Further underlying the strength of the G3 Oak Tree S., Lord Lloyd-Webber and Will Farish's Royal Intervention (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) bounced out of a creditable fifth in that seven-furlong Goodwood contest to take Sunday's prestigious G2 Casino Baden-Baden Goldene Peitsche. In front from the outset in usual fashion, the chestnut shook off pressure early in the straight and was beyond reach as Gestut Brummerhof's Waldpfad (Ger) (Shamardal) got going. At the line, she had 1 1/2 lengths to spare over that G3 Hackwood S. winner to add to her prior pattern-race success in York's G3 Summer S. also over this six-furlong trip.
Instantly demonstrating her credentials at two when breaking her maiden by 4 1/2 lengths in the Listed Empress S. at Newmarket in June and when runner-up in the G3 Princess Margaret S. at Ascot the following month, she was next seen again finishing fourth in the Listed Chelmer Fillies' S. on Chelmsford's Polytrack on May 2. Third behind Hello Youmzain (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}) and Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in Haydock's G2 Sandy Lane S. on May 25, she was far from disgraced when fifth in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on June 21 before trying a seventh furlong for the first time in the Oak Tree. Racing under a three-pound penalty there and burdened with a wide draw, she was passed only by the class acts Billesdon Brook (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), Perfection (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), Jubiloso (GB) (Shamardal) and Rocques (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}) and had the likes of Angel's Hideaway (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and Pretty Baby (Ire) (Orpen) in arrears in a strong renewal.
Pedigree Notes
Royal Intervention is one of three stakes winners out of Exciting Times (Fr) (Jeune Homme), including the high-class Gorella (Fr) (Grape Tree Road {GB}) who captured the GI Beverly D S. and was runner-up in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and third in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile. Another was Porto Santo (Fr) (Kingsalsa), whose career highlight was a third placing in the G1 Criterium International. This is the family of the G3 Prix de Royaumont runner-up Enquiry (Darshaan {GB}) and the G1 St James's Palace S. and GI Hollywood Derby runner-up Raykour (Ire) (Dalsaan {GB}). Exciting Times also has the unraced 2-year-old filly Circus Tent (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}).
Sunday, Baden-Baden, Germany
149TH CASINO BADEN-BADEN GOLDENE PEITSCHE-G2, €70,000, Baden-Baden, 8-25, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:08.49, gd.
1–ROYAL INTERVENTION (IRE), 123, f, 3, by Exceed and Excel (Aus)
1st Dam: Exciting Times (Fr), by Jeune Homme
2nd Dam: Eloura (Fr), by Top Ville (Ire)
3rd Dam: Eurissia, by Sir Gaylord
O-Lord Lloyd Webber & W S Farish; B-Exciting Times Partnership (IRE); T-Ed Walker; J-Gerald Mosse. €40,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 9-3-2-1, €144,779. *1/2 to Gorella (Fr) (Grape Tree Road {GB}), GISW-US, GSW & MG1SP-Fr, $1,456,209; Porto Santo (Fr) (Kingsalsa), SW & G1SP-Fr, MGSP-US, $327,351; Stars Over the Sea (Sea the Stars {Ire}), GSP-Ire, $205,862; and Thanks Again (Ire) (Anabaa Blue {GB}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Waldpfad (Ger), 130, h, 5, Shamardal–Waldbeere (GB), by Mark of Esteem (Ire). (€390,000 RNA Ylg '15 BBAGS; €49,000 4yo '18 BBAGO). O/B-Gestut Brummerhof (GER); T-Dominik Moser. €15,500.
3–Big Boots (Ire), 127, c, 3, Society Rock (Ire)–Dairy Herd (Ire), by Footstepsinthesand (GB). (€14,500 Ylg '17 GOFFEB; £16,000 2yo '18 TATABR; £11,000 2yo '18 GOFHIT). O-Guido-Werner-Hermann Schmitt; B-A Malone (IRE); T-Waldemar Hickst. €8,000.
Margins: 1HF, 1 3/4, NK. Odds: 1.80, 1.30, 7.50.
Also Ran: Namos (Ger), Zargun (Ger), Iron Duke (Ger), K Club (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
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