A winner last time out of the G3 Premio Verziere Mem Aldo Cirla, Sopran Basilea (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) doubled her group-winning tally in the G2 Premio Lydia Tesio at Capannelle on Sunday.
Sent off at 6-1, the Grizzetti Galoppo trainee broke last and soon secured a position near the tail of the field in the heavy going as Eulaila (Ity) (Arcano {Ire}) led by open lengths. Saving ground against the fence, Sopran Basilea improved to midfield on the bend and was moving with a full head of steam in the lane. She pounced just inside the furlong mark and won going away by three-quarters of a length to favoured Eudaimonia (Fr) (Vision D'Etat {Fr}). It was a length back to Amazing Grace (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}), who was a nose to the good of Cima Star (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}).
Off the mark in Milan on her second start in March, the chestnut ran second in a conditions race there one month on. She captured the Listed Premio Mario Incisa della Rocchetta there on May 21, but was unplaced in the G2 Premio Oaks d'Italia (Italian Oaks) on June 6. Given some time off, Sopran Basilea returned to run third in a local conditions heat on Sept. 12 and ran out a one-length winner in the Verziere Mem Aldo Cirla on Oct. 12.
Pedigree Notes
Night of Thunder has 24 stakes winners to his credit, and Sopran Basilea is one of 14 at group level. Thundering Nights (Ire) and Kukeracha (NZ) are his pair of top-level winners.
Although unplaced, Kathy Best has left 10 foals so far, with five of them winners and Sopran Basilea is the best of the lot. Kathy Best is a half-sister to Italian Group 3 winners Kathy Dream (Ire) (Arcano {Ire}) and Kathy College (Ire) (College Chapel {GB}), and the stakes winner Kathy Pekan (Ire) (Sri Pekan).
Sunday, Rome, Italy
PREMIO LYDIA TESIO-G2, €277,200, Rome, 11-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 2000mT, 2:06.00, hy.
1–SOPRAN BASILEA (IRE), 123, f, 3, Night of Thunder (Ire)
1st Dam: Kathy Best (Ire), King's Best
2nd Dam: Katy Guest (Ire), by Be My Guest
3rd Dam: Sweet Justice (Ire), by Law Society
(€11,000 Wlg '18 GOFNOV). O-Leonardo Ciampoli. B-Aidan
Sexton (Ire). T-Grizzetti Galoppo SRL. €107,100. Lifetime
Record: 8-4-2-1, €188,880. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Eudaimonia (Fr), 127, m, 6, Vision D'Etat (Fr)–Elenya (Ire), by
Lawman (Fr). (€14,000 Ylg '16 BBASEP). O-Mrs R Philipps.
B-Ecurie M Tschopp & Haras de Grandcamp EARL (Fr).
T-Edouard Monfort. €47,124.
3–Amazing Grace (Ger), 123, f, 3, Protectionist (Ger)–Amabelle
(Ger), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). O/B-Dr. Christoph Berglar
(Ger). T-Waldemar Hickst. €25,704.
Margins: 3/4, 1, NO. Odds: 6.37, 0.97, 5.31.
Also Ran: Cima Star (Ire), Omnia Munda Mundis (GB), No Limit Credit (Ger), Santa Rita (Ity), Eulaila (Ity).
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