By Sean Cronin
4th-NBY, £250,000, Cond, 7-22, 2yo, 5f 34yT, 1:04.05, sf.
BENGALI BOYS (IRE) (c, 2, Clodovil {Ire}–Caherassdotcom {GB}, by Compton Place {GB}), was an Apr. 19 debut scorer at Beverley and went postward for this Weatherbys Super Sprint, and fourth straight try at five furlongs, returning off runner-up finishes at Doncaster May 6 and at Redcar last time May 29. Handily placed behind the leaders through solid early fractions, the 12-1 chance was sent to the front soon after passing the quarter-mile marker and surged ever clear under mild rousting on the rain-softened turf in the closing stages to win this valuable pot by daylight. At the line, he had six lengths to spare over Declarationoflove (Ire) (Declaration of War) with Maggies Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) a further neck adrift in third. “It looks like he likes that [soft] ground,” said trainer Richard Fahey. “He'd been working well at home and had some solid form. It's a race we target every year because it's for the sort of cheap horses that we like to buy and this fellow only cost €11,000. I said the day we bought him he'd win the Weatherbys Super Sprint and it's not often you can say that.” Winning rider Barry McHugh added, “He'd go and do it again and, to travel in that ground and win like he did, what a star he is. I was worried about Maggies Angel beforehand, but he has strengthened up a lot since his little break [after Redcar] and wasn't a no hoper. This is what it's all about for owners, to get one at a reasonable price and win a pot like this. It pays for his way and for a few others too.” The €11,000 GOFSPT yearling is out of a half-sister to MGSP three-time stakes winner Dubai's Touch (GB) (Dr Fong), Listed HH The President Cup scorer Grantley Adams (GB) (Dansili {GB}), G3 Diomed S. third Wannabe Around (GB) (Primo Dominie {GB}) and G3 Prix de la Jonchere placegetter Nobelist (GB) (Bering). Half-brother to a yearling colt by Casamento (Ire), he hails from a family which includes G3 Fred Darling S.-winning G1 Irish 1000 Guineas runner-up Penkenna Princess (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0, $167,104. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-A Tattersall; B-N Hartery (IRE); T-Richard Fahey.
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