By Sean Cronin
KHK Racing's Zanthos (Sioux Nation) hit the €1-million mark at May's Arqana Breeze-Up sale and recovered some of that initial outlay with a taking debut success in Saturday's Tattersalls £40,000 EBF Newcomers' Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket.
In command throughout the seven-furlong newcomers' test, the 4-5 favourite was rowed along with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and kept on strongly under mild urging in the closing stages to easily outpoint Classic Cuvee (Siyouni) by an impressive three lengths.
“She showed a nice turn of foot and lots of quality,” said Simon Crisford. “She's a very good-looking filly, her mind is very good as well and I think she's a filly that will take us to the top table. We will talk to [KHK Racing's] Shaikh Khalid first, but the [G3] Prestige [at Goodwood] will come too quick. I don't really want to step her up to a mile for the [G2] May Hill [at Doncaster] just yet, so maybe we'll look at something like the [G3] Solario Stakes against colts at Sandown. The timing of the race, three weeks today, is perfect for her.”
Zanthos, a half-sister to the dual stakes-placed Bakhchisaray (Motivator), is the latest of six reported foals and fourth scorer from as many runners produced by the dual stakes-placed Brioniya (Pivotal), herself a half-sister to G2 Ridgewood Pearl Stakes victrix Beshaayor (Iffraaj) and to the dam of stakes-winning G2 Mill Reef Stakes runner-up La Bellota (Mehmas). The May-foaled chestnut's second dam, the multiple Group-placed Listed Pipalong Stakes and Listed Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes victrix Bahia Breeze (Mister Baileys), is a half-sister to the dams of G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte victrix Classic Flower (Calyx) and the dual stakes-placed duo Rock On Baileys (Rock Of Gibraltar) and Orchid Bloom (Farhh).
Blimey ….
€1m breezer shows class, speed and stamina in the @Tattersalls1766 £40,000 @BritishEBF fillies' maiden @NewmarketRace ⚫️@oismurphy | @gainsboroughHQ | @KHK_Racing pic.twitter.com/VMJCUf2HA1
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 9, 2025
2nd-Newmarket, £40,000, Mdn, 8-9, unraced 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:24.22, g/f.
ZANTHOS (FR), f, 2, by Sioux Nation
1st Dam: Brioniya (GB) (MSP-Fr), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Bahia Breeze (GB), by Mister Baileys (GB)
3rd Dam: Ring Of Love (GB), by Magic Ring (Ire)
Sales history: €48,000 Ylg '24 ARQAUG; €1,000,000 2yo '25 ARQMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £20,616. *1/2 to Bakhchisaray (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), MSP-Fr, $195,962. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-KHK Racing Ltd; B-Viktor Timoshenko & Andriy Milovanov; T-Simon & Ed Crisford; J-Oisin Murphy.
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