By Sean Cronin
Mot Juste (Distorted Humor) shaped with promise despite finishing off the board in her first two starts–at Newmarket's July course on debut Aug. 24 and at Goodwood Sept. 4–and stepped off a facile seven-length score at Beverley in her third outing Sept. 19 to garner Friday's G3 Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp S. at Newmarket's Rowley Mile track. Mirroring the earlier tactics employed by Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Daddy) in the G3 Autumns S., she was sheltered from the wind racing off the pace underneath the stands' side fence through the early fractions of this stakes bow. Weaving a passage into contention passing the two pole, the 12-1 chance quickened smartly to challenge passing the furlong marker and kept on strongly for continued rousting in the closing stages to hit the line 3/4-of-a-length ahead of Angel's Hideaway (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). “She's a bonny little filly, she likes that ground and travelled smoothly through the race,” explained jockey William Buick. “She broke her maiden in good style last time, she really saw the trip out here and won well. It's a nice step up on what she's done before. The conditions are tough and a lot will be made of getting cover from the wind and so forth. It's difficult to get that cover and some cope better than others.”
Mot Juste, full-sister to a yearling colt and half to a colt foal by Fastnet Rock (Aus), is the leading representative and one of three winners produced by G2 Prix de Malleret and Listed Cheshire Oaks victress Time On (GB) (Sadler's Wells), herself the star performer for G3 Musidora S. winner and G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Nassau S. third Time Away (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}). Time On is a full-sister to winning 3-year-old Time Control (GB), herself the dam of G1 Moyglare Stud S. Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor), and her third dam is storied MG1SW British champion distaffer Time Charter (Ire) (Saritamer).
Friday, Newmarket, Britain
GODOLPHIN LIFETIME CARE OH SO SHARP S.-G3, £60,000, Newmarket, 10-12, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:26.36, g/f.
1–MOT JUSTE, 126, f, 2, by Distorted Humor
1st Dam: Time On (GB) (GSW-Fr & SW-Eng, $184,163), by Sadler's Wells
2nd Dam: Time Away (Ire), by Darshaan (GB)
3rd Dam: Not Before Time (Ire), by Polish Precedent
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-R Barnett; B-W & R Barnett Ltd. (KY); T-Roger Varian; J-William Buick. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $50,910. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Angel's Hideaway (Ire), 129, f, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–The Hermitage (Ire), by Kheleyf. (€390,000 Ylg '17 GOFOR). O-Cheveley Park Stud; B-Yeomanstown Stud & Doc Bloodstock (IRE); T-John Gosden. £12,900.
3–Sunday Star (GB), 126, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Northern Star (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). O/B-D Ward (GB); T-Ed Walker. £6,456.
Margins: 3/4, NK, 5. Odds: 12.00, 6.50, 5.50.
Also Ran: Glance (GB), Hidden Message, Mistress of Love, Frosty (Ire), Emerald Approach (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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