filly Facia De Tola (by New Approach).
Rosa Del Dubai is out of the classic-placed Italian stakes winner Rosa Di Brema (by Lomitas) and her siblings include Biancarosa (by Dalakhani), the stakes-winning dam of Group 1-placed French juvenile Notte Bianca (by Kendargent).
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HELMET BLACKTYPE DOUBLE
Darley's shuttle stallion Helmet (by Exceed And Excel), whose first crop includes the classic-placed dual mile Group 1 star Thunder Snow, added to his blacktype tally with a double last weekend.
Anda Muchacho, who won the Group 3 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) in the spring, was an odds-on winner of the nine-furlong Listed Ippolito Fassati at San Siro on Saturday.
The Nicolo Simondi-trained three-year-old was bred in Ireland by Thomas Hassett, he is a €26,000 graduate of the Goresbridge Breeze-Up Sale, and he is a half-brother to the pattern-placed triple winner Parsley (by Zebedee).
This smart pair are two of the first three foals out of Montefino (by Shamardal), an unraced daughter of Group 2 Blandford Stakes heroine Monturani (by Indian Ridge).
That mare is, in turn, a half-sister to the stakes-winning pair Monnavanna (by Machiavellian) and Mill Springs (by Shirocco) and she is out of the Oaks-placed stakes winner Mezzogiorno (by Unfuwain).
Earlier on that San Siro card, Met Spectrum won the Listed Premio Vittorio Riva over seven and a half furlongs, a second blacktype success for the Stefano Botti-trained juvenile.
The colt is out of Mara Spectrum (by Spectrum), he is a half-brother to two listed-placed runners, and his dam is stakes-winning half-sister to Group 3 Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1000 Guineas) scorer and Group 2 Oaks d'Italia runner-up Dancer Destination (by Dubai Destination).
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FIRST STAKES WINNER FOR FRENCH FIFTEEN
Classic-placed Group 1 winner and Haras du Logis Saint Germain stallion French Fifteen (by Turtle Bowl) joined the list of freshman sires with a stakes winner to their name when his son Sestilio Jet took the Listed Criterium Nazionale over six furlongs at San Siro on Saturday.
The Andrea Marciallis-trained juvenile was runner-up in the Group 3 Premio Primi Passi over the same course and distance in June, and his sire's first crop also includes Group 3 Prix Eclipse third French Pegasus.
Sestillo Jet is a half-brother to the blacktype-placed hurdle and chase scorer Got Away (by American Post), his dam is the placed Hideaway Girl (by Fasliyev), and she is a half-sister to the middle-distance Group 3 scorer Motivado (by Motivator).
His grandam, Tamise (by Time For A Change), won the Group 3 Prix de Flore at Saint-Cloud and two listed races, all at around 10 furlongs.
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ANOTHER SMART KODIAC FILLY
Tally-Ho Stud stallion Kodiac (by Danehill) has notched up 37 stakes winners (to Wednesday night), 16 of them at pattern level, and that smaller list includes the Karl Burke-trained juvenile Ellthea.
She took her record to three wins from six starts when springing a 10/1 surprise in the Group 3 C.L. & M.F. Weld Park Stakes over seven furlongs at Naas on Sunday, having won a Doncaster nursery on her previous outing.
The bay was bred by George Kent, she is an €88,000 graduate of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, and she is a half-sister to several winners out of Tropical Lady (by Sri Pekan).
That former Jim Bolger trainee won the Group 2 Royal Whip Stakes, Group 3 Meld Stakes and Group 3 Brownstown Stakes, she came within a head of taking the first-named for a second time, and she missed out on a placing at the highest level when fourth to Alexander Goldrun in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes.
The mare's half-sister Wilamina (by Zoffany) won the Listed Nottinghamshire Oaks in late May, was runner-up to Elizabeth Browning in the Group 2 Kilboy Estate Stakes at the Curragh six weeks later, and was a well-beaten third behind Laganore in the recent Group 3 Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies Stakes at Gowran Park.
