By Sean Cronin
Juddmonte's 2-year-old filly Juliet Sierra (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}–Kilo Alpha {GB}, by King's Best) bettered a July 22 debut second going six furlongs at Newmarket with a breakthrough score over much the same trip at Nottingham last month and continued her rapid rise with a career high on stakes bow in Thursday's G3 Ire-Incentive It Pays To Buy Irish Dick Poole Fillies' S. at Salisbury. Finding a smooth rhythm behind the leaders in fifth after an alert getaway, the 9-2 favourite tanked forward to launch her challenge passing the quarter-mile marker and was ridden out in the closing stages to assert superiority by a neck from All The Time (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}).
“She's a beautiful filly by our own stallion Bated Breath and it was a lovely performance,” said Juddmonte's racing manager Barry Mahon. “She's always been well regarded by Ralph [Beckett] and Rob [Hornby] and she delivered today. Ralph and myself were confident she'd get seven [furlongs] after the last day and Ralph said let's keep her over six for now, but I thought today it looked like she'd sharpened up a bit. She's in the [seven-furlong G2] Rockfel and the [six-furlong G1] Cheveley Park. They are three weeks away and I suppose it's a big jump from a Group 3 to a Group 1, but we are getting into that time of year where options are getting tight. Ralph is in Baden-Baden at the sales so we haven't had the discussion yet, but they are good discussions to have. She's a beautiful filly, she looks good and when they win a Group 3 they are heading in the right direction.”
Juliet Sierra is the eighth of 10 foals and one of six scorers out of Listed Prix de Bagatelle victrix Kilo Alpha (GB) (King's Best), herself a full-sister to multiple stakes-winning G1 Prix d'Ispahan third Runaway (GB). The February-foaled homebred bay is a half-sister to GI Jenny Wiley S. heroine Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}), G3 Prix Thomas Bryon runner-up Alpha Bravo (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), the dual stakes-placed Bravo Sierra (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), a yearling filly by Kingman (GB) and a weanling colt by Expert Eye (GB). Her second dam Anasazi (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) is a half-sister to the Classic-winning duo Dancing Brave (Lyphard) and Jolypha (Lyphard).
Thursday, Salisbury, Britain
IRE-INCENTIVE IT PAYS TO BUY IRISH DICK POOLE FILLIES' S.-G3, £45,000, Salisbury, 9-1, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:12.93, g/f.
1–JULIET SIERRA (GB), 128, f, 2, by Bated Breath (GB)
1st Dam: Kilo Alpha (GB) (SW-Fr), by King's Best
2nd Dam: Anasazi (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Navajo Princess, by Drone
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Ralph Beckett; J-Rob Hornby. £25,520. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $38,653. *1/2 to Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}), GISW-US, $745,931; Alpha Bravo (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), GSP-Fr; and Bravo Sierra (GB) (Siyouni {FR}), SP-Eng & Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–All The Time (Ire), 128, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Mistime (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€52,000 Ylg '21 GOAUTY; £58,000 2yo '22 GOFTY). O-The Royal Ascot Racing Club; B-Rory O'Brien (IRE); T-Simon & Ed Crisford. £9,675.
3–Tagline (GB), 128, f, 2, Havana Grey (GB)–Terse (GB), by Dansili (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (14,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Mainline Racing; B-Whitsbury Manor Stud (GB); T-Rod Millman. £4,842.
Margins: NK, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 4.50, 8.00, 8.50.
Also Ran: Immortal Beauty (Ire), Maria Branwell (Ire), Funny Money Honey (Ire), Ivory Madonna (Ire), Miami Girl (Ire), Poetic Union (GB), Song Of Success (GB), Ange De L'amour (GB), So Sleepy (GB).
Juliet Sierra lands the Group 3 Dick Poole Stakes 👏
The Bated Breath filly takes the jump up from novice company in her stride to land the big highlight for @RalphBeckett, @rob_hornby18 and @JuddmonteFarms at @salisburyraces pic.twitter.com/mMQdxn0AXq
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 1, 2022
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