3rd-BEL, $90,000, Alw (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 6-5, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:20.37, fm.
FULL MAST (c, 4, Mizzen Mast–Yashmak, by Danzig), previously trained by Christiane Head-Maarek, boasted an imposing French resume, and ran to top billing as the 11-10 chalk in this first Stateside try. The Juddmonte homebred bested subsequent GSW and G1SP War Dispatch (War Front) on debut at Deauville in August of 2014, and annexed Longchamp's GIII Prix la Rockette a month later. The bay crossed the line a half-length behind none other than that year's Cartier Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and last year's dual Guineas winner Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, but was elevated to first via DQ. Sidelined for the first half of 2015, Full Mast resurfaced to finish a neck second in Chantilly's G3 Prix Paul de Moussac last June over a mile, but faded to seventh after attending the pace as a 28-10 shot in that venue's G1 Prix Jean Prat over the same distance July 12. Very hard held by Joel Rosario while racing in midpack and in between horses early, the first time Lasix recipient looked loaded for bear after a half in :44.84. Tipped widest into the lane for clear 'sailing,' he kicked on down the center of the course to best last year's comebacking GIII Commonwealth Turf S. winner Almasty (Scat Daddy) by 1 1/4 lengths. The winner's dam took the 1997 GI Flower Bowl Invitational H. for Juddmonte and Sir Henry Cecil after annexing that summer's G2 Ribblesdale S. and finishing second in the G1Irish Oaks. She is also responsible for Sound of Nature (Chester House), SW & GSP-Aus, $179,120. Sporting an extremely deep pedigree typical of runners carrying the green and pink, Yashmak is out of GSW and G1 Epsom Oaks runner-up Slightly Dangerous (Roberto), making her a half to European champion colt Commander in Chief (GB) (Dancing Brave); English champion 2-year-old and 3-year-old and multiple European highweight Warning (GB) (Known Fact); MGSW and MG1SP Dushyantor (Sadler's Wells), et al. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, 6-4-1-0, $390,611. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-William I. Mott.
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