2nd-LEO, €16,500, Mdn, 8-4, 2yo, 7fT, 1:32.05, gd.
LANCASTER BOMBER (c, 2, War Front">War Front–Sun Shower {Ire}, by Indian Ridge {Ire}), sixth on debut in a decent seven-furlong maiden at The Curragh July 16, quickly assumed the lead shadowed by True Valour (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). Headed by that rival approaching the furlong pole, the 10-3 shot battled back to the front in the last 50 yards and dug deep to prevail by a short head. Switch In Time (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the daughter of the 2010 GI La Brea S. and 2011 GI Santa Monica S. winner Switch (Quiet American), looked a real threat as she launched her challenge inside the final quarter mile but faded into fifth. The winner is a half-brother to the dual G3 Earl of Sefton S. winner Mull of Killough (Ire) (Mull of Kintyre), MGSW-Eng, SP-Aus, $573,787, and to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S., G1 Prix Jacques le Marois, G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp-winning sire Excelebration (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), Hwt. Older Horse-Fr at 7-9f, Hwt. Older Horse-Ire at 7-9 1/2f, Hwt. 3yo-Ger at 7-9 1/2f, MG1SW-Fr & G1SW-Eng, GSW-Ger & Ire, $2,663,259. His third dam is the 1000 Guineas heroine Sarah Siddons (Fr) (Le Levanstell {GB}), whose progeny list includes the sire Seymour Hicks (Fr) and Princess Pati (Ire)(Top Ville {Ire}), winner of the Irish Oaks. Bred exclusively to War Front since 2013, Sun Shower has a yearling colt to come. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $11,315. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Sun Shower Syndicate (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien.[bullet ad=”us-bred-ky-bred”]
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