Owen Burrows trainee and G1 Fillies' Mile entry Touleen (Lope De Vega) caught the eye when making a winning debut tackling seven furlongs at Newbury last month and, racing under a seven-pound penalty, delivered a stunning performance to collect a TDN Rising Star rosette in Tuesday's Gascare Services EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes over the same trip at Leicester.
“She's got a great mind on her, which is a big plus, she did everything right at Newbury and she's done everything right again today,” commented Burrows. “William [Buick] was very impressed and I think you could be nothing but impressed with her. The second filly [Zanthos] had a big reputation and she's a very exciting filly. She was great beforehand and easy to saddle. William said she got a little bit antsy in the stalls, but she'd been in there a while and that's something we can work on. If she comes out of this okay, we'll certainly look at the [G2] Rockel. We'll also think about the [G1] Fillies' Mile, but we'll see. She's by Lope De Vega, so she should be able to handle a little bit of cut.”
Despite becoming agitated in the stalls, Touleen was well away to race in a handy third through the initial stages of this second start. Cruising forward from halfway, the 9-4 chance quickened stylishly to seize control approaching the quarter-mile marker and unleashed an array of gears under mild urging thereafter to power clear of TDN Rising Star Zanthos (Sioux Nation) before gearing down for an emphatic 3 1/4-length success.
Touleen is the third of five foals and one of two winners out of G3 City of York Stakes victrix Talaayeb (Dansili), herself a half-sister to the dual Group 3-winning Muntazah (Dubawi), Listed Fortune Stakes victrix Wadilsafa (Frankel), the stakes-placed Ojooba (Dubawi) and to the dam of the stakes-winning Maktoob (Awtaad). Her second dam, stakes-winning G1 Oaks placegetter Rumoush (Rahy), is a half-sister to G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation Stakes heroine Ghanaati (Giant's Causeway) and G1 Champion Stakes runner-up and G3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes-winning sire Mawatheeq (Danzig). Rumoush is a daughter of dual stakes-winning matriarch Sarayir (Mr. Prospector). The February-foaled homebred bay is half to a yearling filly by Nathaniel and a weanling colt by St Mark's Basilica.
2nd-Leicester, £9,000, Nov, 9-9, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:22.84, g/f.
TOULEEN (GB), f, 2, by Lope De Vega (Ire)
1st Dam: Talaayeb (GB) (GSW-Eng, $172,849), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Rumoush, by Rahy
3rd Dam: Sarayir, by Mr. Prospector
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $15,192. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd; T-Owen Burrows; J-William Buick.
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