Galileo's Housesofparliament Takes the Bahrain Trophy

Houseofparliament | Racing Post photo

Housesofparliament demonstrated what he was capable of on a sound surface when winning by five lengths from the well-regarded Dermot Weld-trained subsequent scorer Flying Bullet (Smart Strike) over an extended 10-furlong trip at Dundalk Apr. 22 before finishing third in the Listed Dee S. over that trip at Chester May 6. Showing when fourth in The Curragh's G3 Gallinule S. that he was ready for further than a mile and a quarter May 22, the chestnut was not granted the clearest of passages when fourth again in the G2 King Edward VII S. at 12 furlongs at Royal Ascot last time June 17 but had things fall exactly right here to open the July meeting with a win for Ballydoyle.

Settled in mid-division initially with Ryan Moore keen to track his perceived biggest threat Platitude throughout, Housesofparliament began a duel with that rival passing the three-furlong marker and began to assert a quarter mile later as his stamina came into play.

“To be fair to him, he'd had to run on soft ground all year and he relished this decent ground,” Ryan Moore said, before Coolmore representative Kevin Buckley added, “He saw out the extra furlong well. He settled well in the race, they went slow early on. Ryan said he went sooner than he wanted, but the horse responded well. Aidan will get him home and we'll see where we go. The trip is not a problem, it's a matter of finding that ground.”

Sharp Lisa was a force to be reckoned with on the track, winning the GI Las Virgenes S. and GII Santa Barbara H. as well as the GII Santa Ynez S. Her third foal Foundry, also by Galileo, was runner-up in the G2 Great Voltigeur S. for this stable before holding his own in Australia. Sharp Lisa is a half to the GI Donn H. and G2 Godolphin Mile-winning sire Spring at Last and also the GII Lake Placid S. winner Sharp Susan (Touch Gold), whose dam is a half to the MGISW Bien Bien and fellow sire Dr. Schwartzman.

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
BAHRAIN TROPHY-G3, £100,000, NEW, 7-7, 3yo, 13fT, 2:44.39, g/f.
1–#@HOUSESOFPARLIAMENT (IRE), 127, c, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Sharp Lisa (GISW-US, $658,100), by Dixieland Band
2nd Dam: Winter's Gone, by Dynaformer
3rd Dam: Stark Winter, by Graustark
O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor; B-Smithfield Inc. (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 7-2-1-1, $115,036. *Full to Foundry (Ire), MGSP-Aus & GSP-Eng, $180,227. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Platitude (GB), 127, g, 3, Dansili (GB)–Modesta (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. £21,500.
3–Harrison (GB), 127, c, 3, Sixties Icon (GB)–Excellent Day (Ire), by Invincible Spirit (Ire). O-T P Radford; B-Mike Channon Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Michael Channon. £10,760.
Margins: 1HF, HD, NK. Odds: 4.50, 3.50, 14.00.
Also Ran: Harbour Law (GB), Shabeeb, Goldmember (GB), Gunnery (Fr), Prize Money (GB), Race Day (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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