Kodiac's Kodi Bear On Top In the Celebration Mile

Saturday, Goodwood, Britain
DOOM BAR CELEBRATION MILE-G2, £100,000, GOO, 8-29, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:39.46, sf.
1–KODI BEAR (IRE), 124, c, 3, by Kodiac (GB)
1st Dam: Hawattef (Ire), by Mujtahid2nd Dam: Madary, by Green Desert
3rd Dam: High and Dry (GB), by High Line (GB)
(€20,000 Wlg '12 GOFNOV; 62,000gns Ylg '13 TAOCT). O-Mrs Olive Shaw; B-Mrs M Fox (IRE); T-Clive Cox; J-Gerald Mosse. £56,710. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Eng, 8-4-2-0, $405,827. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Gabrial (Ire), 130, g, 6, Dark Angel (Ire)–Guajira (Fr), by Mtoto (GB). (25,000gns Wlg '09 TATFOA; £48,300 Ylg '10 DONPRE). O-Dr Marwan Koukash; B-B Kennedy (IRE); T-Richard Fahey. £21,500.
3–Breton Rock (Ire), 130, g, 5, Bahamian Bounty (GB)–Anna's Rock (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). (£20,000 Ylg '11 DNPRM). O-John Cook; B-George Kent (IRE); T-David Simcock. £10,760.
Margins: 3 1/4, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 0.80, 9.00, 5.00.
Also Ran: Cable Bay (Ire), Captain Cat (Ire), Fire Ship (GB). Click for the Racing Post result, the brisnet.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

Making all in the G3 Sovereign S. at this trip at Salisbury last time Aug. 13, Kodi Bear had to overcome a tactically testing affair this time but did so with the same degree of ease to extend his winning sequence under an ice-cool Gerald Mosse. First emerging as a front-running talent when finishing runner-up in the G1 Dewhurst S. at Newmarket in October, the dark bay led from pillar to post on his 3-year-old bow in Windsor's Listed Midsummer S. over slightly further than this mile June 27 but was caught up behind and unable to get into a rhythm when fourth in the G1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly July 12. With Cox's old go-to jockey Mosse called up for the Sovereign, the accomplished veteran found a real tune from the sophomore who looked like a motorbike as he was swung sharply from far- to stand's-rail to dominate after racing alone for most of the contest. Held on to this time as he found a lead from Fire Ship (GB) (Firebreak {GB}), the keen-running he was left exposed as the runners fanned out across the track at the top of the stretch. As his Salisbury shenanigans had shown, Kodi Bear is unfazed by untoward racing tactics and once sent on approaching the quarter pole stayed straight and true to comfortably inflict defeat on the smart but limited pair of Gabrial and Breton Rock. “This is the worst ground he has run on, but he's handled it well and we know he goes on faster ground as well,” trainer Clive Cox commented. “I'm glad we got a lead, as we weren't intent on making the running–it's just that he's so uncomplicated, he can. He's always had a lot of class and an amazing temperament. From the beginning, we believed in him and he has a lot of quality and is still learning. He had a really nasty infection and we were worried we might not have a horse for a few days earlier this year, but his courage and my staff got him through. I'm so pleased Gerald has been unable to help us and it's an association that goes back a long way. The G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. [at Ascot Oct. 17] is the logical next step and for a Kodiac, he's one of the few that does operate on this softer ground.” For his rider, who used to pilot Reckless Abandon (GB) (Exchange Rate) for the stable, the win was another step in the right direction. “He's not quite a Group 1 horse yet, but he's getting there and is pretty close,” jockey Gerald Mosse said. “It's not my style to commit that early, but I had too much horse and when he got there he was waiting for them.”