By Sean Cronin
Charlie Appleby trainee Inner City Blues (Blue Point), who was Godolphin's sole purchase during this year's breeze-up season, was making his third pass through a sales ring when becoming the €900,000 top-priced colt at last month's Arqana Breeze-Up sale, having previously sold for €180,000 as a Goffs November foal and 375,000gns as a Tattersalls Book 1 yearling.
The grandson of G3 Prix Eclipse victrix Souvenir Delondres (Siyouni) was all at sea during the initial stages of Saturday's Tomahawk Restaurants Supporting Macmillan EBF Maiden at York, but delivered a knockout blow under William Buick, once overcoming inexperience, to register a two-length success in the six-furlong contest.
“He's a lovely looking horse and he's got a lovely mind to go with it too,” said Buick. “He's obviously a breeze-up horse, but he's very relaxed and very confident in everything he does. He's got plenty of speed, he'll get seven furlongs in time and I was very pleased with his debut. He'll sharpen up plenty for that.”
The heavily favoured 4-9 pick was awkwardly away from the stands' side stall and raced greenly in sixth through the early fractions. Cruising forward from halfway, he was shaken up for control approaching the final furlong and pushed out to defeat Stardom Glory (Starspangledbanner) in ultimately comfortable fashion.
Inner City Blues is the second foal and scorer produced by a winning daughter of G3 Prix Eclipse victrix Souvenir Delondres (Siyouni), who is also the dam of G3 Ballycorus Stakes victor and G1 Phoenix Stakes runner-up Dr Zempf (Dark Angel).
The winner, who hails from the immediate family of G1 Sussex Stakes hero Noalcoholic (Nonoalco), is kin to a yearling colt by Starspangledbanner and a weanling filly by Vandeek.
🚨 Good horse klaxon 🚨
Inner City Blues, a 900,000euros son of Blue Point, does the business on debut at York.
We'll be hearing LOTS more about this boy.@godolphin | @WilliamBuickX 🟦🟦 pic.twitter.com/5IzcBcEqVe
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 13, 2026
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