By Sean Cronin
Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's homebred Victoria Harbour (Frankel) followed up a breakthrough success at Thirsk for the Karl Burke stable last month and made all to register a career best on black-type debut in Saturday's Listed BetGoodwin Height Of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood.
Holding sway at a comfortable rhythm for most of this late-stage G1 Oaks trial, for which she is not yet entered, the 12-1 chance came under pressure as the pack loomed large passing the quarter-mile marker and she called upon abundant reserves in the closing stages to bravely hold the late charges of Music Piece (Camelot) and Never Let Go (No Nay Never) by a neck and a half-length.
Victoria Harbour is the latest of nine foals and one of six scorers produced by Listed Sandringham Handicap second Dubai Queen (Kingmambo), herself out of G1 Oaks d'Italia victrix Zomaradah (Deploy). Zomaradah is also the dam of multiple Group 1-winning sire Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) and G2 Lancashire Oaks victrix Emirates Queen (Street's Cry). Emirates Queen, in turn, is the dam of G2 Jockey Club Stakes winner Outbox (Frankel) and G3 Winter Derby victor and GI Canadian International runner-up Royal Champion (Shamardal). The March-foaled bay is a full-sister to G2 May Hill third Zabeel Queen and a half to last term's G3 Brigadier Gerard Stakes-winning G1 Champion Stakes and G1 Prix Ganay third Royal Rhyme (Lope De Vega).
🇬🇧 Fashion Stakes
Goodwood – Listed – Pouliches – 3 ans – 1990m – 10 Pts – 59 000 £🏆Victoria Harbour (f) (Ire) 🏇Pierre-Louis Jamin
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Saturday, Goodwood, Britain
BETGOODWIN HEIGHT OF FASHION STAKES-Listed, £60,000, Goodwood, 5-24, 3yo, f, 9f 197yT, 2:10.67, gd.
1–VICTORIA HARBOUR (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Frankel (GB)
1st Dam: Dubai Queen (SP-Eng), by Kingmambo
2nd Dam: Zomaradah (GB), by Deploy (GB)
3rd Dam: Jawaher (Ire), by Dancing Brave
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum (IRE); T-Karl Burke; J-Pierre-Louis Jamin. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $53,552. *Full to Zabeel Queen (Ire), GSP-Eng; and 1/2 to Royal Rhyme (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), GSW & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $525,252.
2–Music Piece (Ire), 128, f, 3, Camelot (GB)–Melodious (GB), by Cape Cross (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Mrs Doreen Tabor; B-Chelston Ireland ULC (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £12,900.
3–Never Let Go (GB), 128, f, 3, No Nay Never–Tai Hang Dragon (Ire), by Tamayuz (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Rockcliffe Stud (GB); T-Ed Walker. £6,456.
Margins: NK, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 12.00, 5.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Trad Jazz (GB), Star Of Light (GB), Queen Of Thieves (GB), Manila Thriller (GB), Perfect Your Craft (Ire), Rhapsody (Ire).
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