6th-WOL, £6,000, Mdn, 3-28, 3yo, 12f 50y (AWT), 2:37.98, st.
COUNT OCTAVE (GB) (c, 3, Frankel (GB)">Frankel {GB}–Honorine {Ire}, by Mark of Esteem {Ire}), third on debut behind another promising son of Frankel in Monarchs Glen (GB) over nine furlongs at Goodwood in October, raced in second early with the filly and only serious rival Utopian Dream (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}) providing a perfect lead. Niggled at to take her measure inside the final quarter mile, the 3-10 favourite who holds a G1 Epsom Derby entry ran greenly after hitting the front with over a furlong remaining but comfortably asserted to score by three lengths. The winner is a half-brother to the G1 Irish Derby and GI Secretariat S. hero and G1 Epsom Derby runner-up Treasure Beach (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 11-14f, G1SW-Ire & US, GSW & G1SP-Eng, $2,435,343, who ironically trailed his sire in the G2 Royal Lodge S. He is also a half to Elidor (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), GSP-Eng, $314,319, and to the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial scorer Honor Bound (GB) (Authorized {Ire}). The dam, who is a half to the G2 Hardwicke S.-winning sire Indian Creek (GB), also has a 2-year-old filly by Frankel to follow. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $6,070. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Qatar Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Andrew Balding.
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