Following the explosive performance of Erdenali (Caravaggio) at Saint-Cloud on Sunday, the only downside is that the latest sensation to emerge from The Aga Khan Studs is a gelding and therefore unable to contest the Classics.
Sent off the 2-1 favourite for the card's opening Prix Kashmir over a mile, the grandson of the high-class Ervedya (Siyouni) cruised from the back to the front two out under a near-motionless Mickael Barzalona, who had made the voyage back from Dubai where he had steered the operation's gelding supreme Calandagan only hours before.
Running away from his peers without being asked a question, the Francis Graffard-trained homebred hit the line under a hold with ears pricked. There was a 6 1/2-length margin to the outsider Tocoa (Zelzal), with the winner having posted a penultimate split of 11.05 in the process, all on natural ability alone. The winner is the fourth TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard, for his sire with the dual Group 1 winner Tenebrism the best.
Ervedya, who was successful in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Coronation Stakes and Prix du Moulin, produced Dubawi's dual Group-winning sire Erevann along with this gelding's dam Erdana (Sea The Stars) who was a maiden in two starts for the Rouget stable. Erdenali is her first foal, while she also has a two-year-old son of Dubawi's son Zarak.
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