By Tom Frary
Abundant rain turned Newmarket's ground to heavy before Friday's action and while it sunk the much-vaunted Formal (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G2 Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Rockfel Stakes, it proved no hindrance to fellow TDN Rising Star Bubbling (Ire) (No Nay Never–Lumiere Noire {Fr}, by Dashing Blade {GB}) as she became the latest Ballydoyle juvenile filly to register a black-type win in 2024. Partnered by Ryan Moore after the stable's Ecstatic (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) was taken out due to the going, the impressive Galway maiden winner and Listed Ingabelle Stakes third was asked to stay relatively close to the early pace set by Serving With Style (GB) (Mohaather {GB}).
Working her way by that rival passing the furlong pole, the well-supported 11-8 favourite stayed on strongly to score by 2 1/4 lengths, with the G3 Prestige Stakes runner-up Duty First (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) another 2 1/2 lengths away in third and Formal finishing a well-beaten fourth. In the event, it was not the soon-to-be-retired Sir Michael Stoute who was joining Barry Hills with the joint-record of four successes in this seven-furlong contest, but Aidan O'Brien whose 2-year-old fillies have now won a total of 10 black-type events this term.
“She ran a very good race the last day, but things just didn't work out for her, it was a bit messy,” Aidan O'Brien said. “She's definitely a filly to look forward to for next year. She could be a middle-distance filly, but she'll be fine over a mile also. I'm not sure if she'll run again this year, possibly not, but we'll see. She obviously handled the soft ground very well anyway, I don't think any ground is going to bother her.”
Bubbling finishes with a flourish to land the @ABE_Dubai Rockfel Stakes for Aidan O'Brien at @NewmarketRace.
Three from three on the card for jockey Ryan Moore! pic.twitter.com/wymdt7nlkq
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 27, 2024
Pedigree Notes
Bubbling is a full-sister to the stable's talented Wichita (Ire), who was successful in the G2 Park Stakes and G3 Tattersalls Somerville Stakes and was runner-up in the G1 2,000 Guineas and third in the G1 Dewhurst Stakes and G1 St James's Palace Stakes. The listed-winning dam Lumiere Noire, who also has a yearling filly by Starspangledbanner (Aus), is a half-sister to the GI Manhattan Handicap winner Desert Blanc (GB) (Desert Style {Ire}) from the family of the G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes runner-up Agincourt (Ire) (Declaration Of War).
Friday, Newmarket, Britain
AL BASTI EQUIWORLD, DUBAI ROCKFEL STAKES-G2, £100,000, Newmarket, 9-27, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:27.20, sf.
1–BUBBLING (IRE), 128, f, 2, by No Nay Never
1st Dam: Lumiere Noire (Fr) (SW-Ger, $107,446), by Dashing Blade (GB)
2nd Dam: Lumiere Rouge (Fr), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
3rd Dam: Lumen Dei, by Raise a Native
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. TDN Rising Star. (320,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Mr M Tabor, D Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-W Maxwell Ervine (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £56,710. Lifetime Record: SP-Ire, 4-2-0-1, $95,920. *Full to Wichita (Ire), MGSW & MG1SP-Eng, $297,342. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the No Nay Never 1st Dam: Lumiere Noire (Fr) (SW-Ger, $107,446), by Dashing Blade (GB) 2nd Dam: Lumiere Rouge (Fr), by Indian Ridge (Ire) 3rd Dam: Lumen Dei, by Raise a Native 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. TDN Rising Star. (320,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Mr M Tabor, D Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-W Maxwell Ervine (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £56,710. Lifetime Record: SP-Ire, 4-2-0-1, $95,920. *Full to Wichita (Ire), MGSW & MG1SP-Eng, $297,342. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2--Serving With Style (GB), 128, f, 2, Mohaather (GB)--Queens Park (Fr), by King's Best. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (£75,000 Ylg '23 GOFFUK). O-Victorious Racing & Fawzi Nass; B-Parks Farm Stud (GB); T-Karl Burke. £21,500. 3--Duty First (GB), 128, f, 2, Showcasing (GB)--Dream Dana (Ire), by Dream Ahead. (58,000gns Wlg '22 TADEWE; 370,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Victorious Racing; B-Plantation Stud (GB); T-Archie Watson. £10,760. Margins: 2 1/4, 2HF, 5. Odds: 1.38, 11.00, 5.50. Also Ran: Formal (GB), Definitive (GB). Scratched: Ecstatic (Jpn), Troia (GB).">eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Serving With Style (GB), 128, f, 2, Mohaather (GB)–Queens Park (Fr), by King's Best.
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (£75,000 Ylg '23 GOFFUK). O-Victorious Racing & Fawzi Nass; B-Parks Farm Stud (GB); T-Karl Burke. £21,500.
3–Duty First (GB), 128, f, 2, Showcasing (GB)–Dream Dana (Ire), by Dream Ahead. (58,000gns Wlg '22 TADEWE; 370,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Victorious Racing; B-Plantation Stud (GB); T-Archie Watson. £10,760.
Margins: 2 1/4, 2HF, 5. Odds: 1.38, 11.00, 5.50.
Also Ran: Formal (GB), Definitive (GB). Scratched: Ecstatic (Jpn), Troia (GB).
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