By Sean Cronin
Aidan O'Brien trainee Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}–Quiet Reflection {GB}, by Showcasing {GB}) attained 'TDN Rising Star' status with a narrow victory in her June 28 debut tackling seven furlongs at the Curragh and doubled up in style with a pillar-to-post victory in Saturday's G3 JenningsBet Sweet Solera Stakes over the same trip at Newmarket.
The Sean Levey-ridden filly broke smartly and was a shade keen on the front end through the early strides of this black-type bow. Settling into a comfortable rhythm by halfway, the 11-8 favourite was held together until stirred into action with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and kept on powerfully up the hill to easily account for 'TDN Rising Star' Mountain Breeze (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) by two lengths.
“She's not short of speed, but at the same time she stayed that seven [furlongs] strong,” said winning rider Sean Levey. “Just looking at the screen going across the line and just catching a glimpse of her, she looked and felt decent. She's a quality filly and, on the back of that, it'll be interesting to see what they do next. She's a strong filly with plenty of scope and there's no doubt she will improve. There's plenty of speed in the pedigree and I think there will be plenty of options. If you look at the pedigrees throughout today alone, at the Curragh and also here, they're very good pedigrees, very nice horses and she's obviously up there with the rest of them. It's been a long time since I rode a winner in these [Michael Tabor] silks and it's nice to have them back on.”
Lake Victoria looks a smart filly and makes it two from two, making all under @LeveySean in the Group 3 JenningsBet Sweet Solera Stakes for Aidan O'Brien ✅ pic.twitter.com/B5mFOgiLMp
— Newmarket Racecourse (@NewmarketRace) August 10, 2024
Pedigree Notes
Lake Victoria, full to a yearling colt and weanling colt, becomes the 100th Group-race winner for her sire and the first produced by G1 Commonwealth Cup and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup heroine Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), whose first foal is G2 Dante Stakes third Bluegrass (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), was a 2.1-million guineas acquisition at Tattersalls' 2017 December Mares sale. Quiet Reflection is a granddaughter of Listed Hilary Needler Trophy victrix Clare Hills (Ire) (Orpen), herself out of a half-sister to the dam of G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes runner-up Fear And Greed (Ire) (Brief Truce), and hails from the family of GI Kentucky Derby-winning sire Alysheba (Alydar).
Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
JENNINGSBET SWEET SOLERA STAKES-G3, £60,000, Newmarket, 8-10, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:25.69, g/f.
1–LAKE VICTORIA (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Quiet Reflection (GB) (MG1SW-Eng, GSW-Fr & Ire, $926,853), by Showcasing (GB)
2nd Dam: My Delirium (GB), by Haafhd (GB)
3rd Dam: Clare Hills (Ire), by Orpen
TDN Rising Star. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Sean Levey. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $56,207. *1/2 to Bluegrass (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Mountain Breeze (Ire), 128, f, 2, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Lava Flow (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire). TDN Rising Star. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £12,900.
3–Elsie's Ruan (Ire), 128, f, 2, Ulysses (Ire)–Lost Control (Ire), by Helmet (Aus). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (9,000gns RNA Ylg '23 TATOCT; 22,000gns 2yo '24 TATGBU). O-UK Lift & Escalator Company Ltd; B-Hyde Park Stud (IRE); T-Gemma Tutty. £6,456.
Margins: 2, 1, HD. Odds: 1.38, 2.00, 12.00.
Also Ran: Flaming Stone (GB), Liberalised (GB), Angelica Bay (Ire), Dream Voyage (GB).
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