By Sean Cronin
4th-Deauville, €27,000, Mdn, 7-29, unraced 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.28, g/s.
TASLEYA (GB), f, 2, by Frankel (GB)#tot">Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Mashoora (Ire) (MGSW & G1SP-Fr, $254,317), by Barathea (Ire)
2nd Dam: Lovely Blossom (Fr), by Spinning World
3rd Dam: Lomond Blossom (Ire), by Lomond
Tasleya enjoyed the weight of favouritism in this rain-affected unveiling and justified the crowd's faith with a performance full of potential. Steadied under cover in rear after breaking from the outside box, the 31-10 chalk made eyecatching headway on the bridle into contention approaching the quarter-mile marker and lengthened clear in impressive fashion once quickening to the fore entering the final eighth to score by 3 1/2 lengths from Hold True (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). The homebred bay is the second foal and first winner produced by MGSW G1 Prix Rothschild third Mashoora (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}) and she is a half-sister to a yearling filly by Oasis Dream (GB) and a filly foal by Kingman (GB). Mashoora is herself a full-sister to G2 Lowther S. victress Silk Blossom (Ire), from a family featuring G1 Queensland Oaks heroine Zagalia (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (GB); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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