Classic Success For Poet's Voice Colt At Cologne

Off the mark on debut at Dusseldorf Mar. 26, Poetic Dream went on to be third behind the useful Mankib (GB) (Tamayuz {GB}) in a well-contested conditions event at Maisons-Laffitte Apr. 18 and made another step forward to overcome adversity and take this Classic. Settled in mid-division early, the bay was denied a run in the straight as the British raider Lockheed threatened to get away along with Empire of the Star. When the gap finally came on the fence, he was able to make up significant ground and reel in Lockheed in the final yards in what amounted to an impressive finishing burst.

Zain Al Boldan, who captured the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial by six lengths and finished third in the 13-furlong G3 Bahrain Trophy, is a half-sister to the G3 Prix Edmond Blanc-winning miler and sire Svedov (Fr) (Exit To Nowhere). Their respective dam Carla was a dual listed scorer and is a half to another Edmond Blanc scorer in Golani (Ire) (Nikos {GB}), as well as to the dam of the G2 Prix de Malleret scorer Never Forget (Fr) (Westerner {GB}). Zain Al Boldan also has an as-yet unnamed 2-year-old filly by Dawn Approach (Ire) and a yearling colt by Sea the Moon (Ger).

Sunday, Cologne, Germany
32ND MEHL-MULHENS-RENNEN – GERMAN 2000 GUINEAS-G2, €153,000, COL, 5-21, 3yo, c/f, 8fT, 1:34.83, gd.
1–#@POETIC DREAM (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Poet's Voice (GB)
1st Dam: Zain Al Boldan (GB) (SW & GSP-Eng), by Poliglote (GB)
2nd Dam: Carla (Fr), by Cadoudal (Fr)
3rd Dam: El Quahirah (Fr), by Cadoudal (Fr)
O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Andreas Wohler; J-Eduardo Pedroza. €100,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, €107,900. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Lockheed (GB), 128, c, 3, Exceed and Excel (Aus)–Clinical (GB), by Motivator (GB). (450,000gns Ylg '15 TATOCT). O-China Horse Club International Ltd; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-William Haggas. €30,000.
3–Empire of the Star (Fr), 128, c, 3, Siyouni (Fr)–Etoile Nocturne (Fr), by Medicean (GB). O-Rennstall Gestut Hachtsee; B-Gestut Hachtsee (FR); T-Andreas Wohler. €13,000.
Margins: NK, SHD, 2. Odds: 6.10, 1.80, 4.70.
Also Ran: Dragon Lips (Ger), Savile Row (Fr), Fulminato (Ger), Shinzaro (Ger), Dia Del Sol (GB), Rostam. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.