2nd-GOW, €15,500, Mdn, 9-18, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:44.48, sf.
REKINDLING (GB) (c, 2, High Chaparral {Ire}–Sitara {GB}, by Salse), who was second on debut behind the subsequent Listed Canford Cliffs S. winner Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) over an extended mile at Galway July 30, was sent off at 7-1 and earned the lead and the rail advantage after the first furlong. Keeping up the pressure in the straight, the 60,000gns TATFOA foal who is a full-brother to the G3 Chester Vase winner and G1 Irish Derby runner-up Golden Sword (GB), GSW-Eng, G1SP-Ire, GSP-UAE, $774,810, stayed on strongly to win by 2 1/2 lengths from World War (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a 1.2million gns son of the disqualified G1 1000 Guineas winner Jacqueline Quest (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}). “He's a grand colt. Ger Lyons told me to tell the press that whoever gets him next year would be some mug if they messed him up,” the soon-to-be-retired trainer David Wachman said. “I don't know where he'll go now. He'll be a grand mile-and-a-half horse. I'll speak to the owners but it's possible he might not run again this year as he's only a frame.” Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $14,240. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-LLoyd J Williams; B-The Pocock Family (GB); T-David Wachman.
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