By Tom Frary
Delectation, who stepped up off a two-length debut win for trainer Bryan Smart at Thirsk Aug. 9 to become the first stakes winner for her sire (by Dansili {GB}) when annexing the six-furlong G3 Firth of Clyde S. at Ayr in her only other start Sept. 17, was acquired by new connections after that latest triumph and maintained her unbeaten tally with a decisive score in this trial for Dusseldorf's June 18 G2 German 1000 Guineas. The bay was comfortable under a tight hold in rear, after breaking from an outer gate, as Alwina (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) poached a clear lead through the early fractions. Beginning a forward move once passing the halfway mark, she fanned wide into the straight with all but the pacesetting Alwina taking a similar route and kept on powerfully under mild urging once weaving a passage to the front approaching the final furlong to double her black-type tally with plenty to spare.
Delectation is the third and best winner, from as many foals to race, out of a winning half-sister to G2 July S. victor Captain Hurricane (GB) (Desert Style {Ire}), and her second dam Ravine (GB) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) is a winning half-sister to MGSW G1 1000 Guineas runner-up Niche (GB) (Risk Me {Fr}). She hails from a family which also includes European champion sprinter and G1 Nunthorpe S. GI Breeders' Cup Sprint and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup-winning sire Sheikh Albadou (GB) (Green Desert), and is kin to a 2-year-old colt by Foxwedge (Aus).
Monday, Cologne, Germany
KARIN BARONIN VON ULLMANN – SCHWARZGOLD-RENNEN-G3, €55,000, COL, 4-17, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:38.88, gd.
1–DELECTATION (GB), 128, f, 3, by Delegator (GB)
1st Dam: Chushka (GB), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Ravine (GB), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
3rd Dam: Cubby Hole (GB), by Town and Country (GB)
(3,000gns RNA Ylg '15 TAOCT). O-Australian Bloodstock Stable; B-Crossfields Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Andreas Wohler; J-Eduardo Pedroza. €32,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 3-3-0-0, €85,746. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Alicante (Ger), 128, f, 3, Lando (Ger)–Annouche (Ger), by Unfuwain. O/B-Gestut Rottgen (GER); T-Markus Klug. €12,000.
(DH)-3–Peace In Motion, 128, f, 3, Hat Trick (Jpn)–Peace Royale (Ger), by Sholokhov (Ire). O/B-Dr Christoph Berglar (KY); T-Waldemar Hickst. €3,000.[bullet ad=”us-bred-ky-bred”](DH)-3–Hargeisa, 128, f, 3, Speightstown–Hasay (GB), by Lomitas (GB). O/B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof (KY); T-Mario Hofer. €3,000.[bullet ad=”us-bred-ky-bred”]
Margins: 2, NK, DHT. Odds: 2.40, 5.60, 2.00 & 8.20.
Also Ran: Arazza (Ger), Viva La Flora (Ger), Qool (GB), Alwina (Ger), Djumay (Ger). Scratched: Rainbow Royal (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
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