By Sean Cronin
Adrian Keatley trainee Chairmanfourtimes (Nando Parrado) had annexed one of six prior starts heading into Friday's Listed British EBF Stallions Harry Rosebery Stakes at Ayr and became his freshman sire's first black-type winner with a determined victory in the five-furlong contest.
“I'm delighted for Andy [Finneran] for this horse to win today,” said Keatley. “The owners had a bad day yesterday [with the fatal injury of Flying Finn], so this will give them the lift they require. We think he's probably a proper five-furlong horse even though he was a little bit flat out on that [soft] ground, but he stayed really well. He got a bump late on and if he hadn't, he might have won a bit easier. He's a good horse for the future, he's been ultra-consistent all season and we expect big things as a three-year-old.”
Positioned towards the rear through the initial fractions of this stakes debut, the 12-1 chance made relentless headway under pressure once past halfway and quickened smartly inside the final furlong to usurp Our Cody (Kodi Bear) by a half-length in the dying strides.
Chairmanfourtimes continues a fine @Ladbrokes Ayr Gold Cup Festival for @adrian_keatley and @McsweeneyOisin in the Listed @BritishEBF Harry Rosebery Stakes 🏆 pic.twitter.com/P5QqLRLr3W
— Ayr Racecourse (@ayrracecourse) September 19, 2025
Pedigree Notes
Chairmanfourtimes is the fourth of six foals and one of two scorers produced by an unraced half-sister to multiple stakes-winning G1 The Metropolitan runner-up Hawk Island (Hawk Wing). His Listed Salsabil Stakes-winning second dam Crimphill (Sadler's Wells) is the leading performer out of a half-sister to G2 Beresford Stakes and G3 Classic Trial victor Gulf King (Kings Lake) and Listed Hong Kong Derby winner Canadian Star (Northfields). The March-foaled bay, kin to a yearling filly and weanling colt by Invincible Spirit, hails from the family of Group 1-winning sire Royal Applause (Waajib), G1 Nunthorpe Stakes heroine Lyric Fantasy (Tate Gallery) and G1 Dewhurst Stakes hero In Command (Sadler's Wells).
Friday, Ayr, Britain
BRITISH EBF STALLIONS HARRY ROSEBERY STAKES-Listed, £35,500, Ayr, 9-19, 2yo, 5fT, 1:02.10, sf.
1–CHAIRMANFOURTIMES (IRE), 131, c, 2, by Nando Parrado (GB)
1st Dam: Occupation (Ire), by Dragon Pulse (Ire)
2nd Dam: Crimphill (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Vernonhills (Ire), by Hard Fought (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (15,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE; £15,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK; £50,000 2yo '25 GOUKB). O-Andy Finneran & Garry Wilkie Wilson; B-Bernard Cooke; T-Adrian Keatley; J-Oisin McSweeney. £20,132. Lifetime Record: 7-2-3-2, $70,355.
2–Our Cody (Ire), 126, f, 2, Kodi Bear (Ire)–Dubai Sunset (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (£3,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK). O-Mrs J Woods, R P Gallagher & Partner; B-Ballyphilip Stud; T-Richard Hughes. £7,633.
3–Arduis Invicta (Ire), 126, f, 2, Invincible Army (Ire)–First Link, by First Defence. 1ST BLACK TYPE. (5,000gns Ylg '24 TATSOM). O-Hopyard Farm Racing; B-Stuart McPhee Bloodstock; T-Craig Lidster. £3,820.
Margins: HF, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 12.00, 16.00, 40.00.
Also Ran: Pearl Fortune (Ire), Hanney Girl (GB), Temple Of Athena (GB), Shine On Me (GB), Daneh Of Dandy (Ire), Ipanema Queen (Ire), Boston Dan (Ire), Rikki Tiki Tavi (Ire), Lebron Power (GB). Scratched: Spicy Marg (GB).
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