James Cummings broke Chris Waller's hold on the Group 1 races at Randwick on Saturday when Godolphin's Alizee swooped late to earn her second Group 1 win in the G1 Coolmore Legacy S. and a berth in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Biding her time with just two beaten down the backstretch, last season's G1 Flight S. winner had to find running room in the stretch but once she saw daylight near the outside, she came with a withering turn of foot to run down Prompt Response and win by two lengths. Alizee, by far the best runner for her sire Sepoy (Aus) in the Southern Hemisphere, had started out the season with a win in the G2 Light Fingers S. on Feb. 17 but was off the board in her next three tries, including a step up to 2000 metres in the Mar. 31 G1 Vinery Stud S., and she enjoyed the drop back in trip here.
Pedigree Notes…
Alizee certainly comes by her talent naturally. Not only is she a half-sister to the G1 Golden Rose S. winner Astern (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), but her second through fourth dams were all high-class runners: the G2 Magic Night S. winner Alizes (NZ) (Rory's Jester {Aus}), the G1 Galaxy H. winner La Baraka (Aus) (Euclase {Aus}) and the champion and five-time Group 1 winner Triscay (Aus) (Marscay {Aus}). The dam, Essaouira, has a soon-to-be 2-year-old by Brazen Beau (Aus) named Tassort (Aus), and last year foaled a full-sister to Astern. Click for the free Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree.
Saturday, Royal Randwick, Australia
COOLMORE LEGACY S. (QUEEN OF THE TURF S.)-G1, A$1,114,500 (US$865,643/£608,009/€701,688), ATC, 4-14, 3yo/up,f/m, 1600mT, 1:34.94, gd.
1–ALIZEE, 54.5, f, 3, by Sepoy
1st Dam: Essaouira, by Exceed and Excel
2nd Dam: Alizes (NZ), by Rory's Jester
3rd Dam: La Baraka, by Euclase (AUS)
O-Godolphin; B-Darley NSW; T-James Cummings; J-G
Schofield; A$694,500. Lifetime Record: 14-5-2-1, A$1,410,350.
*1/2 to Astern (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), G1SW-Aus, $884,734;
and Mogador (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), GSP-Aus, $193,687. Werk
Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Prompt Response, 57.0, m, 4, by Beneteau
1st Dam: Prompt, by Exceed and Excel
2nd Dam: Amnesia (NZ), by Desert Sun (GB)
3rd Dam: Please Remember (NZ), by Don't Forget Me (Ire)
O-R K Hamer & M S Sowerby; B-Mr R Hamer (Qld); T-G
Waterhouse & A Bott; J-B Shinn; A$190,000.
3–Heavens Above, 57.0, m, 6, Street Cry (Ire)
1st Dam: Reggie (NZ), by Germano (GB)
2nd Dam: Crackastar (NZ), by Star Way (GB)
3rd Dam: Crackapon (NZ), by Le Fripon (NZ)
(A$170,000 Ylg '13 INGAPR). O-President Bloodstock Pty Ltd
(Mgr: R C Kemister); B-Mr R Kemister (NSW); T-T R Martin; J-T
Angland; A$98,000.
Margins: 2, HF, SHD. Odds: 7.50, 11.00, 14.00.
Also Ran: Oregon's Day, Abbey Marie, Dixie Blossoms, Eckstein, Foxplay, Nettoyer, Silent Sedition, Daysee Doom, Zanbagh, Payroll, Spanish Reef, Samovare, Aide Memoire (NZ), Perfect Rhyme.
Click for the Racing Post chart. NSW Video.
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