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Mother Earth hands Aidan O’Brien his seventh win in the 1,000 Guineas

Zoffany
Zoffany Picture: Coolmore Stud

Fourth Group 1 winner Zoffany
Mother Earth hands Aidan O’Brien his seventh win in the 1,000 Guineas
Mother Earth (3 f ex Many Colours by Green Desert) handed trainer Aidan O’Brien his seventh victory in the 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) when she outshone her rivals in the Group 1 on Sunday and in the process giving the late Coolmore Stud stallion Zoffany (Dansili) this fourth Group 1 winner. 

Ridden by Frankie Dettori, the filly came into the the Group 1 having finished second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Gr 1, 1m) at Keeneland in November and she stayed on well to beat Saffron Beach (New Bay) by a length, while Fev Rover (Gutaifan) was another neck away in third. The winner’s well-backed stablemate Santa Barbara (Camelot) finished another nose away in fourth. 

“Mother Earth is a very good filly and always was. It was unfair to the favourite (Santa Barbara) to come but we had to come with the view to coming back over here for the Oaks,” said O’Brien. 

“Santa Barbara is only a baby and Ryan said that he’d liked to have waited longer but he saw Frankie coming down his outside and he had to come then and she was just green in the dip, but after having one easy run it was a great run."

Meanwhile, Dettori added: "We can still do it. It's my twentieth Classic so I am delighted to win it in my hometown of Newmarket.

"Aidan gave me a lot of confidence. He told me to ride her calmly and that she would come home good. I followed Ryan and I kicked at the top of the hill because I knew she'd get home. And she did.

"I was a bit deflated yesterday with Battleground but when you ride in the Classics for Coolmore on the second or third string you have a live chance and in the back of mind I thought anything is possible."

Bred by Grenane House Stud, Mother Earth was bought for €150,000 by MV Magnier at the 2019 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale from the Whitehall Stud draft and she becomes the fourth winner for the Listed-winning Green Desert (Danzig) mare Many Colours, making the filly a half-sister to Premio Dormello (Gr 2, 1600m) winner Night Colours (Night Of Thunder). 

The filly’s second dam is First Of Many (Darshaan) and she produced six winners and is herself a half-sister to Listed winner Patience Alexander (Kodiac). 

This is also the family of the 2014 Queen Mary Stakes (Gr 2, 5f) winner Anthem Alexander (Starspangledbanner) and her Group 3-winning half-brother and now sire Dandy Man (Mozart). 

The filly is one of three stakes winners bred on the Zoffany / Green Desert cross, joining Group 2 winner Illuminate. 

Zoffany shuttled to Australia for four seasons between 2012 and 2015 and Mother Earth joins Albinga, Thunder Moon and Ventura Storm as the stallion’s other top-flight winners. The son of Dansili (Danehill) died at Coolmore in January. 

 

Third Group 1 winner for Australia 
Coolmore Stud-based sire Australia (Galileo) was provided with his third Group 1 winner when the Andre Fabre-trained Mare Australis (4 c ex Miramare by Rainbow Quest) took out the Prix Ganay (Gr 1, 2100m) on Longchamp on Sunday. A winner of the Prix de l'Avre (Listed, 2400m), the four-year-old colt came into the race off the back of a second place finish in the Prix d'Harcourt (Gr 2, 2000m) at Longchamp and he beat Gold Trip (Outstrip) by a length and three quarters, while Group 1 winner Mogul (Galileo) was another length and three-quarters away in third. Mare Australis is one of 17 stakes winners for Australia, while Mare Australis joins Galileo Chrome and Order Of Australia as the stallions other stakes winners. 

 

65 for Frankel
The Andre Fabre-trained Petricor (3 f ex Ruscombe by Dansili) landed the Prize Finlande (Listed, 1800m) at Longchamp on Sunday and in the process handed Frankel (Galileo) his 65th stakes winner and second in as many days. The stallion sired his 64th stakes winner when Mohaafeth effortlessly landed the Newmarket Stakes (Listed, 1m2f) at Newmarket on Saturday. Frankel stands at Juddmonte Farms’ Banstead Manor base in Newmarket and he has sired 13 Group 1 winners, including Hungry Heart, who landed both the Vinery Stud Stakes (registered as Storm Queen Stakes) (Gr 1, 2000m) and Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) in Australia this season. 

