1st-CGN, €24,000, Debutantes, 1-26, 3yo, f, 10f (AWT), 2:09.20, st.
+ASK ME ANOTHER (f, 3, Giant's Causeway–Storybook {UAE}, by Halling), sent off at 3-1, sauntered into the early lead. Asked to lengthen approaching the straight, the homebred was joined by Motivaroom (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) but gradually weakened that rival's resolve under hand riding to score by two lengths from the closer Yaabalady (Smart Strike). Storybook has already produced two useful types for Joseph Allen, the listed-placed Romeo Lima (Medaglia d'Oro) who enjoyed TDN Rising Star status and Camp Courage (War Front) who also placed twice at that level for the same stable. The dam is a half to the G1 Dubai World Cup hero African Story (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) descended from the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup winner Danish (Ire) (Danehill). She herself is a full-sister to the former Ballydoyle luminary Ace (Ire) who captured the G3 Desmond S. and was runner-up in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf and G1 Prince of Wales's S. and third in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational and G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. She is also a full-sibling of Hawkeye (Ire) who also won the Desmond and was also third in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. and G1Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. The dam also has a 2-year-old filly and yearling colt by War Front named Hot Zone and U S S Saratoga respectively and was bred back to Giant's Causeway for 2017. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €12,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Joseph Allen (KY); T-Jean-Claude Rouget.
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
