Dubawi’s Time Test On Top In the Joel

Fourth when highly tried in the G1 Juddmonte International at York last time Aug. 19, Time Test enjoyed a timely confidence boost here to provide Ryan Moore with his first win since returning to the saddle from injury. Polishing his reputation with authoritative successes over 10 furlongs in Newbury’s always-competitive London Gold Cup H. May 16 and in Royal Ascot’s G3 Tercentenary S. June 18, the homebred was held up and never landed a blow in the International and was dropping to a mile on this return. Tracking the genuine pace in third early under restraint, the bay was sent up to tackle Custom Cut with just over a furlong remaining and soon had that rival’s measure. “He’s a very good horse and the ground was slow enough for him,” Moore said. “He just couldn’t quicken as well as he can on fast ground, but he’s very professional.” Khalid Abdullah’s racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe added, “He’s come on and is a much more mature horse now, mentally and physically. He’s handling it much better, Ryan gave him a super ride and brought him into the race. Dropping him back to a mile he’s been on the metal a little bit, but he’s done it really nicely and that was encouraging. All the jockeys who have ridden him say a mile is his best trip.” Trainer Roger Charlton is looking at Ascot’s Champions Day for his stable star. “The gun needs to be loaded and he’s in the [Oct. 17] G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. and G1 Champion S. and although we long for fast ground there the odds are that it might not be, so the next option would be the Breeders’ Cup,” he explained. “It wouldn’t be both, it would be either Ascot or America. I found myself being quite bullish before York and it didn’t work out, so you get put back a bit so today was a relief. He’s got a lot of speed and stays a mile and a quarter. Maybe one day he will stay a mile and a half and although you wouldn’t do it, if you ran him over six or seven furlongs he’s not going to be outpaced. That’s the sign of a good horse. He’s become very relaxed, which is encouraging so let’s hope we have a nice horse for next year. There is barely a day that goes by when Dubawi doesn’t produce another good horse and I was lucky enough to have Al Kazeem, so I’m hoping this horse might run in the same sort of races.”

Friday, Newmarket, Britain
SHADWELL JOEL S.-G2, £100,000, NEW, 9-25, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:35.84, gd.
1–TIME TEST (GB), 126, c, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Passage of Time (GB) (G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SP-Eng, GISP-US, $651,668), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Clepsydra (GB), by Sadler’s Wells
3rd Dam: Quandary, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Roger Charlton; J-Ryan Moore. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 7-4-2-0, $312,450. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Custom Cut (Ire), 130, g, 6, Notnowcato (GB)–Polished Gem (Ire), by Danehill. (€5,800 2yo ‘11 GO11; 100,000gns RNA 3yo ‘12 TA12; 95,000gns 4yo ‘13 TA13). O-Gary Douglas & Pat Breslin; B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd (IRE); T-David O’Meara. £21,500.
3–Decorated Knight (GB), 126, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Pearling, by Storm Cat. O/B-Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar (GB); T-Roger Varian. £10,760.
Margins: 1, 4HF, 2. Odds: 0.90, 1.85, 7.00.
Also Ran: Tupi (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result, the brisnet.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.