 

Six for War Command
Haras de Gelos-based stallion War Command (War Front) sired his sixth stakes winner when Flag’s Up (3 c ex Baby Revolution by High Chaparral) landed the Premio Emanuele Filiberto (Listed, 2000m) at Milan on Sunday. The three-year-old colt defeated Vento Di Passioni (Frankel) into second, while Wild Explosion (The Gurkha) came home in third. War Command’s progeny is headed by Grade 1 winner War Breeze. 

 

Three for Kodi Bear
Having finished placed in stakes company on four occasions, the George Boughey-trained Mystery Angel (3 f ex Angel Grace by Dark Angel) finally got her head in front at black-type level when she landed the Pretty Polly Stakes (Listed, 1m2f) at Newmarket on Sunday and in the process handed Rathbarry Stud-based sire Kodi Bear (Kodiac) his third stakes winner. The three-year-old filly joins Measure Of Mafic and Cobh as the stallion’s other stakes winners and he has sired 28 winners overall. 

 

173 for Fastnet Rock
Coolmore Stud shuttler Fastnet Rock (Danehill) was provided with his 173rd stakes winner when Fenelon (3 c ex Aigue Marine by Galileo) landed the Prix De L’Avre (Listed, 2400m) at Longchamp on Sunday. The three-year-old was last seen breaking his maiden on his second start over 2200 metres at Lyon Parilly on March 20 and he comfortably beat Soldier Rising (Frankel) by a length and a half. Being out of the Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) mare Aigue Marine means the colt is bred on the same cross as 20 stakes winners headed by Group 1-winning octet; Unforgotten, Rivet, Zhukova, Qualify, Personal, Age Of Fire, Intricately and Magicool.  

 

Second stakes win for Lady Bowthorpe
Having landed the Valiant Stakes (Gr 3, 1m) at Ascot last season, the William Jarvis-trained Lady Bowthorpe (5 m Nathaniel - Maglietta Fina by Verglas) made a winning seasonal return in the Dahlia Stakes (Gr 2, 1m1f) at Newmarket on Sunday. The daughter of Nathaniel (Galileo) was purchased by James Toller for 82,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in 2017. Lady Bowthorpe is one of 22 stakes winners for Newsells Park-based stallion Nathaniel and his progeny is headed by Group 1-winning trio Enable, God Given and Channel. 

 

124 for Oasis Dream
Juddmonte Farms stallion Oasis Dream (Green Desert) was represented by his 124th stakes winner on Sunday when the Waldemar Hickst-trained Grocer Jack (4 c ex Good Donna by Doyen) landed the Premio Ambrosiano (Gr 3, 2000m) at Milan. The four-year-old colt finished third in the German Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) as a three-year-old and he defeated No Limit Credit (Night Of Thunder) into second. Oasis Dream’s progeny is headed by 17 elite level winners, while he is also the damsire of this season’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) winner Sir Dragonet (Camelot) and Twilight Payment (Teofilo), who landed this season’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). 

 

Third stakes win for Ebaiyra
The Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained Ebaiyra (4 m Distorted Humor - Ebiyza by Rock Of Gibraltar) landed her third black-trpe event when she took out the Prix Allez France Longines (Gr 3, 2000m) at Longchamp on Sunday. The four-year-old’s previous stakes wins came last season in the Prix de Royaumont (Gr 3, 2400m) and Prix de Pomone (Gr 2, 2500m). Bred and raced by the Aga Khan, the American-bred four-year-old mare is out of Group 2 winner Ebiyza (Rock Of Gibraltar) making her a half-sister to Edisa (Kitten’s Joy), while further back this is the same pedigree as dual Group 1 winner Ebadiyla (Sadler’s Wells). The mare is one of 160 stakes winners for WinStar Farm-based Distorted Humor (Forty Niner). 

 

13th Group winner for Kendargent
The Cedric Rossi-trained Skazino (5 g ex Skallet by Muhaymin) landed the Prix De Barbeville (Gr 3, 3100m) at Longchamp on Saturday and in doing so became the 13th Group winner for the Haras de Colleville-based sire Kendargent (Kendor). The five-year-old gelding took out the Grand Prix de Marseille (Listed, 2000m) last season and he easily pulled clear in the final stages to beat Sheraz (Sea The Stars) by four and a half lengths. Kendargent’s progeny is headed by Group 2-winning quartet Jimmy Two Times, Restiadargent, Sky Full Of Stars and Skaletti, who is a brother to Skazino. 


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