By Tom Frary
When a Sir Mark Prescott newcomer comes in for money, you know it's a classy animal and Moon Target (Cracksman) delivered the gamble in style on debut at Newmarket on Saturday. Prominent throughout under Oisin Murphy, Cheveley Park's 5-2 favourite who hails from the family of Frankel's Inspiral turned the two-year-old fillies' seven-furlong maiden into a procession when scoring by 5 1/2 lengths.
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(Cracksman) dazzles on debut in the @Juddmonte @BritishEBF fillies' maiden @NewmarketRace ⚪️@HeathHouseNkt | @CPStudOfficial pic.twitter.com/cvtKxIVPut
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The dam is a daughter of the operation's 1,000 Guineas and G1 Coronation Stakes runner-up Starscope (Selkirk) and therefore a half to the brilliant Inspiral by Cracksman's sire Frankel. Successful in the Coronation, in two renewals of the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, she is the flagbearer for the family which features the Eclipse hero and sire Medicean. The dam's yearling colt is by Twilight Son, while she also has a filly foal by Night Of Thunder.
1st-Newmarket, £30,000, Mdn, 7-19, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:28.67, g/s.
MOON TARGET (GB) (f, 2, Cracksman {GB}–Lunar Corona {GB}, by Dansili {GB}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $21,056. O/B-Cheveley Park Stud; T-Sir Mark Prescott.
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