TDN RISING STARS

May 18, 2012 - NEWMARKET, Race , Mdn, GBP £5,000, 1 1/2m, 16.3000

Pink Damsel (Ire), f, 3, 2009 by Galileo (Ire)

1st Dam: Riskaverse (MGISW-US, $2,182,429), by Dynaformer
2nd Dam: The Bink, by Seeking the Gold
3rd Dam: Toll Fee, by Topsider

Owner: Mrs Fitri Hay
Breeder: Smythson
Trainer: Roger Varian

Pink Damsel, a 600,000gns TATOCT yearling, was vanned two miles across town for this racecourse bow and such was her reputation that the G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 Irish Oaks entry went postward for this low-key examination as the 2-1 chalk. Left in rear after a sluggish break, she cruised by rivals to lead at the half-mile pole and stayed on in pleasing fashion under whipless kidding in the closing stages to hold the late thrust of Rippled (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) by more than the official margin of a head would imply. The winner is the second produce from treble Grade I winner Riskaverse, who was purchased for $5 million at FTKNOV in 2005. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £3,235.