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.
🇬🇧 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
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