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The colt brings up winner number six for Territories

The Clive Cox-trained Royal Scimitar (2 c ex Prequel by Dark Angel) came out on top of a close finish break his maiden on debut over six furlongs at Newbury and in the process provided Darley shuttler Territories (Invincible Spirit) with his sixth first-crop winner.

The two-year-old colt stayed on well to beat Line Of Departure (Mehmas) by a neck with another head back to Aesthete (Muhaarar) in third. 

Purchased by his trainer for 80,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, the colt is out of unraced Dark Angel (Acclamation) mare Prequel, who is herself a sister to July Stakes (Gr 2, 6f) winner Alhebayeb and a half-sister to Listed winner Humidor (Camacho), while further back this is the same family as Musetta (Cadeaux Genereux). 

Royal Scimitar joins Teresa Mendoza, William Bligh, Rougir, Terrible Land and Uncle Jumbo as the stallion’s other first crop winners, while he is also the sire of Listed-placed Fulgentia. The son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) is set to stand at Darley’s Kelvinside base at a fee of $11,000 (inc GST) in 2020.

Royal Scimitar gets up to win the @bet365 @BritishEBF Novice Stakes under @liamkeniry for Clive Cox pic.twitter.com/sfnMvDKys5

— Newbury Racecourse (@NewburyRacing) July 19, 2020

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