River of Stars (Ire)

G3 Bronte Cup Stakes heroine River Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) was knocked down to Oakley Creek--bidding online--for 1,650,000gns later in the evening at Park Paddocks. Second in the G1 Prix de Royallieu, lot 1750 is a half-sister to stakes winner Apadanah (Ger) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). Bred by Dr. Klaus Schulte, the relative of G2 Coventry Stakes winner and Group 1-placed Rashabar (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) was a 400,000gns purchase by Woodford Thoroughbreds at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale in 2019. She was consigned by Kimpton...

Saturday was all about "Mr Goodwood" as Tom Marquand again led his weighing room comrades a merry dance on the G2 Qatar Lillie Langtry S. shock winner Sumo Sam (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}). As he had on Tuesday's brilliant G1 Goodwood Cup hero Quickthorn (GB) by the same sire, the meeting's leading rider made all on Ben and Sir Martyn Arbib's homebred 3-year-old on ground turned heavy by ever-worsening conditions. Far from caving in with two furlongs remaining, the Paul and Oliver Cole-trained 25-1 shot whose previous best was a third...

14.00 Sandown, Nov, £10,000, 2yo, f, 8fT George Strawbridge's homebred 2-year-old filly NATASHA (GB) (Frankel {GB}) stepped up from an Aug. 2 debut second tackling one mile at Kempton to earn 'TDN Rising Star' status with a five-length Aug. 20 win back over that course and distance in her only other start. The John and Thady Gosden trainee faces five rivals in this turf introduction, headed by Woodford Thoroughbreds' 400,000gns Tattersalls December foal River of Stars (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), who is a Ralph Beckett-trained half-sister to stakes-winning G2...