6th-SAN, £10,000, Mdn, 4-22, 3yo, f, 10f 7yT, 2:14.81, g/s.
SOUTHERN STARS (GB) (f, 3, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)">Smart Strike–Stacelita {Fr} {Champion Grass Mare & MGISW-US, Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 9 1/2-11f, MG1SW-Fr, G1SP-Eng, $2,371,241}, by Monsun {Ger}), the first foal out of the brilliant G1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) heroine, was a staying-on fifth over a mile on debut at Doncaster in October and drifted out to 9-2 prior to breaking well and taking an instant lead. Asked to seal the contest with over a quarter mile remaining, the homebred never looked likely to relinquish her advantage and hit the line with 1 1/4 lengths to spare over Ajman Princess (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). “Last year when she ran, she was doing her best work at the end so I wanted to use her big stride and she galloped out really well,” Frankie Dettori commented of the relative to the top German runners Silvaner (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) and Simoun (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}). “She's got a bit of a mind of her own, but she was okay today.” Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $9,266. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Teruya Yoshida (GB); T-John Gosden.
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