By Tom Frary
Simply a nice introduction and a placing would have been encouraging for Cheveley Park Stud as they unveiled their unraced homebred Formal (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in Newbury's seven-furlong maiden on Thursday evening, so an impressive win for the first foal out of their G1 Falmouth Stakes heroine Veracious (GB) (Frankel {GB}) made her instant TDN Rising Star material. Restrained initially by Jason Watson to race behind the leaders, the 6-1 shot was delivered to swamp Juddmonte's experienced 8-15 favourite Glistening (GB) (Frankel {GB}) without being asked a serious question at the furlong pole en route to an authoritative success.
There was a 1 1/4-length and 4 1/4-length margin back to Glistening and the newcomer Qilin Queen (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}) in third, with the winner's closing sectionals particularly impressive. Given the confidence behind the Gosdens' runner-up, who had shaped with so much promise at Yarmouth three weeks earlier, and the fact that Sir Michael Stoute's juveniles are always expected to come forward plenty from their first outings, this 41st TDN Rising Star for Dubawi could be one of the better of that brigade which includes the likes of Too Darn Hot (GB), In Italian (GB), Space Blues (Ire), Zarak (Fr) and Notable Speech (GB).
Veracious, who was also a TDN Rising Star, was also successful in the G3 Atalanta Stakes and finished in the placings in the G1 Sun Chariot Stakes, G1 Nassau Stakes and G1 Coronation Stakes. She is out of the G3 Nell Gwyn Stakes winner Infallible (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) who finished runner-up in the Coronation and Falmouth and also produced the dual G2 Summer Mile winner Mutakayyef (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and G3 Prix de Flore scorer Intimation (GB) by Formal's sire Dubawi.
The listed-winning and group-placed third dam Irresistible (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) was responsible for Pivotal's pair of smart black-type sprinters Remarkable (GB) and Watchable (GB) and is the second dam of Dutch Art's G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest-winning sire Garswood (GB) and Coolmore's G2 Debutante Stakes third Zagitova (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) whose son Portland (Ire) also by Dubawi was third in last year's G1 Criterium International. Veracious's second foal is Dubawi's yearling colt Veritable (GB), while she also has a colt foal by Kingman (GB).
Beautifully bred winner!
Formal – daughter of Falmouth Stakes winner Veracious – strikes on debut in eyecatching fashion at @NewburyRacing for @_JasonWatson and Sir Michael Stoute… pic.twitter.com/WVVeAkIaM4
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 25, 2024
2nd-Newbury, £12,000, Mdn, 7-25, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:26.41, g/f.
FORMAL (GB), f, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Veracious (GB) (G1SW-Eng, $597,607), by Frankel (GB)
2nd Dam: Infallible (GB), by Pivotal (GB)
3rd Dam: Irresistible (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB)
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £6,480. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O/B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Jason Watson.
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