Tropical Lady is also a half-sister to the stakes-placed five-time winner Priomhbhean (by Galileo), and her dam is the high-class dual-purpose mare Tropical Lake (by Lomond).
On pedigree, one would expect that Ellthea might stay a mile next year.
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FRANKEL ADDS TO HIS TALLY
Banstead Manor Stud's Timeform 147-rated superstar Frankel (by Galileo) notched up a 17th stakes winner from his first two crops when Monarchs Glen narrowly won the Listed EBF Stallions Foundation Stakes over 10 furlongs at Goodwood on Wednesday.
The John Gosden-trained gelding, a Juddmonte homebred, has now won three of his seven starts.
He is out of Mirabilis (by Lear Fan), a mile Grade 3-winning half-sister to Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) and Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp heroine Nebraska Tornado (by Storm Cat).
Their half-brother Burning Sun (by Danzig) won the Group 2 Prix Eugene Adam and their dam, Media Nox (by Lycius), won the Group 3 Prix du Bois as a juvenile before going on to Grade 2 success in California.
This success came the day before the Mark Johnston-trained Elarqam easily won the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket. Now unbeaten in two starts, this Floors Farming-bred colt is out of classic and multiple Group 1 star Attraction (by Efisio), which makes him a half-brother to Group 3 scorer and Bearstone Stud stallion Fountain Of Youth (by Oasis Dream).
Also at Newmarket on Thursday, Dubawi's (by Dubai Millennium) half-brother UAE King finished third in the Listed Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes over two miles.
A total of 15 members of Frankel's first crop are now stakes winners, he has three pattern winners in his second crop, and his third one includes the €1.6 million colt who topped this week's Goffs Orby Sale.
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LOPE DE VEGA FILLY STEPS UP
Dual stakes winner Candy Store gave her future paddocks value another boost when justifying favouritism in the Group 3 Premio Elena e Sergio Cumani over a mile at San Siro on Sunday.
This was a first pattern success for the Stefano Botti-trained three-year-old and she is among 29 stakes winners (up to Wednesday night) for Ballylinch Stud's classic star and Group 1 sire Lope De Vega (by Shamardal).
Bred by Razza Del Velino, the chesnut is the first foal out of the stakes-placed March Madness (by Noverre) and her dam is, in turn, out of Spinning Reel (by Spinning World), a half-sister to two blacktype performers.
Scabiun (by Dolphin Street) won a listed contest in Italy and missed out on Group 1 placing when fourth in the Premio Vittorio di Capua, both over a mile.
Their half-brother Su Tirolesu (by Tirol) won the Group 3 Premio Melton and was was placed in both the Group 3 Premio Umbra and Group 3 Premio Omenoni – all sprints.
This is the family of Group 2 Celebration Mile winner Priors Lodge (by Grand Lodge) and, further back, it has branches that lead to Group 1 stars such as Bassenthwaite (by Habitat), Keen Hunter (by Diesis), Braashee (by Sadler's Wells), Central Park (by In The Wings), Moon Ballad (by Singspiel) and Rebelline (by Robellino).
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AZAMOUR REMINDER
The loss created by the premature death of Group 1 star and Gilltown Stud's classic sire Azamour (by Night Shift) was advertised again on Sunday when Amore Hass won the Group 2 Premio Vittorio di Capua over a mile at San Siro.
The Stefano Botti-trained three-year-old was bred in Ireland by T Boylan, he finished third in the Group 3 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) in early May, and he also has a listed race success to his name.
A €35,000 graduate of the Goffs November Foals Sale, the colt is the first foal out of Hassaya (by King's Best) and that half-sister to listed scorer Glorious Protector (by Azamour) is out of a winning half-sister to the pattern-placed middle-distance stakes winner Hasanka (by Kalanisi).
Third dam Hasainiya (by Top Ville) won the Listed Trigo Stakes, fourth dam Hanzala (by Akarad) was a triple listed scorer in France, and she was a half-sister to Group 1 Derby Italiano winner Houmayoun (by Shernazar).