Teofilo’s Sanus Per Aquam Prevails In Gripping Somerville Tattersall

Bouncing back from two defeats in Leopardstown’s better juvenile contests, TDN Rising Star Sanus Per Aquam was able to overcame adversity here to grind out a workmanlike first black-type success. So impressive when registering a 4 3/4-length success on the first of three visits to that Dublin venue July 9, the bay suffered a surprise reversal at 1-3 when a half-length runner-up to Deauville (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the seven-furlong G3 Tyros S. a fortnight later and earned himself a short break in the process. Back with stable and punter confidence restored for the G3 Golden Fleece S. over a mile on Irish Champions weekend, the homebred lost more luster as he stayed on without threatening to be third behind Johannes Vermeer (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and so needed to show something here to pick up the thread. Racing in a prominent second early under Kevin Manning tracking the rail-runner Tasleet, Sanus Per Aquam was initially swamped with a quarter mile remaining as four of his rivals lined across the track to make the race. Despite dropping over a length back on the long-time leader running down Newmarket’s infamous “dip”, he bay picked up again once the ground rose and while that stamina-sapping climb accounted for Lawmaking (GB) (Zamindar) and Zonderland (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), he came alive on it to grab Tasleet on the line. “Kevin said he didn’t handle the loose ground very well and the rising ground was a help to him, so we probably won’t be running him again on that sort of going,” his trainer said. “I told the press earlier that if I was a proper trainer he wouldn’t be running as a 2-year-old and we probably won’t be seeing the best of him until well into the season next year. If the ground turned out good or good-to-firm, we would be tempted by the G1 Dewhurst S. [at Newmarket Oct. 10] and we’ll definitely be thinking about the Guineas.”

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
SOMERVILLE TATTERSALL S.-G3, £50,000, NEW, 9-24, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:25.06, g/s.
1–#@SANUS PER AQUAM (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Fainne (Ire), by Peintre Celebre
2nd Dam: Hymn of the Dawn, by Phone Trick
3rd Dam: Colonial Debut, by Pleasant Colony
O-Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE); J-Kevin James Manning. £28,355. Lifetime Record: MGSP-Ire, 5-3-1-1, $94,160. *Full to Morning Mix (Ire), SP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Tasleet (GB), 126, c, 2, Showcasing (GB)–Bird Key (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB). (£52,000 Ylg ‘14 DNPRM). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Whitsbury Manor Stud (GB); T-William Haggas. £10,750.
3–Adventurous (Ire), 126, c, 2, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Rosia (Ire), by Mr. Prospector. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Darley (IRE); T-Mark Johnston. £5,380.
Margins: NO, HF, 1. Odds: 2.00, 3.50, 25.00.
Also Ran: Zonderland (GB), Lawmaking (GB), Haalick (Ire). Scratched: Orvar (Ire), Rouleau (GB), Steady Pace (GB). Click for the Racing Post result, the brisnet.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.