By Tom Frary
One of two maidens in the line-up for Friday's Listed Ire-Incentive – Pays To Buy Irish Rose Bowl Stakes at Newbury, Phil Cunningham's Yah Mo Be There (GB) (Mohaather {GB}–Shurakaa {Ire}, by Night Of Thunder {Ire}) produced a telling turn of foot to provide his first-crop sire with a breakthrough black-type winner at the track on which the Shadwell freshman captured the G3 Greenham Stakes and G3 Horris Hill Stakes. Second on debut to the highly-regarded Andesite (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}) at York in May before running down the field in Royal Ascot's G2 Coventry Stakes, the Richard Spencer-trained 9-2 shot was slowly away but fortunate in that he had the ultimate hold-up specialist Jamie Spencer on his back to steer him.
Allowed to languish in last for most of the contest, the £95,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale graduate delivered a surge to take control passing the furlong pole and beat Jungle Drums (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) with authority by 1 1/4 lengths. The race was robbed of a crucial actor when Godolphin's Symbol Of Honour (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) was ruled out by Charlie Appleby, but this was an impressive display from a colt who was clear-best of those left to contest the juvenile staging post.
Yah Mo Be There is so far the only foal out of the unraced dam, a daughter of the G3 Oak Tree Stakes-placed Namhroodah (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and full-sister to the G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes third and G2 Prix du Calvados runner-up Ornellaia (GB). He is also the third winner for Mohaather.
A @JPSPENCER1980 special at @NewburyRacing!
Very impressive from Yah Mo Be There as @Richspencer89's two-year-old moves from last to first to grab the Listed Rose Bowl Stakes… pic.twitter.com/5b14iMW2jh
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 19, 2024
IRE-INCENTIVE – PAYS TO BUY IRISH ROSE BOWL STAKES-Listed, £45,000, Newbury, 7-19, 2yo, 6fT, 1:11.73, gd.
1–YAH MO BE THERE (GB), 128, c, 2, by Mohaather (GB)
1st Dam: Shurakaa (Ire), by Night Of Thunder (Ire)
2nd Dam: Namhroodah (Ire), by Sea The Stars (Ire)
3rd Dam: Independant (GB), by Medicean (GB)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (£95,000 Ylg '23 GOFPRM). O-Phil Cunningham; B-Stuart McPhee & Nigel Kelly (GB); T-Richard Spencer; J-Jamie Spencer. £25,520. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $41,881.
2–Jungle Drums (Ire), 128, c, 2, Bungle Inthejungle (GB)–Ayr Missile (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (€38,000 Ylg '23 GOFOR). O-Bronte Collection 1; B-Newlands House Stud & Mrs A M Burns (IRE); T-Karl Burke. £9,675.
3–Big Cyril (Ire), 128, c, 2, No Nay Never–Last Jewel (Ire), by Invincible Spirit (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (120,000gns Wlg '22 TADEWE; €125,000 Ylg '23 GOFOR). O-Allsopp and Co; B-Lynch Bages Ltd & Lindy Farms (IRE); T-Alice Haynes. £4,842.
Margins: 1 1/4, HD, HD. Odds: 4.50, 14.00, 5.00.
Also Ran: Principality (Ire), Dubai Bling (Ire), Calyxoh (Ire), I Got Soul (GB), Spirit Of Leros (GB), Two Shoes (Ire). Scratched: Symbol Of Honour (GB).
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