By Tom Frary
Paying further tribute to his much-missed dam Tepin (Bernstein), Ballydoyle's TDN Rising Star Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) showed he had inherited her battling qualities as well as her class to capture the G3 Emirates Autumn Stakes at Newmarket.
Runner-up over this mile trip in Leopardstown's G2 Champions Juvenile Stakes last month, the 15-8 favourite travelled with greater zest than on his previous three starts tracking the pace before being committed by Ryan Moore two out. Challenged by the Ralph Beckett-trained Stanhope Gardens (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}) from there, the market-leader was always finding a bit extra to prevail by a neck, with four lengths back to Juddmonte's Nightwalker (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in third.
“He's improving and learning and he got a bump early which just unnerved him a little bit,” Aidan O'Brien said. “He's progressive and that's why we are racing him and keeping him busy and Ryan was much happier with him today. He's a tough, hardy horse who looks like he's going to get a trip, he's going to get middle distances next year. You have to be very happy with him and Ryan said he could be a Futurity Trophy horse if we want, so we will see how he is and how it goes. I think next year, a mile upwards will be no problem–he's a big horse, he's learning and he's obviously got a great pedigree.”
🇬🇧 Emirates Autumn Stakes @NewmarketRace
Newmarket – Groupe 3 – 2 ans – 1609m – 6 Pts – 63,941 £🏆 🥇Delacroix (Ire) 🏇Ryan-L Moore
🥈Stanhope Gardens
🥉Nightwalker📖(Dubawi (Ire) @DarleyEurope – Tepin (Usa) par Bernstein (Usa))
🕶️A P O'Brien… pic.twitter.com/B1eTeIUvwO
— French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) October 12, 2024
Pedigree Notes
Delacroix is the foal out of the dual champion Tepin, who captured the G1 Queen Anne Stakes, GI Breeders' Cup Mile, GI Just a Game Stakes, GI First Lady Stakes, GI Jenny Wiley Stakes and GI Woodbine Mile. Her 3-year-old filly Grateful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) first served notice of what we will miss by winning Sunday's G1 Prix de Royallieu.
Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
EMIRATES AUTUMN STAKES-G3, £65,000, Newmarket, 10-12, 2yo, 8fT, 1:40.49, g/s.
1–DELACROIX (IRE), 129, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Tepin (2x Champion Grass Mare, MGISW-US, GISW-Can, G1SW-Eng, $4,437,918), by Bernstein
2nd Dam: Life Happened, by Stravinsky
3rd Dam: Round It Off, by Apalachee
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. TDN Rising Star. O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Tepin Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £36,862. Lifetime Record: GSP-Ire, 4-2-2-0, $94,749. *1/2 to Grateful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), G1SW-Fr, GSW-Ire, GSP-Eng, $269,515. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Stanhope Gardens (Ire), 129, c, 2, Ghaiyyath (Ire)–Pure Art (GB), by Dutch Art (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€82,000 Wlg '22 GOFNO1; 210,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Marc Chan & Chelsea Thoroughbreds; B-Tullpark Ltd (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett. £13,975.
3–Nightwalker (GB), 129, c, 2, Frankel (GB)–Sleep Walk (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £6,994.
Margins: NK, 4, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.88, 3.50, 11.00.
Also Ran: Silver Peak (Fr), Genealogy (GB), Wolf Of Badenoch (GB).
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