3rd-CHY, €25,000, Mdn, 4-4, unraced 3yo, f, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:59.10, ft.
+NEKO (FR) (f, 3, Dansili {GB}–Epopee {Ire} {MSP-Fr}, by Sadler's Wells), a full to Testosterone (Ire), MGSW & G1SP-Fr, SW-Eng, $370,893, was well away from an outside gate to occupy a prominent berth in second after the initial stages of this unveiling. Stalking the lead into the straight, the 79-10 chance cruised to the fore approaching the final quarter mile and quickened ever clear under negligible urging thereafter to score by an impressive nine lengths from Nolwenn (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}). The €220,000 ARAUG yearling's second dam Encens (GB) (Common Grounds {GB}) is a winning half-sister to G1 Dewhurst S. dead-heater Scenic (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), and to the Group 1 placegetters Cupid (Ire) (Generous {Ire}) and Ithaki (Ire) (Sadler's Wells). The family also includes, among others, G1 Epsom Oaks runner-up Slightly Dangerous (Roberto), herself the dam of Juddmonte's top-level performers Commander in Chief (GB), Warning (GB), Dushyantor, Yashmak and Jibe. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €12,500.
O-George Strawbridge; B-Berend van Dalfsen (FR); T-Freddy Head.[bullet ad=”justin-casse-purchased-by-justin-casse”]
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