By Tom Frary
One of the biggest developments in recent years has been the rise of syndicates and the relatively cheap purchase The Tin Man (GB) (Equiano {Fr}) provided another one with a huge result on Saturday as Fred Archer Racing's Ascot specialist added the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. to last year's G1 British Champions Sprint S. Upgrading his form from his return fifth in the G2 Duke of York S. at York May 17, the 9-2 second favourite arrived from mid-division under Tom Queally and swooped late to beat Tasleet (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) by a neck, with the 2-1 favourite Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) 3/4 of a length behind in third. He had to survive an inquiry after taking the line of Limato late on, but was allowed to keep it. “I'm a very relieved man, as he's very laid-back and doesn't tell you a thing at home,” trainer James Fanshawe commented. “Tom gave him a great ride and he's done it twice here now. He is a very good horse.”
Saturday, Royal Ascot, Britain
DIAMOND JUBILEE S.-G1, £600,000, ASC, 6-24, 4yo/up, 6fT, 1:12.02, g/f.
1–THE TIN MAN (GB), 129, g, 5, by Equiano (Fr)
1st Dam: Persario (GB), by Bishop of Cashel (GB)
2nd Dam: Barford Lady (GB), by Stanford
3rd Dam: Grace Poole (GB), by Sallust (GB)
(80,000gns Ylg '13 TAOCT). O-Fred Archer Racing – Ormonde; B-Mrs Elizabeth Grundy (GB); T-James Fanshawe; J-Tom Queally. £340,260. Lifetime Record: 13-7-1-0, $1,101,344. *1/2 to Deacon Blues (GB) (Compton Place {GB}), Hwt. Older Horse-Eng & Ire at 5-7f, G1SW-Eng & GSW-Ire, $520,715. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Tasleet (GB), 129, c, 4, Showcasing (GB)–Bird Key (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB). (£52,000 Ylg '14 DNPRM). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Whitsbury Manor Stud (GB); T-William Haggas. £129,000.
3–Limato (Ire), 129, g, 5, Tagula (Ire)–Come April (GB), by Singspiel (Ire). (£41,000 Ylg '13 DNPRM). O-Paul G Jacobs; B-Seamus Phelan (IRE); T-Henry Candy. £64,560.
Margins: NK, 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 4.50, 7.00, 2.00.
Also Ran: Librisa Breeze (GB), Finsbury Square (Ire), Tupi (Ire), Suedois (Fr), Aclaim (Ire), Al Jazi (Ire), Kachy (GB), The Right Man (GB), Long On Value, Comicas, Dancing Star (GB), Windfast (Ire), Mobsta (Ire), Kassia (Ire), Magical Memory (Ire). DNF: Growl (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
James Fanshawe has an impressive Royal Ascot record, particularly with his sprinters and The Tin Man is a typical quiet improver from the yard who won the Bristol H. over this course and distance on only his fifth start and finished fourth in the British Champions Sprint next time in October 2015. Wins in Windsor's Listed Leisure S. and Newbury's G3 Hackwood S. sandwiched a disappointing effort when only eighth of nine in this race 12 months ago and he was second in the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup in September prior to his career highlight on Champions Day at the expense of the 50-1 outsider Growl (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Growl lost his rider exiting the stalls, which provided initial drama and there was more in store at the finish but for the most part the race was a straightforward encounter with the best horses ultimately coming out on top.
At a peak after his return fifth under a penalty behind Tasleet in the Duke of York, The Tin Man was full of energy throughout the early stages with Tom Queally keen to anchor him in the middle of the pack. Kachy (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) provided the pace as he had done in last year's G1 Commonwealth Cup and as the race's heat was turned up inside the final two furlongs Ryan Moore began to deliver Limato with what appeared to be a winning move. Temporarily short of room, the eventual winner was darted down towards the far rail and as he came through he edged left into the favourite's line in the final 100 yards. Tasleet loomed to also squeeze out Limato as the first and second created an arrow head nearing the line but while the front two hit the line strongly Limato was lacking the late momentum to hold his position.
For Fanshawe, the result was a family affair as the syndicate which bears the nickname of Fred Archer was set up his wife Jackie. “I was worried beforehand that we were drawn on the wrong side and if the ground was too quick, but Tom always had a double-handful on him and he has a really good turn of foot,” he said. “He didn't do at all well last spring and so I was keen to get that run into him at York and we had no problems this year. I think people forget how nicely he won here last autumn and he does have that tremendous turn of foot. He's in the [G1] July Cup [at Newmarket July 15] and we'll see how he is. There are a good bunch of three-year-olds this year, so it will be interesting.”
Tasleet's trainer William Haggas was not making too much of the late interference caused by The Tin Man's drift and said, “I'm delighted with the way the horse ran. To run on fast ground today and soft ground last time [at York] shows that I've been an idiot not running him over six furlongs before now. I think in the last furlong it was one of those things. Jim [Crowley] said there was one hell of a headwind and they were blown all over the place. I'll just have to swallow that.” Limato's trainer Henry Candy was pondering options after the eclipse of last year's July Cup hero. “Ryan just said he ran a brilliant race. He thought he was as good as ever. I thought the fact the other two had a better preparation might have made a difference, but Ryan didn't think that was a cause. It was a high-class race and I'm delighted with the way he ran. Having not run for a long time, he will come on for that. It will be a toss up between the July Cup and the [G2] Lennox S. [at Goodwood Aug. 1]. I think Ryan was rather in favour of the July Cup, which is quite surprising as he'll be on Caravaggio. I think Ryan takes the view he is a sprinter. I know he gets seven, as he's won the Foret and been second in the Foret. We'll think about that one.”
The Tin Man is a half-brother to the former Fanshawe-trained Deacon Blues, a dual highweight who also won the inaugural running of the British Champions Sprint when it staged as a Group 2 in 2011, and the listed performer Holley Shiftwell (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}). The Newmarket handler has been involved with much of the family, including the dam's sire half-brother Warningford (GB), the three-times winner of the G3 Leicestershire S. who was also runner-up in the G1 Lockinge S. The third dam Grace Poole shares her second dam Marsyaka (Fr) (Marsyas II {Fr}), who ran third in the Irish Oaks, with the Argentinian Group 1 winner Charming Mary (Arg) (Morston {Fr}) and the Chester Vase-winning sire Gulf Pearl (GB). Persario also has an as-yet unnamed 2-year-old filly by Sepoy (Aus), a yearling colt by Poet's Voice (GB) and a 2017 colt by The Tin Man's 2015 Champions Sprint conqueror Muhaarar (GB).
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